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M I I4° S
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<br /> Spring 1996
<br /> CONSULTANTS IN PLANNING,ZONING, DEVELOPMENT ECONOMICS AND LANDSCAPE ARCHITECTURE
<br /> DEFINING GROWTH
<br /> MANAGEMENT
<br /> Growth Management is a term that we all use,but rarely N THIS ISSUE...
<br /> define.Webster says that manage is "to handle, direct,
<br /> or control in action or use." Growth is "development Protecting the Future 2
<br /> from a simpler to a more complex stage." Hence, growth man- On the Drawing Board 3
<br /> agement can be defined as directing or controlling urban devel- Planning for Transit
<br /> opment from simpler to more complex stages. Sounds simple, Oriented Development 4
<br /> doesn't it? But whose values determine the direction? In the Staff News 5
<br /> end, perhaps growth management is best understood as direct-
<br /> ing the location, timing, and nature of development desired by -11111,-
<br /> a community's citizens in a manner which protects valuable
<br /> natural, built, social, and financial assets.
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<br /> Growth management is not a new idea. For example, suburban f ..,.. f
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<br /> Brooklyn Park, MN developed a growth management system = ; v' Arf4 �,.+ . •iii
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<br /> back in the late 1960's that became a model for other comma- v y� � �- ,�‘.�
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<br /> nities in the region. The system divides the community into '`` t �y',, z. t �''' '4.r`'blocks about one mile square in size, Each block is assigned a ,!:- '! ' ,`,� ?t o • .tv,`r,Y
<br /> target development release date.The 'trigger" for releasing each qhl,, \ - ," ' •;, .fit P"
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<br /> block is a decline in the number of vacant residential lots to a � - � � ,,. �ye �� i , 1
<br /> two-year supply. This time lag allows the city to provide water Ili 9: ,34
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<br /> and sewer service and to upgrade roads. .tll)( „i 'u , t W . �l` ,� ; '
<br /> The planned construction of a new major highway has precipi- s,• `•t..-�,t'<' `' �'$.44- !
<br /> tated a reevaluation of the Brooklyn Park system and how it 4,; 1%4,A w• ' ,,'° a +i
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<br /> should apply to the new development the highway will genet ''''.,;„..1,2,.. --- - - ,
<br /> ate.After reviewing several alternatives, including elimination '' Vic,p . it w�. . '
<br /> of the block release system, Camiros has recommended con- ,; it •+
<br /> tinuing the timed release of blocks of land for housing,but shift- f" iI l ti,,.`'1;, t. p 4.,'
<br /> ing scheduling priorities and designating the highway corridor °;sli, . ffi e-it, 10* L t. n= .*.
<br /> as a single block to be released upon highway completion."This ,i, -:" 'i `�. 4 ,- � t
<br /> allows us to pretty much keep the current system which has a f, .L r" ` fit, 0
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<br /> high level of credibility," says Deputy Community Development "� "gra.t •,,,,t` 'L. i- t
<br /> Director Scott Clark. 4 c>�'rt
<br /> It is within the context of growth suburbs like Brooklyn Park .,, 4` ti 4 C a.I.i.f ' 1
<br /> that growth management is most frequently mentioned. How-
<br /> ever,growth management can be applied to inner cities and other >3 << 1 �' o
<br /> fully developed communities. Camiros Principal Joyce Levine ```' �' , �'--- ``
<br /> The Brooklyn Park, MN growth management
<br /> • program has served as a model since the late
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