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Item # 6 <br />MEMORANDUM <br />TO: Housing and Redevelopment Authority ~j <br />FROM: Heidi Steinmetz, Assistant Director of Economic Development .~'/ <br />DATE: July 5, 2005 <br />SUBJECT: Call Special HRA Meeting for September 13, 2005 for Joint <br />Work Session with Planning Commission and Heritage <br />Preservation Commission to Discuss Downtown North of Hwy <br />10 <br />Attachment <br />Memo dated July 5, 2005 from Lance Lindberg, Heritage Preservation Commission <br />Chair <br />Background <br />Since June of 2004, the HRA has completed the following activities to develop a <br />redevelopment plan for downtown north of Hwy 10: <br />• Defined a study area boundary <br />• Expressed along-term vision for the study area <br />• Reviewed past & updated research of building condition, historic significance, and <br />the market analysis for the area <br />• Reviewed three redevelopment concept options and discussed barriers to <br />implementing the concepts <br />• Selected and refined one of the concepts <br />• Directed staff to utilize the concept as a guiding document for redevelopment <br />proposals and inquiries from the private sector <br />• Drafted & refined narrative description for the concept <br />• Held a special meeting for a work session with the City Council for input on the <br />redevelopment concept and narrative <br />Issue <br />The Planning Commission and the Heritage Preservation Commission (HPC) have <br />expressed interest in meeting with the HRA to discuss downtown north of Hwy 10. Lance <br />Lindberg, the HPC Chair has submitted the attached memo regarding the HPC's specific <br />