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MEMO Date: February 23, 2005 To: Pequot Lakes City Council From: Charles Marohn, Community Growth Institute Re: Downtown Master Plan It is my understanding that the City Council has some additional questions on preparation of the master plan for the downtown. I have spoken with Dawn Bittner, who relayed some of your questions, and I have also met with the Mayor and Councilor Bolz- Andolshek. It is my hope to address your questions in this memo. I ask that you please contact me directly at 218-828-3064 or by email at marohn@communitygrowth.net if you have any lingering questions. From our original proposal, the following is excerpted: A Downtown Master Plan will include the following. Meetings with downtown business and property owners to create a common vision for how the downtown should be developed An examination of the City's zoning strategies and land use regulations in relation to the developed vision. An evaluation of the impacts of improvements to TH 371 and CSAH 11. Development of a strategy to capitalize on the improvement projects. Concept drawings of proposed improvements or themes. Development of basic architectural design standards for all new developments and renovations of existing properties. (Short-term strategy from Comprehensive Plan) Establishment of a municipal parking strategy in the downtown. (Short-term strategy from Comprehensive Plan) An implementation plan including areas of coordination with other municipal, state or county projects, estimated costs and timelines. We would propose to begin the planning process immediately with completion estimated sometime in the early summer of 2005. The cost for preparation of the Downtown Master Plan would be$13,500. To provide more detail, we offer the following: Meetings with downtown business and property owners to create a common vision for how the downtown should be developed. Over five months, we anticipate holding twice-monthly meetings. The first meeting each month will emphasize economic development issues and focus on the downtown business