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Access to the neighborhoods and mixed use comers of the Roseville Cornerstone Program are assisted by the 3 and 4 Lane County Roads, some with center turning lanes and right turn lanes. While they provide the needed local and "drive thru" traffic capacity, these roads lack the neighborly "sense of place" and parkway feel desired by the community. The City of Roseville Cornerstone Design Guidelines are intended to provide a basis for public and private investment and provide direction for the design of improvements within the Cornerstone. The guidelines are an extension of the 1994 Comprehensive Plan, as amended annually. In the 1994 Plan, the City initiated a policy in which all significant commercial development was to occur in the existing commercial industrial areas, and that neighborhood com.patible convenience mixed uses should occur in a planned area - a Cornerstone. Since then, Cornerstone design and land use policies have been studied and discussed. Eventually, they will be incorporated into the Roseville Comprehensive Plan. The design guidelines for the Cornerstone are intended to be an amendment to the City of Roseville Cornerstone and Comprehensive Plans. At a future date, design guidelines may also be incorporated into the City of Roseville City Code. NEW DIREalONS IN ROSEVILLE'S CORNERSTONES A SYNOPSIS The "Roseville Cornerstone" concept is unique. It is intended to be a hybrid mix of public and private investment and land use. The city's compact form, consisting of approximately 8,700 acres, is connected by a series of County Road grids and community collector streets. The Cornerstones - the intersections of these roads and streets is a primary focus for the community where neighborhoods (as well as neighbors) meet. The corners are the front door to each neighborhood. The visual impression they convey tells an indirect story of the health and wealth of the adjoining residential areas. Overall, the concept of redesigning and reinvigorating the corners is designed to refresh the corners with high quality materials; to be a neighborhood oriented, and pedestrian convenient; and to have a mix of uses which compliment each other providing choice for the consumer. The land use concept plan is designed to provide mixed use on most of the four quadrants in the Cornerstone. These quadrants will continue to be connected by the County and city roadway system, as well as with pedestrian walkway systems on and into each quadrant. The street and walkway system should be "parkway quality", with pavement, trees, lighting, fencing, and bench details consistent throughout the Cornerstone. The plan emphasizes a parkway tree-lined road system which connects adjacent public open spaces, such as Como Park, Roseville's Central Park, and Ramsey County's Lake Josephine Park.. In addition, the City and other partners have or will establish major organized recreation sites along corridors such as Lexington within the southeast corner of Lexington Avenue and County Road B, Central Park Ballfields, and the City Center Oval and Skating Center. The City and County bike and pedestrian trails flow through and connect each Cornerstone. However, no separated grade intersections are anticipated for either pedestrians or vehicles. 2