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• HIGHWAY 10 CORRIDOR DRAFT PROPOSED REDEVELOPMENT PLAN <br /> INTRODUCTION <br /> The Highway 10 Corridor Proposal is presented by the highway 10 subcommittee <br /> consisting of the following: <br /> • Peg Mountin - Economic Development Commission <br /> • Gary Stevenson - Planning Commission <br /> • Pam Star- Parks & Recreation Commission <br /> • Staff: Cathy Bennett, Paul Harrington, Mary Saarion <br /> The Highway 10 Committee was directed to present options for the development of <br /> the Highway 10 Corridor in Mounds View. The first step in this process was to review <br /> how other communities addressed corridor redevelopment. This enabled the <br /> committee to take the best strategies from each plan and apply them to Mounds <br /> View. The following corridor plans were reviewed. In addition, the committee took a <br /> bus tour of several community corridors. <br /> • Cedar Avenue -Apple Valley <br /> • Highway 13 - Burnsville <br /> • Highway 5 - Chanhassen <br /> • University Ave - Columbia Heights <br /> - • <br /> • Edinborough/Centennial Lakes - Edina <br /> • Highway 3 - Hopkins <br /> • Old Highway 8 - New Brighton <br /> • County Road E -Vadnais Heights <br /> • Highway 61 -White Bear Lake <br /> • <br /> There were threecommon-eleme ntea each.redevelopment;planthat were revealed <br /> by the committee. <br /> • Each plan containedTspecificc"designated areas,:of evelopment. Those areas of <br /> development addressed land use, zoning, landscaping, environmental <br /> engineering and how the area fit into the entire corridor plan. <br /> • The other common element, with the exception of Apple Valley, was thatthey <br /> weredeveloped,with the assistance of_an outside consultant who specializes in, <br /> corridoranddowntown redevelopmentplans:ans =community consensus-r, <br /> building. <br /> • The final element is that redevelopment is a very slow, costly and risky process <br /> that takes strong local leadership=-In addition, there is usually strong resistance <br /> to•change and not everyone will agree with any plan since there are significant <br /> impacts to residents, businesses and traffic. Each City stressed the importance <br /> of remembering to keep focused on the big picture! <br /> • <br />