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Hoisington Koegler Group Inc. ©~ ~® Roe said that even though the traffic analysis model could not include $5 per gallon gas, the Comp Plan could contain language and/or policies regarding the impacts of increasing gas prices on the City's transportation planning. Goedeke feels that the new County Road 62 bridge over I-35W is not adequately used and asked whether there is potential to develop a connection to Highway 280. Bloom explained the current planning that is occurring around Highway 280 based on a recent meeting with Mn DOT. Shwiff asked about the status of the existing park & ride at Rosedale. Radel explained that the new owners of Rosedale are not interested in continuing the park & ride function at Rosedale, so this park & ride will be discontinued in 2011. Public Works Director Schwartz explained that Metro Transit projects a need for 800 park & ride spaces in Roseville. They are currently looking at developing two facilities to meet this projected need, including 400 spaces at Twin Lakes and 400 spaces at a to-be-determined site somewhere along Highway 36 in eastern Roseville. Shwiff suggested that the City should be identifying any potential transit "golden opportunities". Schwartz responded that Metro Transit is currently looking for additional opportunities for developing park & rides. Schaffer briefly described a metro counties tax that is intended to be available for funding future park & ride ramps. Goedeke said that he is shocked that Rosedale is moving away from its support of a park & ride lot at Rosedale. He recommended that the City be very persistent in trying to retain this park & ride lot. Bakeman suggested that the proposed park & ride lot should be designed with the capacity to be converted to a more full-service transit hub in the future. Ihlan described how existing I-35W northbound cut-through traffic impacts the area immediately east of I-35W using County Road C and Fairview Ave or Snelling Ave. She is concerned that adding Twin Lakes Parkway will create an even more direct east-west connection from I-35W to Fairview Ave and Snelling Ave. Grefenberg asked about planning for non-motorized transportation options and whether Snelling Ave is designated as a bus rapid transit (BRT) corridor. He recommended that the Comp Plan clearly identify Snelling Ave as a transit corridor. Schaffer asked why planned new streets in the Twin Lakes area are essentially the only improvements showing up in the Capital Improvements Program when Twin Lakes Parkway will just create a new pass-through route.