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AGENDA ITEM 5A STAFF ORIGINATOR: Brian Wessel DATE: 9/13/99 TOPIC: Consideration of Livable Communities Demonstration Account Contract with Calthorpe Associates and Gibbs Planning Group BACKGROUND: In November of 1998, the city council approved a contract with Calthorpe Associates of Berkeley, California to begin work on refining the master plan for The Village as a demonstration of a pedestrian oriented, mixed use development. The costs for this planning effort is paid through the Metropolitan Council's Livable Communities grant funding. We have spent many months completing the first phase of this planning effort with Calthorpe Associates. With this funding, we were also able to complete a housing study and environmental inventory, and the results are being incorporated into the master plan. During this stage of planning it became evident that the shopping center needed the same level of planning detail to maximize the economic development potential of the Lino Lakes Town Center. Matt Taecker from Calthorpe Associates was here Aug. 30-31 for a public workshop and developer/landowner meetings :The visit was very productive and will help direct the outcome as he finalizes the master plan for both quadrants of the interchange. The development of design standards as a mechanism to ensure implementation of the master plan is in progress. We expect the design standards will be ready for planning & zoning review in January. A revised contract is necessary to reflect the increase in scope to include the master plan and design standards for the shopping center site In addition, Calthorpe Associates has recommended we hire Gibbs Planning Group, specialists in retail development and new town planning, to perform a market analysis and design review for retail development. All the above services will be paid for within the original $220,000 grant stipulation.