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Northeast Eagan Land Use Study The City of Eagan asked Hoisington Koegler Group Inc. to lead a study Eagan,Minnesota process for the evaluation of land use alternatives for an important commercial development area. The consulting team for this project City of Eagan included SRF Consulting Group (traffic) and Ehlers & Associates (financial). Eagan's Comprehensive Plan guides the study area for office development. The area is the home for the headquarters of Northwest Airlines and Ecolab. In 2004, property owners began to explore the possibility of `�vt allowing residential development in the easternmost portions of the study area.These actions prompted the City to investigate the land use, transportation and financial implications of alternatives for the future development of northeast Eagan. HKGi led the planning process, coordinating the work of city staff, Ecolab and Northwest Aidinesboth have their headquarteisinnortheast consulting team and study advisory committee. The consultant team Eagan.The study had to consider potential expension plans inits developed four land use concept alternatives, the elements of which evaluation of land use scenarios varied from the current land use plan at one end of the spectrum and a more housing-intensive concept providing over 2,800 units at the other. 1 These concepts were evaluated for implications on land use compatibility, ! 4 .. traffic, city finance,parks needs, airport noise, city development policies � and overall commercial land supply. HKGi created a process that allowed , the study advisory committee to use this information in the review and ri assessment of each land use concept. In developing land use alternatives, HKGi's planners had to take into account several variables that included the implications listed above as well ":\ ta. ' as the presence of wetlands in the study area; a future I-494 interchange The Northeast Eagan Study created and evaluated four alternative scenarios for future land use. The scenanos depicted diAerent with a still undetermined location;and an ALTAR currently in progress in combinations of land uses'and development Intensities: The scenario Inver Grove Heights,which is directly adjacent to the study area.The final shown above creates %we/workenw/ronment with high-and medium- density housing integated with existing office ores report will compile the findings of the study process and recommendations to the City Council in planning for future development of this area.The Alt traffic investigations conducted in the study demonstrated important } connections between land use and transportation planning.The findings served as a catalyst for broader transportation planning in Eagan. w, It. The study identified important hansportation planning issues for Eagan INHoisington Koegler Group Inc. page 22