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working hours, encourage the use of transit, park-and-ride lots and car and van <br />pooling; improve transit service to provide more frequent buses and more direct <br />routes, and encourage use of alternatives such as bicycles or walking. <br />e) Construct a11 levels of pathway/sidewalks improvements, including paths <br />separate from the roadway, additional bicycle lanes within the roadway <br />pavement, sidewalks and improved bicycle parking facilities. Connect sidewalk <br />systems where gaps occur. In addition, improve bus, parking and pathway <br />signage. <br />20) Ensure that essential services are aesthetically pleasing and harmonious with <br />adjacent uses. <br />a) Require that utility structures and essential services not negatively impact <br />surrounding uses by careful placement on sites of landscaping and screening <br />parking and implementing adequate noise and odor control devices. <br />21) Reduce light, air, noise and visual pollution. <br />a) Provide adequate lighting for streets and parking areas but without creating a <br />hazard for motorists or a nuisance for adjacent residential properiy owners. <br />Require direct or directly reflected light be confined to the properiy. Lights must <br />be equipped with hoods or louvers to direct light downward and prevent glare <br />from crossing property boundaries. <br />22) Address highway-generated noise. <br />a) Develop noise-mitigating features, especially for residential areas that are <br />adjacent to the two lakes and on Fairview Avenue. This should include greater <br />setbacks from the road, additional buffer or screening requirements and <br />construction techniques such as fewer windows on the highway side of the house, <br />acoustical design, quieter air handling equipment, and additional insulation, as <br />well as improved siting of new commercial/industrial buildings to act as buffers <br />for highway noise. <br />23) Revise the standards to include site design and review standards that encourage <br />innovative on-site management of storm water where possible, and storm water <br />conveyance to regional ponds where necessary. For example, some temporary (12- <br />hour) storage could be done in and under parking lots to control flow from parking <br />lots to pond. Work with the NTinnesota Pollution Control Agency and US <br />Environmental Protection Agency to implement a regional water quality system. <br />24) Protect, preserve and restore features, on both public and private property, which <br />significantly contribute to the character and appearance of the natural environment of <br />Twin Lakes. <br />7 <br />