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City of Mounds View-Request for Proposals Highway 10 Design Theme • July 7, 1997 Page 2 Between December, 1996 and now,the City has received three major development proposals along the Highway 10 corridor: • O'Neil Property,which has received PUD zoning approval for a 16-screen movie theater,three office buildings and two restaurant sites ■ D.W. Jones Property,which has received PUD zoning approval for an 83-unit senior citizen housing development,gas station/convenience market/fast food restaurant/car wash,and office buildings and/or sit-down restaurant ■ Silver Lake Commons,which is under review and includes a major renovation of the Red Oak Apartments and construction of 16 new rental townhomes In addition,Mounds View was one of four cities which participated in a design course sponsored by the University of Minnesota. The issue selected for Mounds View for study was the Highway 10 corridor. One of the outcomes of this course was a sketch plan for the development of a ring road which would define the City's commercial core centered on Highway 10. It also resulted in discussions about the need to develop a stronger sense of place within this core or"heart"of Mounds View,and the need to tame Highway 10. At present, Highway 10 tends to act as a barrier and a route through the City rather than a stage for presenting the community of Mounds View. • The City Council acting as the Economic Development Authority authorized this request for proposals for a design theme in order to find ways to overcome the current state of the Highway 10 corridor. It is the City's desire to create a more unified,attractive image for the City,to encourage a more coherent commercial district,and to create a City Center which would serve as a community focal point. Establishing a more coordinated approach to landscaping,signage,lighting and fencing, and establishing guidelines for building design and property appearance along Highway 10 would encourage higher quality development and strengthen the City's economic base. The design theme would also include proposed designs for the gateway points at Edgewood Drive and Silver Lake Road. These design elements would create a place which would attract businesses and customers,and which would present Mounds View as an attractive,prosperous community. It is also important that a design theme established as a reference point in working with private developers along Highway 10 on their site and landscaping plans. PROJECT AREA: The project area includes the Highway 10 corridor between its intersections with Silver Lake Road and County Road H2. (The City is seeking to realign Edgewood Drive so it will intersect Highway 10 at right angles approximately half way between Long Lake Road and County Road H2. It is hoped that approval will be obtained from MnDOT for a full-movement,signat»ed intersection at this point, and the existing uncontrolled full-movement intersection at Edgewood Drive will be abandoned. If this is accomplished,Edgewood would become the gateway to the Mounds View City Center.) The length of this stretch of Highway 10 is approximately one mile. The project area would include the parcels fronting Highway 10 and the highway right- of-way itself