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OBJECTfUES AND ASSUMPTIQNS GEN£RAl ASSUtNPTtpNS ~n order to plan f or appropriate land use and transportation investments far the ~7~st Avenue i=ATr certain assumptions were made in order to focus the planning efl+ort and set ~ distinct framewar~ and visiar~ far the future. general assurr~ptiar~s far the planning efl+art f ollow: t~a~or ~r~~sp~r~~~~~~ ~~r~veer~~s v~~~1 ~~ a ~~trnar~ devel~pen~ ~r~e~~ The often familiar treed in comr~ercial real estate will lil~ely play out in the ~A~T, r~ew develaprent and redevelaprnent typically follow transportation and public infrastructure iruprovements, The first primary trigger for development will be the Narthst~r commuter rail station opening in fall of ~~~, The allure of the first co~muter rail line ire ~iinnes~ta will likely solicit interest fror~ the deve opr~ent communltyt Additional roadway improvements through the Gateway will likely also trigger development in the area in the near terra. I~~ the future, the reconstruction of the ~a~j~a~~~g interchange and the car~versian of Highway ~a~~~~ to a limited access freeway will trigger significant land use and transportation pattern changes in the in the ~~~st Avenue FAST. ~"~~~ 1.~~es ~~r~~~ w~~~ ~~ exte~~ed ~~ ~e~~~~ a su~~re~~o~~~ cn~~e~~ar ~~r ~~~roved gc~es for easy ~!~ ~~ver~ The ~~I~ River Transportation Plan identifies Turin t.al~es Parkway as urhani~ing collector from CAM ~z to the signal at ~~~st Avenue, The transportati~i~ plan also indicates the continuation of Tv~rin ~alCes Parkway t~ ~~~th Avenue serving as the subYregional collectarfarsoutheast ~1~ Rivera I:a~~ uses vvr~~ ~eco,e ~~re ~~tenslve over t~rne~ As i~~frastructure impravemer~ts are made ar~d ridership ir~cr-eases with tf~e ~orthstar cornmu~er rail it is lil~ely mare `rr~tensive development will occur throughout tf~e l=A~ project area, ~u~~re ~~g#~~~ ~~f ~~~ access ~o stu~~ area w~~~ ~e ~ar~~er s~~~l~ t~~~ ~~~st ~ve~ue ~n~erse~~fo~ due ~~ l~ ,~~T s~a~~~ re~~rrerne~~s, ~`he current intersection of ~~~st Avenue and ~lihway ~o~~~g is less fhai~ ~ 1~ile from the motor interchange at ~lighv+ray ~o~ and Highway ~a~~6g, a typical rule of thur~b f or i~~terchange spacing, ~iN DOT rna~~dates the future i~~terchar~ge must ~y at least ~ mile south ~f the Highway ~o~ & ~a~~~~ interchange for safety purposes, allowing fir prapereonstrcfion of on ramps and a~ amps, A location not supported by ~~ DOT will likely not he implemented, s~ud~ area ~s in d~ue~~pr~er~~ ~~pe~i~~~~ wi!~~ o~~er d~s~ri~~~s in ~ ~~~s~~e ~~~ lever. Vvifhin ~llc River a large carnrnercial center exists just north of the project site slang ~w, ~~,_z~~: Highway ~bg near Main Street and ~chaol street, a~~d captures much of the commercial ~~`µ~~`~= -~`~` A`: -~ "::i 8: ;...~ ~ :s°.y ~~. . A,.~i.~a kw~ 9 ~~. ~~~~ ~.~ ;'..-~ '~=