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<br /> 27th Annual Minnesota State Planning Conference
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<br /> If the answer to an issue is beyond you, out of your realm,or impossible to take on just now
<br /> you may need a consultant. However, whether it's a planner, attorney, engineer or landscape
<br /> architect,contracting with a consultant is not always a simple task,especially if you have limited
<br /> ,_ :experience working with this type of"staff."Being the staff member in charge of the project often
<br /> means you need to write an RFP,"interview,hire, and well,then the fun really begins.A new
<br /> task- that of managing the consultant- pops into your workday.
<br /> Howard Blin,Planning Director, City of Brooklyn Park
<br /> Dean Johnson,Principal,Resource Strategies Corp.
<br /> 12:00 noon:–1:30 p.m. Lunch
<br /> Afternoon Workshops
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<br /> It's been nine months-have the promises of last January been delivered?Get the latest on LRT,
<br /> , urban sprawl, livable communities, the NEW Met Council, interagency cooperation,and other
<br /> hot topics.
<br /> Ted Mondale,Chair,Metropolitan Council
<br /> Elwyn Tinklenberg,Commissioner,Minnesota Department of Transportation.
<br /> 2:00–6:00 p.m. Mobile Workshops
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<br /> Beyond the seemingly constant and endless-construction, what is really going on at MSP
<br /> International Airport?Take a behind-the-scenes tour to what makes the airport tick,and discuss
<br /> the planning and operational issues that are driving the current expansion of parking, runway
<br /> extensions and road improvements.
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<br /> You've heard the news reports, now is your chance to check out the action.Tour key sites in St.
<br /> Paul's on-going downtown development adventure, including the site of the new convention
<br /> center and Minnesota Wild arena, the Lawson Software building, historic 7th Place, and other
<br /> sites where interest is keen and the action hot. In addition we hope to tour the new Science
<br /> Museum of Minnesota in its new home on the banks of the Mississippi, opening to the public in
<br /> December.
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<br /> Follow Hiawatha Avenue, route of what may become Minnesota's first light rail transit line, to
<br /> the downtown and discuss issues surrounding station location and planning. Once downtown,
<br /> we will view the latest wave of office construction at the south end of the Nicollet Mall and
<br /> discuss issues of neighborhood compatibility, preservation, and the implications for the new
<br /> zoning code and site plan review.We will also look at the new residential development along the
<br /> central Mississippi riverfront and discuss its growing appeal to former suburbanites.
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<br /> • Tour Minneapolis'world-class park and parkway system,almost a century old now,and find out
<br /> how it is changing to meet new demographic realities, the increasing demands of today's park
<br /> users, and environmental stresses.The tour will highlight recent improvements to the Chain of
<br /> Lakes,completion of the West River Parkway through downtown,and potential major additions
<br /> to the system in North Minneapolis.
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