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eliminate the temporary use of the Cleveland Avenue Access and potential signal at Iona Lane and Cleveland Avenue. 5.0 PROPERTY REZONING 5.1 The Roseville City Council approved the rezoning of the Metro Transit lot from I -2, General Industrial to PUD, Planned Unit Development with an underlying zoning of B -0, Mixed -Use Business Park on October 13, 2008. The Planning Division will prepare the final Ordinance for publication upon the final approval of the Final Development Planned Unit Development and Agreement. 6.0 PROJECT SPECIFICS /COMMENTS /CONDITIONS 0.1 Final Development PUD: On December 4, 2008, the Development Review Committee (DRC} reviewed the Final Development proposal by Metro Transit, determining it to be consistent with the General Concept approval /conditions of October 13, 2008. 0.2 The DRC offers the following comment and conditions: a. Use: The park and ride facility is currently designed to handle those commuters that desire transit service to downtown Saint Paul or Minneapolis. Staff will continue to work with Metro Transit on incorporating other transit options such as reverse commute as Twin Lakes builds out. b. Structure: The 4 -level park and ride facility will be approximately 45 feet in height at its highest point (elevator /stair towers) and will have an approximate 34,500 square foot footprint. Exterior materials being discussed are colored burnished CMU blocks, bronze toned anodized aluminum perforated and corrugated panels, and bronze toned curtain wall system with clear glazing. The burnished block would wrap the structure and cover the tower. The aluminum panels would span floor to floor to create a clean appearance to the building and minimize the appearance of a typical parking structure. c. Setbacks: The Metro Transit proposal includes a 10 -foot front yard setback adjacent to Iona Lane and an approximate 20 -foot corner side yard setback adjacent to Mount Ridge Road. All other setbacks achieve the B -0 requirement. The DRC supports the setback proposal as being consistent with the broader Urban Design Principles to encourage reduced setbacks and create a sense of "street life" and "walkability" . d. Access: Temporary access ma jj be provided from the existing Old Dominion Cleveland Avenue access and a left turn onto Cleveland Avenue via the improved Iona Lane. City Staff supports this proposal, however if a connection to Twin Lakes Parkway via Mount Ridge Road is not constructed it may be necessary to construct a temporary signal light at Iona Lane and Cleveland Avenue to accommodate the volume of left turns anticipated by this redevelopment. City Staff continues to pursue plans to improve Mount Ridge Road and Twin Lakes Parkway, which if in place prior to the opening of the park and ride facility will eliminate the need for temporary access. e. Landscaping: The DRC has reviewed and supports the proposed final landscape plan that includes low maintenance plant species and boulevard trees along Iona Lane. PF08- 023_RCA_FinalDevelopment_121508 (3).doc Page 3 of 4