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126 would create a problem for that traffic flow, and therefore was not being 127 encouraged. On Mount Ridge Road, Mr. Schwartz advised that there was on - 128 street parking proposed on one side of the street on this north/south road 129 identified as a collector street. 130 131 Member Gjerdingen opined that, compared to the higher volumes of downtown 132 St. Paul and/or Minneapolis arterial streets, the streets in Twin Lakes nor County 133 Road C had nowhere near those volumes, and questioned what operational issues 134 staff was trying to avoid. 135 136 Mr. Schwartz stated that capacity and safety concerns were an issue since the 137 streets in Twin Lakes or generally in commercial areas were of a different design 138 than those in either of the downtowns. 4W '40k 139 140 Mr. Bilotta concurred, noting that due to the location of Langton Lake, the 141 roadways in the Twin Lakes area didn't grid out, which was the typical pattern for 142 making on -street parking work better, and since allowances were of available to 143 provide the same traffic calming available in oth eas. 144 145 Member Cihacek asked there were incen Ives in place or intended to encourage 146 shared parking by developers. 147 148 Mr. Bilotta advised that this was one big issue to address with various 149 components to be considered by the Planning Commission, the PWETC and the 150 City Council: how is structured parking going to be financed and maintained; and 151 will it be owned by the City of Roseville or by individual private developers. Mr. 152 Bilotta noted that there were few current incentives, even though developers are 153 held to a parking standard that was not necessarily amenable to them. Mr. Bilotta 154 used the recent concept plan presented for hotels and a grocery store in the Twin 155 akes area, and requirements that were not available unless a structured parking 156 stem was incorporated with adjacent properties and allowing interconnectivity 157 een parking lots. While the developers have been working together to 158 a ress those issues, Mr. Bilotta noted the economics for structured parking 159 would become an issue over the next twelve months as development picked up 160 throughout Secommu ity, but especially in the Twin Lakes Redevelopment 161 Area. 162 163 At the requember Wozniak, Mr. Bilotta clarified that the Twin Lakes area 164 was not the only area where staff anticipated required parking issues and 165 enforcement being problematic, and further clarified that staff was not trying to 166 push parking on anyone not wanting it, attempting to keep it below a reasonable 167 shortage of parking, with some areas tight right now, but not unreasonable, but 168 not in an area with stricture standards (e.g. Lexington Avenue strip mall with 169 multiple restaurant uses) which were not typical in that type of development since 170 they had higher parking requirements. 171 Page 4 of 16