| Mr. Anzek advised that the Plan had been presented to the Planning |
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| Commission twice in a workshop setting, to make sure it met their vision |
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| and to ensure that they felt the infrastructure was reasonably identified. |
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| The Planning Commission passed a unanimous Resolution endorsing |
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| adoption of the Plan by the LDFA. It would be the LDFA’s guide for |
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| decision making in the future. Subsequent to that recommendation, Staff |
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| submitted LDFA projects to the Capital Improvement Plan program. The |
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| strategy was that if a project came forward with significant private |
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| investment, they wanted to be able to discuss the project with City Council |
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| and the LDFA. It would be viable because it was in the CIP, and they |
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| needed the LDFA to approve the Plan so Council could transfer the City’s |
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| share of money to make it happen. The public share could include road |
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| improvements, water and sewer enhancements or similar. They also |
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| added the LDFA Street Enhancement Program into the CIP and |
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| proposed $50,000.00 to be spent next year and $100,000.000 per year |
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| after that. The program would try to organize the business parks to have a |
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| common appearance and have pedestrian access throughout. They had |
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| learned in the last year or so that with the punch-through of Leach and |
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| Technology, which were part of the original Master Plan, the employment |
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| base used them to get to the restaurants across Adams. The people were |
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| now asking for pedestrian access so they did not have to drive. Mr. Davis |
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| and his Staff were looking into getting a safe crosswalk across Adams. In |
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| the meantime, Planning was looking into partnerships with individual |
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| property owners to build sidewalks within the business parts and to add |
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| street trees. Ms. Janulis had asked prior to the meeting about the |
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| projects’ sustainability and how they would be maintained over time. It |
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| was the City’s opinion that once a sidewalk was built, it became the |
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| responsibility of the property owner. That was why they would do |
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| sidewalks rather than pathways. Pathways were the City’s responsibility, |
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| and sidewalks were the property owners’ responsibility. |
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