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��--SEP -27 -1995 12:24 NRC 612 595 9837 P.02»03 <br />I Northwest Associated Consultants, Inc. <br />rj COMMUNITY PLANNING • DESIGN • MARKET RESEARCH <br />MEMORANDUM <br />TO: Joel Hanson <br />FROM: Stephen Griuman <br />DATE: " September 26, 1995 <br />RE: Little Canada - Architectural Design Guidelines <br />FILE NO: 758.10 <br />This mennorandtun is in consideration of the City Council's intention to seek assistance with the <br />development of Architectural Design Guidelines for the Rice Street/Little Canada Road <br />redevelopment project. NAC has assisted several of its client communities with Architectural <br />Design issues, ranging from simple project review to the development of Architectural Review <br />processes. A part of this service has included the development of Architectural Design Guidelines <br />of varying detail, dependent upon the community's needs. <br />Process <br />For the Rice Street/Litile Canada Road project, we would recommend a course of action which <br />is structured to permit the City to objectively compare and evaluate the architecturally diverse <br />projects arty to be received pursuant to the City's Request For Proposals. In addition, the City <br />must be able to evaluate redevelopment proposals for existing buildings such as the Market Place. <br />Rather than designing an "idealized" project for the developers' architects to emulate, this process <br />would be one which provides guidelines within which architects would apply their creativity. <br />Defensible Architectural Controls establish clear goals for a project's design, and permit the City <br />to measure a design proposal as to its attainment of those goals. <br />5775 Wayzata Blvd. • Suite 555 St. Louis Park, MN 55416 • (612) 595- 9636•Fax. 595 -9837 <br />