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• • • • Periodically review land use regulations to determine the effectiveness of current ordinances in encouraging additional affordable units as well as encouraging modifications to keep the existing housing stock desirable and livable • Support and actively promote housing rehabilitation programs for existing owner - occupied homes and rental buildings or units. This includes promotion of all county and state programs and non- profit programs. • Study the feasibility of establishing a program to require a property inspection and disclosure report before residential property changes hands • Promote programs that encourage maintenance of existing house including a housing remodeling fair, neighborhood watch programs, city beautification programs, city wide clean up programs, etc. Economic Development Plan • Collaborate with business support organizations to serve the needs of current and future businesses. • Develop strategies and programs to attract high tech and high value industrial and business and professional services enterprises that have an emphasis on job creation. • Continue to support local business retention and expansion initiatives. • Promote the rehabilitation and redevelopment of existing commercial facilities by continuing to pursue and make available various financial programs and assistance. • The Economic Development Advisory Committee (EDAC) will continue to prepare five year economic development plans and one year action plans. • Consider the use of available financial incentives (i.e. TIF /tax abatements /grants, etc.) to attract businesses to relocate or start up in Lino Lakes. • Work to actively market Lino Lakes as a great place to live and work. • Apply low impact development (LID) and "Green" building techniques to commercial and industrial development. Transportation Plan • Implement the recommended changes to the functional classification system in consultation with Anoka County and Metropolitan Council. • Support the access management guidelines of other jurisdictions. However, due to existing development patterns there may be some redevelopment areas that do not meet the minimum access spacing guidelines and /or have joint access agreements between properties. The City will work with property owners and Anoka County and /or Mn /DOT as necessary to develop acceptable access management plans for these exceptions. • Each recommended transportation system improvement should be studied in more detail through an engineering study to verify the need and identify the exact nature of the improvement. Such studies will also serve to identify specific projects that will be designed to achieve the improvements recommended in the Plan. • Develop a Comprehensive Pavement Management Plan as part of the improvement program described above. The purpose of the pavement management plan would be to plan for the maintenance and reconstruction of the city's streets in a responsible and cost - effective manner. 11 -5