Minutes - Public Works Committee - 01/20/2004

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same intercepting design, but with a left-in movement, was proposed for traf- fic from the north. This would distribute vehicle circulation demands across the site, reducing congestion for morning and afternoon commuters and for evening shoppers and diners. The park- ing facilities will fail between two signal- ized intersections on the adjacent devel- oping transit corridor, and the plan calls for working with the Oakota County Transportation Department to modify the signal loops at those intersections to favor morning and afternoon com- muters entering and exiting the site. Residential areas The proposed apartment buildings are designed to connect with the green space and pedestrian paths in several ways, First floor apartments will have small courtyards opening onto the greenway to create mutual oversight between the green space and apartment areas and improve the security of both. As mentioned above, this sense of visu- al and social connection was designed into the location of plan elements rela- rive to the senior homes as well, From a formal design standpoint, the apartment courtyards will soften the often harsh visual transition between vertical three- story apartment buildings and the hori- zontal ground plane, and increase the visual interest. Performing shared use parking analy- ses in the planning process reduced the AUTHOR~Y COUI,FrY How the five Minnesota public agencies coordinated their objectives and resources COMMUNITY TRANSIT STATION Community Existing Apartments Greenspace ' [ ' "' ' Residen ~ial -;~ .... .... 't,~.',~'~,,.'' '' ,,~;~'4;:~.~.~<4..~ ." Street ' ... ~ . -~.. ~* .:,~. ~.. ~ ~ .... ..... .~ B Residential ,,~ Senior .... , Access ..-' Homes ~' ..: ,' Street .:," ~ ~<, .¢:.: ..:.., :.. . :. . ., : :_'".'. .... ~ .:.... , :. B C ~°rt~/$ou'h Transit , [~o a~a~a Y Clinic :~ Retail · :,', F~.. ~ ' Shared-Use~:~;''' ~.,...Canopy Area .F'"~'.~, [~7'~,:~ ~. Park/Ride ...... :.i.r~:" ~ Retal '.,,.~'. ;/'::1~;~:~:" 3) .Parking . ~..:~:,: "({"~:;a?':5F Restaurant " g~:' ' <"' ;::' '~'~' - ~-.,F '~ ' %'-":' : -:'~-' ":~ ~{ ~ '<:.'- ' ~.,:i~.}~~~~~'"' r~,. ~x~. "'"~ '~t '~t ' ~"?~" '"':~ ~*~'~ ~[~'~7~?7~'L~f[;'~ ;f 'z'~':" Bus T~rnOnly ~,. ~ .. Sections of the community transit station, looking south duplication of parking-lot construction and allowed proposed apartment devel- opment densities to approach 30 units per acre in this suburban area. Residen- tial parking would be divided between underground stalls (one per unit) and on-site surface stalls. The large area of shared use park-and-ride parking within the retail center would be available on evenings and weekends for residential overflow. Commercial/retail The retai! components proposed in the master plan are sited to take advantage of high traffic volume and visibility along the adjacent thoroughfare. Because the plan locates additional stalls in the shared use park-and-ride parking area directly behind the buildings, parking for retail activities along the roadway side of the buildings was allocated at one- half the normal amount of retail parking required by zoning ordinances. Numar- ous passageways through the proposed retail buildings-provide effective connec- tions to this parking, and also connect back into the community green space, residential areas and extended path system. With a smaller amount of parking in PASSENGER TERMINAL '96 z3 -31-