7A, Draft Guiding Plan for B2 District

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Page Specific: · 1-3 & 4-8: added a note on relocating the electrical boxes along County Road E if feasible. · 1-4 to 5: deleted the "Arden Plaza and Former Holiday Inn Sites" section. · 1-2 & 4-2: removed "such as tax increment financing" at the end of point number nine. · 2-12: corrected the zoning reference for Hunter's Park condos. It was listed as R-3 but it is R-4. · 2-17: noted that the Metro Transit bus that travels County Road E is a local circulator. The bus that travels along Lexington is a local/express route. · 4-3: removed the last sentence regarding the hardware store under the "Land Use" heading. Added a recommendation to study the existing northern Arden Plaza access to determine if it should be right-in right-out only. Removed the reference to a new public road in the first paragraph under Northern Access. · 4-4: added a reference to a pedestrian connection from the Arden Plaza property to the intersection. Also included a reference to replacing and completing the asphalt path along Lexington Avenue adj acent to Arden Plaza. · 4-5: added medium density residential (MDR) to Figure 9. · 4-8: included a recommendation to connect businesses to the sidewalks. · 5- 7: changed the word "north" to "northwest" under the "Building Height" section in the first sentence of the last paragraph. · 7 -1: removed the repetitive listing of proposed streetscape improvements and added a reference to the complete listing in Chapter 4. · 7-2: included a note about the likely need to replace/repair the utilities along County Road E with road improvements. The CIP will include more detailed information. The above list does not include minor typographical corrections such as spelling or grammatical corrections. Preliminary Cost Estimate for the Proposed Public Improvements The purpose of the public improvements in this draft Plan is to address the overall traffic situation and to assist in the creation of a new character and sense of place for the B2 District. The street design and traffic signal improvements are an integral part of addressing the traffic situation from a comprehensive standpoint. The sidewalks and streetscaping are key to encouraging private, high-quality development. All items included in the list of public improvements are subject to further review by the City Council. While this draft Guiding Plan is essentially the feasibility study for the public improvements, an engineering study is still needed to fully evaluate the complete costs. The estimated cost of the proposed improvements described in the Plan is $2 million. City of Arden Hills City Council Meetingfor October 27,2008 \ \Ahdocsl\ah\AHdata\Planning\Community Development\B2 Small Area Plan \Meetings \ Oct 27 2008 CC Meeting \ 1 02708 - CC Report - Master Plan for New Lake Johanna Boulevard.doc Page 2 of 3