3A - Draft of Comprehensive Plan

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50. 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. 51. 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. 52. 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 Alternate Alignment. Ensure that these corridors maintain a character that encourages pedestrian activity throughout the Grow Zone. 53. Ensure that improvements to Government Drive provide a platform for growth consistent with the vision outlined in the Downtown Plan. INFRASTRUCTURE 54. Perform an inventory and life-cycle analysis of all public infrastructure maintained by the City. Use this to create a capital improvements plan that provides for ongoing maintenance of public infrastructure. 55. When city vehicles are retired, ensure that their replacements can function effectively within a dense downtown served by neighborhood-scaled streets. 56. Establish a Wellhead Protection Overlay District to regulate the installation of wells and the establishment of uses that could threaten the aquifer within the wellhead area.