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Home My WebLink About2017-03-09 TPC Memorandum TPC3601 Thurston Avenue N, Suite 100 Anoka, MN 55303 Phone: 763.231.5840 Facsimile: 763.427.0520 TPC@PIanningCo.com MEMORANDUM TO: Eric Johnson FROM: Scott Richards DATE: March 9, 2017 RE: Oak Park Heights — Comprehensive Plan 2040 TPC FILE: 226.10 The City Council, at their February 15, 2017 meeting authorized the work programs from TPC, Inc and Stantec to commence the Comprehensive Plan 2040 process. The Planning Commission will have a significant role in working with City Staff to develop the Land Use, Transportation and Engineering System Plans. The Parks Commission will work with City Staff on the Parks, Trails and Walkways Plan. The Comprehensive Plan 2040 process will update and reinforce the goals, policies and plans from the 2008 plan. Additionally, it will focus on the new issues and challenges this community will need to focus in the next ten years. Please find attached the Work Program, Timeline and Map list for the Comprehensive Plan. At the March 16, 2017 meeting, we will discuss the work program and timeline. It is expected that we will focus on Issues Identification at the April meeting. TPC3601 Thurston Avenue N, Suite 100 Anoka, MN 55303 Phone: 763.231.5840 Facsimile: 763.427.0520 TPC@PIanni ngCo.corn MEMORANDUM TO: Eric Johnson FROM: Scott Richards DATE: February 8, 2017 RE: Oak Park Heights — Comprehensive Plan 2040 — Work Program and Timeline TPC FILE: 236.10 The City of Oak Park Heights has recognized the need to update the Comprehensive Plan 2008 to both satisfy Metropolitan Council requirements and provide ongoing direction for development and land use, housing, community facilities, utilities, and parks and trails. It is recognized that the Comprehensive Plan 2008 provided positive direction and strategies for the upcoming decade. The Comprehensive Plan 2040 process will update and reinforce those goals, policies and plans from the 2008 plan. Additionally, it will focus on the new issues and challenges this community will need to address in the next ten years. As follows, please find the work program and timeline for the Comprehensive Plan process. Stantec, the City's Engineer, will submit a separate work program addressing the transportation, wastewater, surface water, and water supply plans. Work Program. The following is a summary of the proposed work program for the Comprehensive Plan update: ■ Issues Identification and Inventory. Comprehensive plans are most effective when the community sets the agenda for the project, entitling them to a sense of ownership in the plan and its outcome. Areas of concentration for the Comprehensive Plan update will be identified during this initial phase of work through the following tasks: 1. Interviews with the City Council to identify issues and opportunities. 2. A Planning Commission work session. 3. A Parks Commission work session. 4. An open house would be conducted to solicit resident's issues and discuss opportunities. 5. Technical inventory of existing social, physical and economic conditions including projections of future population growth and land absorption. The summary of information resulting from the Issues Identification phase will lay out a "strategic plan" for the remainder of the Comprehensive Plan program. This strategic plan will guide the remaining work program, both in content and format. ■ Policy Planning. The Policy Plan chapter of the Comprehensive Plan describes in written form what the community desires to accomplish in terms of its physical environment and how these goals are to be achieved. The Policy Plan addresses land use, natural environment, housing, transportation, community facilities and administration. This chapter of the Comprehensive Plan establishes a fundamental review and decision-making process and the basis upon which the development framework for the City can be formulated and implemented. The policy planning phase of the Comprehensive Plan update will include the following efforts: 1. Based on the Issues Identification and Inventory process, a mission statement, policy statements and community goals will be determined. 2. Present the draft policy plan to the Planning Commission, Parks Commission and City Council for review and direction. • Land Use Plan. Based on the foundation established by the Issues Identification and Policy Planning tasks, the Land Use Plan chapter of the Comprehensive Plan provides a guide for future community growth and improvements. The Land Use Plan is a narrative and graphic description for future land uses within the City. To this end, the Land Use Plan serves both an educational and decision making purpose to establish an understanding of how continued development in the community is to occur and will encompass the following elements: 1. Land Use. 2. Natural Environment. 3. Housing. 4. Community Facilities. 5. Economic Completeness and Redevelopment. 2 The work program anticipates Planning Commission and Parks Commission meetings throughout the Summer of 2017 to discuss the various elements of the Land Use Plan. • Transportation Plan. TPC will work with Stantec on drafting the transportation plan elements for the Comprehensive plan. This section includes the following: 1. Roadways. 2. Transit. 3. Bicycling and Walking. 4. Aviation. The Transportation Plan would be discussed in the Fall of 2017 by the Planning Commission. • Engineering System Plans. Stantec will draft the engineering plans to include wastewater, surface water and water supply plans. The Planning Commission will review these plans in the Fall of 2017. • Parks, Trails and Walkways Plan. TPC, Inc will work with the Parks Commission in updating the park and trail plans for the City. The Parks Commission will review the plans in the Fall of 2017. • Implementation Program. A chapter addressing priority actions by the City related to implementation of the Comprehensive Plan update will be the final element drafted as a summarizing the policies and plans of the overall document. The Planning Commission will review these plans in the Fall of 2017. • Approval Process. Upon completion of the draft Comprehensive Plan document for public review, an open house/public hearing will be held by the Planning Commission to present the proposed plan. Input from the open house/public hearing will be summarized for consideration along with recommendations for any modifications. The Planning Commission will provide a recommendation to the City Council on adoption. Once the City Council reviews and adopts the plan it will be sent to adjacent jurisdictions for review and then to the Metropolitan Council. Deliverables. TPC, Inc. and Stantec would transmit all preliminary reports and draft documents to the City electronically to increase efficiency and minimize project costs. Documents would be distributed to City staff, Planning Commission, Parks Commission and City Council as necessary for Comprehensive Plan section review and for posting on the City's 3 website. Stantec will also provide electronic files of the final maps in ArcGIS compatible formats. Specific deliverables include the following documents: • Draft Issues Identification and Inventory document/maps. • Draft Policy Plan document. • Draft Land Use Plan document/maps. • Draft Transportation Plan document/maps. • Draft Parks and Trails Plan document/maps. • Draft Implementation Plan documents/maps. • Final Review Comprehensive Plan (all elements). • Adopted Comprehensive Plan (all elements). Schedule. The Comprehensive Plan is expected to be completed in approximately 15 months with adoption by the City Council in March 2018. Review by adjacent jurisdictions and the Metropolitan Council could take an additional six months. Comprehensive Plan 2040 Planning Commission/City Council — March 2017 Review Planning Process Start preparing maps March 2017 Parks & Rec/Planning Commission/City April 2017 Council — Identify Key Issues and Questions to Ask Community Open House #1 —Ask Community Key June 2017 Questions Results and Draft Policy Statements— August 2017 PC, Parks and CC Future Land Use/Housing - PC September 2017 Natural Resources - PC September 2017 Transportation/transit/ October 2017 Bicycle/Walking/Aviation/Freight - PC Parks and Trails — Parks November 2017 Wastewater/Surface Water/Water Supply November 2017 - PC Parks and Trails— PC January 2017 Implementation - PC February 2018 4 Planning Commission Public Hearing March 2018 City Council adoption March 2018 Need to give adjacent communities 6 April 30, 2018; DUE - July 31, 2018 months to review draft Comp Plan required to be submitted for September 31, 2018; DUE -December review 31, 2018 5 TP 3601 Thurston Avenue N, Suite 100 Anoka, MN 55303 Phone: 763.231.5840 Facsimile: 763.427.0520 TPC@ Pla n n i ngCo.com Comprehensive Plan 2040 Oak Park Heights List of Maps, Comprehensive Plan Oak Park Heights Base Map Land Use Issues Map Transportation Issues Map Community Facilities Issues Map Parks and Trails Issues Map Natural Environmental Features Map Regional Community Designation Map Existing Land Use Map Zoning Map Future Annexation Plan Map Proposed Land Use Map Roadway Jurisdiction Map Functional Classification Map Traffic Volumes Map Transit Map Transportation Plan Map Traffic Analysis Zones Map Community Facilities Map Existing Parks and Trails Map Proposed Parks and Trails Map Washington County Park and Trail Map Planning Districts— Proposed Land Use Map Planning District 1 Map Planning District 2 Map Planning District 3 Map Planning District 4 Map Planning District 5 Map Planning District 6 Map