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City Council Regular Meeting Minutes July 22, 1997 Page 8 • 1 C. Discussion and Preliminary Approval of the Comprehensive Plan. 2 Mr. Bill Weber, BRW, Inc., explained he was here this evening to present the Draft Plan of 3 the Comprehensive Plan and request approval to send it to adjacent Cities and the 4 Metropolitan Council for comments. A public hearing and City Council approval will be held 5 in the fall. The results of the Surface Water Management Plan will be folded into the Draft 6 Plan as well as any resulting land use issues. 7 Mr. Weber explained that at the start of the Comprehensive Plan Update process, the City 8 stated it considered itself a "village" and that has been the driving force behind the 9 Comprehensive Plan. The town square is made up of Central Park and the civic element in 10 the middle of the City. There is an identifying main street and two or three identifying 11 crossroads. There is a commercial center on the north and south ends of town and there are 12 five or six very fine residential neighborhoods surrounding the core of the City. 13 Minor changes have been suggested to the land use plan, as well as improvements to the street 14 systems. These include landscaping and other improvements on Silver Lake Road, especially 15 with the rebuilding of the bridge; enhancements by private entities with the redevelopment of 16 Apache Plaza; continued enhancement in the Kenzie Terrace area as the City continues to 17 acquire land in that area; and marking the entrances and exits to the City with clearly defined 18 landscaping. Another possible improvement would be providing bike lanes and signage and 19 tieing into the regional bike parkways on St. Anthony Boulevard and possibly Stinson • 20 Boulevard. Another possibility would be to relocate the Public Works site to a site southwest 21 of the Apache Plaza and replacing it with a park. This would support increased residential 22 activity in that part of the City. There is currently an uneasy mixture of residential and 23 industrial in that area. He suggested the area move toward the direction of residential as it is 24 not a long-term strong industrial area. The City should also monitor the St. Anthony 25 Shopping Center site for an opportunity or need for change over the next decade. 26 Mayor Ranallo questioned the rationale in relocating the Public Works site to a location where 27 the property may cost as much as $1 million. 28 Mr. Weber stated the suggested area for relocation of the Public Works site could be obtained 29 at a marginal cost. He suggested that if the area were to remain industrial and residential,_the 30 two uses should be segregated with the use of some type of buffer. 31 Motion by Faust, second by Enrooth for preliminary approval of the Comprehensive Plan 32 Update for the City of St. Anthony as submitted, to allow the process to move forward. 33 Motion carried unanimously. 34 D. Discussion and Preliminary Approval of the Comprehensive Water Resource Plan. 35 Mr. Peter Willenbring, WSB Associates, presented an abbreviated copy of the St. Anthony 36 Water Resource Management Plan to Councilmembers. He explained the items not included is 37 were the appendix, background information, and general information available at the City.