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Item No: 2 Meeting Date: April 1, 2013 of Business: orkse nMOUN� VIrw Administrator Review: City of Mounds View Staff Report -� To: Honorable Mayor and City Council From: Heidi Heller, Planning Associate Item Title/Subject: Joint County Road 10 Corridor Discussion with the Planning Commission In 2012, the City Council started talking about various ways to improve the County Road 10 corridor - everything from landscaping to renaming the road to Northtown Boulevard. Mounds View banners were hung on the trail light poles around City Hall last spring as a first step toward beautification, and other landscaping ideas are being discussed. The corridor is the City Council's priority this year and the Planning Commission has been asked to start the process of reviewing the Zoning Code in regards to redevelopment, such as possibly creating a "Corridor Overlay Zoning District" to better promote and accommodate redevelopment along County Road 10. A few of the objectives for the overlay district could be to reduce front building setbacks, require parking in the rear, encourage vertical development and mixed uses, consider density bonuses and reductions in parking counts, promotion of creative stormwater management, etc. The City is also interested in updating the Code to embraced sustainable and green building and technologies (e.g. windmills, turbines, solar energy, etc.). In preparation for the joint discussion, the Planning Commission has been asked to watch the "Land Matters: Reinventing Main Street." video, and reviewed the 2006 redevelopment study done by DSU/Bonestroo for the "Premium Stop" area. During the discussion, the Planning Commission would like direction as to what specific ideas the City Council wants the Commission to begin working on for the County Road 10 Corridor redevelopment efforts. Sincerely, Heidi Heller Planning Associate