06-04-2007 DOWNTOWN REDEVELOPMENT TASK FORCECity of
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MEMORANDUM
TO: Downtown Redevelopment Plan Task Force
FROM: Heidi Steinmetz, Assistant Director of Economic Development��
DATE: June 4, 2007
SUBJECT: Meeting #8: Visioning Session 2 of 2
Attachments
® Mny 7`h Draft Nfinutes
® June 4th Agenda
May Meeting Minutes/June 4`h Agenda
Please see the attached draft minutes frozen the May 7`h meeting. You will be asked to
consider approval of these minutes at the June 4`h meeting.
Also attached is the June 4`h agenda. The meeting will be held in the Upper Town
conference roorn (across the hall from the City Council Chambers). The main goal of the
meeting is to refine the land use design concept that resulted from last month's first
visioning :meeting. Michael Schroeder ofLHB Architects & Engineers and Planner Chris
Leeseberg will present the concept for discussion at the meeting. Staff recotninends that
Task Force members continue to irision for the long-term (twenty years from now) of the
redevelopment area.
MEETING OF THE ELK RIVER
DOWNTOWN REDEVELOPMENT PLAN TASK FORCE
HELD AT ELK RIVER CITY HALL
MONDAY, MAY 7, 2007
Members Present: Stewart Wilson, HRA Chair; Louise Kuester, I -IRA Commissioner; Larry
Toth, HRA Commissioner; Jean Lieser, I4RA Commissioner; Lance
Lindberg, Heritage Preservation Commissioner; Dan Tveite, EDA
Commissioner; Dana Anderson, Planning Conunissioner; Nlike Niziolek,
Parks & Recreation Representative; Dave Rymanowski, Business
Representative (First National Bank); Keith Holixte, Business
Representative (Kemper Drug); Marls Urista, Business Representative
(Coldwell Banker Vision); John Anderson Resident Representative
Members Absent: Molly Nadeau -Peterson, Resident Representative
Staff Present: Community Development Director Scott Clark, Director afEconomic
Development Catherine MeheUla, Assistant Director of Economic
Development Heidi Steinmetz aihci Planner Chris Leeseberg
Others Present: Michael Sclhroeder of LHB Architects & Engineers
1. Al2prove Mav 7, 2007 Agenda
The April 9, 2007 agenda was approved wid one addition.,-'rriade by Task Force member
Larry Toth that the Task Force may i :want to co11 nsider. renaming the Redevelopment Plan
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from "Downtown Redevelopment Plan" ,to something else in order to better describe die
redevelopment area since the area is much- anger than the core downtown. It was decided
that each small group tvould discuss ne�v naives for die Plan during their visioning exercise.
2. Approve April 9 2007: Nfinutes;.
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The Aoa 9, 2007. minutes were approved with one change on Page 3 from "THE
MOTION CARRIED 12 0"_to. "THE MOTION CARRIED 11-1. TASK FORCE
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IvtENIBER DAVE RY1v1ANO%VS1<I OPPOSED."
3. Purpose of Mav Th Meeting
Half of the. Task Force=inembers indicated that they had a chance to drive or walk die
redevelopment.area in preparation of tonight's visioning meeting. As a follow up, Planner
Chris Leeseberg.showed and narrated a 4.5-minute video of the redevelopment area.
Michael Schroeder of LHB Architects & Engineers summarized the purpose of visioning.
He explained that tonight's meeting would be a brainstorming session resulting in rough
sketches of Task Force suggested design/land use concepts for the area twenty years from
now.
Assistant Director of Economic Development Heidi Steinmetz provided an overview of her
May 7th Memorandum entitled Visioning Session 1 of 2. She stated that it is important for
the Task Force to utilize the Policy Assumptions dated April 9, 2007 as a framework for
tonight's visioning session in addition to the Task Force mission statement. She added that
tonight's small group discussions will be summarized at die end of the meeting.
Downtown Redevelopment Plan Task Force Minutes Page 2
\lay 7, 2007
4. Small Group Visioning
lblr. Schroeder and Mr. Leeseberg hand -drew each group's brainstormed ideas of land use
concepts onto base aerial maps. Each group summarized their following brainstorms to the
Task Force as a whole:
Chris's Group
• Utilize Mississippi River views Michael's Group
* Utilize downtown park as a "people
launcher", connect the park to Handke
Stadium and the rest of the river via a trail
• Leave Hwy 10 at grade
• Use Baily's Point
• Leave Jackson Ave./Hwy 10 intersection
as only downtown intersection
• Make Jackson Ave. into a Blvd.
connecting the north and south sides of
Ilvy 10
• Provide employment opportunities north
of Htvy 10
• Use Jackson as a tree -lined "feeder" to
core downtown
• Focus early red.e. velopment efforts north
of Hwy 10
• Provide river connections
• Consider 'options for intersections on
H%vy 10, including leaving them "as is"
• Provide. employrr employment'. opportunities north
of FIwy 10
Provide transitions to lan'd:.use that
protect remaining single fuy
n Yhb6ihbods north of Hwy 10; protect
• Protect single-family neighborhoods eximng single family homes south of
north and south of Hwy 10 HNvy 10
Use Bart .
• Continue redevelopment west along Main ° s Point.
St. in core downtown
Next Steps
Ibis. Steinmetz displayed a drift Task Force Redevelopment Plan Timeline onto the screen
and discussed with"the group ;the anticipated schedule leading up to final consideration of
the Redevelopment Plibx:by the=TasL Force;-HRA and City Council. She stated that City
Board Commission and`public input would be gathered in July and August, including a
series of publicbp:en houses; (two evening and one daytime in order to provide a number of
P"60ti ) forecasted that the Task Force would consider � of the
public attendance zi ttons She,
Board/Com ission azxd publid' nput in September and that the LIRA and City Council
could consider the final"Redevelopment Plan adoption in November. She asked the Task
Force ifihey would prefer to reschedule their July and meeting because of [he July 4th
holiday. The. group agreed that June 250h would be an appropriate meeting date. Ms.
Steinmetz inquiared if"the Task Force had any concerns with the anticipated schedule.
Hearing none, the Task Force meeting adjourned at 9:00pm.
Submitted by,
Heidi Steinmetz
Assistant Director of Economic Development
MEETING OF THE
DOWNTOWN REDEVELOPMENT PLAN TASK FORCE
AGENDA
Monday, June 4, 2007
Elk River City Hall
Upper Town Conference Room
6:00 p.m.
l . Consider Approval of June 4" Agenda
2. Consider Approval of May 7" Minutes
3. Recap of Last Meeting & Purpose of June 4`' Meeting
4. Visioning Session 2 of 2: Refining Land Use Concept
5. Next Steps
6. Final Comments
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