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Mounds View Planning Commission February 18, 1998 Special Meeting Page 2 • 4. Presentation: North Metro I-35 Corridor Coalition. University of Minnesota Design Team Director Jopke gave the Commission and citizens in attendance a brief introduction to and background on the University of Minnesota Design Center for American Urban Landscape (Design Center) and the North Metro I-35W Corridor Coalition (Coalition). The seven communities of Arden Hills, Blaine, Circle Pines, Mounds View, New Brighton, Roseville, and Shoreview make up the Coalition. Their vision statement was stated as follows: "The Coalition will jointly and cooperatively plan for and maximize the opportunities for regional community development, quality growth and diversification in the North Metro through a system of collaboration." Mayors and city administrators/managers comprise the governing board. The first year's, 1997, accomplishments include: 1. securing outside sources of finding 2. laying the foundation for a common Geographic Information System (GIS) • 3. building relationships within the Coalition as well as other governmental entities such as Anoka County, Ramsey County, school districts, state agencies, and the Metropolitan Council. . The Coalition's second year goal is to develop a subregional planning framework to shape and direct future work. The Coalition has contracted with the Design Center to assist in opening up this framework development for community input. Jopke told the Commission it is fundamental that community development committees, council members, appointed commissions, and interested citizens participate in the process. Future Coalition events will include a Coalition-wide working session for councils and commissions to be held in March or early April, and a Coalition Summit to be held in early May. William Morrish, Director of the Design Center, told the Commissioners and citizens in attendance if the seven city coalition was combined into one city, this city would be the third largest community in Minnesota. In the next ten years this second-tier-urban area, as it is labeled by the Metropolitan Council, will have over 660,000 people living and working in it. Because this area is considered fully developed, in terms of open space, the question becomes: What do we do next? This is the question that the Design Center will assist the Coalition in answering. • Mr. Morrish told the Commission that the Coalition is one of the first groups in the metropolitan area to address the growth and change issues. He said the State Legislature