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COMMUNITYGRoWTH <br /> I N S T I T U T E <br /> �-. MEMORANDUM Experts in Small Town Planning <br /> Date: September 18, 2008 <br /> To: Pequot Lakes EDC <br /> From: Charles Marohn, City Planner <br /> Cc: Sandy Peine, City Clerk <br /> Re: Pequot Lakes Downtown Plan <br /> I am looking forward to discussing the downtown plan with you at length in October. In <br /> preparation for that discussion, I have been requested to prepare a brief history of the <br /> process used to prepare the plan and answer the question,where is this at now? <br /> Where is the downtown plan at now? <br /> The plan was reviewed by the Planning Commission and recommended to the City <br /> Council for approval. The Council has not taken action on the plan. <br /> History in Brief <br /> ➢ September of 2005, Community workshop to start the planning process <br /> ➢ September through December 2005 — Six small group meetings (there was a <br /> business group and an aesthetics group that met separately in the beginning and <br /> then jointly) <br /> ➢ A draft of the plan was presented in February of 2006. <br /> ➢ At this point, the downtown plan was oriented towards an expansion of the TH <br /> 371 on the present alignment. In the spring and early summer of 2006, the city <br /> began reexamining that basic assumption and progress on the plan was put on <br /> hold. <br /> ➢ In 2007, the downtown plan continued to be put on hold in favor of focusing on <br /> TH 371 Alternate Route Study Group,which was finalized in October of 2007. <br /> ➢ In December of 2007, the Planning Commission started reviewing the downtown <br /> plan again. Staff was directed to make changes consistent with the alternate <br /> alignment of TH 371. <br /> ➢ In February of 2008, the Planning Commission forwarded an amended plan to <br /> the City Council for approval. <br /> 14084 Baxter Drive, Suite 7 1 Baxter, Minnesota 56425 1 866.900.3064 1 www.communitygrowth.com <br />