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FY-E DATE: September 15, 1998 TO: St. Anthony Village Mayor and City Council cc: Mike Mornson FROM: St. Anthony Village Planning Commission RE: Recommendations of Planning Commission Regarding Implementation of 1998. Comprehensive Plan The successful implementation of the 1979 City Comprehensive Plan was due to both the specific planning contained in the plan (especially as it related to the Kenzie Terrace redevelopment) and to the vision and tenacity of the City Councils and Planning Commissions since 1979. In this spirit, the Planning Commission here proposes priorities and offers its suggestions and general plans to implement the 1998 Comprehensive Plan, soon to be approved by the Metropolitan Council. Between joint Council/Commission meetings, the input of the Comprehensive Plan Task Force, consultant recommendations, surveys, and widely disseminated discussion, we believe we share the same vision of the City of St. Anthony held by the City Council. The consensual Major goals identified through these discussions include: 1. To remain a relatively small, self-contained entity, which is better able to respond to the, concerns of its citizens; 2. To retain a stable sense of community, create a sense of place, and to evolve into a true . "suburban village"; 3. To preserve and enhance residential, commercial, and industrial property values through continued development and redevelopment; and 4. To remain fiscally responsible. In order to relate these goals to present and future actions, the Planning Commission reviewed the 1998 Comprehensive Plan with an eye toward identifying specific tasks that would be most productive in achieving the goals above. Accordingly, the discussion below itemizes those issues and opportunities that the Planning Commission believes have an immediacy of need to reach the goals above. 1. Commercial Redevelopment: . A. Apache Plaza-The City Council has worked long and hard on the redevelopment of Apache Plaza, with early successes. Due to the potential positive property tax revenue impacts to the City, it makes sense that this be the number one priority for commercial redevelopment efforts of the City. As a developer, Opus is involved in worldwide large construction and development projects. Although we believe that Opus has been acting in good faith to promote redevelopment of the property, we question where a small shopping center redevelopment falls in project priorities of Opus. Also, being passive results in Opus solely controlling the type and design of proposed commercial tenants and uses. B. St. Anthony Shopping Center: A commercial tax base of the second order to the City, this