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Item 5.2. • J� City of Elk - -� River MEMORANDUM TO: Housing & Redevelopment Authority FROM: Catherine Mehelich, Director of Economic Development��% DATE: November 26, 2001 (/ SUBJECT: Core Central Business District (CBD) Concept Refinement Attachments • Preliminary Concept Summary • Core CBD Redevelopment—Jim Prosser, Ehlers &Assoc. Memo • Concept Drawings of Redevelopment Concept Options A - E • • Concept Advantages/Disadvantages Worksheet • Concept Refinement Issues —Jim Prosser, Ehlers &Assoc. Memo Issue At the October HRA meeting the HRA began steps in developing a concept for redevelopment within the Core CBD,including identifying an area and goals for redevelopment. The attached staff memo summarizes the preliminary concept that was generally agreed upon by the HRA. Since the October meeting, staff has met with members of the development community for the purpose of receiving input regarding redevelopment in the Core CBD. The attached Concept Refinement Issues memo from Jim Prosser of Ehlers summarizes the feedback from developers. Staff has also developed a series of concepts for consideration by the HRA. It should be noted that the "Staff Recommended Concept—Option B" includes many elements of the developer comments. The concepts being presented include the two extremes —"Do Nothing—Option A" and "Re-do Everything—Option E". It is important to keep in mind that the concept plan is not an exact blueprint for development,but rather a guide for development. There will be elements of each design that people like or dislike. The goal of the November meeting is to refine concepts that can be generally agreed upon by the Commission. Also,while the concepts may look 111 overwhelming, the redevelopment of the area would be broken into manageable pieces that would be prioritized. The primary purpose of establishing a development concept is to