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HomeMy WebLinkAboutJune 16, 2008 Joint P&ZCITY OF COLUMBIA HEIGHTS i90 a0'n Avenue NG, Columbia Ilci;;hts, ~1\ ~5~121-3878 (763)706-3600 TDD (763) 706-3692 rsil our ivebsite nt: x~rvrv.ci.columGra-lrei,~hts.nur.us ADMINISTRATION NOTICE OF CITY COUNCIL MEETING 7C :F SC Y 7C Y X Y X ~. :ti ~. to be held in the Council Chambers CITY OF COLUMBIA HEIGHTS as follo~ars: Meeting of: Joint Meeting/Work Session City Council and Planning & Zoning Commission Date of Meeting: Monclay, June 16, 2008 Time of Meeting: 7:00 P.M. Location of Meeting: Council Chambers Purpose of Meeting: To Discuss the 2008 Comprehensive Plan Update 1lacor Gnn~ /.. Perer.con Councilmcmbcs Roherr A. Iii/l inn,.c Bruce ,\'nu rocki l'onarrero Diedm Bruce KeLer,ber8 Cih 111anagcr 1;'alrar R. Fehsr The City of Columbia Heights does not discriminate on the basis of disability in the admission or access to, or treatment or employment in, its services, programs, or activities. Upon request, acconunodation will be provided to allow individuals with disabilities to participate in all City of Columbia Heights' services, programs, and activities. Auxiliary aids for handicapped persons are available upon request when the request is made at least 96 hours in advance. Please call the City Clerk at 763-706-3611 to make arrangements. (TDD/706-3692 for deaf or hearing impaired only) CITY OF COLUMBIA HEIGHTS 590 40th Avenue N.E ., Columbia Heights, MN 55421-3878 (763) 706-3600 TDD (763) 706-3692 Vl.l'(f ~)(U' WL'I)S([L' (((: 11'1C19.CLCO~IOA~)I Lf-~7Pl,f; ~1(S. /)711. ((J' ~18}'OI': Gary L. Peterson Councilmembers: Bobby R~illiams Tanunera Ericson Bruce Kelzenberg Bnlce Nawrocl:i City \ianagcr: Walter R. Pehst COLUMBIA HEIGHTS COn~IMUNITY DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT DATE: June 11, 2008 TO: Columbia Heights City Council, Planning Commission, Mayor Peterson FROM: Jeff Sargent, City Planner RE: Comprehensive Plan Update Meeting of June 16, 2008 On June 16, 2008, the City will hold a joint City Council and Plamling Commission meeting to discuss the 2008 Comprehensive Plan Update. Staff has been working with Bonestroo in preparing the neat phases of the update, and would like to present three aspects of plan at the meeting. The first is a presentation of the draft goals. The overarching goal and vision statement for the Comprehensive Plan is that "The City will support public and private reinvestment opportututies resulting in increased neighborhood and community strength." The goals and implementation strategies suggested within the Comprehensive Plan will help the City achieve this vision. The second aspect is a presentation of fuhu~e and possible redevelopment sites tlu~oughout the City of Columbia Heights. Staff has identified six specif c areas within the City for future redevelopment, with the seventh area focusing on the housing stock and neighborhood strength. Staff would like City Council feedback as to whether these areas should be focused on if redevelopment opporhulities present themselves. The final aspect of the meeting will be a comparison between the future land use map and the zoning map for Columbia Heights. Staff has noticed some discrepancies that need to be addressed and would like to make the City Council and Planning Commission aware of these. Enclosed, please find tlu•ee maps. The first depicts the six specif c areas for fithtre redevelopment as determined by City Staff. The second is the Cit~~'s current future land use map, and the third is the City's current zoning map. Also included in this packet is a set of the draft goals. THE CITY OF COLUMBIA HEIGHTS DOES NOT DISCRIIv1INATE ON THE BASIS OF DISABILITY IN EMPLOYMENT OR -rHE PROVISION OF SERVICES EQUAL OPPORTUNITY EMPLOYER Comprehensive Plan Goals and Policies Revised June 3, 2008 COMMUNITY IMAGE Goal: Establish and maintain a strong sense of community. 1. Encourage public involvement by creating identifiable neighborhood representation and city initiatives. 2. Enhance the social fabric of the community through city-wide events and programs. 3. Continue to support the development of a mixed-use downtown/civic core along Central Ave to provide a focal point for the community. 4. Create innovative ways to advertise public events and notices to residents of all ages. Goal: Strengthen the identity and image of the community as a desirable place to live and work. 1. Enhance the physical appearance of the community through clean-up initiatives, redevelopment, and housing maintenance programs. 2. Identify themes that will give the city a unified expression and statement. 3. Create opportunities for and encourage the establishment of a positive media campaign to promote the City. 4. Establish design requirements for all public facilities including buildings, streetscape, landscaping and park facilities. 5. Enhance the City's gateways by developing a plan to install signage, features, and landscaping at City entrances. Goal: Promote activities and provide opportunities that encourage social interaction among diverse groups of city residents. LAND USE & REDEVELOPMENT Goal: Preserve and enhance the exisfing viable commercial areas within the community. 1. Facilitate the enhancement and redevelopment of major streets and commercial districts. 2. Develop a redevelopment plan for the 40`h Avenue Corridor. 3. Update zoning regulations that more accurately reflect existing commercial conditions by focusing on increasing performance standards needed for redevelopment. Goal: Provide mechanisms for successful redevelopment of vacant lands and targeted areas within the community. 1. Enhance the image and viability of the Central Avenue corridor, while protecting and enhancing adjacent residential uses. 2. Create a unified downtown/civic core that provides a focal point for the City along Central Avenue, recognizing the need to modify existing standards in order for redevelopment to occur. 3. Continue to work with the City of Hilltop in an effort to establish a common redevelopment plan for Central Avenue. 4. Enhance the image and viability of the University Avenue corridor, while providing opportunities for transit-related uses. 5. Prepare a master redevelopment plan for the City with identified funding sources. 6. Modify the Design Guidelines that would better reflect the physical conditions of the redevelopment parcels. 7. Encourage infill development that demonstrates compatibility with existing neighborhood characteristics, in terms of quality, design, building height, placement, scale and architectural quality. Goal: Promote the safety of residents and ensure a safe environment for pedestrians. 1. Create a lighting plan that will increase visibility and public safety among residential and commercial areas. 2. Provide accessible and safe pedestrian connections to destination points among the community. Goal: Provide convenient access to mixed land use developments to encourage more trips via non-motorized modes of travel and less by automobile. Goal: Provide a natural buffer between housing and industrial zones to promote community health. HOUSING Goal: Provide a variety of life cycle housing opportunities within the community. 1. Encourage development and redevelopment with a mix of housing choices in appropriate areas that protect single-family neighborhoods. 2. Ensure that the community's senior residents and residents with special needs have safe and accessible affordable housing. 3. Implement, continuously evaluate and modify the City's 10-year housing plan. 4. Evaluate a program for the conversion of rental duplexes to for-sale single family dwellings. 5. In redevelopment areas of the City, incorporate, when appropriate, options for housing that is affordable at 60% of the most recent area median income to help achieve the Metropolitan Council Livable Communities housing goals identified for 2011-2020. Goal: Advocate housing efforts that attract and retain residents, especially young families, 1. Increase the knowledge of residents regarding available housing programs for home renovation and purchase assistance 2. Provide opportunities for first time homebuyers to purchase existing single family homes. 3. Partner with employers and the school district to attract workers to live in the city. Goal: Preserve and reinvest in fhe housing stock to protect values and investment in the City. 1. Implement a Residential Inspection Before Sale program to ensure the City's housing stock remains viable and livable. 2. Monitor the effects of foreclosures on the health of residential neighborhoods. 3. Continue to offer programs that provide financial assistance and education to the improvement of housing within the community. 4. Reinvest in older ownership multifamily complexes through the use of Housing Improvement Areas or other innovative financing methods. 5. Encourage energy efficiency and sustainability in renovation and new construction Goal: Preserve and expand fhe single-family neighborhoods as the community's strongest asset. 1. Assess the community health of neighborhoods through a neighborhood health monitoring report. 2. Hold quarterly meetings with City department leaders to review the status of the City's housing conditions. 3. Enhance and maintain the quality and appearance of single-family neighborhoods and the housing stock through code enforcement and clean-up efforts. 4. Identify, monitor and ensure the quality condition of rented homes to promote the integrity and livability of single family neighborhoods. 5. Reduce the potential adverse impacts of adjacent commercial or industrial land uses on single-family residential areas. 6. Identify redevelopment areas that could support new single-family housing. 7. Evaluate new higher valued housing opportunities to provide move-up housing for existing and new residents. 8. Encourage the development of a homeowner's maintenance association to target older resident needs in single family neighborhoods. 9. Identify neighborhoods and promote neighborhood liaisons to work with the city on housing and community goals. Goal: Promote the redevelopment and reinvestment of rental housing properties to provide for safe, quality housing for resident renters. 1. Strengthen the rental housing license program to ensure that all rental housing properties meet the city maintenance codes.. 2. Establish a Crime Free Multi-Family Housing Network as a forum for landlords to communicate with each other and the city 3. Encourage the development or redevelopment of multi-unit senior housing rental units. Goal: Strengthen areas of commercial and civic activity by introducing complementary housing development. 1. Support the inclusion of appropriate housing alternatives during redevelopment in mixed-use districts. 2. Create pedestrian accessibility between housing and multi-use districts. WATER SUPPLY AND WASTEWATER Goal: Maintain a high quality and reliable water supply and distribution system. 1. Maintain existing distribution system and plan to protect the City's infrastructure investment. 2. Periodically assess system costs and adjust user rates to meet system needs. 3. Explore an alternative supply of water for the community for emergency needs. 4. Maintain and update a Capital Improvement Plan to address system needs. 5. Replace or rehabilitate water mains throughout the City at specific sites to address system needs and improve water quality. Goal: Maintain a high quality and reliable sanitary sewer collection system. 1. Maintain existing collection system and plan to protect the City's infrastructure investment. 2. Continue the systematic program of cleaning and televising sanitary sewer lines to maintain and identify system needs. 3. Maintain and update a Capital Improvement Plan to address system needs. 4. Reduce and/or eliminate Inflow and Infiltration throughout the system. a. Continue infrastructure improvements such a manhole cover replacements, sanitary sewer lining and structure replacement in a systematic manner. b. Continue cross-connection elimination program to eliminate clear water flows. 5. Maintain and update a Capital Improvement Plan to address system needs. 6. Systematically replace or rehabilitate sanitary sewer lines and structures throughout the City at specific site to address system needs. SURFACE WATER MANAGEMENT Goal: Maintain a high quality and reliable conveyance system. 1. Maintain existing collection system and plan to protect the City's infrastructure investment 2. Implement a systematic program of cleaning and televising storm sewer lines to maintain and identify system needs. 3. Maintain and update a Capital Improvement Plan to address system needs. Goal: Reduce flooding and minimize public capital expenditures. Goal: Achieve Water Quality Standards consistent with the intended use and classification. Goal: Promote ground water recharge and prevent contamination of aquifers. Goal: Continue the City's collaboration with Rice Creek Watershed District. 1. Require rate control, water quality treatment, and runoff volume reduction for development and redevelopment projects to meet Rice Creek Watershed District standards and improve the quality of the City's stormwater discharges. 2. Update the City's Water Resources Management Plan after Rice Creek Watershed District has completed their current update to their Watershed Plan. 3. Partner with Rice Creek Watershed District to implement, as opportunities arise, water quality improvements beyond those required by watershed rules and City ordinance. AVIATION AND AIRPORTS Goal: Ensure that land uses do not conflict with the operation of aviation facilities. TRANSPORTATION Goal: Manage and maintain the roadway systems within the community in a manner that supports regional transportation objectives and enhances community growth and redevelopment. Goal: Increase and promote safe and efficient alternative modes of transportation. 1. Support the creation of opportunities for pedestrian, bicycle and transit routes and access for primary destination points within the City. 2. Identify and establish safe transportation routes to public schools. Goal: Manage and maintain the investment in the existing local roadway systems. Goal: Embrace transit as a means fo improve the livability and diversity of the community. Goal: Provide for safe and efficient transit transportation. 1. Review and analyze high traffic crash locations on a quarterly basis. 2. Work with MnDOT and Anoka County to provide means for low-cost traffic congestion mitigation. PARKS, TRAILS, AND OPEN SPACE Goal: Maintain, improve, and redevelop fhe system of parks within the Community. 1. Utilize Master Planning for park redevelopment projects. 2. Develop a comprehensive parks improvement program, maintenance standards, and life cycle replacement costs to adequately plan for future needs. Goal: Develop a system of trails within the community. 1. Work to implement the City Bike/Trail Loop Plan prioritizing major trail connections that could be completed in conjunction with street reconstruction projects. Goal: Maintain and improve current standards for all parks to provide safe, accessible, and attracfive facilities for all residents. Goal: Provide a park and open space system that serves fhe wide-ranging recreation, health, and leisure needs of the community. 1. Integrate community characteristics and trends when developing park facilities and recreation programs. Goal: Preserve and protect natural feafures and resources in existing parks and when planning and redeveloping park and recreational facilities. Goal: Develop financing strategies to maintain and improve the park and trail system. 1. Promote alternative funding sources for park and recreational facilities and programs in the community. 2. Pursue appropriate grant opportunities ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT Goal: Enhance the economic viability of the community. 1. Encourage the continuation and enhancement of existing industries within the community. 2. Rehabilitate, or where necessary, redevelop substandard and/or functionally obsolete commercial development through private means or, if necessary, public assistance. Goal: Promote reinvestment in properties by the commercial and industrial sectors. 1. Work with the Chamber of Commerce and other merchant and civic organizations to stimulate and maintain commercial interest in the community. 2. Encourage existing industries and businesses to expand within the community. 3. Develop a marketing plan and strategy aimed at creating a commercial and industrial identity that will help recruit business and industry to Columbia Heights. 4. Promote high quality development and redevelopment opportunities within the community. 5. Solicit business that fill voids in the current range of retail and business services offered in Columbia Heights. Goal: Provide a wide variety of employment opportunities within fhe community 1. Improve the quality and quantity of local employment opportunities. INTERGOVERNMENTAL COOPERATION Goal: Support intergovernmental efforts thaf benefit the community. 1. Continue participation in organizations that promote intergovernmental cooperation and maintain communication with other governmental agencies. 2. Promote efforts to increase efficiency in the provision of municipal services. City of COLUMBIA HEIGHTS COMMUNITY DEVELOPMEN REDEVELOPMENT OPPORTUNITY AREAS LEGEND Redevelopment Opportunity Areas r z C z v 0 u ~E. __~:; R= I i~-'~9 lir:n ep~aisl t,6lext 1fa1•l:~Ji~IL:~ .`~~~~ml-; ; City of COLUMBIA HEIGHTS COM~v1UNITY DEVELOPMENT FIGURE 2- 2, F UTURE LAND U S E M A P L-~ ~ ®~I ~F-i E3RA ~. J L E G E N D Future Land Use: Acres: °~o of Total: ~ Low Density Residential 1,029.202 44.30 io 0 \ledmnt Desip• Residential 59.538 6 9 2.56% ® I-L~h Densuy Residenial 8 91 2.07 Q Institutional ~ Religtaus Institutions 16.092 Q69% ® Commucial 90.026 3.87°.6 ~ Industrial 87.831 3.75% O Community Center Di_[rict 7.641 0.33% 0 Transit Onen[zd Development 59431 2.56% ® Transitional Development 10.675 OA6% O Vacant 0.316 0.01 ParF: 123.483 5.31:0 Public: O Right-of-11'ay 517.569 22.28% Non-City Land: ® City of I-Llltop 69.317 2.98% ® Ciry of Dlinneapolis 74.545 322% TOTALS: 2323.443 100.00% ~'"`- R'ater Featurzs 54091 Acres ~~Ci ty Linuts ~~ Parcel Lines ®Redevelopmenl Area City c~ COLUMBIA :-~_~~--= COh4MUIJli1' DEV_LO~~~~=. L L G L \~ D Zonim l~~ci~~Bations: `~ ~.. ~ Siucl: Fmnili~ Re~iaemml Dufncf ?tiLE? 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