09-23-1998 Council Work Session Packet

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REQUEST FOR COUNCIL ACTION DATE: February 19, 1998 ITEM NO: Department Approval:Administrator Reviewed:Agenda Section: Name Ron Moorse •City Administrator’s Title City Administrator Report Item Description: Highway 12 Land Use Concept Plan - Resolution At its February 12 work session, the City Council reviewed three general concept plans for land use along Highway 12 as a way to clarify the Council's vision for how the Highway 12 area should develop. The three concept plans were as follows: 1 . Community scale retail development along the majority of Highway 12. Community scale retail development focused in a compact area in and near downtown Long Lake (closer to Brown Road than to Willow Drive, at least in the short-term) with office, office/ser\ ice, and liigh tech industrial development west of Willow Drive. 3.Provide for regional or "big box" retail development in selected locations along current Highway 12. The Council selected concept plan #2 as the plan most closely reflecting the Council's vision for the Highway 12 area, and directed staff lo draft a resolution reflecting the Council consensus for adoption at the February 23 Council meeting. General Flements of Concept Plan The general elements of this concept plan are as follows: 1.Restrict strip retail development along Highway 12, particularly west of Willow Drive. 2. 3. Prohibit all regional "big box" retail development. The sub-area on the north side of Highv ay 12 west of Willow Drive would be planned for medium density residential development on the north side of an extended Kelley Parkway to take advantage of the wetlands as an amenity. The area south of Kelley Parkway along Highway 12 would be planned for office development with minor "neighborhood" retail to ser\e the office development, the medium density residential development and the Orono schools.