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, , ►'�..��. , <br /> • #07-3278 . <br /> April 11,2007 <br /> Page 5 ' <br /> � The trvo comr�tercial ar•eas al.ong Highway 12 witl�in O��ono al�e iden.tified in Map 3B-7 and inclzrde <br /> the following: <br /> 1. Property abcrtting t/te iiorth side of ea:isting Higl:way 12 (Wayzata Boulevard)front Brown <br /> Road North to Willow Drive. This area was ��eviewed as part of Con7prehensive Plan A»zendrnent • <br /> No. 2 in 1989, resa�lting ii� a gzride plarr. call.ing for coir�nTercial zrses abzrtting Highway 12, with , � <br /> prir��a�y access to a se�vice road co�lrrecting fr•ona Brotinn Road to Willow Drive, arrd elir�7ination of . <br /> direct access to Highway 12.- The cn•ec� is current.ly bounded on the fao�•tl� by existing residential <br /> � developnaent at densities ranging fi�o»a 1 arnit pe�•2 acres to 1 unit per 1.3 acres. <br /> The western half of this area has sin.ce been devel.oped via PUD as a nzn�sery/garden center with <br /> inclarded leasabde con�f�zer•cial spaces. TI�e east l�al.f of this area incl.udes a str•ip shopping center, a <br /> new 10,000 s.f. office building, and a vacaf�t 6.5 acs�e parcel. at the nortlawest quad�•arrt of Brotivi7 <br /> Road af7d Highway 12. <br /> The City Cozrrrcil in Febt•uary 1998 adopted a Gener�al Cofacept Pdan for development along Highway <br /> 12 indicating that the Council's visiotr. irrcludes comnn�f7iry scale t�etail. developn�e�zt (as opposed to <br /> regional or �iig box'scal.e developn7ef7t)focused in a naore con�pact area in or near downtown Long <br /> Lake (closer to Brown Road tharr to YVillow Drive, at deast in tl2e short term) ,for the follo��i�Tg <br /> • : 1•easons: � � <br /> � 1. Foczrses on downtowra. Long Lake renraining a sh�ong retail ar•ea, and helps preserve owner- � <br /> operated small service businesses in Long Lake which a�•e vital. to Orono and Lo�g Lake <br /> residents. � <br /> 2. Focuses on mai»taining a vit.al.dowfatnwn anc�"sense of place"for both Lor�g Lake and Orono. <br /> 3. A cor��pact retail�ea encoarf•ages pedestrirni activity. <br /> �. It is easie�•to plan, coot�diraate and con.t�•ol the developrrzent of a more conzpact retail af•ea than an <br /> extended s•etail st��ip. <br /> S. Foczrsing develop�rtent towar•d Br•otivn Road coz�ld strerrgthen the ability to obtain desirable <br /> developn�ent on tl�e north side of Highway 12 ea,st of the Otten Bf�others Narf�sefy. � � <br /> 6. E��ables better conti•ol o>>ef•the an7oLrf�t of retail develo�ment that occzrrs alor�g Highway 12. <br /> 7. Pr�ovides tl2e o�pof�tunity to ge�lerate stable jobs in.o�ce, higl�tech, medicnl, etc. <br /> S. A more cornpact conanauniry scale �•etail arecr matches the desig�a of new Higlnvay 12 with r7o <br /> interchanges throzrgh Lofzg Lake. � <br /> • 9. Linrits the i»�pacd of�north/sozrtl7 roadtiv�rys (i.e. increased t�•cffic rn�d uctivity levelsj as cornpured <br /> to the n�o�•e intef�se '�iig bot:"retail arses. <br /> 10. IYlcrii�tcriras u lvlaer acti��ih�level i�� the trl�etr 1��est of'ti�'illoi��D�•i>>e. <br /> 11. Wozdd create less���essure fo!'�l'Ol'1C�Illo�rf� access fi'OIIJ 712tiV Higl�l,�au 1? to the retcril�u•err. <br /> � , �, , , <br />