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Richfield Housing Redevelopment Authority (HRA)

Richfield City Council and Planning Commission

Corridor Housing Initiative

October 10, 2007

Shaping Future Development in Richfield

Corridor Housing Initiative

Providing a framework for housing and mixed use development along major corridors

www.housinginitiative.org

Corridor Housing Initiative: Technical Team

Gretchen Nicholls - Center for Neighborhoods (Coordinator)

Barbara Raye - Center for Policy Planning and Performance (Facilitation)

Katie Thering - Metropolitan Design Center (U of M) (Design)

Michael Byrd - Formwork Development LLC (Design)

Alan Arthur - Aeon (Development)

Jack Broz - HR Green (Traffic)

Tom Melchior - LarsonAllen (Market Analysis)

Goals for Tonight and Beyond—

City update on Comprehensive Plan

RevisionDesign Presentation

CHI purpose and goals

CommunityInput Session

Series of Richfield CHI community workshops:

Workshop IOctober 10

Gather information(citywide)

Workshop IIOctober 24

Block Exercise(citywide)

Workshop IVJanuary 7, 9, 10

Framing the Recommendations(break out by site)

Workshop IIINovember 5, 7, 8Panel Discussion(break out by site)

Corridor Housing Initiative:Block Exercise

Strengthening design and development

goals

Version 3: Participants’ design

Version 1

Version 2

Community Input—

Barbara Raye, Center for Policy, Planning, and Performance

Richfield Corridor Housing Initiative

• Builds on current land use plans

• Plan for specific redevelopment

• Tests market & development realities

• Provides community input

• Informs HRA process to attract appropriate development to the three opportunity sites

Key PointsWe know change is going to occur.

– How can we manage it in ways that are best for the community as a whole?

– Balance long term vitality with the stability of existing neighborhoods

The goal of redevelopment is to preserve what we have while making the community better.

– Protect single family neighborhoods by directing growth to declining

commercial areas.

Managing growth– Density is directed along 494 and Cedar Avenue, and 66th and Lyndale.

– Comprehensive plan will work to reverse the decision to increase density along the north/south corridors (e.g. Penn, Portland)

Community Input:Guidelines for Discussion

Share the time; make sure that everyone has an opportunity to speak

Be open minded and non-judgmental about what others say

Listen for understanding and try to build consensus

Identify constructive solutions to issues

Focus on the 5 questions

Community Input:Five Questions

What makes Richfield interesting?

What would you like to achieve through development?

What are your concerns about development?

What additional information would you like to see?

Specific input on each site.

Community Input:Each Group

Has a facilitator to help keep the conversation going

Needs to select a recorder, time-keeper, and presenter

Must write the summary of discussion and "answers" on the chart

Will present their answers to the full group

Closing—Steven Devich, Richfield City Manager

Websites: www.cityofrichfield.org

www.housinginitiative.org Upcoming meetings:

Wksp II - Wednesday, October 24; 6:30 - 8:30 pm @ Church of St. Peter - 6730 Nicollet Avenue (citywide)

Site 1: 76th & LyndaleWksp III - Monday, November 5

Wksp IV - Monday, January 76:30 - 8:30 pm @ Berea Lutheran Church

7538 Emerson Avenue S

Site 2: 77th & PleasantWksp III: Wednesday, November 7Wksp IV - Wednesday, January 9

6:30 - 8:30 pm @ Church of Assumption

305 E 77th StreetSite 3: 72nd & Penn Wksp III - Thursday, November 8Wksp IV - Thursday, January 10

6:30 - 8:30 pm @ St. Nicholas Episcopal Church, 7227 Penn Avenue South