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MEMORANDUM Hoisington Koegler Group Inc. MB • Kill To: Elk River Planning Commission From: Rusty Fifield Subject: Draft Comprehensive Plan Date: September 16,2003 Introduction The attached document contains the proposed Comprehensive Plan for Elk River. This plan grew out of a planning process that spanned more than 17 months. A variety of steps have been taken to assure that the Plan reflects the needs and desires of Elk River: • The community was represented by an 18-member task force. This group served as the steering committee for the planning process. The task force met on 16 occasions to guide the creation of the Plan. • The process included five community workshops. These workshops provided opportunities for the general public community to participate in the preparation of the Comprehensive Plan. II • City boards and have commissions reviewed and provided input to the draft plan. • This draft of the Plan evolved from a series of three workshops with Task Force, Planning Commission and City Council. Status of Draft Plan The following section reviews the current status of the Comprehensive Plan. Public Comment The Plan was presented to the public at an open house on August 21. Twenty people attended the meeting. One half of the participants were Task Force members. No Plan changes are recommended as a result of the discussion at the open house. HKGi received two emails and one letter relating to the draft plan. Both emails dealt with the proposed High Density Residential land use along 175th Avenue. Copies of these emails are attached. While we understand the concerns expressed in these emails, we continue to support High Density Housing in this area. The combination of existing street system and access to transit, retail and employment make this an excellent location for this type of housing. Changing this land use will leave Elk River with an inadequate supply of property available for development of higher density housing options. The letter requests that property on the east edge of Elk River be designated for Urban Residential and placed in the Urban Service District. A copy of this letter is attached. This request has been discussed at a Plan Review Workshop. We continue to recommend that such requests be considered after appropriate study of future sanitary sewer capacity and supporting street system. • 123 North Third Street,Suite 100,Minneapolis,MN 55401-1659 Ph(612)338-0800 Fx(612)338-6838 www.hkgi.com Direct(612)252-7133 Email rusty@hkgi.com