3A - Draft of Comprehensive Plan

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COMMUNITY CHARACTER 1. Adopt new standard street sections that reduce long-term costs by narrowing lane widths to appropriate neighborhood scale and providing safe pedestrian mobility throughout the city. 2. Adopt new standard road sections that reduce long-term costs by narrowing lane widths on local roads to a rustic, low volume, low speed scale. 3. Create a Park Plan for the Grow Zone and surrounding neighborhoods that leverages park investments to promote livability and encourage private-sector investment. 4. 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. 5. Create and adopt a Gov. 2�strategy to provide continuous engagement with residents through online platforms. 6. Establish an outdoor skating rink in the Grow Zone or the surrounding neighborhoods for use during winter months. 7. Establish a splash pad or other water-based recreational amenity in the Grow one or the surrounding neighborhoods for use during the summer months. 8. Create a distinguishing gateway to highlight the transition to the Grow Zone (downtown) portion of Pequot Lakes. 9. Commission local artists to create public art throughout the town. Budget money and fundraise for one or two projects each year. 10. Continue to provide entertainment in the Trailside Park on summer weekends. 11. Provide designated off-site parking for venders and other support personnel during downtown festivals and gatherings so that the public space is not cluttered with vehicles and parking is available for patrons and visitors. 12. Work with Crow Wing County to properly-scale the TH 371 and CSAH 11 corridors through the Grow Zone area following the construction of the TH 371 Ake;ia_t&Alignment. Ensure that these corridors maintain a character that encourages pedestrian activity throughout the Grow Zone. 13. Ensure that improvements to Government Drive provide a platform for growth consistent with the vision tlined,�n��the Don Plan. 14. Utilize they Center for public fe ents like guest lecturers, public debates and discussions, book clubs and other civic-minded gatherings. 15. Ensure that all future lighting installed is scaled to neighborhood standards. ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT 16. Change the City's budgeting process to include a five-year budget projection as part of the annual budgeting process.