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23 <br /> <br />General improvements to the Snelling/Larpenteur commercial district since 2000 include: <br />• Increase in landscaped area, container plantings and trees <br />• Elimination of billboards and replacement of unattractive and disorganized signage <br />by new, less intrusive signage at all three commercial corners <br />• New bus shelters <br />• Refurbished street lights <br />Remaining problems: <br />• Street and walkway configuration that is hazardous to pedestrians <br />• Minimal landscaping separating walkways and streets from parking lots <br />• Visually obtrusive overhead electrical and telephone lines and utility structures <br />• Difficult vehicle access from public streets due to street improvements that have <br />improved traffic flow at the expense of retail accessibility. <br />• High proportion of paved surface contributing to storm water run-off and detracting <br />from the visual attractiveness of the area. <br />Based on its size limitations and fragmentation, the Falcon Heights commercial core will <br />not be able to compete successfully with nearby retail centers in Roseville for specialty <br />retail and "mall" shopping. Its primary role will be that of satisfying the neighborhood <br />convenience retail needs of a relatively small market area consisting of Falcon Heights <br />• and parts of Roseville and St. Paul. Its secondary role will be to function as a specialty <br />retail/service and office center with particular emphasis given to the retention of existing <br />businesses at Snelling and Larpenteur. Additional housing should be considered as an <br />element of any future redevelopment, to take advantage of this location at the intersection <br />of two important transit routes. <br />The Larpenteur Corridor - To be added. <br />• Preserving open space and promoting healthy living <br />• Transit resources <br />• Cleveland/Larpenteur cultural and recreational nucleus <br />• Redevelopment potential for TCCU, Hermes and TIES sites <br />• Replacement/redevelopment potential for existing R-4 <br />• The future of R-1 east of Snelling, north side and south side <br />• The future of existing B-1 <br /> <br />