PCAgenda_08Mar25 - Laserfiche WebLink

Home Browse Search

• Future Directions Axis of Redevelopment: The Larpenteur Corridor Larpenteur and Snelling have the potential to become vital arteries within the community, connecting rather than dividing neighborhoods and commercial areas. It is the City's intention to focus on that potential over the lifetime of this plan and to aim future development in the City toward realizing that vision of connection. Higher density, transit-oriented housing, including life-cycle housing, along Larpenteur Avenue will be part of that vision. Commercial development will be integrated with the Snelling/Larpenteur commercial core and must contribute to a viable community oriented city center. Above all, development must be balanced with preservation of the open landscapes that residents value so highly. The City intends to give priority to development along Larpenteur Avenue that provides homes, destinations and necessities for local residents and incorporates strong pedestrian and local traffic connections both to surrounding residential neighborhoods and to existing commercial districts. Highway-oriented "strip-mall" type development will not serve this vision and will not be considered appropriate for Larpenteur Avenue within Falcon Heights. A comprehensive corridor study of both Snelling and Larpenteur, with ample opportunity for public participation, is recommended as part of the implementation • of this plan, before any significant redevelopment is initiated along the Larpenteur Avenue corridor in Falcon Heights. Larpenteur/Cleveland Civic, Cultural and Recreational Precinct Finally, it is the City's intention to promote the evolution of the Cleveland/Larpenteur district as a precinct of civic, recreational and cultural activity for both the City and the wider metropolitan community, in partnership with the public and non-profit institutions that own the surrounding lands. With the planned construction of the new Bell Museum of Natural History at the southwest corner of Larpenteur and Cleveland, and a proposed expansion of the Ramsey County Historical Society's operations at the northwest corner, including Gibbs Museum of Pioneer and Dakota Life, the City of Falcon Heights will be home to two popular metropolitan area museums in 2010. The City intends to encourage compatible improvements on public and private land in this growing recreational and cultural nexus surrounding the Cleveland/Larpenteur intersection. The City intends to work with the surrounding property owners, adjacent cities and Ramsey County to improve pedestrian safety and access, to maintain and expand trail and bikeway access among the amenities in the area, and to meet the parking • needs of the expected visitors to the area. Falcon Heights Comprehensive Plan 2008 Draft -January, 2008 Part II: Land Use & Housing, Page II-17