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r <br />Request for Council Action continued <br />Page 2 <br />February 19,1998 <br />Highu'ay 12 Land Use Concept Plan <br />4.The sub-area in the southwest quadrant of Old Ciystal Bay Road and Highway 12 <br />would be planned for office/high tech/medical or similar development. A portion of <br />this sub-area may also be considered for medium density residential development. <br />5.Orono's current industrial area on the south side of Highway 12 east of Old Crystal <br />Bay Road would be maintained or redeveloped as office, high tech, medical, etc. <br />Benefits of Concent Plan <br />The key benefits of concentrating ietail development in a more compact area are as follows; <br />1 . Focuses on downtown Long Lake remaining a strong retail area. <br />2. Focuses on maintaining a vital downtoum and "sense of place” for both Long Lake <br />and Orono. <br />3. <br />4. <br />A compact retail area encourages pedestrian activity, <br />It is easier to plan, coordinate and control the development of a more compact retail <br />area than an extended retail strip. <br />5.Focusing development toward Btovnh Road could strengthen the ability to obtain <br />desirable development on the north side of Highway 12 east of Otten Brothers <br />Nursery. <br />6. <br />7. <br />Enables better control over the amount of retail development that occurs in this area. <br />Provides the opportunity to generate stable job.s in office, high tech, medical, etc. <br />8.A more compact community scale retail area matches the design of new Highw'ay 12 <br />with no interchanges through Long Lake. <br />9.Limits the number of north/south roadways that would be affected by retail <br />development (increase traffic and activity levels). <br />10. <br />11. <br />Maintains a lower activity level in the area west of Willow Drive. <br />Would create less pressure for providing an access from new Highway 12 to the retail <br />area.