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1.9 The City Council also is requested to review and comment on the proposed Voluntary Environmental Assessment Worksheet (EA W) that identifies changes in environmental impacts based on the Solutia change in use and a 15,240 square foot increase in office building area. While the EA W is in process and the staff expects no major environmental impacts, the most significant issue will be traffic volumes. This information is available in a Draft EA W attached to this memo. Staff review has found no significant issues or changes in the traffic; however, further comment will be sought through the EA W process. 2.0 COMPREHENSIVE PLAN IMPLICATIONS: 2.1 The City of Roseville Comprehensive Plan designates the entire Centre Pointe Business Park development as a business area. No specific maximum square footage is stipulated or required in the Comprehensive Plan. The guiding document is the PUD for the Centre Pointe Business Park, adopted in 1997 and amended in 1999,2000 and 2001. A copy of this document is attached. 3.0 POLICY/FISCAL IMPLICATIONS: 3.1 The Centre Pointe Business Park was originally planned as a mixed-use development. Since its creation, the business park has experienced major office growth and little growth in the warehouse and showroom sector. (The planning for the Business Park had anticipated a minimum of 50% office space within the Park.) Within the Park developers have also constructed three hotels specifically to meet the business cliental needs of the Centre Pointe companies and their employees. 3.2 The Master Site Plan (map) illustrates uses that can complement one another, reducing the need to travel outside the park for meetings and/or dining. Currently, Centre Pointe has three hotels all in close proximity to the vacant parcel. Only one of those hotels has a small dining facility, which is targeted to their own guests. The Master Plan indicates joint access between two hotels (Courtyard and Fairfield Inn) and the connecting vacant parcel. Where possible and appropriate, shared parking and access was planned to minimize traffic and parking impacts on neighboring properties. The PUD (Section 15.2) requires any restaurant site to have a shared parking easement with adjoining hotels in order to carry out the Master Plan vision. 3.3 The Master Site Plan (map) also anticipated business park interaction via an elaborate path system. These paths are in place to allow employees walking access to any structure for their personal or business needs. Transit service has also been provided to get employees to and from the park and to reduce vehicle travel. 3.4 Based upon jobs per square feet of building and construction values used in the Twin Lakes Master Plan process, the fiscal impacts of an office development and a restaurant are different. PF 3338 - RCA (12/17/01) - Page 3