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DRAFT 1/28/91 Page 11 ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT OBJECTIVES: 1. To continue the limited growth of the City's tax base by maintaining and upgrading the existing housing stock, redeveloping blighted areas, rehabilitating deteriorating buildings and properties, retaining businesses and improving aesthetics. 2. To be prepared to address the development of University of Minnesota lands north of Larpenteur Avenue and the State Fairgrounds west of Snelling Avenue. POLICIES: 1. Encourage growth in the tax base primarily through upgraded and increasingly concentrated retail centers. 2. Improve existing housing quality by adopting a regulatory approach to housing maintenance. ew 3. Plan for the possible expansion of limited businesses ` along the south side of Larpenteur, west of Snelling Avenue as designated on the comprehensive land use plan. (Policy changed to expand rather than decrease limited business south of Larpenteurr west of Snelling) 4. In the event that a portion of the State Fairgrounds property becomes available for development over the life of the plan, allow mixed use development near the Snelling/ Larpenteur retail core that provides services to residents and the University of Minnesota and the State Fairgrounds users. ~' New~~ In the event that a portion of the State Fairgrounds ' property becomes available or an LRT station is located '- "~`P in the proximity of the Snelling and Larpenteur intersection, allow the entire area, but not a portion, of Hollywood Court to be redeveloped with mixed uses as part of the Snelling and Larpenteur retail core. (To address redevelopment if a substantial change occurs in the surrounding land use.) 6. In the event that the University of Minnesota lands north of Larpenteur Avenue along Fairview Avenue, become available for development over the life of the plan, allow neighborhood related uses such as housing, parks, open space and neighbor- hood scale commercial development.