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p, Item No. 7D • Staff Report No. EDA-97-85C Meeting Date 8-25-97 Type of Business EDAB WK: Work Session;PH:Public Hearing; CA:Consent Agenda;EDAB:EDA Business Mounds View Economic Development Authority Staff Report 1 � To: Mounds View Economic Development Authority From: Cathy Bennett, Director of Economic Development Item Title/Subject: Consideration of Resolution No. 97-EDA72 Authorizing the Negotiation and Execution of a Contract for Professional Services for the Development of Design Themes for Highway 10 Corridor Date of Report: August 22, 1997 Request: Staff is requesting and recommending the approval of Resolution No. 97-EDA72 which would authorize the negotiation and execution of a contract for professional services for the development of design themes for the Highway 10 Corridor. Members of the Planning • Commission Bobbie Brooks and Jean Miller interviewed four companies and will be making a recommendation between SRF Consulting and Hoisington Koegler Group Inc. to assist the community in developing a design theme for Highway 10 Corridor. Background: At the July 7, 1997 work session staff was directed to go out for a Request for Proposal for professional services to prepare a design theme for Highway 10 Corridor between Edgewood Drive and Silver Lake Road. The goal of the project is to develop 2-3 alternatives which would identify the area as the Mounds View City Center which is seen as a focal point of community activity and the City's commercial core. This request was precipitated in response to the level of development activity planned along the corridor and the outcome of the UofM Design Course that suggested a ring road be developed to define the "Heart of Mounds View". In addition, one of the major issues in the community and identified by the Council at goal setting sessions is the Highway 10 Corridor. Specifically land use and design issues are critical to the success of current and future corridor development. The City currently has a window of opportunity to implement a design theme with the current development proposals that will have a significant impact on the character of the • corridor. In addition, staff is hoping to develop a capital improvement plan for Highway 10 Corridor as part of the 1998 budget to include the elements of the design theme.