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residents can relieve the two major corridors (Snelling Avenue and Highway 36) of local traffic <br /> congestion. The grid system should be retained and expanded as future development is <br /> realized. It is hoped that this dispersion of traffic will eliminate the need to continually widen. <br /> major corridors. The pedestrian system in the Cornerstone follows the street system and <br /> adopted pathway system with sidewalks placed within the public right-of-way. <br /> Mass transit in the form of local circulator and commuter buses, as well as express bus routes <br /> between communities, will continue to provide the primary source of public transportation. Bus <br /> drop-off lanes and spaces need to be constructed along the Cornerstone corridors such as <br /> Lexington Avenue. The local bus system feeds into the hub at Rosedale, as well as head south <br /> to the center cities. In the future the local bus system may convert.to or connect into the <br /> dedicated bus transit lane or light rail system. <br /> Parking within the Cornerstone area is currently provided by private improvements within each <br /> site. There is and will be very limited amounts of parking within the.public street system. In <br /> order to reduce the need for on street parking, the Cornerstone plan anticipates that parking <br /> in consolidated areas and underground may occur in the multi-family structures and mixed use <br /> structures. As new developments occur in the Cornerstone area, the City may request that <br /> areas designated for on-site parking also have an air rights easement for future public and/or <br /> private structured parking above the surface space. In addition, as new developments occur <br /> with office uses, the City will request that parking spaces'at grade be screened and depressed <br /> three to five feet in order to allow for doubling the size of the parking facility by simply adding <br /> a parking deck above the surface grade, with proper screening. <br /> Storm water management in the Cornerstone districts is currently planned within the City-wide <br /> comprehensive storm water management plan. As a portion of that plan, future on-site surface <br /> parking areas will be required to capture high intensity rains and allow the rain water to be <br /> released more slowly into the City's public storm sewer pipe systems. In addition, storm water <br /> detention will occur in numerous ponds along the sides of the Cornerstone. These detention <br /> ponds should be landscaped to provide an amenity as redevelopment occurs in those areas. <br /> Utilities in the Cornerstone, including drinking water and sanitary sewer, are currently designed <br /> to provide for maximum capacity of development throughout the Cornerstone areas.* Installation <br /> of new utilities will occur only at the time that new road systems are installed. <br /> PUBLIC SPACES AND FEATURES <br /> The City of Roseville Cornerstone design plan includes formal public open space and informal <br /> public spaces which include human scale entry areas, civic spaces, retail focus areas, landmark <br /> identity at intersections, and visual/physical linkages to and between neighborhoods.. <br /> Entry features in the Cornerstone include gateways, signature signage, or landmarks at all of <br /> the major intersections. These are the primary identification features that signify arrival into the <br /> Cornerstone and they establish the start of the Streetscape Program. <br /> 9 <br />