2017 Administration Department Annual Report

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2017 Annual Report • Administration • St. Anthony Village, Minnesota 49 COMPREHENSIVE PLAN In 2016, the City began updating the Comprehensive Plan, which is required to be completed every 10 years. The Metropolitan Council released St. Anthony’s System Statement, which included all the information St. Anthony will need to include in the ten year update to their Comprehensive Plan. This includes population, household, and employment projections, as well as a detailed description of the regional transportation, sewer and water, surface water management, and land use planning requirements. The city will be finalizing the draft Comprehensive Plan and submitting it to Met Council in 2018. Below is a summary of the projections for St. Anthony, which will be adjusted based on current population and household estimates, and a revised land use plan. Forecast Year Population Households Employment 2010 8,226 3,848 2,983 2020 8,600 4,200 3,500 2030 8,700 4,300 3,630 2040 8,800 4,400 3,700 As part of the Comprehensive Plan Update, the city undertook a series of community engagement activities to garner input from a variety of St. Anthony residents. Such efforts included reaching out to students at the high school, attending Early Childhood Family Education classes to engage with families with young children, visiting senior centers in the area, conducting a community visioning session, and appearing at the wine event at the SAV Liquor Store. These activities were completed with the intent of reaching out to people who generally would not attend a traditional open house, and were very successful. Key themes that were heard related to the convenience and proximity of goods, services, and public places within the community, the desire to be able to easily connect with these locations through biking and walking, and the desire to re-use the vacant Walmart site.