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<br /> <br />Biko Associares' ~eferences ~ p=ented bdow and <br />on our project sheets, which identify and describe a <br />project and list a contact persons name, address, and <br />phone number. <br /> <br />· Pame.laMiner, AICP <br />pj,npiog Division Supervisor <br />Minneapolis Community P1~1)njng and <br />~Deve1opmentDcpartment <br />350 South 5<1> Street, Room 210 <br />:Minn~olis,MN 55415 <br />612-673-3240 <br /> <br />· Mr.. Thomas Leighton, AICP <br />~ Planner <br />Mi/l.Q.eIlf!Olis Community Planning and Economic <br />Development Department <br />350 South sm Street, Room 210 <br />Mi/l.Q.eIlf!Olls. MN 55415 <br />612-673-3853 <br /> <br />· Ms. Ca!plyn 5raun, AICP <br />Platu!ing D~tot <br />City of A,nokll <br />2O.151sr AvenueNotth <br />Anaka, MN 55303 <br />763-576-2722 <br /> <br />. Mr. Rick McVenes <br />Board of Supervisors <br />Athens Tawnship <br />883 .ulst Avenue NE <br />IslWti, MN 55040 <br />763-444-8097 <br /> <br /> <br />Bilro Associates was founded by indMd~ who <br />believe In the effectiveness and value of an inclusive <br />and empowering planning and design process. <br />Commit:cnellt to this approach led the partners to <br />design their secvires around community involvement <br />and participation and the principal that opportunities <br />to choose should be given to Institutions and <br />individuals who are often excluded from public <br />debates and decision-making processes. <br /> <br />Bilro Associates stresses objtctive and fair aoaIysis, <br />attention to detail, clear and precise presenwions and <br />high level of client contact and communication. Biko <br />Associates is recognized as a leader in the area of <br />public involvement and citizen participation. <br /> <br />Bilro Associates are experts in the areas of planning <br />and design. Stakeholders of Centerville are experrs in <br />understanding local needs and issues that will read to <br />a successful future. Out mission and philosophy is to <br />bring these two talents together to fotge a plan that <br />responds to local, gta5sroors interes!S and needs and <br />is tempered by a knowledge of local, area, and <br />regional planning and design issues that will help craft <br />the most effective Msster Plan foe Downtown . <br />Cenrecville. <br /> <br />We are adv~es and adherents of the philosophy <br />and practice of Smart Growth. We promote these <br />goals in cnrrent and past projects. We are champions <br />ofTtlIOSit Oriented Development (rOD). Out work <br />professionally and our afIiIiatjon with the Congress <br />fur the New Utbanlsm and the ~ota Design <br />Team are wil:ncsS to Q\lt commitment. <br /> <br /> <br />It is Oljl: undetlItanding that the City of Cenrecville, <br />like most sitniIu communities in the Metro Area, are <br />experiencing those inte1:tlal and exremaI influences <br />that cause the need to reassess near term and long <br />range tn?intenJ>nce and groWth strategies and goals. <br />Mssrer Plans by their very title and nature are <br />activities that accomplish these goals, This planning <br />process must address the current needs of Centerville, <br />fut example, to compete favorably with adjacent <br />communities, and to enSUIe its fotnre viability by <br />pteparing and fullowing a guide. a Msster Plan. <br /> <br />We also understand that planning and design aoaIysis <br />for the dawntown area will need to be jnformed by <br />com~ted research and plao.ning studies and ongoing <br />planning efforts. Among the completed planning <br />studies are the city's comprehens1ve plan, the result of <br />the Minnesota Design Team's visit in 1998, a <br />Srreetscape and Urban Design Guideline Plan, A,noIta <br />County's plans for the realignment llnd roo.rganization <br />oflands adjacent to CSAH 14 & 21, llnd studies that <br />addressed utilities, housing and Centerville's <br />economic marker. <br /> <br />Page 5 <br /> <br />tHo <br />