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Southeast Roseville Visioning Update 35 36 On April 11, the City Council received a presentation by staff regarding visioning and redevelopment 37 opportunities in Southeast Roseville. The discussion confirmed that reinvestment/ 38 redevelopment/visioning efforts should be concentrated along the development swells of the Rice and 39 Larpenteur corridor. The City Council also recognized the importance of having all impacted 40 jurisdictions including St. Paul, Maplewood, and Ramsey County at the table to provide 41 collaborative leadership in this area. 42 43 The April 11 discussion served two purposes. The first purpose was to receive direction from the City 44 Council regarding the level of interest to acquire available sites for redevelopment. A closed session 45 discussion is currently scheduled to review appraisal information at the next Economic Development 46 Authority meeting scheduled on May 25. The other purpose of the discussion was to gauge the level of 47 interest in visioning for the area and to receive feedback on what type of visioning was desired. Staff 48 provided the City Council with a Corridor Development Initiative (CDI) proposal that included 49 purposeful engagement and benchmarking, a smaller scale CDI process, and a charette process that 50 explored long-term planning for design/streetscaping. The City Council approved a hybrid of the larger 51 CDI process and the charrette as was proposed in the April 11 report. The anticipated cost of the hybrid 52 plan would range from $30,000 - $50,000, depending on the level of staff dedicated to the plan by each 53 participating jurisdiction. 54 55 On May 12, St. Paul Councilperson Amy Brendmoen hosted a meeting at the St. Paul Regional Water 56 Services located along Rice St., with various staff and elected officials to discuss next steps for the area. 57 Jonathan Weinhagen, Vice President of the St. Paul Area Chamber of Commerce, agreed to facilitate 58 the meeting. What grew out of the discussion was a commitment to work together to improve the area. 59 Councilperson Brendmoen created a Facebook page, to help 60 communicate what is happening in the corridor, to let people know how to get involved, and to 61 publicize when meetings would occur to solicit input from the community. 62 63 Next steps include an additional meeting among elected officials and staff for the purpose of planning a 64 larger multi-jurisdictional community meeting in July. The purpose of the July meeting will be to talk 65 through concerns, opportunities, and revitalization efforts for the area with all interested stakeholders. 66 67 Unless the City Council desires a smaller Southeast Roseville visioning plan that is not centered on 68 corridor reinvestment, Community Development Staff will defer entering into a contract for visioning 69 until all stakeholders identify a level of commitment to the Rice/Larpenteur area. 70 71 PO OLICY BJECTIVE 72 Southeast Roseville has been identified as a priority in the 2016 Policy Priority Plan. 73 74 BI UDGET MPLICATIONS 75 As mentioned in the narrative above, the roughly $98,000 for the 76 1716 Marion St Park. 77 78 SR TAFF ECOMMENDATION 79 Receive update on 1716 Marion St. Park Proposal and Southeast Roseville visioning efforts. Staff is 80 also recommending the City Council provide direction to staff on whether to move forward with site 81 acquisition of 1716 Marion St. without the total award of grant dollars requested. 82 Page 2 of 3