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Roseville Public Works, Environment and Transportation Commission Agenda Item Date: October 23, 2007 Item No: 9 Item Description: Twin Lakes Design Principles The City Council approved the Twin Lakes Business Park Alternative Urban Areawide Review (AUAR) Update at their meeting on October 15. Currently there are two applications pending within the Twin Lakes area. They include the redevelopment of the Xtra Lease parcel by Cent Ventures (hotel/restaurant) and the United Properties proposal (senior housing) on the northern- most parcel. Staff foresees many more redevelopment proposals being discussed and presented for approval in the near future. In 2001, the Community Development Department received a Metropolitan Council Livable Communities Demonstration grant to create a set of guidelines that would be used by staff in its review of master-planned redevelopment proposals in the Twin Lakes Redevelopment Area. The B-6, Mixed Use Business Park Zoning District references specific set of guidelines to which projects must adhere (Business Park Design Standards). However, guidelines were not ever adopted into the City Code. Attached for the Commission's review and discussion is the document Twin Lakes Design Checklists created by Peter Musty of the Charrette Center and the Community Development Department. This document currently functions as a checklist "for establishing a strong public realm and for ensuring livability, walkability and sustainability." The City Council reviewed this document at their October 25, 2007 meeting and referred this discussion to the Planning Commission for a recommendation. Staff seeks to extract items of particular interest from this document and commission feedback to formulate a set of design standards/ guidelines for the developers to follow to achieve compliance with the "community vision" for Twin Lakes. We are not limited to the items in the draft Twin Lakes Design Checklist document. Areas that the commission may want to consider to include in these design principles are: Storm water ponding and treatment principles; green space corridors; pathways; environmental cleanup standards; fiber to the home; private utility corridors; street-lighting; streetscape maintenance; transit amenities, and traffic management principles. Recommended Action: Discuss the Design Principles for the Twin Lakes Redevelopment Area and provide feedback to the Planning Commission with items to focus on for design standards.