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REQUEST FOR COUNCIL ACTION Date:February 23, 2015 Item No.: 11.a Department Approval City Manager Approval Item Description: Twin Lakes Area Traffic Study Update B ACKGROUND 1 In 2001, the Roseville City Council approved the Twin Lakes Business Park Alternative Urban 2 Areawide Review (AUAR) and further updated the AUAR in 2007 as required by law. As part 3 of the update to that document, a detailed traffic study of the Twin Lakes Area was conducted to 4 provide insight into what the required transportation improvements would be in order to support 5 the proposed levels of development. 6 Since then, the City has had some development occur in the area and upgraded the area 7 transportation system in spots in accordance with the recommendations of the original and 8 updated AUAR. Also, improvements to the overall regional system have occurred which were 9 not modeled in the 2007 AUAR Update traffic study. 10 Recognizing the need to continue to provide improvements to the area transportation system to 11 support pending development, in December of 2014, staff had asked the City Council to approve 12 a design contract for the final phase of Twin Lakes Parkway from Prior Avenue to Fairview 13 Avenue. Council considered the recommendation and took public comment on the subject. 14 At that meeting, and at subsequent public and neighborhood meetings related to the zoning and 15 land use guidelines for the Twin Lakes Area, residents of Roseville, particularly those in the 16 residential neighborhood north of Terrace Avenue, expressed concern over the impacts of traffic 17 from the proposed development and most directly from the connection of Twin Lakes Parkway 18 to Fairview Avenue. Recognizing that the traffic studies that were being referenced by staff to 19 support the connection were at least seven years old, the City Council directed staff to update the 20 2007 Twin Lakes Area traffic study. 21 Over the last two months, staff has been working with SRF Consulting Group to collect updated 22 traffic counts and to analyze the proposed developments and the connection of Twin Lakes 23 Parkway to Fairview Avenue. The updated traffic study is attached. 24 Craig Vaughn from SRF Consulting Group will be presenting a summary of the traffic study to 25 the City Council at this meeting. 26 PO OLICYBJECTIVE 27 The recommendations outlined in the Twin Lakes Area Traffic Study are consistent with the 28 Twin Lakes Area AUAR and the City’s Transportation Plan, which is a component of the City’s 29 approved Comprehensive Plan. 30 FI INANCIAL MPACTS 31 Page 1 of 2