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corporation, taking another 6.3 acres out of the City's tax base, although city land use • <br />controls still apply. <br />Unlike many university cities, Falcon Heights tax base does not reflect the commercial or <br />private research facilities that many university communities enjoy. Given the city's <br />location by the university and within a few minutes of both downtowns, the city is <br />increasingly attractive to tax exempt property owners. Since maintaining the tax base is <br />critical to being able to pay for services that continue to make Falcon Heights an <br />attractive community, the city must evaluate all land use proposals for their relationship <br />to the tax base as well as their planning value to the community. <br />Celebrating and developing the relationship with the University of Minnesota and <br />the Minnesota State Fair. <br />The city works very hard to develop and maintain good communication with its two <br />major landholders and institutions, the University of Minnesota and the Minnesota State <br />Fair. The City is a participant in the University of Minnesota Master Plan Steering <br />Committee, which is currently developing a plan for both Twin Cities campuses. The <br />City is also represented on the Campus Coordinating Committee; which includes <br />members of the University administration and representatives from Falcon Heights, <br />Lauderdale and St. Anthony Park. The expected move of the Bell Museum of Natural <br />History to a site across Larpenteur Avenue from the Gibbs Museum will be an <br />opportunity to promote the growing civic, cultural and recreational precinct in the • <br />Larpenteur/Cleveland area, within walking distance of City Hall and two of the City's <br />parks and to re-imagine the campus entry and the Larpenteur streetscape between <br />Fairview and Cleveland. <br />Falcon Heights Comprehensive Plan 2008 Draft -January, 2008 Section I: Background, Page I-4 <br />