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11-09-95 agendaCITY OF RICHFIELD, MINNESOTA THURSDAY, NOVEMBER. 9, 1995 SPECIAL CITY COUNCIL AND HOUSING AND REDEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY WITH PLANNING COMMISSION MEETING 7:00 P.M. OAK GROVE LUTHERAN CHURCH 7045 LYNDALE AVENUE RICHFIELD, MINNESOTA AGENDA CALL TO ORDER I. DISCUSSION OF ALTERNATIVE PLANS FOR LYNDALE AVENUE COMMERCIAL AREA FROM WEST 77TH TO 74TH STREETS AND SOLICIT INPUT FROM NEIGHBORHOOD ADJOURNMENT Auxiliary aids for individuals with disabilities are available upon request. Requests must be made at least 96 hours in advance to the Administrative Services Director at 861-9702. LYNDALE AVENUE STRATEGIC DEVELOPMENT P(AN Prepared by Hoisington Koegler Group Inc. Corridor Meeting #I .November 9, 1995 Agenda 6:00 P.M. Open House 7:00 Registration 7:10 Introductions -Dan Linnihan 7:20 .Background -Fred Hoisington ^ Conclusions of Public Information Meetings 7:35 Opening Exercise (Small Group) 7:55 Presentation of Alternatives -Michael Schroeder 8:15 Presentation of Criteria -Fred Hoisington 8:35 Small Group Discussions -Important Criteria 8:55 Presentation of Pros and Cons -Fred Hoisington 9:15 Small Group Discussions -Supportable Alternatives 9:30 Open Forum Discussion 10:00 Adjourn Procedural Guidelines 1. The schedule will be strictly followed to insure that we finish by 10:00 p.m. 2. The Consultant is merely a resource, not a decision maker, but can be called upon to answer questions during the table discussions. 3. The table discussion is the primary purpose of the public meeting sessions. Please use your time productively. , 4. Immediately upon convening your table's discussion, elect a discussion leader and a recorder/reporter whose jobs will be to guide the discussion and record and report on the group's findings. (Members of the City Council, Planning/Zoning Commission, and City Staff are ineligible). Your Master Discussion Guide must be turned in at the end of the session. Lyndale Avenue Strategic Development Plan Prepared by Hoisington Koegler Group Inc. Potential Criteria to be Used in Evaluating Alternatives These fast 10 criteria were generated by participants of the public information meetings. The last two were added by the consultant for discussion and consideration by corridor meeting participants. Criteria Description ~ Appearance Alternative is invitingJattractive appearance/good image for business community and City or appearance discourages business/is detrimental to neighborhood and City image and integrity ~ Pedestrian Accessibility Alternative invites walking/creates connectedness or discourages walking ~ Parking Alternative provides adequate amounts of parking where it can be seen and used or is deficient in pazking/requires use of residential streets for business parking ~ Residential Compatibility Business and residential uses coexist with minimum conflict (minimum alley, pazking, traffic, visual, noise and odor conflicts) or some or all of the above conflicts continue to exist ~ Traffic/Accessibility Alternative has minimal traffic conflicts/impacts or creates safety problems and excess traffic in neighborhood ~ Economic Feasibility Market supports alternative/public investment leverages private investmendCity's revenues exceed costs or market does not support/public investment leverages little or no private investment/City's costs exceed potential revenues i Who Will Pay? Alternative fosters sharing of costs by owners, businesspersons and City based on benefits received or one or more entities pay a greater shaze of the cost to benefit others ~ Loss of Businesses Alternative puts minimum number of people out of business (they can either be part of the project or can be successfully relocated) or many businesses go out of business ~ Convenience Services Alternative's uses provide convenient services to neighborhood residents or uses primarily serve non-neighborhood clientele ~ Public Input Public supports the alternative or public does not Support the alternative. ~ Tax Impact Alternative creates growth in tax revenues worthy of public investment or creates little or no tax benefit for the City. ~ Business Improvement .Improvements create opportunities for long term business growth or improvements maintain the status quo or create only temporary business growth. Lyndale Avenue Strategic Development Plan Prepared by Hoisington Koegler Group Inc. Corridor Meeting #1 November 9, 1995 Opening Exercise: d What are the reasons, if any, to reinvest in your home, business or commercial building? (As a group, list up ro ~ on the cards provided. Write large, 2-3 words per card, one card per reason) Small Group Discussion Questions: Lyndale Avenue Strategic Development Plan Prepared by Hoisington Koegler Group Inc. . 2. Sunnortable Alternatives: Which of the alternatives does your group feel it can support?