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Roseville, MN - Official Website upgrading of existing conditions in various scenarios; and timing of proposed mitigation. Councilmember Pust opined that upon completion of the college's immediately proposed improvements, she anticipated mitigation for increased traffic generation at that time, not ten years later. Councilmember Pust clarified that, if she were to vote in favor of the negative declaration for an EIS, her expectations were that the college understood that if they were seeking to increase the traffic problem in the neighborhood that she expected them to participate totally in the solution, not just minimal solutions. Mr. Paschke noted that background traffic considerations were included in mitigation, not just college expansion; however, noted that the PUD would solidify triggering mechanisms for improvements. Mr. Schwartz concurred, and noted that the traffic modeling scenarios used assume many different background growth considerations; and included growth assumptions related to Twin Lakes redevelopment as well and impacts to traffic in the area; and may be triggered based on their growth alone (i.e., Lydia at Fairview). Mr. Schwartz opined that turn lanes were much more necessary to College expansion that triggering a signal at Lydia and Fairview, which was not indicated by College expansion on its own. Mr. Schwartz noted that based on projections for campus expansion, improvements at Snelling and Lydia were triggered almost immediately. Councilmember Pust clarified with Mr. Lindgren that it was consistent with the College's understanding that their expansion would immediately trigger improvements to the intersection of Snelling and Lydia and funding for those improvements. Mr. Lindgren advised that it was the College's intent to pay their proportionate share. Councilmember Ihlan noted comments from Engineer Dan Soler of the Ramsey County Public Works Department regarding the intersection of Lydia and Snelling that without campus growth, background growth would indicate little impact to traffic. Councilmember Ihlan questioned the City's jurisdiction for a County road; and assurances that the PUD Agreement could make such traffic mitigation a condition. Councilmember Ihlan further questioned cut-through traffic if a signal were installed at Lydia and Fairview and negative impacts to those immediate neighborhoods and residences. http://www.ci.roseville.mn.us/archive.asp?AMID=&Type=&ADID=230 Page 13 of 16 09/24/2007