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II. BACKGROUND/SCOPE OF WORK PROJECT NAME: Roseville Transportation Plan Update A. The City of Roseville seeks a qualified consultant to prepare the update of the City's Transportation Plan which will then be used to complete the corresponding transportation section within the City's 2040 Comprehensive Plan update. W SB and Associates has previously been selected by the City Council to lead the overall Comprehensive Plan preparation including coordinating with the consultants chosen to complete the City's infrastructure plans and incorporation of those chapters into the overall document. The City Council has affirmed with staff that this will only be an update of the City's current Comprehensive plan and not a full rewrite. The current plan shall be reviewed for completeness as per the Metropolitan Council's guidance documents and be updated as appropriate to reflect current conditions and industry standards. However, if required, new sections can be added if not previously addressed in the current plan. In accordance with guidance from the Metropolitan Council, the Transportation Plan must encompass existing and planned modes of transportation, both public and private. All modes of transportation must be included: roadways, transit, bicycling, walking, aviation and freight. In addition to the Transportation Plan Update, The City of Roseville also requests an update to the City's Pathway Master Plan. B. BACKGROUND The City of Roseville, Minnesota is a northern, first -ring suburb of both St. Paul and Minneapolis with a population of 33,660 as of the 2010 Census. The City is fully developed with areas of sporadic infill development of smaller lots. The City is also experiencing redevelopment in areas such as the Twin Lakes Business Area near I -35W and County Road C. In 1976, the State of Minnesota enacted the Metropolitan Land Planning Act and gave the Metropolitan Council the responsibility to plan for the infrastructure needs of the seven -county metropolitan area. The Metropolitan Council completed its most recent development framework called Thrive MSP 2040 Plan requiring communities to submit updated comprehensive plans for review by the end of 2018. The City of Roseville adopted its first Comprehensive Plan in 1956 and completed the most recent update in 2009. The Comprehensive Plan includes policies, goals, and calculations of land use needs for the city based upon growth projections for population, households, and employment. The Comprehensive Plan identifies the general areas in the community where commercial, residential, industrial, and open space land uses will be allowed and provides plans, objectives, and policies indicating how the growth areas will be provided with city services including roads, sewer and water facilities, and parks and open spaces. As part of this process, the City also completes a Transportation Plan that is then used to complete the Transportation chapter of the overall Comprehensive Plan. The Transportation Plan and corresponding Comprehensive Plan chapter should address all issues identified by the Metropolitan Council in their most recent Transportation Policy Plan, as well as the specific issues for the City of Roseville. These specific issues are explained in detail in the Scope of Services. Background Materials Page 7