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MouNis lVtEw City of Mounds View Staff Report Item No: Meeting Date: Type of Business Planning Case 05A Mar 2, 2022 Planning Case To: Planning Commission From: Jon Sevald, Community Development Director Item Title/Subject: Public Hearing: Resolution 1147-22, Recommending an Amendment to the Comprehensive Plan, Chapter 5 (Transportation) Introduction: Staff is requesting a Text Amendment to the 2040 Comprehensive Plan to include reference to the Ramsey County Pedestrian and Bicycle Plan. Discussion: During the City Council's October 25, 2021 meeting, Ramsey County Staff provided a presentation about the county's Active Living Communities. It was noted that Mounds View is one of three cities' whose Comprehensive Plan does not reference the county's Pedestrian & Bicycle Plan, nor the Connected Ramsey Communities Network. Ramsey County Pedestrian & Bicycle Plan (2015) The Plan establishes a Vision and Goals to improve access to pedestrian facilities. These culminated from several outreach efforts and surveys, concluding that residents walk and bike for recreation and as a mode of transportation. Residents want more separation from traffic, safe connections between sidewalks and trails, year -around maintenance, and meaningful engagement. The Connected Ramsey Communities Network (2015) This network is a map of various routes that connect from city to city, and county to county. The concepts within both plans are included in the city's Comprehensive Plan, although the Plan does not reference them directly. The City facilitated committees in the 1990's and 2000's, culminating in a sidewalk and trail plan to be implemented as part of the City's street reconstruction program. Each street project is designed based on this past work, and generally includes a sidewalk or striped road shoulder within '/4 mile of every home, and on school routes. It should be noted that residents have often objected to sidewalks for various reasons (e.g. tree preservation, loss of street parking). Reasons opposing sidewalks have not included maintenance. Since 19882, the city has removed snow from public sidewalks and trails, providing year -around use. The County's plan identifies3 pedestrian stress in areas including the three manufactured home communities (private streets), neighborhoods with concentrated apartments such as Scotland Green (private streets), Woodlawn Terrace, Silver Lake Woods (originally private streets), the 1 Gem Lake and North Oaks are the other two cities. 2 Ordinance 451 (Snow and Ice Control Policy) 3 Ramsey County-ide Pedestrian & Bicycle Plan, maps 2B-1 thru 2B-8 ne IVIOUF1US view VISIUF1 A Thriving Desirable Community