3(b) Consideration of Comprehensive Plan

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❑ Utilize the City's recently adopted street standards which promotes safe pedestrian and biking travel in addition to compatible automobile travel throughout the entire urban area of the City. ❑ Conduct a study to identify specific streets where targeted investments in enhanced infrastructure (sidewalks,dedicated bike lanes,dedicated trails,neighborhood placemaking,etc)can have the greatest impact on improving connectivity. ❑ Work with the HRA to develop a target list of redevelopment properties,on public infrastructure and not. ❑ Perform an assessment of walkability in the Grow Zone and throughout the surrounding neighborhoods to determine areas of high and low pedestrian mobility and identify priority corridors for mobility improvements. ❑ Promote construction of quality,affordable life cycle housing. o Seek and encourage home based businesses. ❑ Promote farm to table cooperative. ❑ Promote a vibrant and complete senior living complex. ❑ Encourage owner occupied dwellings. ❑ Engage local contractors and developers to partner with development and redevelopment of our housing inventory. ❑ Provide regular and ongoing enforcement of maintenance standards throughout the City. ❑ Consider adoption of the State Building Code. ❑ Develop a Transition Area Plan to fast track private sector investments in the transition area.The plan would provide a framework for connecting future development to the existing urban areas of the City. ❑ Work with the HRA to develop a plan for rehabilitation of existing homes. ❑ Create a Park Plan for the Grow Zone and surrounding neighborhoods that leverages park investments to promote livability and encourage private-sector investment. ❑ Review the land use code for any regulations that may get in the way of the establishment of local agriculture operations. ❑ Develop an incentive policy to encourage the establishment of Community Supported Agriculture (CSA)operations. 11 � Fage