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gain access from the busy streets but rather from internal roads and sidewalks. In addition, these are the best areas for existing and expanded transit stops for the workers of those service industries. 4. Multiple level offices and medical offices should take visual and access advantage of locations along the Parkway and Cleveland Avenue. Offices could be a good neighbor to residential land because of their lower noise, light, and traffic complexities in the evenings. In addition, the design and configuration of office complexes could be an advantage to the neighborhood where public pathways, water features and green spaces may be created for public use. 5. Office, High TechIFlex, and light assembly (all storage inside building) uses can fit most everywhere but fit best on some of the lower visibility parcels where employees are the primary traffic. This type of use can also be a buffer between the existing retail and other more sensitive uses. 6. Big box retail and strip retail centers are not recommended as a primary, stand alone use (compared to support retail in mixed use buildings) because of the increased level of traffic, hours of operation, reduced job generation, lower wage structure, and generally, the lower value of building finish. A mix of Option 2 and 3 (office/medical, office hi-tech flex and housing, page 8) is a much improved and still flexible fit for the Twin Lakes Business Park existing new buildings and future buildings, and for the surrounding area. It is most consistent with the existing comprehensive plan business park concept, providing more land use detail and better environmental clean-up but with less traffic impact on the adjacent residential neighborhood and business park users (compared to heavy industrial trucking or retail uses). A mix of uses (including support services and support retail) within parcels and within individual buildings is recommended where possible. Selecting this variation also improves (with good site planning) the park/lake land use transition into the business park. Adding back some multiple housing is also suggested to enable a better buffer between the existing neighborhood and the business park and to maximize the advantage of the Langton Lake and park. There is a strong market for both high end rental, workforce rental and ownership townhomes in Roseville especially with the high employment base and shift in quality of life focus. More people are choosing to live closer to where they work and the recreational and cultural amenities available in first ring suburbs. 4.0 SUGGESTED PLANNING COMMISSION ACTION 4.1 After the staff summary of the strategy and the findings from the focus group meetings, and a discussion of the options recommended (2 or 3 or combination of both) by the staff, open the hearing on the Twin Lakes Master Plan Renewal Strategy Comprehensive Plan amendment and invite public comment. 4.2 If adequate information is in the Renewal Strategy, the focus group findings are adequate, and an option or scenario can easily be selected for further study, by resolution, approve and adopt the strategy and a scenario as an amendment to the PF3232 - PCA(121300) Page 4 of 5