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3. Consistency with NW Quadrant Redevelopment Plan In 2000, the City of St. Anthony Village began to proactively pursue a planning process for the redevelopment of the "Northwest Quadrant" of the City, an area of approximately 250 acres extending from Silver Lane on the north, Silver Lake Road on the east, the railroad tracks north of 37th Avenue on the south and Stinson Road on the west. The city appointed a twenty-six member project steering committee comprised of local residents to meet regularly with the city and its planning consultants and provide input and direction to the process. The role of the steering committee was to: • Represent a broad cross-section of community opinion; • Serve as the primary working group for the.Northwest Quadrant planning project; • Serve as the sounding board and reaction panel for the consultants and the City Council; • Review, comment and advise the Planning Commission and City Council on-key issues, plan alternatives, and policy questions. The City hired planning, redevelopment, and fiscal consultants to assist in the creation of a plan and selection of a qualified developer. In July 2001, the City adopted the Northwest Quadrant Redevelopment Plan for the entire 250 acres that incorporated the planning goals. The goals of the planning process included: • Involving the community in determining the best type of redevelopment for the northwest section of the city; • Redeveloping a mostly vacant, market-obsolete, first generation regional mall facility; • Determining the most cost effective method of redevelopment for Apache Plaza: demolition, clean-up and site preparation versus adaptive reuse; • Exploring innovative and watershed-wide techniques for surface water.management to improve Silver Lake's condition; • Providing additional employment opportunities for residents within walking distance of transit and other uses; • Determining the housing needs of the city, in particular, for life cycle and affordable housing; • Increasing opportunities for transit use and providing more amenities to encourage walking and biking; • Working cooperatively with adjacent and/or affected units of government; • Developing a trail system around Silver Lake to provide public open space. The Plan included a Master Framework Plan to illustrate the overall vision for redevelopment of the area and to provide acceptable site planning and design principles and standards to guide the design of all features of the site and create a consistent character for the site that would be compatible with surrounding development.