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CITY OF MOUNDS VIEW
CITY COUNCIL WORKSESSION AGENDA
MONDAY, JUNE 18 2001
(Worksession to begin immediately after the
conclusion of the special City Council meeting
which begins at 6:00 pm)
Items Discussed
By Consensus
__________ 1. Discussion Regarding Redevelopment Priorities and
Redevelopment Tools – Aaron Parrish
__________ 2. Discussion Regarding Options for Expanding Life-Cycle
Housing Opportunities in the City – Aaron Parrish
__________ 3. Further Discussion Regarding the Draft Comprehensive Plan
– Jim Ericson
__________ 4. Discussion of City Hall Heating System (Pending receipt of
quotes, information may be presented at the meeting)
__________ 5. Schedule Quarterly Council-Administrator Retreat-
Kathleen Miller PLEASE BRING YOUR CALENDARS
__________ 6. Discussion Regarding Press Release-Kathleen Miller
__________ 7. Discussion Regarding fees for Golf Course Professionals-
Givonna Reed, Kathleen Miller
Item No: 3
Meeting Date: June 18, 2001
Type of Business: CB
WK: Work Session; PH: Public Hearing;
CA: Consent Agenda; CB: Council Business
City of Mounds View Staff Report
To: Honorable Mayor & City Council
From: James Ericson, Community Development Director
Item Title/Subject: Discussion Regarding Comp Plan Update
Date of Report: June 13, 2001
Background:
At the Council’s worksession on June 4, 2001, staff gave a brief history regarding the
drafting of the revised comprehensive plan. Staff was not able to provide a printed
summary of the document, nor were we able to provide a large-scale exhibit of the
proposed future land use map. Even with outside assistance, we have not yet been able
to print any of the maps in a format larger than 8.5 x 11.
Discussion:
It is hoped that the additional worksession will allow for more in depth discussion
regarding the comprehensive plan prior to the public hearing scheduled for June 25,
2001. The summary document has been completed and can be reviewed at the
worksession in addition to reviewing the maps which we hope to have available. Just in
case, we would ask that you bring the bound version of the comp plan with you as it
includes all the maps, albeit at an 8.5 x 11 scale.
Recommendation:
Discuss the summary and the complete document, review any maps and other materials.
Direct staff to provide any additional information as may be needed.
_____________________________________
James Ericson
Community Development Director
763-717-4021
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CITY OF MOUNDS VIEW
COMPREHENSIVE PLAN
Executive Summary
June, 2001
APPROVED BY THE PLANNING COMMISSION: February 16, 2000
APPROVED BY THE METROPOLITAN COUNCIL: November 8, 2000
This Executive Summary was prepared as a supplement to the Public Hearing draft of the
Plan given to the City Council for review at their work session meeting dated Jun 4, 2001.
Executive Summary
Table of Contents
Introduction ........................................................................................................... 2
Community Background ..........................................................................….....… 3
Demographics……………………………………………………………………. 4
Land Use................................................................................................................ 5
Housing.................................................................................................................. 10
Public Facilities .................................................................................................…. 11
Transportation.....................................................................................................… 12
Economic Development...........................................…..................................….… 13
Implementation ...............…..........................................................................….... 15
Future Land Use Map……………………………………………………………. 17
Change in Designated Land Use Map……………………………………………. 18
Introduction
This comprehensive plan represents the third official update to Mounds View’s original comprehensive plan that was
prepared in 1959. Previous updates occurred in 1975 and again in 1979 in response to the Metropolitan Land Planning
Act of 1976. While the current update is again in response to a legislative mandate, the City recognizes that
comprehensive planning is a continuous process that must respond to changing conditions both internally and externally.
The Mounds View Comprehensive Plan is a policy document. The term policy is a reflection of the flexibility intended in
the application of the plan. The plan is not to be viewed as a hard and fast graphic layout of the community, nor are the
goals and policies to be viewed as ordinances or law. These are guidelines that typically must be reviewed and applied
individually and collectively to each development, improvement or decision that is presented.
The goals and policies contained in the Comprehensive Plan form the basic and fundamental plan for the community.
Their purpose is to guide all public and private actions and development within the community and also serve the more
passive function of establishing evaluation criteria for the development and change that subsequently occurs. The goals
can be defined as the desired end products with the policies being the means to that desired end. The individual policies
are not included in this summary for sake of brevity.
To assist in the updating of the comprehensive plan, the Mounds View Planning Commission conducted three community
forums. The Planning Commission conducted these forums to help Mounds View citizens understand what the
comprehensive plan is and most importantly to give citizens a chance to talk about what Mounds View should be like in
the future. The first draft of the revised plan was presented to the community at a community forum and an official
public hearing was conducted. Following the hearing the Planning Commission recommended the document to the City
Council. The City Council, after public input approved the document for review by adjacent communities and the
Metropolitan Council. The Met Council approved the document on November 8, 2000.
Community Background:
The City of Mounds View is located in the northwest corner of Ramsey County adjoining Anoka County. The
communities of Arden Hills, Shoreview, North Oaks, New Brighton and Mounds View, as well as portions of Spring
Lake Park, St. Anthony Park and Blaine, were all part of the original Mounds View Township. In 1891, New Brighton
became the first village in the township to incorporate; Arden Hills the second in 1951, followed by North Oaks in 1956
and Shoreview in 1957. Also in 1957, small portions of the township were annexed by Spring Lake Park, Blaine and St.
Anthony. The remaining four square miles of the township became the Village of Mounds View on April 2, 1958 with a
population of 5,738.
The first Planning Commission was established in 1959 and the first comprehensive plan for Mounds View was
completed in that year. The City adopted a revised comprehensive plan in 1976 in accordance with the Metropolitan
Land Planning Act passed by the Minnesota legislature in 1976. The current plan was adopted in 1979.
Mounds View is generally flat with slopes that range from zero to six percent. There are few areas that have slopes in
excess of twelve to eighteen percent, a grade that would pose substantial limitations on development.
Wetlands and ponding areas serve as holding areas for storm runoff, filter ground water supplies, and provide habitat
areas for wildlife. Wetlands have been protected, for the most part, as Mounds View has developed. The City of Mounds
View works cooperatively with Rice Creek Watershed District to ensure that development does not adversely affect
wetlands and drainage. Drainage systems include ditches, drainageways and storm sewers. Storm water problems are
limited to some local trouble spots. There is no need for major expansion or major alteration to the current system. New
development will be reviewed to ensure that the current system is not adversely affected. The majority of the soils
present in Mounds View offer slight to moderate limitations to development.
Demographics
The first census taken in Mounds View was in 1960. Mounds View’s population has grown from 6413 in 1960 to 12,738
in 2000. The Metropolitan Council estimates that Mounds View’s population will decrease slightly to 12,200 in 2010 and
2020. This estimate is based upon a number of assumptions, the most important of which is the declining rate of persons
per household. The median age of the population has increased from 20.9 in 1970 to 33.5 in 2000. Estimates indicate the
median age of Mounds View’s population will continue to increase.
According to Ramsey County, Mounds View ranked twelfth out of the sixteen communities in the county in median
household income at $37,717. St. Paul, Lauderdale, Falcon Heights, and Little Canada had a lower median household
income than Mounds View. North Oaks, as one would imagine, topped the list at $114,470. Mounds View residents
have a high rate of high school graduation but a low rate of college graduation in comparison to other communities in
Ramsey County.
Household Income
Municipality % < % $10,000 % $25,000 % $50,000 % > Median
$10,000 to to to $100,000 Household
$24,999 $49,999 $99,999 Income
Arden Hills 3.6 13.7 31.8 36.2 14.5 $50,660
Falcon Heights 11.7 28.3 27.7 24.3 8.1 $31,661
Gem Lake 1.9 18.4 26.9 42.7 9.9 $52,091
Lauderdale 10.4 31.3 37.2 18.6 2.5 $30,000
Little Canada 6.1 24.8 44.3 22.5 2.3 $34,015
Maplewood 8.9 20.2 40.6 27.4 3.4 $37,856
Mounds View 5.9 21.8 45.2 25 1.8 $37,117
New Brighton 7.2 20 36.4 29.9 6.5 $40,324
North Oaks 2.1 1.2 8.1 29.8 59.1 $114,470
North St. Paul 10.4 22.7 35.5 28.8 2.7 $37,617
Roseville 6.5 23.2 35.2 29.4 5.7 $37,862
St. Paul 17.7 29.5 34.2 16.2 2.5 $26,498
Shoreview 3 12.6 35.9 39.9 8.4 $48,828
Vadnais Heights 3.4 16.2 39.8 35.5 5.4 $43,929
White Bear Lake 5.7 19.5 41.3 29.4 4 $39,062
White Bear Township 3.4 9.9 42.6 37.7 6.4 $46,798
Source: Ramsey County Policy Analysis Division
General Land Use & Goals
The intent of Mounds View’s land use element is to show the use of land and water including lakes, wetlands, natural
drainage courses, and adjoining land areas that affect natural water resources for residential, commercial, industrial,
and other public and private purposes. This element describes the overall land use pattern and how it is related to the
community’s future housing needs, environmental conditions and protection, surface water management and historic
preservation as required by state statutes and Metropolitan Council guidelines.
Goal 1: Maintain a cohesive land use pattern that ensures compatibility and functional relationships between activities
and uses.
Goal 2: Preserve and protect property values.
Goal 3: Ensure that community development is compatible with features of the natural environment and is
accommodated without destroying desirable environmental features and natural amenities.
Goal 4: Prevent development that is not accompanied by a sufficient level of supportive and service facilities (utilities,
parking, access, etc.).
Residential Land Use & Goals
Residential development will continue to be the primary type of land use in Mounds View. The established residential
land use pattern should be maintained and enhanced to provide a quality environment for all density conditions and for all
housing types. Within this context, low-density single-family detached neighborhoods are to be preserved. However, in
order to provide additional housing opportunities and to ensure environmental quality, medium-density single-family
attached housing should be introduced to provide a transition between these neighborhoods and existing or new higher
intensity multifamily or commercial uses. This should be done in appropriate areas through redevelopment of individual
parcels or through larger mixed use planned unit developments.
All new larger scale residential development should be undertaken on a planned unit development basis. This should be
done not only to help ensure that the type of high quality development desired by the community occurs, but to take
maximum advantage of the limited amount of vacant land remaining in the community. In areas that contain land of
marginal development quality, cluster type development should be utilized to reduce site work and prevent destruction of
sensitive areas.
In all cases, residential development should be adequately buffered from adjacent commercial development. This does
not preclude the possible removal of a limited number of existing residential uses which are inconsistent with the adopted
future land use plan to provide for better transitions between residential and commercial uses. Development standards
should be strictly enforced for all use types to ensure that a satisfactory environment is created.
Goal 1: Preserve the identity and improve the quality and appearance of existing neighborhoods.
Goal 2: Provide safe, healthy, and attractive residential environments that offer a broad and full choice of housing
opportunities to meet the needs of all segments of the population.
Goal 3: Encourage a creative approach to the use of land and related residential development.
Goal 4: Protect residential land uses that are impacted by noise in the vicinity of the Anoka County-Blaine Airport.
Commercial Land Use & Goals
Mounds View has a relatively low percentage of commercial development. The commercial tax base of the city should be
expanded to provide additional desirable commercial uses in Mounds View to provide products and services to Mounds
View citizens. The County Highway 10 corridor is the most appropriate place for commercial tax base expansion to
occur.
The Mounds View land use plan establishes a hierarchy of four commercial land use types. The lowest intensity
commercial land use designation is neighborhood commercial which would allow for uses intended to serve the daily
convenience shopping needs of individual neighborhoods. The next level of commercial land use is community
commercial. Community commercial uses provide products and services to the community as a whole. Regional
commercial uses provide products and services to customers beyond the City’s boundaries as well as to the community as
a whole. The fourth and most intensive commercial land use type is the highway commercial land use designation. These
uses are primarily oriented to the pass-through auto user and include fast food restaurants, gas stations, and auto
accessory stores. They typically generate relatively high traffic levels and should be located along arterial roadways.
There is a very limited number of pure office uses in Mounds View. Office uses are typically found in light industrial
business park buildings. Existing office uses are small one story professional buildings. Additional office buildings could
be an important way to expand the City’s tax base and provide additional high quality jobs with potentially less impact on
adjacent neighborhoods and roadways than with commercial uses.
Goal 1: Commercial development along County Highway 10 shall be considered in order to provide a broad tax base
and expanded employment base in Mounds View.
Goal 2: Provide safe, convenient, attractive, and accessible commercial development within Mounds View.
Goal 3: Major retail sales and services will be developed in planned and concentrated centers.
Goal 4: Maintain small neighborhood commercial areas, located in accordance with the comprehensive plan in locations
that will best serve residential areas.
Industrial Land Use & Goals
The primary industrial area in Mounds View is located in the southeast corner of the City generally
in the area of the intersection of County Highway 10 and Interstate 35W. The Mounds View
Business Park provides a major portion of the industrial uses in the community. The business park is
developed with the exception of a site on County Highway 10 at the west end of the business park
which is projected for a future building expansion. In addition there are vacant sites and single family
residential uses at the southwest quadrant of the intersection of County Highway 10 and Woodale
Drive where future business park expansion could occur. Redevelopment of older industrial and
commercial buildings along the north side of County Road H west of County Highway 10 for light
industrial use should also be considered. Long term future industrial expansion should also be
considered for the current Townsedge Terrace Manufactured Home Park and the adjacent Skyline
Motel site along Old Highway 8.
Goal 1: Industrial development shall be considered in order to provide a broad tax base and an expanded employment
base within Mounds View.
Goal 2: Ensure that industrial development is compatible with adjacent land uses and is accommodated without
destroying desirable environmental features and natural amenities.
Existing Future Change
Land Use Category Acres Percent Acres Percent Acres Percent
Residential 1,327.87 50.36% 1318.86 50.01% -9.01 -0.34%
Commercial 76.38 2.90% 112.69 4.27% 36.31 1.38%
Industrial 184.97 7.01% 223.52 8.48% 38.55 1.46%
Institutional 89.57 3.40% 89.45 3.39% -0.12 0.00%
Recreational and Open Space 308.28 11.69% 313.87 11.90% 5.59 0.21%
Utilities and Streets 578.57 21.94% 578.57 21.94% 0 0.00%
Vacant 71.32 2.70% 0.00 0.00% -71.32 -2.70%
TOTAL 2,636.96 100.00% 2636.96 100.00% 0.00 0.00%
Future Land Use Plan
The map on page 17 represents the proposed future land use plan for the City of Mounds View. The
land use plan acknowledges that Mounds View is a fully developed community and emphasizes the
need to maintain and enhance the existing land use pattern. It must be emphasized that this plan is
general in nature and that each specific development proposal should be reviewed by the community
to ensure compatibility with existing built environment and with the City’s goals and policies. The
map on page 18 identifies those parcels or areas that would undergo a change in proposed land use
designation.
Definitions
The following definitions help describe each land use category:
SFD: Single-Family, Detached: Single-family dwellings and platted lots.
SFA: Single-Family, Attached: Land containing one or more buildings with two or more dwelling units, each
of which has primary ground floor access to the outside and which are attached to each other by party walls
without openings. Examples include two family dwellings, three family dwellings, town homes, and town
home outlots.
MF: Multifamily: Land containing one or more buildings with three or more dwelling units, one or more of
which does not have primary access to the outside and which are attached to each other by party walls without
openings. Examples include fourplexes, apartments, cooperatives, and condominiums.
MHP: Manufactured Housing Park: Land that has been planned, improved, and subdivided for the placement
of manufactured housing for dwelling purposes.
NC: Neighborhood Commercial: Neighborhood commercial uses would typically be located in a
predominantly residential area. Examples would include small, detached retail establishments, neighborhood
shopping centers, convenience grocery stores (not supermarket), Laundromat (self service washing and drying),
professional offices, day care centers, and barber/beauty shops.
CC: Community Commercial: Land use principally engaged in the provision of goods or services with a
primary service to the community. Such uses would typically be located in a small commercial/retail center.
Examples would include community shopping center, retail, service oriented businesses, funeral homes, banks,
savings and loans, restaurants and/or bars, veterinary clinics, and day care centers.
RC: Regional Commercial: Land use principally engaged in the provision of goods and services with a primary
service area of 10 or more miles. Regional commercial uses would typically be located in or near a large
commercial/retail center. Examples would include nurseries, full line department stores, supermarkets, regional
shopping centers, parking structures and lots, theaters, lodge halls, restaurants, hotels and motels, and
amusement parks, and sport/public assembly facilities.
HC: Highway Commercial: Land use principally engaged in the provision of goods and services that primarily
services customers attracted from a nearby major transportation arterial. Examples include hotels, motels,
drive-in/fast food restaurants, gas stations, car washes, and automotive service stations.
OFC: Office: Land use predominantly involved in administrative, professional, or clerical services. Examples
include office buildings, medical clinics and offices, and dental offices.
MU-PUD: Mixed Use - Planned Unit Development: Land containing a building or buildings with a
combination of uses, including residential, commercial and/or office uses.
LI: Light Industrial: Land used primarily in the manufacture, processing, fabrication, assembly, packaging,
incidental storage, sales, and distribution of predominantly previously prepared materials, finished products or
parts. Examples include greenhouses, food and drink processing plants and storage, light manufacturing and
assembly, small machine and tool and die shops, flex industrial centers, mini-warehouses, and research and
development facilities.
IN: Institutional: Land used primarily for religious, governmental, educational, social or health care facilities
excluding clinics. Examples include nursing homes, private hospitals, tax exempt properties owned by federal,
state, county, city or school districts, fire stations, libraries, private schools, churches, cemeteries, and
monuments.
HI: Heavy Industrial: Land used primarily in the manufacture and/or processing of products from large bulky
predominantly raw, extracted, or hazardous materials; or use engaged in the storage of flammable, explosive, or
other materials that may pose a threat to public health or safety. Examples would include foundries and heavy
manufacturing plants, grain elevators, and commercial warehouses.
SRO: Sport/Recreational; Outdoor: Land used primarily for public recreation activities improved with playing
fields, playground or exercise equipment and associated structures. Examples include baseball fields,
football/soccer fields, golf courses, golf driving ranges, and playground equipment.
SRI: Sport/Recreational; Indoor: Land containing a building or buildings developed, used, and maintained
primarily for recreational activities. Examples include ice arenas, indoor soccer fields, domed recreational
facilities, large scale health/fitness clubs, indoor swimming pools, sport/public assembly facility.
OSN: Open Space; Natural: Predominantly undeveloped or unaltered land preserved in its natural state for
environmental or aesthetic purposes. Examples include wetlands, timberlands, and nature preserves.
OSP: Open Space; Passive: Land used and maintained for resource protection, amenity, or buffer, which
supports unorganized public recreational activities and which may contain trails, picnic areas, and public
fishing/boating docks.
ROW: Right-of-Way: An area or strip of land, either public or private, on which an irrevocable right-of-
passage has been recorded for the use of vehicles or pedestrians or both. Examples would include skyways,
street right-of-way, sidewalks, paths, and trails.
UTL: Utility: An area or strip of land, either public or private, occupied by a power plant or substation, electric
transmission line, oil or gas pipeline, water tower, municipal well, reservoir, pumping station, water treatment
facility, communications tower, or similar use.
VAC: Vacant: Land not currently used for any defined purpose that may or may not contain buildings or other
structures.
WAT: Open Water: Permanently flooded open water not including wetlands, or periodically flooded areas.
Examples would include lakes, streams, creeks, rivers, and ponds.
Housing Background and Goals
The City of Mounds View is a fully developed suburban community in the northern Twin Cities metropolitan area.
Residential land uses are and will continue to be the principal land uses in Mounds View. The intent and content of
Mounds View’s housing element therefore is directed towards maintaining and improving the quality and diversity of the
existing housing stock and providing infill housing where possible. The housing element looks at four areas as required
by Metropolitan Council guidelines. These include housing goals and policies, existing housing supply, future housing
needs, and housing programs that have and/or will be used to achieve the goals.
Housing Goals:
Goal 1: Maintain a broad and full choice of housing opportunities.
Goal 2: Maintain and upgrade the existing housing stock of the City.
Goal 3: Administer housing programs in an efficient and cost effective manner.
Existing Housing:
A majority–71 percent–of Mounds View housing is owner occupied. The majority of the housing supply is “single
family” at 55 percent. Apartments make up 25% of the housing supply while manufactured homes make up 12
percent. The remaining housing units are distributed among duplexes, fourplexes, townhomes and condos. The
housing values in Mounds View continue to appreciate--the average sale price of a home in Mounds View has
increased 25 percent in just two years. According to the 1990 Census, 31 percent of the housing units in Mounds
View are deemed affordable. (This figure will be updated as soon as more detailed 2000 Census data is released.)
The City’s housing stock meets or exceeds all benchmarks established by Met Council for affordability and livability. It
is a goal to maintain our housing stock within these benchmarks while attempting to improve the overall housing quality
of the City. With an aging housing stock, lower valued homes, and lower income families the City will continue to have
to address substandard housing. It is the goal of the City to address housing issues now before they become a bigger
problem.
Public Facilities
The public facilities of a city include those lands, buildings, services and systems that are provided on a public and
semipublic basis in the interest of, or as a benefit to its residents. The importance of these facilities should not be
underestimated because they enhance the image and quality of life of a community. Mounds View’s public facilities are
in place. The focus of the public facilities element is on the maintenance and improvement of the existing facilities in
Mounds View.
Goal 1: Plan public facilities and services in a coordinated and economic manner on a basis that is consistent with the
nature of development within the community.
Goal 2: Ensure the provision and maintenance of facilities and services necessary to meet the needs and interests of the
community.
Goal 3: Cooperate with other units of government to provide facilities that are complementary to each other.
Goal 4: Ensure adequate distribution of and provide for safe, easy access to all facilities and services within the
community.
Goal 5: Minimize public investments in storm drainage, water supply, and sanitary sewer.
Goal 6: Improve, maintain and redevelop parks and open space to serve neighborhood and community needs.
Utilities
The City’s water system includes one 500,000 gallon elevated storage tank, a two million gallon reservoir, and six wells.
Mounds View pumps an average of 1.5 million gallons of water per day. The system has adequate capacity to handle its
needs into the foreseeable future.
There are two regional sewer interceptor sewer lines and a lift station operated by the Metropolitan Council. Treatment
occurs at the Metropolitan Waste Water Treatment Plant. The Mounds View sanitary sewer system consists of municipal
sewer mains, force mains and four lift stations. According to Metropolitan Council estimates total sewer flows will rise
from current flows of 535 million gallons per year to between 579 and 767 million gallons per year. The system has
adequate capacity to handle existing and potential future development.
The City of Mounds View has an active program to reduce excessive inflow and infiltration (I/I) of its sanitary sewer
system. The City’s Public Works Department annually performs cleaning and televised inspection of approximately
one quarter of the wastewater system. Noted during these inspections are offset joints, cracks in pipes, and leaking
manholes. At least $30,000 is budgeted annually to seal these leaks. It is anticipated that future street reconstruction
projects will result in either new sanitary sewer mains the installation of in-place linings. The City Council has
reviewed a sump pump inspection program and will likely initiate a project in the near future.
Transportation Plan & Goals
The roadway system in Mounds View is in place. The system consists of state and county roads that function as principal
and minor arterials and county and city roads which function as collector and local roads. County Highway 10 runs
diagonally through the middle of Mounds View and has historically been viewed as a barrier in the community. The
jurisdiction of County Highway 10 was turned back from the state (MnDOT) to Ramsey County in 2000. While the City
of Mounds View acknowledges the importance of the County Highway 10 corridor for moving traffic, the City has
determined that there is an excessive amount of right-of-way being maintained for County Highway 10. The City will
develop a design theme to enhance the image of the County Highway 10 corridor and work with the county to implement
it. The City will also work with Ramsey County to develop a plan that makes more efficient use of the right-of-way in the
future when County Highway 10 is reconstructed. The emphasis in the future on local roads will be on road maintenance
and replacement as necessary. Emphasis will also be placed on minimizing traffic levels as necessary in residential
neighborhoods.
In 1992, the City adopted a resolution establishing a comprehensive trailways system policy to help promote safe
bicycling in the city and to provide a trailway system that connects recreational opportunities within the community and
provides a link between Ramsey and Anoka counties and to neighboring cities’ trail systems. The City will need to
identify preferred future trail and pathway locations and construct them over time to provide recreational opportunities
and a safe alternative travel mode to the automobile.
Goal 1: Develop a balanced surface transportation system giving attention to all modes and related facilities.
Goal 2: Identify needed improvements to the various elements of the transportation system to provide for safe
and convenient movement by all modes.
Goal 3: Provide sufficient off-street parking to meet normal demands of land uses.
Goal 4: Support the development of a transit system that provides a broad range of transit service options to provide an
alternative to individual automobile travel.
Goal 5: Plan, implement, and maintain a comprehensive trail system to provide safe and convenient pedestrian and
bicycle circulation and to provide recreational opportunities for Mounds View residents.
Goal 6: Coordinate all City transportation planning with County, Metropolitan Council, State, Federal, I-35W Corridor
Coalition, and other local transportation plans.
Goal 7: All elements of the street system shall be planned, improved, and maintained according to the most
appropriate standards, giving due consideration to both land use and transportation goals and
policies.
Goal 8: Develop and implement a County Highway 10 corridor design theme to present Mounds View as an attractive
and desirable community.
Community Economic Development Goals
The redevelopment or expansion of an existing business, new commercial or industrial development, or residential
housing will be considered even if it involves the possible acquisition, demolition or relocation of an existing business or
residential homes.
The redevelopment or expansion of an existing business, or new commercial or industrial development, or residential
housing will be considered if a reasonable opportunity for public input has been provided, particularly by those business
owners and homeowners who could potentially be affected. Whether or not such parties support (or, at a minimum, do
not oppose) any proposed redevelopment, expansion, new development or new project will be one of the more important
factors in determining the City’s position with respect to any such proposal. In the final analysis, the City’s goal will be
to determine whether the actual or potential benefits to the City (from any such proposal) outweigh the actual or potential
negative impacts on individuals, businesses or the community as a whole.
The City will actively market itself to selected target audiences as a prime location for specific types of businesses and
industries. In order to continuously refine and review its objectives as economic conditions and realities change, the City
(through the EDC and/or the EDA) will annually update its list of targeted businesses and industries. Although the City
will respond in a timely and businesslike manner to all requests for information about the City’s suitability as a business
location, City staff members will focus their attention on those requests that come from businesses of the type that appear
on the City’s target list.
In light of the increasing mobility of businesses in general, the City’s future economic development efforts will focus on
retaining existing businesses and industries in the community, in some cases by helping to create circumstances under
which they can expand to meet their customers needs and/or their own desire to grow and prosper financially. Given the
fact that the City is almost fully developed, and in order to improve the City’s tax base and improve the City’s visual
aesthetics, the City also intends to devote significant attention to redeveloping aging, obsolete, blighted or otherwise
underdeveloped structures. Additionally, the City will explore the opportunities that are presented by the few remaining
parcels of undeveloped property. In some cases this may involve assisting the owners of such parcels with the marketing
of their properties to prospective developers.
Economic Development Goals
Goal 1. Retain existing businesses that make positive contributions to the local economy.
Goal 2. Provide a reasonable and prudent level of assistance (financial or otherwise) to enable
existing businesses to expand their operations and/or facilities in Mounds View.
Goal 3. Attract new commercial and industrial development.
Goal 4. Encourage the development of new office space, warehouse space and retail
operations that will enable Mounds View to offer services, facilities and goods that
are not presently available or short supply.
Goal 5. Pursue the redevelopment of parcels and sites that are aesthetically displeasing,
contaminated, blighted, abandoned, or otherwise underdeveloped.
Goal 6. Facilitate communications between and among the City, Ramsey County, local
businesses, the Chamber of Commerce, local educational institutions, and any other
parties or entities having a direct or indirect interest in the continued economic
prosperity of Mounds View.
Goal 7. The City will continually develop and review more specific priorities in order to
provide guidance to City staff, business owners, developers, and residents with
respect to intended areas of concentration (geographic and otherwise).
Implementation
The Mounds View Comprehensive Plan is a policy document. The plan is not a law or ordinance but is meant to be a
flexible guide. For this plan to be effective, an implementation plan must be developed to outline specific actions that the
City will take to reach the goals and achieve the vision that the plan sets out for the City. The following outlines the
actions the City will take to implement this plan.
Land Use:
1. The City will review its current zoning map to determine if inconsistencies exist with the adopted
comprehensive plan map. The City will process rezonings as necessary to remove inconsistencies.
2. The City will also review its City codes including zoning, subdivision, and housing codes to address
inconsistencies with the comprehensive plan and to assist in its implementation.
3. Develop and adopt a specific land use plan for the County Highway 10 corridor.
4. Update, adopt, and implement a second-generation storm water management (watershed) plan.
Housing:
1. Continue existing housing programs and develop new programs to improve all aspects of the housing stock in
Mounds View.
2. Work with the Minnesota Housing Finance Agency and other funding agencies to fund programs to maintain
existing housing stock and provide new housing.
3. Maintain the housing stock within Metropolitan Council Livable Community benchmarks.
4. Continue to work with the North Metro I-35W Corridor Coalition on housing issues.
5. Explore opportunities for providing “move up” and life-cycle housing.
6. Work with the Metropolitan Airports Commission to provide noise attenuation for residences impacted by
airplane noise.
Public Facilities:
1. Maintain existing facilities.
2. Continually evaluate programs to insure that they meet the needs of Mounds View citizens.
3. Maintain water and sanitary sewer system infrastructure.
Transportation
1. Maintain and reconstruct streets as necessary and consistent with the City’s streets policy.
2. Work with Ramsey County to develop a plan for the future reconstruction of Highway 10.
3. Work with the Metropolitan Council Transit Organization to improve transit service in Mounds View.
4. Encourage the use of transit and travel demand management techniques within the community.
5. Implement the City’s trailways plan.
6. Support compliance with the Settlement Agreement and Mutual Release entered into on May 15, 2000, by and
between the City of Mounds View, Metropolitan Airports Commission, and Metropolitan Council that limits the
runway length of the north-south runway to its current length of 4855 feet and prohibits the installation or operation
of an Instrument Landing System or Microwave Landing System on the north-south runway. Support continued
classification by the Minnesota Legislature of the Anoka County-Blaine Airport as a “minor use airport” and oppose
any proposals to expand the definition or characteristics of a “minor use airport”, including but not limited to runway
length, of minor use airports.
Economic Development:
1. Update and implement the City’s Economic Development Plan.
Intergovernmental Coordination:
1. Continue to work with other governmental agencies and private companies to more efficiently and cost
effectively provide desired city services.
2. Continue to participate in the North Metro I-35W Corridor Coalition.
Other:
1. Annually assess progress in implementing the comprehensive plan and to identify any issues that may require
plan amendments.
2. Formally review the comprehensive plan every five years to ensure that it remains current.
3. Develop more effective methods of communicating with Mounds View residents and businesses.
Item No.7 Type of Business:
WK: Work Session; PH: Public Hearing;
CA: Consent Agenda; CB: Council Business City of Mounds View Staff Report
To: Honorable Mayor and City Council From: Givonna Reed, Assistant to the City Administrator
Item Title/Subject: Discussion Regarding Payments to Golf Professionals for
Golf Lessons
Date of Report: June 18, 2001
The Council will recall that several months ago during discussions regarding the proposed golf
course expansion and the feasibility study there was some discussion about revenues generated
from lessons given by golf course staff.
During these discussions staff and Council Members became aware of a 70/30 policy that’s used
to compensate golf pros at the Bridges. According to this policy golf pros receive 70% of lesson
fees and the City receives the remaining 30%. In an email to me (see attached) John
Hammerschmidt indicated that this 70/30 policy was approved by the City Council, however, staff
has been unable to find documentation to this effect and some members of the Council have
indicated that they do not remember such a policy being adopted.
Staff is seeking direction from the Council regarding whether the Council wishes to continue using
this policy or have staff explore other options.
Respectfully Submitted
Givonna Reed