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Regular Planning Commission 8. 8. <br />Meeting Date: 04/04/2019 <br />By: Chloe McGuire Brigl, Community <br />Development <br />Information <br />Title: <br />Review Draft Highway 47 Land Use Plan <br />Purpose/Background: <br />The purpose of this case is to review the draft Highway 47 Land Use Plan. The Highway 47 Plan was a goal of the <br />City Council as part of its Strategic Plan to provide specific recommendations to improve the image of the corridor, <br />but does not provide any specific traffic control measures. The City Council's current draft Strategic Plan Update <br />does include a traffic study, incorporating previous alternatives and recent project approvals. With this current land <br />use plan, the City was specifically looking for tools to make the Highway corridor more pleasant and attractive to <br />residents and drivers. Staff worked with residents in 2018 to garner feedback on the plan. The draft plan focuses on <br />three specific nodes along Highway 47. <br />Please note that this plan includes recommendations for landscaping and buffering; Staff is currently working with <br />MnDOT for a landscaping program along the existing noise wall between Nowthen Boulevard and Alpine Drive. <br />This program is already approved and funded by the City as of 2018, and staff anticipates that the landscaping will <br />be put in this year. This was a large component of the effort to improve the image of Highway 47, but is being <br />handled separately from this longer -range planning document. <br />Staff is looking for general feedback on the plan, specifically on the action items related to each node. Staff will <br />come back with a designed document ready for publication after updating the draft to include Planning <br />Commission's recommendations. <br />Notification: <br />No notification required. <br />Observations/Alternatives: <br />Funding Source: <br />Staff is handling this as part of normal duties. <br />Recommendation: <br />Staff recommends proceeding to finalizing the draft plan for public comment and workshop. <br />Action: <br />Specific action not requested. <br />Highway 47 Plan (DRAFT) <br />Inbox <br />Reviewed By <br />Attachments <br />Form Review <br />Date <br />