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REQUEST FOR COUNCIL ACTION Department Approval: Manager Reviewed: �� - �- �� Item Description: TH 36 Landscaping Master Plan Task Force DATE: 07l10/00 ITEM NO.: E-2 Agenda Section: Organizational Business Background: TH 36 is a principal arterial that bisects our community from east to west. The current traffic volume of 72,000 is expected to top 88,000 vehicles per day by 2010. In 1999, MnlDot replaced the Dale Street Bridge. Over the ne�t decade, it is likely that the Lexington Avenue and Rice Street bridges will also be replaced. Mn/Dot's long term plans are to add an additional lane to both east-bound and west-bound TH 36. As traffic volumes on TH 36 continue to increase, the adverse impacts of the freeway on adjoining properties will increase as well. These impacts, especially noise, are consistent concerns raised by community surveys and Vista 2000. In addition to the adverse impacts of the highway on adjoining properties, TH 36 has a significant visual impact on the community. For many, their image of Roseville is formed primarily by their daily trip through the community on TH 36. The landscaping treatment of the right-of-way is an important opportunity to help define the community's image. To date, Roseville has not articulated a comprehensive vision for the aesthetic treatment of TH 36. In anticipation of future roadway improvements and considering the significance of TH 36 on community image, staff is recommending that a citizen task force be formed to develop an aesthetic master plan for TH 36 to provide direction to future projects. It is expected that this task force would meet monthly beginning in September 2000 and ending, tentatively, in March 2001. The task force would be staffed by Karl Keel, Roseville's Director of Public Works and Todd Carroll, a landscape architect with the Minnesota Department of Transportation. The goal of the task force would be to develop a schematic master plan for the TH 36 corridor that considers the following elements: ❑ Screening of adjoining properties ❑ Overall landscape image ❑ Community entry treatments ❑ Corridor landscape design theme ❑ Installation methods/cost ❑ Maintenance cost ❑ Available resources ❑ Corridor priorities