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ncil Resolution
Presented By
Referred To Committee: Date
Out of Committee By Date
WHEREAS, Pursuant to Minnesota Statutes 1974, Section 462.353,
a municipality may carry on comprehensive municipal planning
activities for guiding the future development and improvement of
the municipality; and
WHEREAS, Pursuant to Minnesota Statutes 1974, Section 462. 355,
the City Council may adopt and amend a comprehensive plan or portion
thereof after recommendation by the Planning Commission; and
WI�REAS, The Planning Commission has adopted and recommended
adoption by the City Council of a plan entitled "Tomorrow' s Frame-
work from Today' s Foundation: Planning for powntown St. Paul, " (a
copy of which is attached hereto as Exhibit A) as a portion of the
comprehensive plan; and
WHEREAS, The following action by the City Council to adopt this
plan for powntown St. Paul in no manner evidences an intent to adopt
the Comprehensive Plan of 1963 or other portions thereof as rec-
commended by the Planning Commission; now, therefore, be it
RESOLVED, That the City Council- adopts the plan entitled "To-
morrow' s Framewor�s. from Today' s Foundation: Planning for powntown
St. Paul" as an amendment to the comprehensive plan, subject to
approval by the Metropolitan Council.
COUNCILMEN Requested by Department of:
Yeas Nays
Butler
Hozza In Favor
Hunt /`�
Levine �J __ Against BY
Roedler
Sylvester � 9 19�
Tedesco ,u`
Form Approved by City Attorney
Adopted b ouncil: Date �
C ified Pas-e Council Secret�try BY l � • � f
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Appr d y Mavor: Da :�V�- 2'Z �`�77 Approved by Mayor for Submission to Council
By .
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CITY OF SAI NT P�U�
OFFICE OF THE MAYOR
CITY PLANNING
DONALD L. SPAID AIP
PLANNING COORDINATOR
April 8, 1977
Rose Ann Mix
City Clerk
316 City Hall
St. Paul , Minnesota 55102
Re: Public Hearing on Comprehensive Plan Amendment
Dear Madam:
Transmitted herewith for your file is a copy of the Downtown Concept
Plan entitled "Tomorrow's Framework from Today's Foundation, Planning
for powntown St. Paul". The public hearing will be held on this
Comprehensive Plan amendment at the regular Planning Commission meeting
on April 22, 1977 at 9:00 a.m. in the Planning Commission meeting room
at 421 Wabasha, St. Paul , Minnesota.
This submittal is to meet the requirements of Minnesota Statutes #462.355
Subdivision 2.
Sincerely,
����,��� �C�
Martha Norton, Chairman
Planning Commission
MN:cbc
enc.
421 Wabasha Street, Saint Paul, Minnesota 55102 (612)-298-4151
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Leonard W. Levine ; choirman, makes fihe �o21o�vEng .
repor; on C.F. � �rdir�ance _ ..
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Commission entitled, "Tomorrow's Framework .
from Today's Foundation; Planning for �
Downtown St. Paul°.
The Committee recommends approva] of this � `
document as an amendment to the City's
Comprehensive Plan, subject to approval '
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OFFICE OF THE MAYOR
CITY PLANNING
DONALD L. SPAID AIP
PLANNIN�;''���INATOR
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May 16, 1977
Council President Robert Sylvester and
Members of the Council of the
City of Saint Paul
c/o City Clerk
386 City Hall
St. Paul , Minnesota 55102
Dear Council Members:
The enclosed document entitled Tomorrow's Framework from Toda 's
Foundation: Planning for powntown Saint Pau has been adopte y
the Planning Commission and is recommended to the City Council
for adoption as a component of the City's Comprehensive Plan.
We believe that this concept plan will prove to be a basis for
effective decision-making in the downtown area.
Because of the 90-day period required for review by the
Metropolitan Council , we have requested that the City Council
delay final action on the plan until after August 16.
Sincerely,
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Commission entitled, "Tomorrow's Framework .
from Today's Foundation: Planning for � �
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document as an amendment to the City's -
Comprehensive Plan, subject to approval
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CITY OF SAINT PAUL
. OFFICE OF THE MAYOR
CITY PLANNING
DONALD L. SPAID AIP
PLANNING COORDINATOR
May 16, 1977
Council President Robert Sylvester and
Members of the Council of the
City of Saint Paul
c/o City Clerk
386 City Hall
St. Paul , Minnesota 55102
Dear Council Members:
The enclosed document entitled Tomorrow's Framework from Toda 's
Foundation: Planning for powntown Saint Pau has been a opte y
the Planning Commission and is recorrrnended to the City Council
for adoption as a component of the City's Comprehensive Plan.
We believe that this concept plan will prove to be a basis for
effective decision-making in the downtown area.
Because of the 90-day period required` for review by the
Metropolitan Council , we have requested that the City Council
delay final action on the plan until after August 16.
Sincerely,
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MN:cbc
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� � TOMORROiN'S FRAMEWORK
FROM TODAY'S FOUNDATlO�1:
PLANNINt� 'FOR DOWNT�WN SAINT PAUL
' PREMISE DEYELOPMENT OF DOWNTOWN ST. PAUL is proceeding on a ,
project by project basis without an accepted overall
strategy. This plan will unite public decision
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and provide greater encouragement #or private development.
MAIN POINTS DOWNTOWN ST. PAUL HAS AS ITS PRIMARY PURPOSE service of
' the social and economic needs of the city's residents
and reinforcement of neighborhood vitality. As a
metropolitan center, the downtown area also must accept
' its obligations and opportunities to help meet social
and economic needs of the region and' beyond.
, PRINCIPAL �FUNCTIONS Of THE DOWNTOWN area are represented
by four types of land use: Basic (retail , financial ,
institutional , professional , governmental) , Com lementar
(cultural , educational , housing, parks, etc. , Sate ite
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Support (circulation and utility systems).
' . THE DEVELOPMENT CONCEPT FOR DOWNTOWN is an intensified
center consisting of concentra�ed basic land uses which
will attract complementary uses. Surrounding the cen�er,
' satellite areas buttress, contain and introduce downtown.
Support functions serve the center and link it to otMer
portions of the city, the region and beyond,
' INVESTMENT OF PUBLIC FUNDS should directly attract
appropriate private investments.
' RECOMMENDATIONS IMMEDIATE PRIORITY PROJECTS �FOR PUBLIC ACTIONS ARE:
1 Completion of the street improvements on 8th and 9th
Streets to remove traffic from 7th Stree�.
, 2 Construction of 7th Place Mall and Galleria
3 Extension of the skyway system to the Courthouse,
HarrrQn Building and Metro Square '
; 4 Completion of a comprehensive parking plan by the City
Planning staff
5 Tnitiation of an economic base study of St. Paut ,
' emphasi2ing downtown
6 Continued evaluation and implerr�ntation pf a people
mover for the downtown area.
7 Resolution of the I-35E controversy
, 8 Implementation of other agencies plans for:
-Energy Plant
. -Downtown Bus Facilities
� -Riyer Corridor
-Civic Center Expansion
SAINT PAUL CITY PLANNING, 421 WABASHA STREET, SAINT PAUL, MMNVE50rfA 55102
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TOMORROWS FRAMEWORK FROM TODAYS FOUNDATION:
, PLANNING FOR D�WNTOWN SAINT PAUL
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
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. IN RODU IO . PUR OSE
' 1 .2 SCOPE
.3 METHOD OGY
' 2.0 BACKGROU D A A YSIS . STUDY AREA DEF NI ION
2.2 EVOLUTION OF D WNTOWN
2.3 DOWNTOWN TODAY 5
' .3. PROBLEMS 6
2.3.2 ASSETS 9
2.3.3 OPPORTUNITY g
' 2.0 RELATIO S IPS, GO S 3. SOCIAL ND ECON C REL TIONSHIPS 13
AND OBJECTIVES 3.2 GOALS AND OBJECTIVES 14
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.0 DEVELOPMEN ON T . DESIG E F N CO ENTS 7
ASIC F C 0 S 17
' 4.1 .2 COMPLEMENTARY FUNCTIONS 17
4.1 .3 SATELLITE FUNCTIONS 18
' 4.1 .4 SUPPORT FUNCTIONS 18
4.2 AN INTENSIFIED CENTER 20
4.3 DEVELOPMENT CONCEPT IMPLICATIONS 2
' 5.0 DOWNTOWN PLA 2�
5.1 BASIC LAND USES 8
' 5.2 COMPLEM NTARY LAND USES 30
5.3 SATELLITE LAND USES 34
5.4 SUPPORT SYSTEMS 36
5. . THORO G F R S 37
' S.4.2 PARKING 39
5.4.3 PUBLIC TRANSIT 4�
5.4.4 PEDESTRIAN MOVEMENT 44
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6.0 IMPLEMENTATION 6.1 IMMEDIA P I RI Y PROJECTS 47
' 6.2 CONCLUSI N g
7.0 BIBLIOGRAPH
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1 1 3 Downtown Saint Paul Study Area
2 5 Recent Project Plans and Proposals Map
' 3 7 Employment Index Map
4 8 Building Height Index Map
5 8 Retail Trends
' 6 10 Assets and Opportunities Map
7 12 Socia] and Economic Relationships Flow Chart
8 19 Functional Components Table
' 9 20 Intensified Center Concept Profile
10 20 Intensified Center Concept Plan
' 11 22 Existing Functional Arrangement Map
12 23 Proposed Functional Arrangement Map
13 26 Downtown Plan - Proposed Comnercial Map
14 26 Downtown Plan - Proposed Residential Map
' 15 26 Downtown Plan - Proposed Public and Semipublic Map
16 27 Downtown Plan - Proposed Circulation Support Map
I , 17 27 Downtown Plan - Proposed Major Parks, Malls and Open
Space Map
18 27 Downtown Plan - Proposed Industry and Railroad Map
' 19 28 Basic Land Uses Map
20 29 7th Place Galleria lllustration
21 29 Proposed Northeast Commercial Area Illustration
' 22 30 Complementary Land Use Map
23 31 Illustration of Proposed Lower Town
24 32 Potential Rice Park Area Improvement
, 25 33 Potential Exchange Street Improvement
26 34 Satellite Land Use Map
27 35 Proposed Lower Surr�nit Hill Town Houses Illustration
, 28 35 Proposed Harriet/Navy Island Park Illustration
29 38 Thoroughfare System Changes Map
30 40 Existing Parking Map
' 31 40 Parking Patterns Map
32 42 1975 Bus Routes Map
' 33 42 MTC Proposed Bus Route Plan Map
34 43 Proposed Bus Routes for Intensified Center Map
35 45 Proposed Downtown People Mover System Map
' 36 45 Proposed Skyway System Map
37 46 Proposed Public Rights-of-Way Areas
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The decision to continue or stop rebuilding Downtown
' St. Paul is one that must be faced. If we stop, the
short term result will be less public dollars spent
for improvements. The long term result however will
' mean loss of jobs as businesses move out due to
worsening conditions, loss of central services and
facilities and ultimately a major social and economic
burden to the rest of the city.
' This concept plan is based on the assumption that
renewing downtown is in the best interest of the people
� of St. Paul and the metropolitan area. Because the
citizens of St. Paul have the most to gain, or lose,
from a successful or unsuccessful downtown, ITS PRIMARY
' PURPOSE SHOULD BE TO SERVE THE SOCIAL AND ECONOMIC
NEEDS OF ST. PAUL'S RESIDENTS AND TO REINFORCE
NEIGHBORHOOD VITALITY WITHIN THE CITY. As one of two
designated Metropolitan Centers in the Twin Cities ,
' DOWNTOWN ST. PAUL HAS OBLIGATIONS AS WELL AS
OPPORTUNITIES TO SHARE IN MEETING THE SOCIAL AND
ECONOMIC NEEDS OF THE PEOPLE WITHIN THE REGION AND
BEYOND. The City should continue to recognize and
' expand these opportunities.
The development concept for powntown envisions an
, intensified center of Basic (retail , business,
professional , fi�nancial institutional , governmental )
land uses. These uses, if developed in the
appropriate scale will create demand for complementary
' (cultural , educational , housing, parks, etc. ) 1and
uses which in turn make downtown a living center.
, Surrounding downtown, Satellite (close-in residential ,
capital complex, warehousing, light industry) land
uses buttress, contain and introduce downtown. Support
services (circulation and utilities) insure the
' continued operation of downtown and link it to the rest
of the city, the region and beyond. Any public money
spent in the downtown should encourage this concept's
, implementation.
This concept plan which is a statement of policy sets a
' direction for the future of Downtown St. Paul . Public
decision-makers will use this plan to evaluate
development proposals. The district planning process
will use this concept plan to guide the development of a
� more detailed plan for the area. Private developers will
rely on this concept plan as they make their investment
decisions.
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The downtown area represents a dynamic concentration of
' physical development, goods and services exchange
governmental decision making, and community leadership
and strength. These characteristics make the downtown
' area unique within the St. Paul corrmunity and suburban
structure.
' St. Paul has recently seen an increasing number of
proposals to strengthen its downtown. The Downtown
People Mover, Seventh Place, skyway system expansion ,
Lower Town, fringe parking, steam plant and street
' realignments are but a few of the many proposals that
have recently surfaced. These proposals reflect a
growing public and private commitment to strengthen
, the heart of the city and to fulfill downtown's role
as a metropolitan center. However, a common strategy
does not exist.
' The decision makers in St. Paul need a strategy to
evaluate the ideas for improving downtown and to
determine the short and long-term effects. They need
' � a strategy to prompt the question of how public
investment will attract private investment. Finally,
St. Paul needs a strategy which can aid decision making
' through a common focus of what downtown must achieve, and
how all its pieces must fit together. Such a strategy
can begin with this plan.
' l . l PURPOSE The purpose of this report is to produce a comprehensive
policy plan for downtown St. Paul . This plan will unite
, public decision makers behind one concept for the future
of the area and provide greater encouragement for private
development. This concept plan will become part of the
' new updated citywide comprehensive p�an and will replace
the 1963 concept plan for downtown.
' 1 .2 SCOPE The scope of this report has been twofold. To examine:
1 .The social and economic relationships and roles of the
downtown.
' 2.The physical pattern of facilities, activities and
systems within the downtown area.
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1963 City Planning Board.
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Based on this examination, the report establishes a
framework of goals, objectives and a general concept '
plan--with physical policy guidelines and examples to
guide decisions on the future of the downtown. Within
this overall framework, more detailed project development ,
and program planning will take place through the
Downtown Corrmunity Development Committee and other
concerned groups and agencies. '
It is not within the scope of this concept plan to set
forth a detailed analysis of exactly where and how much
public money should be spent downtown. The intent is '
rather to set forth a concept for the future of downtown
based on the relationship of past and current proposals
and proje�cts to an ideal situation. This relationship �
will result in the best possible plan for downtown.
Today's, and, more importantly tomorrow's, decision
makers will use this plan to guide the future of '
downtown.
. 1 .3 METHODOLOGY Staff from t e Of ice o City P anning wor ing wit t e '
Small Area Planning Comnittee of the Planning Commission
developed this plan from a research base consisting of:
(1 ) past Downtown studies, reports and project plans; '
(2) citywide reports and studies; (3) metropolitan
reports and studies; and (4) federal census information.
The staff identified and evaluated specific needs, '
problems, strategies and recommendations from this data
base and brought them into this report where appropriate.
An ongoing informal review by various agency staffs and
interest groups has taken place during the plan '
development. A more formal review process consisting of
informational meetings has taken place on an earlier
draft and appropriate changes have been made. The t
publication of this document will initiate formal public
hearings by the Planning Commission. The Planning
Commission will then adopt this document, with any
additional changes made as a result of the hearing '
process, as a segment of the comprehensive plan for
St. Paul . The document will then go to the Mayor and
City Council for approval , following Metropolitan Council �
review.
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