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H W E S T. . _.:. Q U A D CW T tl �h \ ISSUE NUMBER NUMBER 3 THE CITY OF ST. ANTHONY JULY/AUGUST 2001 City Council Approves Two Redevelopment Concepts for Further Evaluation The City Council on July 24 approved two concepts for Residential further evaluation for the redevelopment of the City's Northwest Quadrant, an area that focuses on the Apache Plaza Mall. Redevelopment The Council's approval of the concepts and final report marked Concept the culmination of the eight-month Northwest Quadrant Redevelopment Planning Study. The goal of the study was to iden- tify a redevelopment concept for the Apache Plaza Mall area that tm . would make it the kind of exciting focal point for the community that the shopping center once was. In developing the two concepts, the planning study's citizen steer- Q ing committee considered the environmental issues, neighborhood needs, community's objectives, and market and financial feasibility. The committee was assisted by a team of experts led by planning 3 _ t `� consultants Dahlgren, Shardlow and Uban. "The Steering Committee has done good work and provided us with two different redevelopment concepts that we can subject to = JR t further evaluation," said Mayor Dennis Cavanaugh. The major difference between the two concepts is that one has a larger residential component and the other includes a corporate campus in addition to residential development. The goal of this redo-velopment concept is to provide St.Anthony with a dynamic new residential neighborhood that will be designed and "It is important to remember that these concepts are a starting built to complement the community and establish an identity of its point. We need to explore them in more detail with the help of own. The development will offer a comfortable,inviting feel that will not only be attractive and offer housing and services for residents,but developers in order to arrive at a final plan for redevelopment for will be an asset and attraction for all St.Anthony residents. our Northwest Quadrant," he Said. FEATURES COULD INCLUDE: The next step for the City will be to develop design framework •About 75,000 square feet of commercial/retail development. _. •About 850 housing units including a mix of single family, and guidelines and other concept detail, then issue a request for townhomes,senior high rise,multiple family housing. proposals from developers for the two concepts. Once developers' • Tree-lined boulevard crossing through the site and connecting the proposals have been received, the City can further explore with two ends of 39th Avenue. developers the potential for both concepts. •A new road netltorh within the site providing access to residences P P p and businesses. "We want to work with developers to identify the strengths and ••A central park chat utiu as as a focal point of the development and a strong amenity for the entire community. weaknesses in both concepts in order to come up with a final plan . A series of trails.sidcivalks and open spaces linking the site that is viable for our community," Cavanaugh said. internally and linking it externall' to surrounding neighborhoods and the new nearbv Hennepin Parks Regional facility. The City expects to issue a request for developers proposals • Improved water quality of Silver Lake through storm water later this fall. retention and jiltranon jacdines. • Metro transit senice to the site with bits shelters.