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Planning Commission Meeting Minutes – Wednesday, June 04, 2008 Page 12 REVISED staff report dated June 4, 2008 and provided as a bench handout; . attached hereto and made a part thereof Ayes: 6 Nays: 0 Motion carried. 7. Business: Request by Metro Transit for Sketch Plan review of their plans to construct a Park & Ride facility at 2750 Cleveland Avenue (the former Old Dominion Freight Lines parcel) Mr. Paschke reviewed the request for a three (3) story, four (4) level parking structure to be constructed as a Park and Ride facility by the applicant on a 1.27 acre parcel to accommodate up to 460 parking stalls; and introduced Mr. Jones to review in more detail Metro Transit’s conceptual site plan and photos. Mr. Pat Jones, Assistant Director of Engineering with Metro Transit Mr. Jones provided an overall view of the I-35W corridor; existing Park and Rides in the area and their capacity. Mr. Jones then specifically reviewed the existing Rosedale Park and Ride facility with a capacity of 375 spaces; and Rosedale reliever lots at Grace Church and the Skate Center for a combined capacity of another 165 spaces. Mr. Jones reviewed current lease agreements with Rosedale through 2011; uncertainty of extending that lease agreement; and increasing demand for Park and Ride spaces. Mr. Jones noted the rationale for accelerating construction of another facility in Roseville being prompted by recent funding becoming available; and reviewed the proposed site in the Twin Lakes Redevelopment area, and its favorable location adjacent to the I-35W corridor. Mr. Jones noted that Metro Transit’s original CIP indicated design in 2010 and construction in 2011 after a site had been chosen and in conjunction with the Rosedale lease expiration; however, he noted the federal funds available through a UPA grant for the region, following the latest legislative session, with $133 million available primarily for transit facility improvements along the I-35W corridor; with a caveat that funding needed to be completed and design completed by September of 2008 for bidding, with construction started in early 2009 and completed by September of 2009. Presentation and discussion included existing ridership surveys; local and regional use of Roseville facilities; transport from the Roseville area to both downtown Minneapolis and St. Paul; expectations that County Road C will be a primary feeder for current Rosedale customers to the new facility; continued use of the Rosedale site until lease expiration, and the new facility to relieve existing overcapacity; location of the proposed facility on the NE corner of the Old Dominion Freight Line site at Cleveland Avenue N and Iona Lane; and long-term plans for Roseville providing for two (2) Park and Ride facilities, with one anticipated on the south side of town closer to Highway 36 for a total combined capacity of 1,000 spaces. Further discussion included a request of Mr. Jones to provide more specific data on ridership from Roseville residents and from outside the community; routing and access by buses to the site in the interim (north on I-35W to the Cleveland Avenue exit, north to Iona, turnaround and back south in reverse); traffic logistics and pending construction of a median by Cent Ventures up to Iona Lane; consideration of how Iona Lane will be utilized within the Twin Lakes redevelopment area, as the traffic study didn’t contemplate its use to the magnitude that this may be proposed at and any necessary short-term or temporary modifications; and the proposed exterior elevations of the facility and how they meet Twin Lakes design standards. Mr. Paschke advised that staff had not completed their analysis of the exterior elevations, at this stage of sketch plan review, but that the facility would have to meet similar guidelines, given it’s corner location, and after review of similar Park and Ride facilities and their favorable design. Additional discussion included this use meeting general purpose and intent and consistent with design guidelines; and the significant number of cars and traffic impact considerations.