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Attachment C NARRATIVE FOR FINAL PUD APPLICATION TWIN LAKES PARK AND RIDE FACILITY DECEMBER 3, 2008 Introduction This narrative is in support of the Final PUD Application and Plan attached to this application. The narrative addresses, among other items, the questions posed in the City's Planned Unit Development (PUD) Application, Rezoning Application, and the requirement of City Code Section 1008.01, which outlines procedures for processing a PUD Application. The site of the proposed park and ride facility is located at 2750 Cleveland Avenue, currently the Old Dominion Freight Line property. Several factors influenced the feasibility of a park and ride facility at this site: increased mass transit ridership in recent years; the need to supplement the successful Rosedale Shopping Center park and ride facility; and recently allocated funds from the Urban Partnership Agreement (UPA) totaling $133 million for three park and ride sites in the metropolitan area, with Roseville being one of the chosen sites based on access to the 1 -35W corridor. Existina conditions The 4.9 -acre site, owned by Old Dominion, is currently used as a parking and storage facility. The site will be subdivided to create a separate 1.31 -acre lot for the proposed park and ride facility. The topography of the property is relatively flat; however, the property's elevation increases gradually as one travels from crest to east. The existing site includes paved and gravel parking areas, surrounded by a chain link fence. The existing building, which had previously been used as a freight handling facility, will be removed prior to construction of the proposed park and ride facility. The Turin Lakes Master Plan shags the alignment of the new Turin Lakes Parkway to the south of the property, Mount Ridge Road to the east, and Iona Lane to the north. All three roadways are unimproved at this time. Iona Land will be constructed by Metro Transit as part of the parking ramp construction. Existing site access is gained by driveway curb cut on Cleveland Avenue at the western side of the property. Proposal Metro Transit proposes a 489 -stall park and ride facility, to be used by bus passengers traveling to downtown Minneapolis from surrounding communities and from within Roseville. The park and ride facility would reduce congestion on highways and side streets and assist in the reduction of collective demand for parking spaces in downtown Minneapolis. From a design perspective, the four -level park and ride facility would feature parking stalls to accommodate 489 vehicles, bus pullout space on Iona Lane for passenger loading, a heated waiting area, and one elevator to provide vertical circulation throughout the facility. Bus and passenger access would be provided via Iona Lane, while patrons would exit the facility on Iona Lane or Mount Ridge Road. Improvements to Iona Lane would be constructed by Metro Transit on behalf of the City, to serve the park and ride facility. Iona Lane would be a tiro -lane roadway with sidewalks on bath the north and south sides of the street. The south sidewalk would lead to the park and ride facility from Cleveland Avenue, crest of the site. Prior to construction of Mount Ridge Road and Turin Lakes Parkway, December 3, 2008 Page 1