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<br />e <br /> <br />Endorsing and adhering to developing a business/ <br />industrial park. Through the City's comprehensive <br />planning efforts, various industrial areas have been <br />identified on the land use plan map. Once the City <br />has endorsed these industrial parks, a long term <br />commitment needs to be made to preserve the integrity <br />of the park. This commitment is important to protect <br />the park from commercial ventures responding to <br />cyclical market demands. When this occurs, the City <br />will need to weigh if the long term benefits of <br />commercial development equals the long term return <br />from industrial business. An industrial park will <br />take longer to build, however, provides an important <br />element to the City's land use composition. <br /> <br />BUSINESS PARK TASK FORCE <br /> <br />e <br /> <br />The Business Park Task Force has been given the challenge to <br />explore industrial development opportunities for the <br />community. Based on information in the Focus Area Study, which <br />discusses the business park concept and the appropriate zoning <br />and land use; the Task Force has gravitated towards <br />establishing a business park upon the sites requested for a <br />change in land use. Obviously, if the land use plan is <br />amended, the Task Force will need to reevaluate the viability <br />of a business park along west Highway 10. <br /> <br />Pat Dwyer, Chairman of the Business Park Task Force, will be at <br />Tuesday's meeting to express the Task Force's position on the <br />requested land use plan amendment. <br /> <br /> <br />CONCLUSION <br /> <br />In reviewing this land use plan amendment, it is important to <br />note that the issue is not whether a specific tenant such as <br />Menards and/or other anchor tenants are appropriate at this <br />location. The question is whether the City wants to introduce <br />large scale highway commercial to west Highway 10 corridor or <br />implement the concept of a business/industrial park. Staff <br />believes that there is a need for a certain amount of <br />commercial. along the west Highway 10 corridor, however, this <br />limited commercial would be supported by' and compliment <br />businesses found within the business park as well as the <br />surrounding residential developments. A change in land use to <br />HB for 45 acres would set the stage for another development <br />similar to Elk Park Center. This type of regional commercial <br />will alter the character and change the course of present plans <br />for the west Highway 10 area. <br /> <br />e <br /> <br />Therefore, staff is recommending the land use plan amendments <br />by Marv Prochaska and Country Ridge Partnership be denied based <br />on the following: <br />