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process. Member Pust, in condition 7b of the staff recommendations, suggested there should be a clear, long term commitment to the transit hub at the mall, through the PUD agreement as well as the contract between the Mall, the City, and Metro Transit. Member Pust, in condition 7c of the staff recommendations, clarified that the City, County, MnDOT, and Metro Transit should participate and complete a verified funding plan to construct the needed public traffic and transit improvements. Member Doherty expressed concern with the parking and traffic issues - these must be resolved first, noting how frustrating the traffic congestion is now. Chair Mulder recommended providing direction on the importance of these ideas. Deb Bloom explained the need to work with Parsons (Mall Engineer and Traffic Consultant) on further mitigation of traffi c. Member Doherty estimated that up to 30 days of peak capacity parking and traffic at and surrounding the mall is possible if this proposal is built. Member Bakeman asked that, in condition 7d of the staff recommendations, additional importance be placed on designated (signed and marked) pedestrian pathways and safe access from all parking lots and B-2 to the mall, life style center, and theater. Motion: Member Mulder moved, second by Member Doherty, to recommend approval of the amended planned unit development - general concept, subject to the conditions stipulated in Section 7 below (as amended by the Commission) of the project report dated December 1, 2004. a. The provision of a parking plan with anchor and general mall floor plans to allow the City Planner to verify the required number of parking spaces, including park and ride spaces, and transit riders per the City Code. b. The provision of a letter from Metro Transit endorsing the proposed location of the transit hub, the location of the bus staging area and location of the park-n-ride lot and consideration of a condition in the PUD that requires the Mall to provide a location for a Regional Transit Hub at the Mall, subject only to Metro Transit's wishes to retain a hub at the Mall. (The Transit Hub is part of the City's comprehensive plan concepts for traffic management and disbursement in Roseville.) c. Review and approval of the traffic study and proposed access improvements by the Ramsey County Traffic Engineer, MnDOT, the city, and Metro Transit. d. Completion (City, County, Rosedale) of the work necessary to create a safe, accessible, clearly marked and signed pathway system on the south side of County Road B2 and through the parking/traffic movement areas that will improve pedestrian access to the mall, life style center, and theater. e. Access to the theater must be provided from both parking lots. This will require a direct pedestrian access from the lower level (west) parking lot. f. The Public Works Department must complete the review and approve of the grading, drainage, sidewalk and trail, and utility plans proposed with the General Concept and Final Plan submittal. All plans, including the location of fire hydrants (per Fire Marshal) and utility services connections, require the approval of the Public Works Department. In addition, the applicant is required to receive the approval of the storm water management plan by the Rice Creek Watershed, prior to the Final Planned Unit Development Plan approval by the City Council. g. The provision of a lighting plan for the all revised parking lots and the building, which plan must meet the requirements of Section 1010.12. h. The provision of a revised landscape plan that incorporates additional plantings in all newly created curb islands and within the area surrounding the storm management pond. i. The provision of a snow removal plan that eliminates any of the parking areas adjacent to the addition, specifically the theater, from temporary or permanent snow storage. (The Mall has proposed a snow melting operation as an alternative.) j. The provision of a signage plan for both building façade signage and any proposed monument/pylon