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City of Mounds View- Request for Proposals 411)Highway 10 Design Theme July 7, 1997 Page 3 movement, signalized 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. SCOPE OF PROJECT: The scope of the project would include the following: 1. Visual evaluation of conditions on properties fronting Highway 10 for purposes of assessing the feasibility of implementing a design theme and the type of theme which would be appropriate. Attention would be given to type of land use,property condition, natural features, and amount of land available for implementing a design theme. For example, notations would be made where existing improvements such as buildings and parking lots are situated relative to the Highway right-of-way line. The area to be assessed would be the north and south sides of Highway 10 between County Road H2 to Silver Lake Road. Notations on constraints to the implementation of a design theme should be included. The information from the • visual evaluation would be mapped or otherwise synthesized. An exacting study is not expected. The City would make available development plans on file with the City, aerial photographs, drawings showing approximate location of buildings and structures from Ramsey County. The idea is to identify where there are none to minor to severe limitations on fitting design improvements, and to give consideration to adjacent site conditions in developing the design theme. 2. Tour of the City to assess its general character and the impact of the Highway 10 corridor. Review of the sketch plan for the Ring Road concept developed during the University of Minnesota design course. 3. Review of the active development plans for sites in the Highway 10 corridor to assess and make recommendations on how the design theme could be coordinated with these development plans. 4. Preparation of two or three concept plans for a design theme along Highway 10, with attention to specific conditions in the corridor and illustrating both a formal and informal treatment for the corridor. The design theme should include proposals for landscaping, lighting, signage, fencing, and street furniture as deemed appropriate by the designer. A suggested color scheme should be included. The design theme should also include details showing how the gateways at Silver Lake Road and • Edgewood Drive, and the major intersections at Long Lake Road and County Road I would be treated.