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<br />I <br />; ATHENS TO\VNSHIP COMPREHENSIVE PLAN : <br /> <br /> <br />PUBLIC INvOLVEMENT <br />COMPREHENSIVE <br />PLANNING <br />TRANSPORTATION <br />PLANNING <br />TOWN CENTER DESIGN <br /> <br />Client Contact: <br /> <br />Carolyn Brann, AlC]> <br />2428115<10 Avenue <br />Princeton, MN 55371 <br />612-867-6520 <br /> <br />I~I ~:~Oo ~SpS?~~~T:~ <br /> <br />COMMUNITY PLANNING AND DESIGN <br />L\ND USE AND TRANSPORTATION <br />POLICY RESEARCH AND ANAL YSlS <br /> <br />UN BELT BlU:WERY BOTn.lNG ltOUSE <br />13th AVENUE N.E. STUDIO 104 <br />lNNEAPOLlS, MINNESOTA S54Il-1073 <br />PIIONE: 611-623-4000 FAX: 612-6~200 <br /> <br />Biko Associates was retained by Athens Township 10 assist with the preparation <br />of their ftrst Comprehensive Plan. Prior wnrk for the Township included the <br />preparation of a Township Framework Plan that addressed critical, sholHerm <br />issues of annexation pressure from adjacent communities and access issues along <br />Highway 65 with MnDOT. Biko Associates successfully completed the <br />Framework Plan that resulted in opening responsive communications with <br />adjacent communities and an earned respect from MnDOT in dealing wilh <br />transportation issues. <br /> <br />Athens Township recognized that the Framework Plan was merely the flfSt step <br />in what the Township really needed, a complete Comprehensive Plan. Biko <br />Associates worked closely with the Board of Supervisors, Planning Commission, <br />Township staff and all residents through a questionnaire that received a 25% <br />response rate to ensure a thorough planning and design effort and to help ensure <br />easy public acceptance and implementation. <br /> <br />Key components of the Plan included a sound environmentally based process to <br />guide future growth in a manner consistent with the overriding concern of <br />residents that Athens Township retains its rural character. Potential land <br />planning techniques such as transfer of development rights and the introduction <br />of a Town Center to accept the majority of future growth were used to assist the <br />Township in achieving their goals. <br /> <br />Page 18 <br /> <br />5~ <br />