3. CCSR-HRSR 09-04-2012 SPEC JOINT (2)

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. . • III. Implementation Priorities Implementation Implementation Policies The Mississippi Connections Redevelopment Framework Plan is Redevelopment is an ever-changing process and activity may intended as a framework for the evolution of the area as occur outside the identified Priority Project strategies, therefore transportation,market, and use pattern shifts shape the area. The the City,property owners,and stakeholders should consider the goal with this plan is to recognize these changes and guide them following policies as a framework for decision-making and and the resulting development and redevelopment toward a strategy as the City evaluates potential redevelopment projects preconceived vision. and determines where to direct resources. These policies should It is recognized that the Mississippi Connections Redevelopment serve as the basis for development of a work plan for the Framework Plan will not be implemented in its entirety Housing&Redevelopment Authority. immediately but will evolve over the next 20 years. Thus, the Plan should be viewed as a sound,yet flexible sequence of orderly • The availability of external resources (i.e. grants) and/or developments within the Study Area to achieve the vision. market conditions may create redevelopment opportunities Establishing priorities to create the environment that encourages outside of established short-term priorities. These private reinvestment helps guide the City's decision-making opportunities may be pursued even if they are not part of process and allocation of time and resources. the short-term priority list. The sizes and shapes of the facilities illustrated are not meant as • The City and the Housing&Redevelopment Authority hard and fast rules. They are intended to be suggestions and should examine the creation of a permanent redevelopment points of discussion as to the intensity and options for funding source(s) that will complement the resources development. Each structure must be an individual statement of traditionally available through tax increment financing and architecture,yet fit into the general character of the study area. other forms of public financing assistance. • The Goals and Policies within this Plan,which establish the framework for the Illustrative Master Plan, shall serve as the guiding principles for future City action. Draft as of September 4, 2012 - Part III,page 1 -