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Joint Meeting Issues <br />May 13, 1996 <br /> <br />Page 3 <br /> <br />2. Review the issue of wetlands and the current legal policy for the same. <br /> <br />Develop topics to be addressed at the joint meeting with the Park and <br />Recreation Commission. <br /> <br />4. Plan a mobile workshop. <br /> <br />5. Address the topic of downtown. <br /> <br />6. Address the topic of zoning along east Highway 10. <br /> <br />One of the items I am rather excited about is to arrange a mobile workshop <br />with the Planning Commission to visually inspect various projects <br />throughout the city that have gone through the review process. <br />Furthermore, the mobile workshop may include visits to other communities <br />to experience first hand various planning issues that are discussed with <br />projects proposed in Elk River. <br /> <br />Master Plan for Downtown <br /> <br />The Planning Commission is anxious to begin discussing the issues relating <br />to the downtown. Bob Minton recently attended a historic preservation <br />workshop in Stillwater to draw upon the experiences Stillwater had in <br />planning their downtown. As I have mentioned before, this master plan for <br />downtown will cover a broad spectrum of issues which the Planning <br />Commission may have some involvement. <br /> <br />Update of Performance Standards for Highway Commercial <br /> <br />Over the past six to eight months, it has been mentioned at both the Steering <br />Committee and the Planning Commission a relative concern regarding the <br />highway commercial standards along east Highway 10, and for that matter, <br />other commercial areas within the city. The Planning Commission has <br />discussed at workshops earher this year this particular issue and would hke <br />to continue to review the city's performance standards to ensure a positive <br />appearance of commercial businesses along the city's main corridors <br />(Highway 10 and Highway 169). <br /> <br />Cable TV <br /> <br />The Planning Commission has brought to my attention the poor quality of <br />the cable broadcast of the Planning Commission and City Council meetings <br />on Channel 12. I am not sure for the reason of this poor quality, however, it <br />is an issue the Planning Commission would like to have explored further. <br /> <br />s:\council\05-13jm.doc <br /> <br /> <br />