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Item # 5.3. MEMORANDUM TO: Planning Commission FROM: Scott Clark, Community Development Director DATE: November 14, 2006 SUBJECT: Redevelopment Plan for Downtown Elk River Redevelopment Project The City of Elk River's Housing and Redevelopment Authority is presently in the process of adopting a "Redevelopment Plan for Downtown Elk River Redevelopment Project, dated November 1, 2006." The purpose of the plan is highlighted in the attached memorandum dated November 1, 2006. The Housing and Redevelopment Authority approved the plan with a modification to the boundary area for what is defined as Phase III. Pursuant to State Statutes, the Planning Commission must make a finding that the "Redevelopment Plan conforms to the general plan for development of the City has a whole". Specific to the plan, this finding means that the Phase II activity, which will be the BRA's anticipated acquisition of the Main Street Mall and its conversion eventually to some form of parking, is consistent with both the City's Comprehensive Plan and Zoning Ordinance. The City's Comprehensive Plans shows this area as Old Town, which anticipates this type of development and the Zoning Ordinance shows this area designated as "Downtown" District (which allows parking as a conditional use permit). Based upon the consistency of the proposed use with both the Comprehensive Plan and the Zoning Ordinance, staff is making a recommendation to approve the redevelopment plan as written and to forward the same onto the City Council. Recommendation Staff recommends that the Planning Commission approve the Redevelopment Plan for Downtown Elk River Redevelopment Project, dated November 1, 2006, and finds that "the redevelopment plan conforms to the general plan for development of the City as a whole." S:\Community Devdopment\Scott C1ark\HRA \111406 PC memo.doc