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<br />. <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />ITEM I 2. <br /> <br /> <br />MEMORANDUM <br /> <br />TO: Planning Commission <br />Housing and Redevelopment Authority <br />Heritage Preservation Commission <br /> <br />FROM: Heidi Steinmetz, Assistant Director of Economic Development t\ S <br /> <br />DATE: September 13, 2005 <br /> <br />SUBJECT: Housing and Redevelopment Authority (HRA) Vision and <br />Presentation of Market Information <br /> <br />Attachments <br /> <br />. HRA Redevelopment Concept <br />. Memo dated July 5, 2005 from Lance Lindberg, Heritage Preservation Commission <br />Chair <br /> <br />Background <br />Beginning in June of 2004, the HRA completed the following activities to develop a <br />redevelopment plan for downtown north of Hwy 10: <br /> <br />. Defined a study area boundary <br />. Expressed a long-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 (concept attached) <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 /> <br />In addition, the Heritage Preservation Commission (HPC) provided input at their September <br />9, 2004 HPC meeting to assist in updating past research of the area, which included the <br />Historical Significance Analysis, completed in Summer 2001. <br />