7G, B2 Districty Study Award Contract

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Citiun participation is the heart of any meaningful and effective public planning process. Project manager Bill Weber- will utilize several tested techniques in the Small Area Plan for the 8-2 District. Our Approach to Downtown Planning and Design We would conduct the Arden Hills B2 Small Area Plan with these ideas in mind: I . Effectively Involve the Public and Agencies 2. Physical Planning and Design :I. Address traffic and parking 4. Understand downtown market potential 5. Think Implementation from the Start 6. Assign an Experienced Project Manager 7. Collaborate with City staff. I . Effectively Involve the Public and Agencies Need It goes without saying that leaders and citizens from the City must understand the plan and generally endorse it in order for it to be effective and usable. Thus, public participation and communication will be the most important element of the planning process. Response Effective public communicatioll and participation will be key to resolving difficult issues and creating an acceptable plan for the B2 District. We propose to use several methods to listen to local ideas and concerns, to generate alternatives and to formulate an acceptable plan. The public engagement techniques that we propose to use includes: Meetings and design charettes with a citizens advisory committee (approximalely one per month) . Interviews with key property owners. . Meetings with the City Planning Commission and/or City Council (beginning, middle and toward the end of the process) Public <'open house" presentation combined with a fonnal presentation with questions and answers; PowerPoint presentations Draft plan documents . Updates on the City's Web sile . A summary chapter Ihal could be distributed independently. 3-4 Arden Hills Small Area Plan for the B2 District