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REGIONAL BLUEPRINT i‘•um il M 4f% t*4tk ( t It) Tilili SI MN SjIOI km bl2 JJl ui.iU. lull 2il ujol li S »*< )• I *vrf »‘AIU Si 1^4. MN 'OCT 5 i'jylj • OllAcO NOOIS£ AONimiTlATOi CITf Of OIQ mO PQ tOI U CttSTAL OAT R« 5532J006A I 44*2 HC1)391 0 Rl«CirOi«] |M|M« C4I» L««:» 4l SUbl bU'. |HI .1 VW«>>^I>|IW( » t .kr O WHAT IS UPDATE? UpdaUB newsletter helps you keep up-to date on the Metropolitan CourKil's Regional 8/ueprmr related activities, especially planning under way to select a growth option for the region The Blueprint contains regional goals and policies to achieve the kind of Twin Cities region the community wants The Council recently expanded ^ mailing list for Update. readers! B Three growth oPTtori^ This summer, the Council identified three general growth options for the region to the year 2020 The options suggest very different development patterns One is a spread out pattern, largely responding to the market (We call It 'Spread Development**) The second. 'Concentrated Development," restricts new growth to the area within thf currently planned Melropc an Urban Service Area (MUSA) The Uurd concept, "Channeled Development." locates part of the now growth near certain transportation corridors in the already developed part of the region, and extending the corridors into what IS now rural area The Council will select one option or one containing some combination of features and make it part of its DIucpnnt plan B RECENT ACTIVITIES Since publication of the last lind.iU: the Counnl has been holding community meetings throughout the region to discuss development issues and hear reactions to the three options. The Council and loca! officials toured many sections of the region, plus a number of ad)acent counties, to see the extent of development and redevelopment opportunities first riand In addition, staff are workuig on two studies that will help assess the three options One measures tfie impact of the metropolitan urban services boundary on land costs. A second compares public service costs for the three 442ptions Sta^ ^Iso are preparing community-level forecasts of populationNind households for each option, ^he studies and the forecasts are expected to be completed in tne next few months \ a IMPRESSIONSV FROM COMMUNITY MEETINGS AND TOURS ^ \ Here is some of what the Council ts finding: \ • The region s economic sphere IS much larger than seven counties The severvcounty area, plus a number |^of surrounding counties, make up the region’s “real" econorpic engine For example, roughly hall the workers in three counties just across the St Croix River in Wisconsin commute to the TUin Cities area In counties dir to the north, that figure about 50 percent directly is^also • People are moving la^Jhcr out. osi>ecially where thoie is qood Stplefiib€r 1995 highway accessibility and attractive amenities Reasons cited by local officials include aime in the seven county area (or the perception of it), inai det ruf riT” 1C ■" t .j. ‘ ^ m ta*p«yf f|. ^4/t 1; incf4»flnoiy i reluctant .to; approve facilities « needed to accommodate rising enrollments. e Growing numbers of large, expensive homes costing $300,000 and up are being built in developing suburbs and rural areas. Council forecasts suggest that the baby-boomers buying those homes today will be followed by a generation of only half its size, making it difficult for aging boomers to sell these homes when they so desire • Some cities want growth, but increasing numbers of cities don't Tfiis challenges the notion of a uniformly expanding ring of development around the region • Redevelopment opportunities exist in the inner cities and subuibs, but pollution cleanup and road and other infrastructure improvements make the task difficult To be clleclivo, redevelopment needs to be linked with job training, education and public salety improvements • Flighway capacity is an issue in every part of the region