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'l'UBSDAY, APRZL 9, 1996
5755 COUBTRY CLUB ROAD
COURCZL CItUlBBltS
7:00 P.M.
AGBBDA
1 . CORVBJIB. WOlUt SBSSZON
A. Roll Call
B. Review Agenda
2 . DZSCT1SSZ0N
. Affordable Senior Housing
. Review Comprehensive Plan Goal Statements
. Consensus on Priority of Issues and Work Program
Items for Each Goal Area
3 . ADJOT1JlJIIIBNT
COMPREHENSIVE PLAN GOALS
A . Natural Resources
The City will establish guidelines and adopt regulations to ensure preservation and
protection of the natural environment.
B. Land Use
The City shall establish a pattern of land uses which is consistent with the residential and
recreational functions of the community.
The land use plan shall promote harmonious relationships between various land uses (e.g.
homes, commercial outlets, churches, parks, schools, etc.) through proper development
and locational planning.
Through land use planning discourage land uses which are inconsistent with the residential
and natural character of the community.
C . Transportation
The City shall provide and maintain a safe and efficient system of transportation, sensitive
to the needs of residents and the environment of the community.
D. Community Facilities (CIP)/Serviees
The City shall provide those basic facilities and services which ensure the health, safety and
general welfare of the public, the cost of which facilities and services are most efficiently
shared by the general public.
The efforts of varying government agencies shall be coordinated to avoid duplication of
efforts, unnecessary expense and improper location of public facilities.
The City shall establish a basis for development and maintaining a sound financial planning
program for capital improvements, relating such improvements to actual need, proper
location and timing.
E. Housing (From Resolution No. 95-107)
The City shall promote the development of safe, healthy and affordable housing options:
. Explore the concept of cluster planning and cooperative efforts to address
affordable housing needs in cooperation with the south Lake Minnetonka cities;
. Complete the housing section of the Comprehensive Plan;
. Pursue an estimated sixty units of affordable senior housing;
. Work with the Metropolitan Council in addressing barriers to affordable
housing in Shorewood which are direct responsibilities of the Metropolitan
Council, most specifically, high metropolitan sewage charges and the lack of
metropolitan transit service with no options for providing said services.
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