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1998 COMPREHENSIVE PLAN UPDATE COMMUNITY FORUMS <br /> II/ <br /> To assist in the updating of the comprehensive plan, the Mounds View Planning Commission <br /> conducted three community forums. The Planning Commission conducted these forums to help <br /> Mounds View citizens understand what the comprehensive plan is and most importantly to give <br /> citizens a chance to talk about what Mounds View should be like in the future. Forums were held <br /> on February 11, 1998 for people who live north of Highway 10, on March 11, 1998 for the <br /> Highway 10 corridor, and on April 8, 1998 for people who live south of Highway 10. <br /> Notices of the forums were mailed to all property owners in the in the City. Notices were <br /> distributed to apartments and to mobile home parks. Additional notice was provided through <br /> articles in newspapers and in the Mounds View Matters.Nineteen citizens attended the first <br /> forum, thirty eight citizens attended the second forum, and twenty eight citizens attended the <br /> third forum. <br /> During the forums city staff presented information on what a comprehensive plan is, what the <br /> required elements of the comprehensive plan are, what the current comprehensive plan and <br /> zoning designations are, what some of the housing and other issues are, and what the process for <br /> updating the comprehensive plan will be. Following the staff presentations, small group <br /> discussions were held to hear citizen concerns, comments, issues, etc. A Planning Commission <br /> member was present in each of the small groups to listen and to facilitate the discussions. At the <br /> end of the forums, each Planning Commission member summarized the discussions in their • <br /> groups. <br /> The following is a summary of the citizen concerns and comments grouped by major area: <br /> Forum No. 1 <br /> Housing <br /> 1. Improve housing stock without subdividing large lots. Provide incentives to maintain <br /> . • - • - •- •. • 1• - J 1 • S. -• •SI- <br /> 2. Additional information on the condition of housing stock needed. <br /> 3. Low cost remodeling loans are needed to encourage housing maintenance and <br /> improvement. <br /> 4. Citizens need information on remodeling possibilities. <br /> 5. Homeowners need to know how to protect their properties from neighborhood blight. <br /> 6. Code enforcement is necessary. <br /> 7. Truth-in-housing regulations are needed to require houses to be brought up to code. <br /> Land Use <br /> 1. Expansion of commercial along Highway 10 will add problems for Mounds View. • <br /> 1 <br />