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building be built to preserve necessary right of way or environmental concerns? Can the building be designed to accommodate reuse that will be complimentary of the final Plan? Regardless of the timing of the redevelopment, every opportunity should be taken to reinvent the area away from where it is currently heading, which appears to be away from the goals of the community. For example, land uses not complimentary to the commuter rail train station or businesses that may not provide jobs necessary to help form the critical mass for additional services like restaurants. At the Planning Commission meeting, Steve Rohlf voiced his concern with the Plan. He felt that the interchange should be located farther north. He had concerns with all the property owners on the west side of Highway 101osing access. The Plan considered several options for the location of the future interchange. Acknowledging the benefit an interchange would bring due to traffic and safety, this was considered carefully. The Plan recognizes that the interchange will be a costly improvement, to be shared by the City and MnDOT, neither of whom have financial resources to complete this project in the short term. Unnecessarily adding acquisition costs only serves to delay this improvement. The Plan reflects the most northerly access point MnDOT will acccept for the interchange. In response to Mr. Rohlf's concerns, staff pointed out that the area will evolve over time, regardless of the Plan being in place. The Plan proactively accounts for these changes. Staff also reiterated the importance of the west side plan to better understand the fixture potential land uses given the expected changes. Financial Impact None Attachments 1. The Plan distributed for the Apri127 joint meeting will be used for this review. Based on the comments from the Apri127 meeting, the following pages saw changes, and are included. The full Plan is available on the city's website at www.ci.elk-river.mn.us. Please retain your copies. Due in part to the cost of the copies, at the conclusion of the project, the individual pages with changes will be replaced. 2. The pages changed and attached are: 8,9,15,16,43,44,45,49,54,55,56,57,60,61,70, 80. Action Motion by Second by Vote Follow Up S:\PLANNING MAIN\Projects\FAST Study Area\FAST memo to Council for approval s-18-09.doc