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42 Review of IU Requirements 43 An applicant seeking approval of an IU or its renewal is required to hold an open house meeting to 44 inform the surrounding property owners, renters, and other interested attendees of the proposal, to 45 answer their questions, and to solicit their feedback. The MSF held four grouped open houses on the 46 following dates at the noted locations: 47 1. December 9, 2021, at Church of Corpus Christi and pertaining to that site as well as St. Rose of 48 Lima; 49 2.December 16, 2021, at Grace Church of Roseville and pertaining that location, Roseville Area 50 High School, and St. Christopher’s Episcopal Church; 51 3. December 14, 2021, at Roseville Covenant Church as pertaining to that location as well as 52 Centennial United Methodist Church; and 53 4. December 22, 2021, at Calvary Baptist Church and pertaining to that site as well as New Life 54 Presbyterian Church. 55 Each open house could be attended either in person at the specified locations or virtually. Despite the 56 approximately 2,150 invitations only a handful of individuals participated in the open houses or 57 otherwise called or emailed the MSF concerning specific park-and-ride facilities. The open house 58 summary is included as Attachment B. 59 For IU renewals as well as new applications, City Code §1009.03.D requires that three specific findings 60 must be made in order to approve a proposed interim use. These findings are: 61 a. The proposed use will not impose additional costs on the public if it is necessary for the public to 62 take the property in the future. This is generally intended to ensure that particular interim use 63 will not make the site costly to clean up if the City were to acquire the property for some purpose 64 in the future. In this case, the park-and-ride facilities are a temporary intensification of the use of 65 existing parking lots, which the Planning Commission found not to have any negative impacts on 66 the properties that would not occur from the normal use of the parking lots over the long term. 67 b. The proposed use will not create an excessive burden on parks, streets, and other public 68 facilities. Traffic on city streets has seen an increase in recent years as the popularity of the State 69 Fair and the park-and-ride facilities continues to rise, but the City has also received comments of 70 recognition that the short-term inconvenience is tolerable because of the great value of the park- 71 and-ride facilities. The occasional parking in front of mailboxes and slightly blocking driveways 72 is especially inconvenient for the people living along those streets, however, and the recent 73 interventions with signage and off-duty patrol officers appear to be helping. 74 c. The proposed use will not be injurious to the surrounding neighborhood or otherwise harm the 75 public health, safety, and general welfare.In the many years that the park-and-ride facilities 76 have operated Planning Division staff has received no reports of health or safety issues, but 77 limiting buses from staging in the right-of-way seems like an effective way to ensure traffic 78 safety as the sites grow more popular over time. Noise and trash are potential concerns, but have 79 not been problematic except at one particular location that is no longer included. Nevertheless, 80 the conditions of approval have been refined over the years to help to ensure that the other sites 81 continue to operate in a way that the neighboring property owners find acceptable. 82 Public Comment 83 The duly noticed public hearing for the IU renewal was held by the Planning Commission on February 84 2, 2022. One email supporting the approval was provided as a bench handout at that meeting, but no 85 other public testimony was given. At the conclusion of the public hearing,the Planning Commission 86 unanimously recommended approval of the IU renewal; the bench handout and draft meeting minutes 10d RCA.docx Page 3 of 6