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Section 9 Redevelopment Plan, Highway 10 Corridor <br /> SRF CONSULTING GROUP, INC. <br /> February 12, 1997 <br /> • Design/Character/Image/Landscaping <br /> o The wetland area provides good wildlife habitat and should be left as is. <br /> o The wetland area should be filled because it is an eyesore. <br /> o Several people questioned the possibility of doing some planting within the right-of-way or <br /> within the median specifically. <br /> o One person said that the long-time residents of Mounds View live with the mythology of <br /> this being a rural community - perhaps some images are needed to enhance this mythology <br /> within the corridor. <br /> o Mounds View is a small, suburban community, and many people within the metro don't <br /> even know where it is. <br /> o City Forester (shared half-time with New Brighton) currently does landscaping reviews <br /> and recommendations. Does the City need to give thought to establishing minimum <br /> landscaping requirements in zoning ordinance? <br /> o There are better things to be done with the tax dollars than creating design elements, <br /> • landscaping, pedestrian bridges, buying ballrooms, etc. <br /> o Screening and buffering between residential and non-residential areas needs to be done <br /> better. <br /> o There needs to be landscaping incorporated into both existing and new parking lots. <br /> o Overhead utilities along Highway 10 may pose a barrier to establishment of overstory or <br /> conifer trees. <br /> • <br /> o Large trees in front of multifamily complex provides for screening of unattractive <br /> apartment structures. <br /> • <br />