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HomeMy WebLinkAbout2016-05-04 PACKET 07.A. Cottage J Grove ��er� Pride and Qro�P�rity Me�t Clt�/ COUI'1CII CONSENTAGENDA Acfion Request Form �'A' Meeting Date 5/4/2016 Department Administration Title of Request City Council Meeting Minutes - 4/6/2016 Special Meeting Staff Recommendation Approve the 4/6/2016 City Council special meeting minutes. ATTACH MENTS: Description Type Upload Date Draft Minutes Backup Material 4/22/2016 Cottage J Grove �here Pride and Pr�sperity Meet MINUTES COTTAGE GROVE CITY COUNCIL COUNCIL CHAMBER 12800 RAVINE PARKWAY SOUTH April 6, 2016 SPECIAL MEETING - 6:00 P.M. 1. WORKSHOP SESSION — OPEN TO PUBLIC A. Comprehensive Plan Community Development Director/City Engineer Jennifer Levitt introduced Fay Simer from Stantec, who provided details of Stantec's proposal and identified those things that were required by the Metropolitan Council. Ms. Simer stated a Comprehensive Plan is really formulating a plan to accomplish the community's goals and objective and is the foundation for all of the other planning, land use, and zoning controls that a community has. Comprehensive Plans are required in this region and cannot be in conflict with regional plans for sanitary sewer, transportation, parks and open spaces, and airports. The Metropolitan Council requires planning for density and achieving ethnicity. The basic elements of a Comprehensive Plan are vision, inventory analysis component, goal setting, developing different land use alternatives to meet those goals, and an implementation plan for how the community will move forward over the next 10 years. Director Levitt reviewed what had been taking place in 2008, when the last Comprehensive Plan was done. The utility plans were not updated at that time, so those will be done this time. She stated the Comprehensive Plan was a critical element that would prepare Cottage Grove for growth in the fashion that we want. Ms. Simer stated some trends in housing include diversity in housing styles, having housing available at different price points, and to be attractive to people at different steps in their careers, ages, and income levels. Many Americans aren't confident that they can afford housing in their community, so communities are looking at affordable housing and where that fits in their mix. Community Development Director Levitt stated that's one of the key components of the sub-consultant fee that was in the proposal; someone who understands those trends, what's happening in the market, what housing types we want to provide, and at what density or how many acres we should be setting aside for those different housing types. CITY OF COTTAGE GROVE • 12800 Ravine Parkway • Cottage Grove, Minnesota 55016 www.cottage-grove.org • 651-458-2800 • Fax 651-458-2897 • Equal Opportunity Employer Cottage Grove City Council April 6, 2016 Page 2 Ms. Simer reviewed the specifics associated with the proposal, including: Project Initiation, Online Public Engagement, Background Research (which includes Market Research), Land Use Alternatives, Resiliency, Economic Competitiveness, Implementation, and Draft Plan Preparation. While the total cost for the Comprehensive Plan is $142,000, Director Levitt stated that they've become aware of two available grants, one from the PCA for a $15,000 matching grant, and one from the Met Council, approximately $35,000 to the City for Comprehensive Plan planning efforts. They will hope to try to capture those grants to offset the Comprehensive Plan expenditures. ADJOURNMENT Minutes prepared by Judy Graf and reviewed by Joe Fischbach, HR Manager/City Clerk.