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MINUTES <br />CITY COUNCIL <br />JUNE 21, 1995 <br />Environment was also identified with the key <br />environmental characteristic being Round Lake. <br />It appears town meeting participants found it more <br />difficult to identify important changes. While 51 <br />changes were listed, no single change or type of change <br />came out of the discussion. 37% dealt with the <br />qualities of the area. The most common theme was <br />making the area an attractive and convenient place to <br />shop. 19 comments dealt with improvements, <br />specifically paths, roads and area identity. Uses were <br />the least common form of change. <br />Finally, the question on Barriers identified 35 <br />barriers to change. These fell into three groups: <br />physical factors, finance and attitudes. Physical <br />barriers included layout of the area, traffic and <br />location. Attitudes, such as differing views and <br />resistance to change, were identified. <br />Michael Schroeder, Hoisington Koegler Group, reported <br />that he has done some analysis of the pictures of the <br />Rice Street area which were drawn at the town meeting. <br />Those pictures identified development along the east <br />side of Rice Street in every drawing, but little of the <br />development on the west side. Schroeder noted that it <br />appears that Rice Street is a very physical element <br />that separates Little Canada from Roseville. Most of <br />the drawings also showed Round Lake and the surrounding <br />residential development. Schroeder felt that the two <br />most important elements that came from the drawings are <br />the definition of Rice Street as a strong edge, and <br />that people know what is in the buildings in the Rice <br />Street/Little Canada Road area. <br />Schroeder noted that at the town meeting, information <br />was gathered from the community. That information was <br />used to come up with some guiding principles that those <br />present this evening will be asked to review. As a <br />result of this process, the consultant group will <br />create a vision statement for the area, as well as <br />concepts, a design plan and strategies to achieve the <br />plan, and finally an implementation plan. Schroeder <br />stated that the guiding principles that will be <br />reviewed this evening are the recipe for a successful <br />plan. <br />Schroeder reported that the consulting group came up <br />with nine guiding principles. Those present will be <br />asked to divide into small discussion groups to review <br />and comment on these principles. The groups should <br />determine whether or not each of the principles <br />2 <br />