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REQUEST FOR COUNCII, ACTION DaTE: Ziilro2 ITEM NO.; work session II. A. Department ApprovaL• Manager Reviewed: Agenda Section: \��► �� Work Session Item Description: Review Draft County Road C Streetscape Framework Manual Background: County Road C is an important easbwest arterial serving Roseville. Because it provides access to major commercial, industrial and civic properties, it is considered by many to be Roseville's "Main Street". As part of its capital improvements program, Ramsey County plans to reconstruct County Road C, from I35W to O�ord Street (just east of Le�ngton Avenue). Numerous large land use changes are currently being contemplated along County Road C, including the Twin Lakes Redevelopment Area, the Tower Place Redevelopment Area and Roseville's City Center. These changes, along with the County's proposed street reconstruction project, present a unique opportunity to upgrade the urban design elements of the County Road C corridor commensurate with its community significance. The first step in implementing such a change is to develop an overall urban design master plan for the County Road C corridor. In anticipation of the County's reconstruction project, the City Council authorized the preparation of a master plan for County Road C from I35W to Rice Street to investigate upgrades to the urban design and streetscape. At the October 23, 2000 meeting the City Council selected Dahlgren Shardlow and Uban, Inc. to work with a citizen task force to prepare this master plan. At the 7anuary 17, 2001 meeting the Council appointed the Tasl�orce members shown on the attached list The Tasl�orce members are fairly evenly distributed along the County Road C corridor, and include both commercial and residential properties. This group has met 8 times over the past year. We also conducted an "Issues Forum" in April of last year. This Public Open House invited properiy owners within 1/a mile of County Road C to come in and help develop the goals and objectives for this corridor. We had appro�mately 65 people attend this session. Three other public meetings ha�e been held, one with properiy owners from James Addition regarding access, another with business owners regarding access, and one Phase I open house. There has been considerable public input into this process and we are interested in receiving feedback from the Council on the Streetscape Framework Plan.