Agenda - Planning Commission - 09/07/1999

Home

27'h Annual Minnesota State Planning Conference 12:00 noon.-1:30 p.m. 2:00 - 6:00 p.m, If the answer to an issue is beyond you, out of your realm, or impossible to rake on just now -- you may need a consultant. However, whether it's a planner, attorney, engineer or landscape architect, contracting with a consultant is not always a simple task, especially if you have limited experience working with this type of"sra ff." Being the staffmember in charge of the project often means you need to write an RFP, interview, hire, and.., well, then the fun really begins. A new task - that of managing the consultant - pops into your workday. Howard Blin, Planning Director, City of Brooklyn Park Dean Johnson, Principal, Resource Strategies Corp. Lunch .............................. l~ep~i~e: ~et~opo~ita. eou.¢it ~tate ot tt~e I~eqio. It's been nine months- have the promises of last January been delivered? Get the latest on LRT, urban sprawl, livable communities, the NEW Met Council, interagency cooperation, and other hot topics. Ted Mondale, Chair, Metropolitan Council Elwyn Tinldenberg, Commissioner, Minnesota Department of Transportation. Mobile Workshops Beyond the seemingly constant and endless construction, wh~t is really going on at MSP International Airpo[t? Take a behind-the-scenes tour to what makes the airport tick, and discuss the planning and operational issues that are driving the current expansion of parking, ru.nway extensions and road improvements. ~t. ~au~ ~eoe~pmeg~ ~cege~: ~o~op You've heard the news reports, now is your chance to check out the action. Tour key sites in St. Paul's on-going downtown development adventure, including the site of the new convention center and Minnesota Wild arena, the Lawson Sol, are building, historic 7th ~lace, and other sites where interest is keen and the action hot. In addition we hope to tour thee-new Science Museum of Minnesota in its new home on the banks of the Mississippi, opening to the public in December. ~touq t~e L~T Liue to ~iaueapoti~: ~o~k~op Follow Hiawatha Avenu.% route of what may become Minnesota's first light rail transit line, to the downtown and discuTi issues surrounding station location and planning. Once downtown, we will view the latest wave of office construction at the south end of the Nicollet Mnll and discuss issues of neighborhood compatibility, preservation, and the implications for the new zoning code and site plan review. We will also look at the new residential development along the: central Mississippi riverfront and discuss its growing appeal to former suburbanites. ~i..eapoti~ ~a~ a.b ~a~h~a~ ~tem: Tour M~nneapohs. world?lass park and parkway system, almost a centu~ old now, and find out how it is changing to meet new demographic realities, the increasing demands of today's park users, and environmental stresses. The tour will highlight recent improvements to the Chain of Lakes, completion of the West ~vir Parkway through downtown, and potential major additions to the system in No?th Minneapolis.