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4b: Web Meeting #2 – Transportation, Community Facilities, and Infrastructure (Advisory Committee Mtg #5) This web meeting will provide an overview of recommendations for motorized and non-motorized travel, parking, circulation, and linkages between key areas of the City and surrounding areas. The Project Team will also identify and inventory all community facilities in the City and include recommendations and policies for municipal facilities and services, infrastructure, and intergovernmental coordination and cooperation. This will include recommendations regarding the near-term and long-term urban service area. Transportation and Mobility Framework Plan The Transportation and Mobility Framework Plan will focus on the coordination and optimization of all modes of travel within the City. The Transportation and Mobility Plan will analyze the existing transportation system, identify corridors and areas of City that merit the greatest attention. The recommendations will incorporate “Complete Street” policies to ensure a consistent design with all users in mind including drivers, public transportation riders, pedestrians, and bicyclists as well as people of all ages and abilities. Addressing barriers to bicycle and pedestrian travel will to prioritized within the framework plan. Urban Service Area Framework Plan Based on work activities in Steps 1 through 4, the preliminary Urban Service Area Framework Plan will be prepared. The Plan will identify and inventory all community facilities in the City and include recommendations and policies for municipal facilities and services, infrastructure, intergovernmental coordination and cooperation, and more. The Urban Service Area Framework Plan will utilize text and highly illustrative maps and graphics to communicate planning concepts and principles. Previous discussions regarding desired future growth and development will inform recommendations regarding the extension of the current urban service area. Conversely, land use and development policies will be evaluated based on an understanding of potential barriers to service extension. Green infrastructure strategies will also be evaluated to identify opportunities to better leverage stormwater as an asset within future development and minimizing the volume entering the system. 4c: Web Meeting #3 – Parks, Open Space, and Natural Resources (Advisory Committee Mtg #6) This web meeting will provide an overview of parkland and trail network, and unique and sensitive natural resources. Parks, Open Space, and Natural Resources Framework Plan The Parks, Open Space, and Natural Resources Framework Plan will identify trails, environmental protection areas, open space and parkland (passive and active), and unique and sensitive natural resources. The Plan will incorporate the recommendations of the Park and Recreation Master Plan (2015) and the Trails Master Plan (2018) and include recommendations for future updates to the documents based on future land use and development recommendations. This element will consider riparian corridors and other water resources (such as the Mississippi River, Lake Orono), slope characteristics, scenic views and sites, native landscapes, wetlands, and other environmental features influencing the City planning area. These recommendations will establish fundamental guidelines and a framework for sensitive and appropriate development and the protection of valued natural areas and ecological systems. 27City of Elk River, Minnesota | Comprehensive Plan Update Prepared by Houseal Lavigne