20190122 Gold Line Phase 4 White Bear and Sun Ray

METRO

Gold Line BRTOD Plans

White Bear and Sun Ray Station BRTOD Plans District 1 Community Meeting January 16, 2019

Community Meeting Agenda PRESENTATION: 1. BRT project and BRTOD Plans overview 2. BRTOD Plans 3. BRTOD Plans benefits DISCUSSION: 4. Comments and questions 5. Table discussions 6. Table reports 2

BRT PROJECT OVERVIEW

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Gold Line BRT Project Process Completed

Current

Transit needs analysis

Analysis to identify routes

Finalize route, general station locations, and transit type (bus rapid transit)

2010

2012

2016

Project Engineering (42 Months)

BRTOD Planning

Gold Line construction

Gold Line opening day 2024

(22 Months)

Public Engagement

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Project Engineering (Guideway and Station design) led by Metro Transit and a separate project

I-494

I-94

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Metro Transit BRT Engineering Project – Guideway and Station Design

BRT Characteristics —Frequent Service Fewer stops (1/2 mile apart)

Transit priority signal

Bus-only lanes

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BRT Characteristics—Train-Like Features Level boarding to vehicle

Fare payment at the station

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BRT Characteristics—Enhanced Stations High Quality Amenities    

Shelters Seating Paving Landscaping Electronic Reader Boards

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6-foot sidewalk

Ruth St

White Bear Ave

6-foot sidewalk

6-foot sidewalk Old Hudson Avenue

12-foot trail

Guideway

Underpass Ruth St

Underpass

MnDOT Parcel

White Bear Station—Preliminary Engineering (Sept. 2018)

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I-94

Apartments under construction

White Bear Avenue Station location— looking south

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6-foot wide sidewalk to Ruth Street

Station on berm

12-foot wide Trail to station

Existing Apartments

6-foot wide sidewalk

White Bear Station location— looking south

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6-foot sidewalk

Sun Ray Shopping Center

10-foot trail

Overpass

Sun Ray Station—Preliminary Engineering (Sept. 2018)

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Pedersen Street

Old Hudson Road

Sun Sun Ray Ray Station Stationlocation— location—looking Lookingeast East

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Interstate 94

Old Hudson Road

BRT Guideway Rendering: Crandall Arambula

Sun Ray Station location—looking east

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BRTOD PROJECT OVERVIEW

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I-494

I-94

Bus Rapid Transit Oriented Development Plans (1/2 mile of the stations)

BRTOD Plans Project – Station Area Development

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St. Paul BRTOD Plans

Saint Paul stations

Include:  Station Assessments  Vision  Circulation Plans  Development Plans  Implementation recommendations

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BRTOD Planning +

Intent: Increase ridership through improved walk and bike station access transit-oriented development

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St Paul BRTOD Plans Address: Traditional Neighborhood Zoning

 Policy and implementation guidance for adopted plans  Additional detail for station access and bus rapid transitoriented development

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St. Paul BRTOD Planning Process  Four phases  Began May 2017  Ends February 2019— City staff recommendations to Council  Engagement sessions with District 1 Land Use Committee and City staff during each phase

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GOLD LINE CORRIDOR VISION

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Corridor-wide Vision 1. Establish a multi-modal transportation corridor that link stations 2. Enable station areas to achieve their development potential 3. Increase potential ridership

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Station Access Hierarchy Corridor Trail

Station Access

A continuous walking and biking link between the ten BRTOD Planning Project stations.

Provide linkages between the Corridor Trail and stations.

Collector Trail

Neighborhood Access

Provide access into station areas from neighborhoods and destinations outside the mile-wide study area corridor.

Provide connections between Station Access, Collector Trail, and Corridor Trail routes.

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Gold Line Corridor Vision

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Station Typologies Neighborhood

Employment

Predominantly residential areas with few opportunities for transitoriented infill or redevelopment.

Established employment centers that provide familywage jobs and high transit ridership opportunities

Mixed use Neighborhood

Commerce

Established or significant redevelopment opportunities for neighborhood-scale residential, retail, and employment

Established commercial centers that are corridor and region-serving

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Gold Line Corridor Vision

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White Bear Neighborhood Station

Sun Ray Mixed-use Neighborhood Station

Gold Line Corridor Vision

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WHITE BEAR AVENUE STATION BRTOD PLAN

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White Bear Avenue Station Key Issue: Create an equitable plan that addresses needs of existing station area residents

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White Bear Avenue Station Key Opportunities: Address station area health factors.

Provide:  Safety—highly visible and active station  Connectivity — safe and direct link to destinations  Housing — increase both affordable and market rate housing  Jobs— south of Interstate 94

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CIRCULATION PLAN

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Circulation Plan Corridor Trail  No direct connection to station

Hazel St

 Link between station and destinations south of the freeway Ruth St

White Bear Ave

3rd St

Suburban Ave Burns Ave

Corridor Trail (Walk and bike parallel route)

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Circulation Plan Corridor Trail key segments: Ruth St

Ruth Street Bridge Trail Hazel St

White Bear Ave

3rd St

 Ruth Street Bridge  Suburban Avenue

Burns Ave

Suburban Avenue Trail

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Circulation Plan Bike Lanes

Hazel St

White Bear Ave

3rd St

Ruth St

Bike Lanes

Corridor Trail—Ruth Street Bridge  10-foot walk and bike trail and 2-foot buffer raised above the roadway  Add lighting and new painted crosswalks at intersections

Existing Condition (Looking North)

 Maintain existing travel lanes Trail

Planned Condition (Looking North)

Burns Ave

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Hazel St

White Bear Ave

Ruth St

No Sidewalk

3rd St

Circulation Plan Corridor Trail—Suburban Avenue  Add 10-foot trail and 5-foot landscaped buffer raised above the roadway  Trail may be located on either side of roadway or a hybrid

Existing Condition (Looking East) Trail Burns Ave

Planned Condition (Looking East)

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Circulation Plan Station access route: Hazel St

White Bear Ave

Station Access Route (Old Hudson Road + White Bear Avenue)

Ruth St

3rd St

 Provides direct link to the station  Bike lanes, sidewalk, and trail improvements

Burns Ave

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Narrow Sidewalk

Hazel St

Ruth St

3rd St

White Bear Ave

Wide Auto Lanes

Circulation Plan Station access route — White Bear Avenue Bridge  Widen existing sidewalk to 10-feet and include a 2-foot buffer at curb  Add lighting

Existing Condition (Looking North)

 Narrow wide travel lanes Narrow Auto Lanes

Planned Condition (Looking North)

Burns Ave

Trail

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Circulation Plan

No Sidewalk

Station access route — Old Hudson Road Ruth St

Hazel St

White Bear Ave

3rd St

 Add bike lanes between White Bear Avenue to Ruth Street  Add lighting and new painted crosswalks at intersections

Existing Condition (Looking East)

 Fill gaps in sidewalks Fill Gaps in Sidewalk Burns Ave

Bike Lanes

Planned Condition (Looking East)

Bike Lanes

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Station Access  Direct sightlines between Old Hudson Road and to the station  Direct walking and biking routes Existing

Plaza Park

Development Concept

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Station Access

Park

Direct sightlines and walking and biking route from Old Hudson Road

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DEVELOPMENT PLAN

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Development Plan— Market Gap Assessment Station area near-term demand:  Apartments

80 market rate 80 affordable

 Townhomes

14 for sale

 Retail & Services

65,000 square feet

 Office

40,000 square feet

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Development Plan Near-term

mixed-use infill development

Station area development sequencing:  Near-term increase affordable and market rate housing north of the freeway  Long-term increase jobs south of the freeway

Long-term

mixed-use development

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Development Concept Best practices and community objectives:  Consistent with existing zoning — uses, heights, massing and standards  Activate station— buildings oriented to station, parks, and streets  Activate station— ground-floor retail near the station White Bear Avenue Station— View Looking North to Old Hudson Road

 Focus for community activity— public park  MnDOT parcel— key redevelopment site 44

Vacant & underutilized sites

Development Concept Near-term demand: Near-term concept:

Existing Development

Near Term Development Concept

 174 housing units

 300 housing units

 65,000 sq ft retail and services

 10,000 sf retail and services

 40,000 sq ft office

 1.2 acre park/plaza  At a minimum, target 80 affordable units

White Bear Avenue Station

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Development Concept Multi-family housing + groundfloor commercial (Three stories)

Multi-family housing + groundfloor commercial (Five stories)

MnDOT parcel New multi-family

Multi-family housing + ground-floor commercial (Five stories-phase 2)

Park

White Bear Avenue Station

Multi-family housing + groundfloor commercial (Three stories)

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Development Concept Existing building provides ‘eyes’ on the station

Park amenity

Proposed buildings oriented to station and park

White Bear Avenue Station— View looking north toward Old Hudson Road

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Development Plan Suburban Avenue long-term development sites:  Additional conceptual development planning  market analysis

Long-term commercial development

Corridor Trail (Walk and bike parallel route)

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SUN RAY STATION BRTOD PLAN

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Sun Ray Station Key Issue:  3M

Sun Ray Shopping Center

Burns Ave

McKnight Rd

Ruth St

Pedersen St

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Existing shopping center provides transitsupportive uses Sun Ray Transit Center and park-and-ride is not adjacent to station

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No park amenities at the station

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No existing walking and biking street grid

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Station platform is behind shopping center building

Battle Creek Middle School

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Sun Ray Station Create a strategy for private sector-driven redevelopment into a vibrant mixed-use station area 3M

Sun Ray Shopping Center

Burns Ave

Sun Ray Station— View Looking East

McKnight Rd

Ruth St

Pedersen St

Key Opportunities:

 Development phasing— maintain existing viable uses  Connectivity— improve walking and biking routes between, the station, shopping center, neighborhood and 3M

Battle Creek Middle School

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CIRCULATION PLAN

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Circulation Plan 3rd St

Corridor Trail McKnight Rd

Sun Ray Shopping Center

Ruth St

Pedersen St

 Connection to 3M 3M

 Connection McKnight Road collector trail  Link to destinations south of the freeway

Suburban Ave Burns Ave

Corridor Trail (Walk and bike route)

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Circulation Plan Corridor Trail— Old Hudson Road Hazel St

Ruth St

3rd St

White Bear Ave

No Sidewalk

Existing Condition (Looking East)

Trail

Planned Condition (Looking East)

The BRT project will construct:  A 10-foot Corridor Trail and 5-foot landscaped boulevard

Burns Ave

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Circulation Plan Corridor Trail— Old Hudson Road Hazel St

Ruth St

3rd St

White Bear Ave

No Sidewalk

Existing Condition (Looking East)

The BRT project will construct:  A 10-foot Corridor Trail and 5-foot landscaped boulevard City enhancements to the Corridor Trail include:

Trail

Planned Condition (Looking East)

 Lighting for both the roadway and trail Burns Ave

 Street trees, shrubs and groundcover

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Circulation Plan

Sun Ray Shopping Center

McKnight Rd

Station access route:  Provides direct link between library, recreation center and the station 3M

Ruth St

Station Access Route (Pedersen Street Trail)

Pedersen St

3rd St

Suburban Ave Burns Ave

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Utility poles and wires Narrow Sidewalk

Narrow Sidewalk

Circulation Plan Station access route — Pedersen Street Long-term redevelopment of the shopping center should include:

Old Hudson Road

Existing Condition (Looking North)

 Trail and landscaped boulevard improvements  Improve crosswalks  Improve pedestrian-scale lighting

Wide Sidewalk

 Additional canopy trees

Trail

Old Hudson Road

Planned Condition (Looking North)

 Relocate overhead utilities underground to improve visual quality of the street 57

Station Access Route

Sun Ray Station— View looking north toward Old Hudson Road

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DEVELOPMENT PLAN

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Pedersen St

Development Plan— Market Gap Assessment Near term demand for:  Apartments 600 market rate 180 affordable

3M

Sun Ray Shopping Center

Burns Ave

McKnight Rd

Ruth St

100 senior  Retail & services

160,000 sq. ft.

 Office

30,000 sq. ft.

Battle Creek Middle School

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Transit Center

Sun Ray shopping center

Development Plan Long Term Concept: Consistent with adopted station area plan vision  Sun Ray shopping center redevelopment  Pedersen Street corridor redevelopment  Transit Center redevelopment  McKnight Road redevelopment

Culver’s

Bowling alley

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Development Concept Long-term build-out:  Apartments

2,500

 Retail & services

240,000 sf

 Office/hotel

195,000 sf

 Parking garage, park-and-ride & Transit Center

600 stall

 Park/plaza

2.0 acre

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Development Concept— Build-out Park and plaza Conway Park amenity Rec. Center

Parking structure includes multimodal transit center & park-and-ride

Multi-family + groundfloor commercial

Sun Ray Library

Commercial

Commercial

Street grid Sun Ray Station

Retail anchor (Grocery store) and hotel

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Development Concept— Phasing  Minimize impacts — maintain viable shopping center uses as long as possible Existing Development

 Address market gap — provide a near-term and long-term strategy  Improve bus and BRT connections — relocate transit center and park-and-ride

Phasing Concept

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Conway Park

Create park amenity

Address near-term market gap demand

Development Concept— Phasing

Cub Foods

 Apartments Existing viable uses maintained

Plaza

Activate station environment

Sun Ray Sun Ray Station Station

Improve bus and BRT connections

Near Term Demand:

Phase 1 Concept:

880 units

580 units

 Retail & services 160,000 sq ft

45,000 sq ft

 Office/hotel

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30,000 sq ft

 Parking garage, park-and-ride & Transit Center

150 spaces & 4 to 6 bus bays

 Park/plaza

2.0 acre

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IMPLEMENTATION

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White Bear Avenue Station

Circulation Projects Design and funding:

Sun Ray Station

Corridor Trail Enhancements and Improvements  Metropolitan Council regional solicitation  City Capital Improvement Plan Corridor Trail, Station Access, and Station Parks and Plazas  City Capital Improvement Plan

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White Bear Avenue Station

Development Projects Equitable Growth and AntiDisplacement Strategies

Sun Ray Station

 St Paul Home and Storefront Improvement Plans  Corridor Affordable Housing Financing Study

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White Bear Avenue Station

Development Projects Additional Planning

Sun Ray Station

 White Bear Avenue Station MnDOT Parcel Reuse Study  Suburban Avenue Corridor Plan  Sun Ray Transit Center redevelopment  Transit Center and park-and-ride relocation study

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POTENTIAL CORRIDOR BRTOD BENEFITS

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White Bear Avenue Station

Potential BRTOD Benefits Private Investment:  White Bear Avenue $ 63 million Station: $600 million  Sun Ray Station: Sun Ray Station

Total: $663 million

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White Bear Avenue Station

Potential BRTOD Benefits Potential Household Transportation Savings:  Over 50% annual fuel savings  $725 a year per household Sun Ray Station

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White Bear Avenue Station

Potential BRTOD Benefits Annual ‘Green Dividend’ Per Station Area:  $4 million recirculated locally Sun Ray Station

 25% reduction in vehicle miles travelled

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DISCUSSION

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White Bear Avenue—Your Comments

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White Bear Avenue—Your Comments

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Sun Ray Station—Your Comments

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Sun Ray Station—Your Comments

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Project Website: http://thegatewaycorridor.com/

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METRO

Gold Line BRTOD Plans

White Bear and Sun Ray Station BRTOD Plans District 1 Community Meeting January 16, 2019