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• <br /> Project Understanding <br /> For the traveling public, Trunk Highway 10 may be the only glimpse motorists <br /> gain of the City of Mounds View. The corridor also communicates an image of <br /> the City to Mounds View residents. Improving that image for both motorists <br /> passing through the City and Mounds View residents has emerged as a top <br /> priority for the City Council and the Economic Development Authority. <br /> Accomplishing this objective will require exploring land use and design issues, <br /> including opportunities for improving land use, corridor aesthetics, traffic <br /> function as well as facility operation and maintenance. <br /> The TH 10 corridor is a complex environment influenced by a wide variety of <br /> factors and operating elements. Nevertheless, a number of potential <br /> improvements can be made that benefit corridor image and elevate community <br /> identity. Five key subareas within the corridor that merit specific consideration <br /> are shown in Figure 1 on the following page and are described as follows: <br /> 1. Private and public sector architectural and site planning guidelines could <br /> be considered to improve the visual character of adjacent buildings and <br /> parcel development. To achieve the goals of encouraging higher quality <br /> development and strengthening the City's economic base by improving <br /> property appearance along TH 10, guidance should be given in areas such <br /> building massing,material control, signing, parking layout , outdoor <br /> storage and landscaping. <br /> 2. Right-of-way edge treatment and billboard control could be exercised <br /> within the highway space immediately adjacent to the right-of-way. This <br /> interface with the private sector parcel often becomes the focus for <br /> landscaping, buffering, commercial visibility and commitments to long- <br /> term <br /> ongiterm maintenance. <br /> 3. Mainline highway elements and intersection treatment includes the <br /> traveled lanes, median area, sideslopes,backslopes, drainage swales and <br /> intersecting roadways. Signing, Iighting, and other typical highway <br /> elements must adhere to design standards established by Mn/DOT. <br /> Maintenance and operations of these facilities play a key role in their <br /> appearance and durability when viewed by the public. The design <br /> development of"gateway points" at Edgewood Drive and Silver Lake <br /> Road must investigate TH 10 right-of-way development opportunities. • <br /> SRF Consuting Group, Inc. 1 <br />