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FINAL REPORT STATION AREA PLANNING Ower 25 ST. PAUL 120 (Lower AFton) 16 16 St. Paul Maplewood 494 Woodbury Afton 18 13 STATION AREA PLANNING 494 NEWPORT PLANNING South St. Paul Newport FINAL REPORT 56 19 95 for the 4 proposed commuter rail stations along the southeast portion of the Red Rock Corridor: 20 AREA 24 13 • HASTINGS 26 22 • COTTAGE GROVE (LANGDON VILLAGE) St. Paul Park 39 • NEWPORT Inver Grove Heights 61 • ST. PAUL (Lower AFton) STATION Cottage Grove COTTAGE GROVE (LANGDON VILLAGE) Denmark Twp. Sponsored by Red Rock Corridor Commission (RRCC) Grey Cloud Island Twp. and Washington County REPORT Prepared by Hay Dobbs, P.A. 220 South 6th Street, Suite 165 CORRIDOR Minneapolis, MN 55402 612.338.4590 Phone 10 42 612.337.4042 Fax 55 Nininger Twp. Hastings Rosemount 61 ROCK July 7, 2011 HASTINGS 42 Hastings 85 PUBLIC REVIEW DRAFT 291 RED FINAL Public Review Draft (July 7, 2011) RED ROCK CORRIDOR Blank Page ii Public Review Draft (July 7, 2011) RED ROCK CORRIDOR FUNDING PARTNERS This study was funded by federal funds from the Federal Transit Ad- ministration (FTA) through a grant agreement between Washington County Regional Railroad Authority (WCRRA) and the Minnesota Department of Transportation (Mn/DOT) The local match is provided by the Regional Railroad Authorities of Washington, Ramsey and Dakota Counties as part of their contribu- tions to the Red Rock Corridor Commission. A portion of the funding for this study was also provided by the Counties Transit Improvement Board. The Counties Transit Im- provement Board is taking regional transit to the next level in the metropolitan area. Since April 2008, five counties – Anoka, Dakota, Hennepin, Ramsey and Washington – have utilized a quarter-cent sales tax and a $20 a motor vehicle sales tax, permitted by the Min- nesota Legislature, to invest in and advance transitway projects by awarding annual capital and operating grants. The Counties Transit Improvement Board works in collaboration with the Metropolitan Council and Carver and Scott counties. Public Review Draft (July 7, 2011) iii RED ROCK CORRIDOR ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS Red Rock Corridor Commission Washington County Housing and Redevelopment Consulting Team Joe Harris, Chair; Dakota County Authority HAY DOBBS (Lead Firm): Jen Peterson, Vice-Chair; City of Cottage Grove Barbara Dacy, Executive Director • Tom Dobbs, Principal, Planner, Project Manager Mark Stenglein, Hennepin County • Gary Hay, Principal, Planner Janice Rettman, Ramsey County Dakota County • Kristin Petersen, Planner, Assistant Project Manager Autumn Lehrke, Washington County Sam O’Connell, Senior Transit Specialist • Tom Johnson, Public Relations (Former) Myra Peterson, Washington County (Former) John Hunziker, City of St. Paul Park Goodhue County PARSONS BRINCKERHOFF: Barb Hollenbeck, City of Hastings • Phil Pasterak, Implementation Manager Jim Keller, Denmark Township Ken Bjornstad, Deputy Director Public Works • Charles Collins, Senior Transit/Rail Engineer Steve Gallagher, City of Newport • Tushar Advani, Project Architect Corbin Hopkins, City of Newport (Former) Metropolitan Council Lee Helgen, City of St Paul Steve Elmer, Planning Analyst BONESTROO: Cam Gordon, City of Minneapolis Karen Lyons, Senior Planner • Jay Demma Ex-Officio Members: Goodhue County, Prairie • Scott Israelson Island Indian Community,City of Red Wing, Mn/DOT • Ciara Schlichting Canadian Pacific Railway Jon Solberg, Senior Transportation Planner • Theresa Maahs, Bob Vockrodt, Senior Transportation Planner (Former) • Tyler Newhall Citizen’s Advisory Committee Betsy Leach, St. Paul Metro Transit PIERCE PINI & ASSOCIATES: • Peter Muehlbach, Project Engineer Mary Ann Newman, Newport Scott Thompson, Senior Transit Planner Gregory Hanson, Newport TUNHEIM PARTNERS: Emily White, Newport City of Hastings Richard Remackel, Cottage Grove • Darin Broton, Account Supervisor Perry de Stefano, Cottage Grove John Hinzman, Planning Director • Stephanie Trow, Account Executive Lynn Moratzka, Hastings • Kristin Gast (Former) Ron Toppin, Hastings City of Cottage Grove Sandi Dingle, St. Paul Park John Burbank, Senior Planner DUAN CORP: Skip Soleim, Denmark Township Howard Blin, City Administrator (Former) • Frank Duan, President Washington County City of Newport PIXEL FARM Andy Gitzlaff, Senior Planner and Project Manager Brian Anderson, City Administrator FRANZ REPROGRAPHICS Ted Schoenecker, Transportation Planning Manager City of St. Paul Christina Morrison, City Planner Ramsey County Regional Railroad Authority Allen Lovejoy, Principal Planner Josh Olson, Planning Associate iv Public Review Draft (July 7, 2011) RED ROCK CORRIDOR CORRIDOR OVERVIEW PLANNING STUDY SCOPE PUBLIC INVOLVEMENT TABLE OF CONTENTS RAIL ANALYSIS - CORRIDOR INTRODUCTION MARKET ASSESSMENT CORRIDOR OVERVIEW TOD PLANNING APPROACH PREVIOUS PLANNING EFFORTS COTTAGE GROVE SITE SELECTION STATION AREA PLANNING STUDY IMPLEMENTATION & NEXT STEPS PUBLIC INVOLVEMENT RAIL ANALYSIS - CORRIDOR WIDE MARKET ASSESSMENT TOD PLANNING APPROACH COTTAGE GROVE SITE SELECTION 1-28 IMPLEMENTATION & NEXT STEPS RAIL LOWER AFTON LOCATION & CONTEXT STATION AREA VISION TECHNICAL ANALYS SUMMARY STATION AREA PLANS 29-44 IMPLEMENTATION & NEXT STEPS NEWPORT COMMUTER LOCATION & CONTEXT STATION AREA VISION SUPPORTING DOCUMENTATION TECHNICAL ANALYS SUMMARY (Available under separate cover) STATION AREA PLANS 45-60 IMPLEMENTATION & NEXT STEPS LANGDON VILLAGE 1 Study Area Inventory and Baseline Analysis Technical Report LOCATION & CONTEXT 2 Public Involvement Activities Summary STATION AREA VISION CORRIDOR TECHNICAL ANALYS SUMMARY 3 Market Assessment Memo STATION AREA PLANS 4 Final Station Area Plan Technical Report 61-76 IMPLEMENTATION & NEXT STEPS 5 Environmental Analysis Memo ROCK HASTINGS LOCATION & CONTEXT 6 Cost Estimate Memo STATION AREA VISION 7 TOD Implementation Plan TECHNICAL ANALYS SUMMARY INTRODUCTION 8 Implementation Plan STATION AREA PLANS 77-94 IMPLEMENTATION & NEXT STEPS RED Public Review Draft (July 7, 2011) RED ROCK CORRIDOR Ramsey Hennepin County County 35E 694 35W Bottineau Corridor CORRIDOR OVERVIEW Northstar 94 NE Diagonal / Highway 36 Rush Line Location and Context 694 394 Minneapolis Central Corridor Union Depot Interchange St. Paul 94 Gateway Corridor The Red Rock Corridor runs from Hastings, MN through down- Southwest LRT Hiawatha 35W town St Paul to Minneapolis. The corridor is approximately 30 miles Mississippi River Station Area Planning Study 35W BRT LRT in length—11 miles from downtown Minneapolis to downtown St. LOWER Washington erview AFTON The Washington County Regional Railroad Au- Paul and 19 miles from St. Paul to Hastings. The corridor includes Riv County thority, on behalf of the Red Rock Corridor Trunk Highway (TH) 61 and Interstate 94 and both the Canadian Cedar Ave BRT 35E Rob NEWPORT Commission, have retained a consultant team led 494 Pacific (CP) and Burlington Northern Santa Fe (BNSF) mainlines ert Street by Hay Dobbs to prepare Station Area Plans, Site with connections to the Union Depot in St Paul and the Interchange 61 Master Plans, and Environmental Analysis of the in Minneapolis. COTTAGE GROVE southeast stations along the Red Rock corridor. The Corridor has regional, statewide, and national significance as a Dakota HASTINGS The study will look at stations in the following primary transportation route for automobile, truck, and rail travel. County four communities: TH 61 is a principal arterial and part of the National Highway and Future extension to National Scenic Byway systems. Prairie Island Indian Community and Red Wing • ST. PAUL (Lower Afton) Population growth in the study area has been increasing and is KEY • NEWPORT projected to continue to increase at a rate higher than the core Red Rock Corridor Alternative Route to Minneapolis of both Minneapolis and St. Paul. In the southeastern portion of • COTTAGE GROVE Minnesota High-Speed Rail Goodhue the study area, beyond I-494, population growth rates range from Phase 2 Route MINNESOTA County HIGH-SPEED RAIL two times higher than the study area average for Hastings to three Other Regional Transitways • HASTINGS times higher for Cottage Grove. Although the highest employment Continues to Madison, densities in the study area are in the downtowns of both St. Paul Milwaukee, and Chicago and Minneapolis, the highest employment growth, in terms of overall percent of change, is projected for the other corridor communities. Despite the growth in some of the outlying areas, 94 percent of the Highway 61 is the principalRED arterial ROCK serving CORRIDOR the transportation ROUTE needs term transit investment for the corridor. Expanding bus service, jobs in the study area are within Minneapolis and St. Paul, and the of the corridor. TheRed Metropolitan Rock Corridor StationCouncil Area projections Planning and for Site 2030 Master Planning increasing bus frequency and providing additional park-and-ride primary commute pattern is to these downtowns. This pattern is show the entire length of Highway 61www.RedRockRail.org in the study area as a con- facilities are the strategies towards building transit ridership in the expected to continue into 2030. gested corridor. With the projected traffic growth and no planned corridor prior to the construction of commuter rail. The Com- improvements, all key locations on Highway 61, including ramps and muter Bus Feasibility Study completed by the Red Rock Corridor Metro Transit currently operates peak-period service on Routes intersections, are forecast to operate at Level of Service (LOS) F Commission in 2009 outlines a preferred service development plan 361 and 365 between
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