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RESOLUTION
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RESOLUTION ADOPTING THE SIJNIMARY OF'THE
MACALESTER-GROVELAND COMM[TNITY PLAN
AS AN ADDENDUM TO THE SAINT PAUL COMPREHENSIVE PLAN
WHEREAS, the City of Saint Paul is authorized under Minnesota Statutes, Section 462353, to carry on
comprehensive municipal planning activities for guiding the future development and improvement of the city;
and
WHEREAS, the City of Saint Paul, as a local government unit within the metropolitan area, is required under
Minnesota Statutes, Section 473.858, to prepare a comprehensive plan; and
WHEREAS, the Saint Paul City Council is authorized under Minnesota Statutes, Section 462.355, to adopt or
amend a comprehensive plan or portion thereof after a recommendation by the Planning Commission; and
WHEREAS, the Saint Paul City Council adopted, by Council File 98-1133 on March 3, 1999, the Land Use
Plan as a chapter of the Saint Paul Comprehensive Plan; and
WHEREAS, the Land Use Plan provided for the adoption of summaries of area plans as addenda to the
comprehensive plan; and
WI-IEREAS, the Macalester--Groveland Community Plan was prepared by the Long-Range Planning
Committee of the Macalester-Groveland Community Council under an inclusive, 22-month process ; and
WHEREAS, a summary of the Macalester-Groveland Community Plan was presented to the Planning
Commission for its review; and
WHEREAS, the Planning Commission, after a public hearing on June 8, 2001, and consideration of public
testimony, recommended, by its Resolution O1-74 approved on August 24, 2001, adoption of the summary by
the City Council;
40 NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, that the summary of the Macalester-Groveland Plan is adopted as
41 an azea plan addendum to the Saint Paul Comprehensive Plan replacing the 1979 District 14 Plan contingent
upon review by the Metropolitan Council of the Twin Cities.
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RESOLUTION RECOi�IP�ivTDING ADOPTION OF
THE SUMMARY OF THE MACALESTER-GROVELAND COM_MUNITY PLAN
AS AN ADDENDUM TO THE SAINT PAUZ COMPREHENSIVE PLAN
WHEREAS the Macalester-Groveland Community Plan was prepared by the Long Range Plannin�
Committee of the Macaleter-Groveland Community Council, and was adopted by the Communiry Council
in March 2000, pending community comments and City review; and
WHEREAS the plan details a community vision and investment agenda for the area bounded by the
Mississippi River, Randolph Avenue, Ayd Mill Road, and Summit Avenue; addressing issues related to �larid
use, housing, transportation, public utilities, urban design, social and recreational amenities, public safet}�,
environment, and economic development; and
�, WHEREAS the Planning Commission is authorized under Minnesota 5tatutes Section 462355(2) and
Chapter 107 of the Saint Paul Administrative Code to recominend to the Mayor and City Council
amendments to the comprehensive plan; and
WHEREAS the Lar2d Use Plan, adopted by the City Council on March 3, 1999, provides for the adoption
of summaries of area plans as addenda to The Saint Pnul Comprehensive Plan upon findings by the
Planning Commission ffiat the plans are consistent �vith adopted City policies; and
WHEREAS the Planning Commission, on June 8, 2001, held a public hearing on the Area Plan Summary
of the Macalester-Groveland Community Plan, notice of which was published in the Saint Paul Legal
Ledger on May 17, 2001; and
WHEREAS testimony received at the public hearzng was supportive of the plan; and
WHEREAS comments from relevant City departments were received, and the Neighborhood and Current
Planning Committee has developed modified language to address these concerns;
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT I2ESOLVED that the Saint Paul Planning Commission finds that 77ie
Macalester-Groveland Conamuniry Pian is consistent with The Saint Paul Comprehensive Plan and other
relevant City policies and recommends the adoption of the plan summary by the City Council as an
addendum to the comprehensive plan, replacing the 1979 District 14 Plan.
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the City's Comprehensive Ptan. A publlc hearing is not necessary, as one was held at the Planning Commission.
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IRTTIATING PROBLEn4, ISSUE, OYPORTUN111' (R7ic, Whst, When, Where, Why):
The Macalester-G:oveland Community Council6egan the process of evaluating and modifying its Long Range Plan in June,
1998, wi addresses the area bounded by Snminit Avenue, Ayd Mill Road, Randolph Avenue, and the Mississippi River.
Over thv next 22 months, members of the L,ong Range Planning committee worked with area residents, business leaders, a
develo�er, and other community council committees to develop a draft plan, which was adopted in Mazch, 2000 by the
Comm«nitv Council. In January and February of 2001, the Long Range Plaiming Committee �corked with PED staff to further
review the draft plan. The revised draft plan was brougLt back to the Community CounciPs Board of Directors which
unanimously approved it on Mazch 8, 2001. A summary of the area plan has been recommended by the Planning Commission,
after public hearing, for adoption as an addendum to the Saint Paul Comprehensive Plan replacing the District 14 Plan.
ADti?.?iTAGES IF APPROVEll:
This w'�ll p*ovide a long-range plan for the next ten years for the area of Macalester-Groveland, Planning District 14. P
llISADVANTAGES LF APPROVHD_
None.
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Area Plan Summary
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Macalester-Groveland Community Plan
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Addendum to the Comnrehensive Plan for Saint Paul
Recommended by the Plaiming Commission (August 24, 2001)
Adopted by the City Council (October 3, 2001)
This summafy appends to the Comprehensive Plan the vision and strategies of the Macalester-
Groveland Community Plan and replaces the District I4 Plan, adopted in 1979. The plan
consists of nine major areas of focus, including land use, housing, transportation, public
utilities, urban design, social and recreational amenities, public safety, environment, and
economic development.
Copies of the full-length plans are available for review at the Saint Paul Department of
Planning and Economic Development and the of�J`ice of the Macalester-Groveland Community
Council.
Location and Current Land Use
The Macalester-Groveland community is located on the westem edge of St. Paul, bounded by
Sutmnit Avenue on the north, Randolph Avenue on the south, the Mississippi River on the west,
and Ayd Mill Road on the east. The community is a primarily single-family, densely populated
residential area with older homes, several colleges, and thriving commercial clusters.
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The Macalester-Groveland Community Council envisions its area to be a primarily single-family
community with higher density vertical miYed use development in selected existing commercial
clusters. The community will be pedestrian friendly, with efficient transit services and pleasant
streetscapes. It will be a safe and caring community where people can live, work and recreate
together. The community will en}oy a clean, quiet and pollution-free environment. Public utilities
will be state of the art and preserve the existing character and quality of the neighborhood. The
communiry recognizes the interdependence of successful businesses and healthy neighborhoods.
Recommendations
Land Use
1. Itetain and improve upon the residential quality of the community.
2. Encourage mixed use housing development with commercial uses on the first floor and
residential uses upstairs in selected commercial clusters.
3. Limit commercial expansion to existing commercial clusters.
4 Protect residential alleys from abutting commercial uses by limiting access to zesidential
alleys and through screening of parking lots.
5. Work to resolve parking problems in order to lessen tension caused by conflict between
residential, institutional and commercial uses.
6. The community believes that surface pazking lots are unattractive but that parking
requirements should not be relaxed until viable transit akernatives are in place.
Hausing
7. Maintain and preserve the district's cunent housing stock.
8. Mairnain the single family chazacter of the district.
9. Diversify housing to meet the needs of a11 income levels and lifestyles, such as empty
nesters.
10. Provide housing opportunities for the elderly and handicapped, and provide chore services
which will enable elderly and handicapped individuals to remain in their homes_
1 L Monitor housing conditions and address defened maintenance of the district's aging
housing stock through providing incentives for home improvement activities.
12. Provide information to district residents on home rehabilitation opportunities, financing,
e�cisting building codes, zoning ordinances, and assessment policies.
13. Promote and encourage energy conservation in housing and encourage remodelers to
recycle (re-use building materials.
Transportation
14. Promote a pedestrian-friendly environment.
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15. Slow vehicular traffic through implementation of traffac calming techniques.
16. Incorporate traffic cahning techniques into street paving projects.
17. Support enforcement and education of speed laws, traffic laws, bicycle laws and
pedestrian right-of-ways.
18. Encourage bicycle commuting.
19. Encourage increased ridership on public transit.
20. Support unproved bus service on northfsouth streets.
21. Eacpiore the feasibility of a trolley service on Grand Avenue.
22. Improve ciry maintenance of alley road beds.
23 _ Reduce the number of garbage trucks in alleys.
24. Encourage city enforcement of alley right of way restrictions related to parked vehicles.
25. Support reduced speed around schools and playgrounds.
26. Limit right turns on red at intersections near elementary schools when school patrol is
present.
Z7. Support a well maintained transportation infrastructure.
Public Utilities
28. Use the Residential Street Vitality Program to encourage investment in private properties
and to encourage replacement of lead water services.
29. Maintain and enhance alleys, streets, sidewalks, curbs, gutters and lighting at acceptable
standards to ensure safe and effective public usage.
30. In order to enhance the residential chazacter of the community, ornamental street lighting
shouid be preserved and/orinstalled.
31. Bncourage the burial of above ground and aerial utilities.
32. Improve safety in alleys by encouraging residents to install ailey lighting.
33, Encourage coordination of private and public utility work cycles to minimize
neighborhood disruptions.
Urban Design
34. Develop design guidelines for residential and commercial development.
35. Encourage preservation and restoration of housing stock and commercial properties that
are compatible with the character of the neighborhood.
36. Encourage billboazd and sign policies that are consistent with the predominantly
residential character of the district.
37. Move toward replacing commercial bus shelters and benches with non-advertasing fixtures.
38. Encourage gazdening projects in alleys and on city boulevards.
39. Encourage landscaping of corner properties to ensure pedestrian and vetucular safety.
40. Encourage new and replacement construction which would be compatible with
neighborhood structures and setbacks.
41. Buffer housing from traffic and commercial pazking.
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42. Encourage mixed use development with pazlang in the reaz or underground with limated
access from the street.
43. Develop landscape and beautification programs for high traffic areas.
44. Enhance and beautify neighborhood shopping clusters.
45. Encourage znixed use development of two to three stories.
46. Preserve the feeling of open space along the Mississippi River.
47. Promote design standazds for business identification signs throughout District 14, in order
to increase their legibility and unpact.
SociaLlRecreational
48. Conduct periodic assessment of human needs.
49. Provide information and refenal services to area residents.
50. Encourage communication between residents and the community council.
51. Continue to operate KidsPazk, the coznmunity counciPs drop-in child care center for pre-
schoolers.
52. Collaborate with Aivision of Parks, Community Education and area colleges and
universities to provide recreation opporiunities for area residents and families.
53. Expand recreationai facilities through effective joint use agreements with the city and
institutions of higher education.
54. Search for alternative approaches to meet our lack of adequate pazk land and playground
space.
55. Work to ensure that the equipment in district parks and play areas is not obsolete and
meets current safety standards.
56. Preserve the Mississippi River blufftop and Susnsnit Avenue center islands as park land.
57. Support the development of additional bicycle paths.
Public Safety
58. Help residents organize azound issues of concem and to support each other.
59. Support BLOCC (Biock Leaders Organizing for Community Concerns) crime prevention
activities.
60. Develop and distribute crime prevention materials.
61. Maintain regular contact with the Police Department.
62. Support city-wide crime prevention activities.
63. Support enforcement of traffic speed laws.
64. Support enforcement of laws prohibiting pazking within thirty (30) feet of an intersection.
65. Work to ea�tend pedestrian crossing times at traffic signals.
66. Support programs that promote pedestrian safety.
67. Support programs that promote bicycle safety.
68. Promote alley lighting as a crime detenent.
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Environment
69. Promote waste reduction, re-use and recycling.
70. Promote efforts to abate noise and air pollution associated with the Minneapolis Saint Paul
Intemational Airport.
71. Support noise abatement associated with businesses, institutions and service providers that
travel the area. Work to reduce traffic noise.
72. Develop and promote programs to remove lead from water pipes and address other water
quality issues.
73. Work with the Grand Avenue Business Association and other commercial organizations to
reduce litter by providing trash and recycling containers in neighborhood commercial
clusters.
74. Reduce contaminants in rain water run-offto street storm sewers.
75. Promote responsible low input lawn and garden care on residential, commercial,
institutional and pubiic property.
76. Promote tree planting and stump removal on public and private property.
77. Support Pazks Department and Mississippi River clean-up efforts.
78. Work to eradicate buckthorn and non-native invasive plants.
79. Work to reduce the use of products containing hazazdous waste and promote their safe
disposal. '
80. Encourage the reduction of air to�ns.
81. Work to reduce the unsafe use or unsafe levels of toxic chemicals.
Economic Development
82. Explore options to resolve parking problems in order to lessen tension caused by conflict
between residential, commercial and institutional uses.
83. Support attractive and effective parking programs such as the Grand Snelling Business
Association municipal parking lot on Grand Avenue, just east oF Snelling Avenue.
84. Support and work with area businesses on local events such as Grand Old Bay.
85. Encourage shopkeepers and business owners to keep their buildings attractive and their
property landscaped. '
86. Explore opportunities for commercial fix-up progXams.
87. Expand and diversify commercial uses in selected commercial clusters.
88. Help youth learn employment skills through participation in the Job Connection.
89. Encourage Saint Paul communication and technology upgrades and availability in order to
further develop the local economic base, while preserving the existing character and
qualiTy of the neighborhood.
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Actions Requiring City LeadershiQ
Publie Works
1_ Slow velvcular traffic through implementation of traffic cakning techniques
2. Incorporate traffic cahning techniques into street paving projects
3. Improve ciry maintenance of alley road beds
4. Liznit right tums on red at intersections near elementary schools when school patrol is
present
5. Maintain and enhance alleys, streets, sidewalks, curbs, gutters and lighting at acceptable
standards to ensure safe and effective public usage
6. Eactend pedestrian crossing times at signals if warranted
7. Coordinate private and public utility work cycles to minimize community disruptions
(Public Works, District Council)
8. Coordinate the upgrade and relocation of current utilities below ground
9. Encourage city enforcement of alley right-of-way restrictions related to parked vehicles
(Publac Works, Police)
Planning and Economic Development
10. Develop design guidelines for residentiai and commercial development (District
Council, PED, Design Center)
I 1. Buffer housing from traffic and commercial parking (PED, LIEP, District Council)
12. Explore the feasibility of a trolley service on Grand Avenue (PED, District Council)
13. E�plore options to resolve parking problems in order to lessen tensions between
residential, commercial and institutional uses (I'ED, Distzrct Council)
14. Protect residential alleys from abutting commercial uses by limiting their access to
residential alleys and through screening of parking lots to the e�ent possible (LIEP,
PED)
15. Encourage billboard and sign policies that are consonant with the predominantly
residential character of the district (PED, District Council)
Parks and Recreation
16. Preserve the Mississippi River Boulevard bluff top and Summit Avenue center islands as
park land
17. Expand recreational facilities through effective joint use agreements with the city and
institutions of higher education (Parks and Recreation, District Council}
Police Department
18. Develop and distribute crime prevention materials (Police, District Council)
19. Strengthen the enforcement of traflic speed laws
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Actions Requiring Leadership by Communitv Grouus
20. Encourage residents to install alley lighting as a crime deterrent (District Council)
21. Reduce the number of garbage trucks in alleys—form associations to reduce the number of
waste disposal companies (District Council)
22. Replace commercial bus shelters and benches with non-advertising fixtures
23. Conduct periodic assessment of human needs (District Council)
24. Provide information and refenal services to area residents (District Council)
25. Improve communication between residents and the community council (District Council)
26. Continue to operate KidsPazk, the community council's drop-in child care center for pre-
schoolers (District Council)
27. Work with the Grand Avenue Business Association and other commercial organizations to
reduce litter by providing trash and recycling containers in community commercial ciusters
(District Council)
28. Support and work with area businesses on local events such as Crrand Old Day (District
Council)
29. Help youth learn employment skills through participation in the Job Connection program
(District Council)
30. Support Parks and Recreation Department and Mississippi River ciean-up efforts
31. Promote tree planting and stump removal on public and private properties
32. Promote responsible low-input lawn and gazden care on residential, commercial,
institutional and public properties
33. Explore opportunities for commercial fix-up programs (District Council)
Planning Commission Findings
The Planning Commission finds that The Macalester-Groveland Community Plan is consistent
with the Saint Paul Comprehensive Plan and other adopted City Policies.
Planning Process
The Macalester-Cnoveland Community Council began the process of evaluating and modifying its
Long Range Plan in June, 1998. Over the neact 22 months, members of the Long Range Planning
committee worked with area residents, business leaders, a developer, and other community
council committees to develop a draft revised plan. The draft plan was adopted in March, 2000
pending community comments and review by city staff The draft plan was introduced to the
community at the MGCC 2000 Annual Meeting. The new plan was included on MGCC's website
(www.macgrove.org) and dozens of comments were received.
In January and February of 2001, the Long Range Planning Committee worked with PED staff to
further review the draft plan. The revised draft plan was brought back to the Community
CounciPs Board ofDirectors which unanunously approved it on March 8, 2001.
Note: The recommendations and actions in this summary rxre not arranged in arder of prlority.
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pt.an„;•�9 CommJs��on M�.�utsts .?,,w,�. 8. 200 �
• White Bear Avenue moratorium was was extended.
• Public hearing on the Osceola Park TIF is on June 27 .
• They had ihe third reading on the Riverfront rezonings.
Recognifion and goodbye to Tom Harren, PED Team Leader
Chair Morton congratulated Tom Harren on his new job with the State of Minnesota and
expressed the thanks oF the Planning Commission for his hard work and dedication to the
City of Saint Paul.
Mr. Soderholm stated that for the past four years Tom Harren has been the advocate for
planning and implementation of the Comprehensive Plan on the PED Leadership Team. Tom
worked on the LRT decision on University Avenue, as well as the Metal Shredder Study, the
JLT Trucking site plans, and Victoria Plaza.
Mr. Harren addressed the Planning Commission expressing his gratitude on working with the
Planning Commission and the planning staff. Mr. Harren complimented the city planners on
their expertise and commitment to the City of Saint Paul and relayed how thankfui and
appreciative he was to have worked with such capable people.
Neighborhood and Current Planning Committee
PL3BLIC I3EARING: Macalester-Groveland Community Plan Summary
(Yang Zhang, 651/266-6659)
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Chair Morton read the rnles and procedures for public hearings. Notice of the public hearing
was published in the Saint Paul Legal Ledger on May 17, 2001 and was mailed to the citywide
Early Notification System list of recipients and other interested parties.
Ms.Yang Zhang, City Planner, gave a short presentation on the Macalester-Groveland
Community Plan Summary. She stated the Plan addresses the area between Summit Avenue and
Randolph Avenue; and between ttte Mississippi River and Ayd Mill Road. This Plan Summazy
is intended to replace a 1979 District 14 Plan as an element of the Comprehensive Plan.
The Plan is the result of an extensive planning process initiated by the Macalester-Groveland
Community Council three years ago. From June, 1998 to February, 2000, members of the
Long-range Planning Committee worked with residents, business leaders, a developer, and
other community council committees to develop a draft plan. This plan was adopted in March,
2000 by the Mac-Gzoveland Community Council pending community comments and City
xeview. The plan was iniroduced to the community at the Community Council's Annual
Meeting in April 2000. It was also posted on the Community Council's web-site and dozens of
public comments were received. Conversations with the Grand Avenue Business Association
and Grand Snelling Business Association were carried out. Area colleges also received copies
of the plan.
Since January of this year, the Long-range Planning Committee has worked with PED staff to
further review the plan, and a suznmary of the plan was developed and adopted by the
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Macalester-Groveland is a strong and healthy neighborhood with relatively high properry
values, low crime, and many historic structures. The neighborhood is fully developed, with
very little vacant land. In addition to single-family homes that are predominant, it is home to
Macalester College and St. Thomas, and just across the street from the College of St. Catherine.
Based on this context, the plan is built azound a series of general recommendations including
land use, housing, transportation, public utilities, urban design, social and recreational
amenities, public safery, environment, and economic development.
As described earlier, the pian was developed under an inclusive neighborhood process. Also,
the Plan does a very good job in complementing the City's Comprehensive Plan. Examples of
such recommendations include promoting mixed-use developments at key commercial clusters,
preserving parks and open spaces, diversifying housing to meet the needs of all income levels
and lifestyles, and improving pedestrian safety.
Ms. Zhang talked about two examples of priority actions requiring city leadership: (I) traff'ic
calming and pedestrian safety; and (2) mixed-use and urban design:
Ms. Zhang proposed the Planning Commission refer it to the Neighborhood and Current
Planning Committee for review and consideration for adoption as an addendum to the
Comprehensive Plan.
Chair Morton asked if anyone wanted to speak on this Plan.
2. Derek Tonn, 1320 7efferson, Saint Paul, MN. Mr. Tonn is Vice-President of the
Macalester/Groveland Community Council and also is Chair of the Long-range Planning
Committee.
Mr. Tonn stated they started working on this plan three years ago holding a total of 30
committee mee[ings and public heatings in the neighborhoods, talking about the issues at
their annual meeting, posting infozmation on their web-site, etc. Mr. Tonn stated this plan
is consistent with the City's overall planning for the yeaz 2020.
VI.
MOTION: Comtnissioner Faricy moved to close the public lzearing and to keep the record
ope�: for public comme�zt until 4:30 p.m. on Tuesday, Jurze I2, 2001, and move tlzis matter to
the Neighborhood and Current Planning Committee meeting on Tuesday, June 26`�` .
Conzmissioner Lonetti seconded the motion. The motion carried on unanimous voice vote.
Zoning Committee
#O1-188-590 W.R. Herman/Anaeline Barretta-Herman - Rezone from RT-1 to RT-2 to allow
conversion of a duplex to a triplex. 1812 Portland Ave., southeast comer at Fairview Ave.
(Donna Drummond, 651/266-6556)
Commissioner Kramer stated the staff recommendation was to approve along with a
recommendatron for app; oval from tiie Merriam Park Community Council. No one spoke in
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Area Plan Summary
Macalester-Groveland Community Plan
Addendum to the Comorehensive Plan for Saint Paul
Recommended by the Planning Commission (August 24, 2001)
Adopted by the City Council (date)
This summary appends to the Comprehensive Plan fhe vision and strategies of the Macalester-
Groveland Community Plan and replaces the District 14 Plan, adopted in 1979. The plan
consists of nine majar areas of focus, including land use, housing, trcrosportation, public
utilities, urban design, social and recreatzonal amenzties, public safety, environment, and
economic development.
Copies of the full-length plans are available for review at the Saint Paul Department of
Plannfng and Economic Development and the office of the Macalester-Groveland Community
Council.
Locarion and Current Land Use
The Macalester-Cnoveland community is located on the western edge of St. Paul, bounded by
Si.�imnit Avenue on the north, Randolph Avenue on the south, the Mississippi River on the west,
and Ayd Mill Road on the east. The community is a primarily single-family, densely populated
residential area with older homes, several colleges, and thriving commercial clusters.
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vision
The Macalester-Groveland Community Council envisions its area to be a primazily singie-family
community with higher density vertical mixed use development in selected existing commercial
clusters. The community will be pedestrian friendly, with e£ficient transit services and pleasant
streetscapes. It will be a safe and caring community where people can live, work and recreate
together. The community will enjoy a clean, quiet and pollution-free environment. Public utilities
will be state of the art and preserve the e�sting character and quality of the neighborhood. The
community recognizes the interdependence of successful businesses and healthy neighborhoods.
Recommendations
Land Use
1. Retain and improve upon the residential quality of the community.
2. Encourage mixed use housing development with commercial uses on the first floor and
residential uses upstairs in selected commercial clusters.
3. Limit commercial expansion to eacisting commercial clusters.
4. Protect residential alleys ffom abutting commercial uses by limiting access to residential
alleys and through screening of parking lots.
5. Work to resolve parking problems in order to lessen tension caused by conflict between
residential, institutional and commercial uses.
6. The community believes that surface pazking lots are unattractive but that parking
requirements should not be relaYed until viable transit alternatives are in place.
Housing
7. Maintain and preserve the district's current housing stock.
8. Maintain the single family character of the district.
9. Aiversify housing to meet the needs of all income levels and lifestyles, such as empty
nesters.
10. Provide housing opportunities for the elderly and handicapped, and provide chore services
which will enable elderly and handicapped individuals to remain in their homes.
11. Monitor housing conditions and address deferred maintenance ofthe districYs aging
housing stock through providing incentives for home improvement activities.
12. Provide information to district residents on home rehabilitation opportunities, financing,
e�sting building codes, zoning ordinances, and assessment policies.
13. Promote and encourage energy conservation in housing and encourage remodelers to
recycle /re-use building materials.
Transportation
14. Promote a pedestrian-friendly environment.
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15. Slow vehicular traffic through implementation of traffic calming techniques.
16. Incorporate traffic calming techniques into street paving projects.
17. Support enforcement and education of speed laws, tra$'ic laws, bicycle laws and
pedestrian right-of-ways.
18. Encowage bicycle commuting.
19. Encourage increased ridership on public transit.
20. Support improved bus service on northlsouth streets.
21. Explore the feasibility of a trolley service on Grand Avenue.
22. Improve city maintenance of alley road beds.
23. Reduce the number of gazbage trucks in alleys.
24. Encourage city enforcement of alley right of way restrictions related to parked vehicles.
25. Support reduced speed around schoois and playgrounds.
26. L'unit right turns on red at intersections near elementary schools when school patrol is
present.
27. Support a well maintained transportation infrastructure.
PubZic Utilities
28. Use the Residential Street Vitality Program to encourage investment in private properties
and to encourage replacement of lead water services.
29. Maintain and enhance alleys, streets, sidewalks, curbs, gutters and lighting at acceptable
standards to ensure safe and effective public usage.
30. In order to enhance the residential character of the community, ornamental street lighting
should be preserved andfor installed.
31. Encourage the burial of above ground and aeriai utilities.
32. Improve safety in alleys by encouraging residents to install alley lighting.
33. Encourage coordination of private and public utility work cycles to minimize
neighborhood disruptions.
Urbttn Design
34. Develop design guidelines for residential and commercial development.
35. Encourage preservation and restoration ofhousing stock and commercial properties that
are compatible with the character of the neighborhood.
36. Encourage billboard and sign policies that are consistent with the predominantly
residential chazacter ofthe district.
37. Move toward replacing commercial bus shehers and benches with non-advertising fixtures.
38. Encourage gardening projects in alleys and on city boulevards.
39. Encourage landscaping of corner properties to ensure pedestrian and vehicular safety.
40. Encourage new and replacement construction which would be compatible with
neighborhood structures and setbacks.
41. $uffer housing from traffic and commercial parking.
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44.
45.
Encourage mixed use development with pazking in the rear or underground with limited
access from the street.
Develop landscape and beautification programs for high tra�'ic areas.
Enhance and beautify neighborhood shopping clusters.
Encourage mufed use development of two to three stories.
46. Preserve the feeling of open space along the Mississippi River. �
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47. Conduct periodic assessment�lliifFf£n needs.
48. Provide information and referral services to area residents.
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49. Encourage communication between residents and the community council.
50. Continue to operate KidsPark, the community counciPs drop-in child care center for pre-
schoolers.
51. Collaborate with Division of Parks, Community Education and atea colleges and
universities to provide recreation opportunities for area residents and families.
52. Expand recreational facilities through effective joint use agreements with the city and
institutions of higher education.
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56.
Seazch for akernative approaches to meet our lack of adequate park land and playground
space.
Work to ensure that the equipment in district parks and play areas is not obsolete and
meets current safety standards.
Preserve the Mississippi River blufftop and Summit Avenue center islands as park land.
Support the development of additional bicycle paths.
Public Safety
57. Help residents organize around issues of concem and to support each other.
58. Support BLOCC (Block Leaders Organizing for Community Concerns) crime prevention
activities.
59. � Develop and distribute crime prevention materials.
60. Maintain regulaz contact with the Police Department.
61. Support city-wide crime prevention activities.
62. Support enforcement of traffic speed laws.
63. Support enforcement of laws prohibiting parking within thirty (30) feet of an intersection.
64, Work to extend pedestrian crossing times at traffic signals.
65. Support programs that promote pedestrian safety.
66. Support programs that promote bicycle safety.
67. Promote alley lighting as a crime deterrent.
Envzronment
68. Promote waste reduction, re-use and recycling.
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69. Promote efforts to abate noise and air pollution associated with the Minneapolis Saint Paul
Intemational Airport.
70. Support noise abatement associated with businesses, institutions and service providers that
trauel the area. Work to reduce uaffic noise.
71. Develop and promote programs to remove lead from water pipes and address other water
quality issues.
72. Work with the Grand Avenue Business Association and other commercial organizations to
reduce litter by providing trash and recycling containers in neighborhood commercial
clusters.
73. Reduce contaminants in rain water run-off to street storm sewers.
74. Promote responsible low input lawn and garden care on residentiai, commercial,
institutional and public property.
75. Promote tree planting and stump removal on public and private property.
76. Support Parks Department and Nlississippi River clean-up efforts.
77. Work to eradicate buckthorn and non-native invasive plants.
78. Work to reduce the use of products conta3ning hazardous waste and promote their safe
disposal.
79. Encourage the reduction of air to�ns.
80. Work to reduce the unsafe use or unsafe levels of to�c chemicals.
Economic Development
81. Explore options to resolve parking problems in order to lessen tension caused by conflict
between residential, commercial and institutional uses.
82. Support attractive and effective parking programs such as the Grand Snelling Business
Association municipal parking lot on Grand Avenue, just east of Snelling Avenue.
83. Support and work with area businesses on local events such as Crrand Old Day.
84. Encourage shopkeepers and business owners to keep their buildings attractive and their
property landscaped.
85. Explore opportunities for commercial fix-up programs.
86. Expand and diversify commercial uses in selected commercial clusters.
87. Help youth learn employment skills through participation in the 7ob Connection.
88. Encourage Saint Paul communication and technology upgrades and availability in order to
further develop the local economic base, while preserving the ea�isting character and
quality of the neighborhood_
Actions Requiring City Leadership
Public Works
1. Slow vehicular traffic through implementation of traffic calming techniques
2. Incorporate traffic calming techniques into street paving projects
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3. Improve city maintenance of alley road beds
4. Limit right tums on red at intersections near elementary schools when school patrol is
present
5. Maintain and enhance alleys, streets, sidewalks, curbs, gutters and lighting at acceptable
standards to ensure safe and effective public usage
6. Eactend pedestrian crossing times at signals if warranted
7. Coordinate private and public utility work cycies to min;m've community disruptions
(Public Works, District Council)
8. Coordinate the upgrade and relocation of cunent utilities below ground
9. Encourage city enforcement of aliey right-of-way restrictions related to parked vehicles
(Public Works, Police)
Planning and Economic Development
10. Develop design guidelines for residential and commercial development (District
Council, PED, Design Center)
11. Buffer housing from traffic and commercial parking (PED, LIEP, District Council)
12. Explore the feasibility of a trolley service on Grand Avenue (PED, District Council)
13. Explore options to resolve parking problems in order to lessen tensions between
residential, commercial and institutional uses (PED, District Council)
14. Protect residential alleys from abutting commercial uses by limiting their access to
residential alleys and through screening of parking lots to the extent possible (LIEP,
PED)
I5. Encourage billboard and sign policies that are consonant with the predominantly
residential chazacter of the district (PED, District Council)
Parks ¢nd Recreation
16. Preserve the Mississippi River Boulevard blufftop and Summit Avenue center islands as
park land
17. Expand recreational faciliries through effective joint use agreements with the city and
institutions of higher education (Pazks and Recreation, District Council)
Police Dep¢rtment
18. Develop and distribute crime prevention materials (Police, District Council)
19. Strengthen the enforcement of traffic speed laws
Actions Bequiring Leadership bv Communitv Grou�s
20. Encourage residents to install alley lighting as a crime detenent (District Council)
Zl. Reduce the number of garbage trucks in alleys—form associations to reduce the number of
waste disposal companies (District Council)
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22. Replace comznercial bus shelters and benches with non-advertising fiaK.ures
23. Conduct periodic assessment of human needs (District Council)
24. Provide information and referral services to area residents (District Council)
25. Improve communication beriveen residents and the community councIl (District Council)
26. Continue to operate KidsPazk, the community council's drop-in child care center for pre-
schoolers (Aistrict Council)
27. Work with the Grand Avenue Business Association and other commercial organizations to
reduce litter by providing trash and recycling containers in community commercial clusters
(District Council)
28. Support and work with area businesses on local events such as Grand Old Day (District
Council)
29. Help youth leam employment skills through participation in the 7ob Connection program
(District Council)
30. Support Pazks and Recreation Department and Mississippi River clean-up efforts
31. Promote tree planting and stump removal on public and private properties
32. Promote responsibie 1ow-input lawn and gazden care on residential, commercial,
instiYutional and public properties .
33. Explore opporlunities for commercial fix-up programs (District Council)
Planning Commission �tindings
The Planning Commission finds that The Macalester-Grovelancl Commurzity Plan is consistent
with the Saint Paul Comprehensive Plan and other adopted City Policies.
Planning Process
The Macalester-Cttoveland Community Council began the process of evaluating and modifying its
Long Range Plan in 7une, 1998. Over the next 22 months, members of the Long Range Planning
committee worked with area residents, business leaders, a developer, and other community
council committees to develop a draft revised plan. The draft plan was adopted in March, 2000
pending community comments and review by city staff The draft plan was introduced to the
community at the MGCC 2000 Annual Meeting. The new plan was included on MGCC's website
(www.macgrove.org) and dozens of comments were received.
In 7anuary and February of 2001, the Long Range Planning Committee worked with PED staffto
further review the draft plan. The revised draft plan was brought back to the Community
Council's Boazd of Directors which unanimously approved it on March 8, 2001.
Note: The recommendations and actions in this summary are not arranged in order of priority.
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RESOLUTION ADOPTING THE SIJNIMARY OF'THE
MACALESTER-GROVELAND COMM[TNITY PLAN
AS AN ADDENDUM TO THE SAINT PAUL COMPREHENSIVE PLAN
WHEREAS, the City of Saint Paul is authorized under Minnesota Statutes, Section 462353, to carry on
comprehensive municipal planning activities for guiding the future development and improvement of the city;
and
WHEREAS, the City of Saint Paul, as a local government unit within the metropolitan area, is required under
Minnesota Statutes, Section 473.858, to prepare a comprehensive plan; and
WHEREAS, the Saint Paul City Council is authorized under Minnesota Statutes, Section 462.355, to adopt or
amend a comprehensive plan or portion thereof after a recommendation by the Planning Commission; and
WHEREAS, the Saint Paul City Council adopted, by Council File 98-1133 on March 3, 1999, the Land Use
Plan as a chapter of the Saint Paul Comprehensive Plan; and
WHEREAS, the Land Use Plan provided for the adoption of summaries of area plans as addenda to the
comprehensive plan; and
WI-IEREAS, the Macalester--Groveland Community Plan was prepared by the Long-Range Planning
Committee of the Macalester-Groveland Community Council under an inclusive, 22-month process ; and
WHEREAS, a summary of the Macalester-Groveland Community Plan was presented to the Planning
Commission for its review; and
WHEREAS, the Planning Commission, after a public hearing on June 8, 2001, and consideration of public
testimony, recommended, by its Resolution O1-74 approved on August 24, 2001, adoption of the summary by
the City Council;
40 NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, that the summary of the Macalester-Groveland Plan is adopted as
41 an azea plan addendum to the Saint Paul Comprehensive Plan replacing the 1979 District 14 Plan contingent
upon review by the Metropolitan Council of the Twin Cities.
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RESOLUTION RECOi�IP�ivTDING ADOPTION OF
THE SUMMARY OF THE MACALESTER-GROVELAND COM_MUNITY PLAN
AS AN ADDENDUM TO THE SAINT PAUZ COMPREHENSIVE PLAN
WHEREAS the Macalester-Groveland Community Plan was prepared by the Long Range Plannin�
Committee of the Macaleter-Groveland Community Council, and was adopted by the Communiry Council
in March 2000, pending community comments and City review; and
WHEREAS the plan details a community vision and investment agenda for the area bounded by the
Mississippi River, Randolph Avenue, Ayd Mill Road, and Summit Avenue; addressing issues related to �larid
use, housing, transportation, public utilities, urban design, social and recreational amenities, public safet}�,
environment, and economic development; and
�, WHEREAS the Planning Commission is authorized under Minnesota 5tatutes Section 462355(2) and
Chapter 107 of the Saint Paul Administrative Code to recominend to the Mayor and City Council
amendments to the comprehensive plan; and
WHEREAS the Lar2d Use Plan, adopted by the City Council on March 3, 1999, provides for the adoption
of summaries of area plans as addenda to The Saint Pnul Comprehensive Plan upon findings by the
Planning Commission ffiat the plans are consistent �vith adopted City policies; and
WHEREAS the Planning Commission, on June 8, 2001, held a public hearing on the Area Plan Summary
of the Macalester-Groveland Community Plan, notice of which was published in the Saint Paul Legal
Ledger on May 17, 2001; and
WHEREAS testimony received at the public hearzng was supportive of the plan; and
WHEREAS comments from relevant City departments were received, and the Neighborhood and Current
Planning Committee has developed modified language to address these concerns;
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT I2ESOLVED that the Saint Paul Planning Commission finds that 77ie
Macalester-Groveland Conamuniry Pian is consistent with The Saint Paul Comprehensive Plan and other
relevant City policies and recommends the adoption of the plan summary by the City Council as an
addendum to the comprehensive plan, replacing the 1979 District 14 Plan.
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IRTTIATING PROBLEn4, ISSUE, OYPORTUN111' (R7ic, Whst, When, Where, Why):
The Macalester-G:oveland Community Council6egan the process of evaluating and modifying its Long Range Plan in June,
1998, wi addresses the area bounded by Snminit Avenue, Ayd Mill Road, Randolph Avenue, and the Mississippi River.
Over thv next 22 months, members of the L,ong Range Planning committee worked with area residents, business leaders, a
develo�er, and other community council committees to develop a draft plan, which was adopted in Mazch, 2000 by the
Comm«nitv Council. In January and February of 2001, the Long Range Plaiming Committee �corked with PED staff to further
review the draft plan. The revised draft plan was brougLt back to the Community CounciPs Board of Directors which
unanimously approved it on Mazch 8, 2001. A summary of the area plan has been recommended by the Planning Commission,
after public hearing, for adoption as an addendum to the Saint Paul Comprehensive Plan replacing the District 14 Plan.
ADti?.?iTAGES IF APPROVEll:
This w'�ll p*ovide a long-range plan for the next ten years for the area of Macalester-Groveland, Planning District 14. P
llISADVANTAGES LF APPROVHD_
None.
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Area Plan Summary
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Macalester-Groveland Community Plan
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Addendum to the Comnrehensive Plan for Saint Paul
Recommended by the Plaiming Commission (August 24, 2001)
Adopted by the City Council (October 3, 2001)
This summafy appends to the Comprehensive Plan the vision and strategies of the Macalester-
Groveland Community Plan and replaces the District I4 Plan, adopted in 1979. The plan
consists of nine major areas of focus, including land use, housing, transportation, public
utilities, urban design, social and recreational amenities, public safety, environment, and
economic development.
Copies of the full-length plans are available for review at the Saint Paul Department of
Planning and Economic Development and the of�J`ice of the Macalester-Groveland Community
Council.
Location and Current Land Use
The Macalester-Groveland community is located on the westem edge of St. Paul, bounded by
Sutmnit Avenue on the north, Randolph Avenue on the south, the Mississippi River on the west,
and Ayd Mill Road on the east. The community is a primarily single-family, densely populated
residential area with older homes, several colleges, and thriving commercial clusters.
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The Macalester-Groveland Community Council envisions its area to be a primarily single-family
community with higher density vertical miYed use development in selected existing commercial
clusters. The community will be pedestrian friendly, with efficient transit services and pleasant
streetscapes. It will be a safe and caring community where people can live, work and recreate
together. The community will en}oy a clean, quiet and pollution-free environment. Public utilities
will be state of the art and preserve the existing character and quality of the neighborhood. The
communiry recognizes the interdependence of successful businesses and healthy neighborhoods.
Recommendations
Land Use
1. Itetain and improve upon the residential quality of the community.
2. Encourage mixed use housing development with commercial uses on the first floor and
residential uses upstairs in selected commercial clusters.
3. Limit commercial expansion to existing commercial clusters.
4 Protect residential alleys from abutting commercial uses by limiting access to zesidential
alleys and through screening of parking lots.
5. Work to resolve parking problems in order to lessen tension caused by conflict between
residential, institutional and commercial uses.
6. The community believes that surface pazking lots are unattractive but that parking
requirements should not be relaxed until viable transit akernatives are in place.
Hausing
7. Maintain and preserve the district's cunent housing stock.
8. Mairnain the single family chazacter of the district.
9. Diversify housing to meet the needs of a11 income levels and lifestyles, such as empty
nesters.
10. Provide housing opportunities for the elderly and handicapped, and provide chore services
which will enable elderly and handicapped individuals to remain in their homes_
1 L Monitor housing conditions and address defened maintenance of the district's aging
housing stock through providing incentives for home improvement activities.
12. Provide information to district residents on home rehabilitation opportunities, financing,
e�cisting building codes, zoning ordinances, and assessment policies.
13. Promote and encourage energy conservation in housing and encourage remodelers to
recycle (re-use building materials.
Transportation
14. Promote a pedestrian-friendly environment.
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15. Slow vehicular traffic through implementation of traffac calming techniques.
16. Incorporate traffic cahning techniques into street paving projects.
17. Support enforcement and education of speed laws, traffic laws, bicycle laws and
pedestrian right-of-ways.
18. Encourage bicycle commuting.
19. Encourage increased ridership on public transit.
20. Support unproved bus service on northfsouth streets.
21. Eacpiore the feasibility of a trolley service on Grand Avenue.
22. Improve ciry maintenance of alley road beds.
23 _ Reduce the number of garbage trucks in alleys.
24. Encourage city enforcement of alley right of way restrictions related to parked vehicles.
25. Support reduced speed around schools and playgrounds.
26. Limit right turns on red at intersections near elementary schools when school patrol is
present.
Z7. Support a well maintained transportation infrastructure.
Public Utilities
28. Use the Residential Street Vitality Program to encourage investment in private properties
and to encourage replacement of lead water services.
29. Maintain and enhance alleys, streets, sidewalks, curbs, gutters and lighting at acceptable
standards to ensure safe and effective public usage.
30. In order to enhance the residential chazacter of the community, ornamental street lighting
shouid be preserved and/orinstalled.
31. Bncourage the burial of above ground and aerial utilities.
32. Improve safety in alleys by encouraging residents to install ailey lighting.
33, Encourage coordination of private and public utility work cycles to minimize
neighborhood disruptions.
Urban Design
34. Develop design guidelines for residential and commercial development.
35. Encourage preservation and restoration of housing stock and commercial properties that
are compatible with the character of the neighborhood.
36. Encourage billboazd and sign policies that are consistent with the predominantly
residential character of the district.
37. Move toward replacing commercial bus shelters and benches with non-advertasing fixtures.
38. Encourage gazdening projects in alleys and on city boulevards.
39. Encourage landscaping of corner properties to ensure pedestrian and vetucular safety.
40. Encourage new and replacement construction which would be compatible with
neighborhood structures and setbacks.
41. Buffer housing from traffic and commercial pazking.
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42. Encourage mixed use development with pazlang in the reaz or underground with limated
access from the street.
43. Develop landscape and beautification programs for high traffic areas.
44. Enhance and beautify neighborhood shopping clusters.
45. Encourage znixed use development of two to three stories.
46. Preserve the feeling of open space along the Mississippi River.
47. Promote design standazds for business identification signs throughout District 14, in order
to increase their legibility and unpact.
SociaLlRecreational
48. Conduct periodic assessment of human needs.
49. Provide information and refenal services to area residents.
50. Encourage communication between residents and the community council.
51. Continue to operate KidsPazk, the coznmunity counciPs drop-in child care center for pre-
schoolers.
52. Collaborate with Aivision of Parks, Community Education and area colleges and
universities to provide recreation opporiunities for area residents and families.
53. Expand recreationai facilities through effective joint use agreements with the city and
institutions of higher education.
54. Search for alternative approaches to meet our lack of adequate pazk land and playground
space.
55. Work to ensure that the equipment in district parks and play areas is not obsolete and
meets current safety standards.
56. Preserve the Mississippi River blufftop and Susnsnit Avenue center islands as park land.
57. Support the development of additional bicycle paths.
Public Safety
58. Help residents organize azound issues of concem and to support each other.
59. Support BLOCC (Biock Leaders Organizing for Community Concerns) crime prevention
activities.
60. Develop and distribute crime prevention materials.
61. Maintain regular contact with the Police Department.
62. Support city-wide crime prevention activities.
63. Support enforcement of traffic speed laws.
64. Support enforcement of laws prohibiting pazking within thirty (30) feet of an intersection.
65. Work to ea�tend pedestrian crossing times at traffic signals.
66. Support programs that promote pedestrian safety.
67. Support programs that promote bicycle safety.
68. Promote alley lighting as a crime detenent.
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Environment
69. Promote waste reduction, re-use and recycling.
70. Promote efforts to abate noise and air pollution associated with the Minneapolis Saint Paul
Intemational Airport.
71. Support noise abatement associated with businesses, institutions and service providers that
travel the area. Work to reduce traffic noise.
72. Develop and promote programs to remove lead from water pipes and address other water
quality issues.
73. Work with the Grand Avenue Business Association and other commercial organizations to
reduce litter by providing trash and recycling containers in neighborhood commercial
clusters.
74. Reduce contaminants in rain water run-offto street storm sewers.
75. Promote responsible low input lawn and garden care on residential, commercial,
institutional and pubiic property.
76. Promote tree planting and stump removal on public and private property.
77. Support Pazks Department and Mississippi River clean-up efforts.
78. Work to eradicate buckthorn and non-native invasive plants.
79. Work to reduce the use of products containing hazazdous waste and promote their safe
disposal. '
80. Encourage the reduction of air to�ns.
81. Work to reduce the unsafe use or unsafe levels of toxic chemicals.
Economic Development
82. Explore options to resolve parking problems in order to lessen tension caused by conflict
between residential, commercial and institutional uses.
83. Support attractive and effective parking programs such as the Grand Snelling Business
Association municipal parking lot on Grand Avenue, just east oF Snelling Avenue.
84. Support and work with area businesses on local events such as Grand Old Bay.
85. Encourage shopkeepers and business owners to keep their buildings attractive and their
property landscaped. '
86. Explore opportunities for commercial fix-up progXams.
87. Expand and diversify commercial uses in selected commercial clusters.
88. Help youth learn employment skills through participation in the Job Connection.
89. Encourage Saint Paul communication and technology upgrades and availability in order to
further develop the local economic base, while preserving the existing character and
qualiTy of the neighborhood.
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Actions Requiring City LeadershiQ
Publie Works
1_ Slow velvcular traffic through implementation of traffic cakning techniques
2. Incorporate traffic cahning techniques into street paving projects
3. Improve ciry maintenance of alley road beds
4. Liznit right tums on red at intersections near elementary schools when school patrol is
present
5. Maintain and enhance alleys, streets, sidewalks, curbs, gutters and lighting at acceptable
standards to ensure safe and effective public usage
6. Eactend pedestrian crossing times at signals if warranted
7. Coordinate private and public utility work cycles to minimize community disruptions
(Public Works, District Council)
8. Coordinate the upgrade and relocation of current utilities below ground
9. Encourage city enforcement of alley right-of-way restrictions related to parked vehicles
(Publac Works, Police)
Planning and Economic Development
10. Develop design guidelines for residentiai and commercial development (District
Council, PED, Design Center)
I 1. Buffer housing from traffic and commercial parking (PED, LIEP, District Council)
12. Explore the feasibility of a trolley service on Grand Avenue (PED, District Council)
13. E�plore options to resolve parking problems in order to lessen tensions between
residential, commercial and institutional uses (I'ED, Distzrct Council)
14. Protect residential alleys from abutting commercial uses by limiting their access to
residential alleys and through screening of parking lots to the e�ent possible (LIEP,
PED)
15. Encourage billboard and sign policies that are consonant with the predominantly
residential character of the district (PED, District Council)
Parks and Recreation
16. Preserve the Mississippi River Boulevard bluff top and Summit Avenue center islands as
park land
17. Expand recreational facilities through effective joint use agreements with the city and
institutions of higher education (Parks and Recreation, District Council}
Police Department
18. Develop and distribute crime prevention materials (Police, District Council)
19. Strengthen the enforcement of traflic speed laws
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Actions Requiring Leadership by Communitv Grouus
20. Encourage residents to install alley lighting as a crime deterrent (District Council)
21. Reduce the number of garbage trucks in alleys—form associations to reduce the number of
waste disposal companies (District Council)
22. Replace commercial bus shelters and benches with non-advertising fixtures
23. Conduct periodic assessment of human needs (District Council)
24. Provide information and refenal services to area residents (District Council)
25. Improve communication between residents and the community council (District Council)
26. Continue to operate KidsPazk, the community council's drop-in child care center for pre-
schoolers (District Council)
27. Work with the Grand Avenue Business Association and other commercial organizations to
reduce litter by providing trash and recycling containers in community commercial ciusters
(District Council)
28. Support and work with area businesses on local events such as Crrand Old Day (District
Council)
29. Help youth learn employment skills through participation in the Job Connection program
(District Council)
30. Support Parks and Recreation Department and Mississippi River ciean-up efforts
31. Promote tree planting and stump removal on public and private properties
32. Promote responsible low-input lawn and gazden care on residential, commercial,
institutional and public properties
33. Explore opportunities for commercial fix-up programs (District Council)
Planning Commission Findings
The Planning Commission finds that The Macalester-Groveland Community Plan is consistent
with the Saint Paul Comprehensive Plan and other adopted City Policies.
Planning Process
The Macalester-Cnoveland Community Council began the process of evaluating and modifying its
Long Range Plan in June, 1998. Over the neact 22 months, members of the Long Range Planning
committee worked with area residents, business leaders, a developer, and other community
council committees to develop a draft revised plan. The draft plan was adopted in March, 2000
pending community comments and review by city staff The draft plan was introduced to the
community at the MGCC 2000 Annual Meeting. The new plan was included on MGCC's website
(www.macgrove.org) and dozens of comments were received.
In January and February of 2001, the Long Range Planning Committee worked with PED staff to
further review the draft plan. The revised draft plan was brought back to the Community
CounciPs Board ofDirectors which unanunously approved it on March 8, 2001.
Note: The recommendations and actions in this summary rxre not arranged in arder of prlority.
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• White Bear Avenue moratorium was was extended.
• Public hearing on the Osceola Park TIF is on June 27 .
• They had ihe third reading on the Riverfront rezonings.
Recognifion and goodbye to Tom Harren, PED Team Leader
Chair Morton congratulated Tom Harren on his new job with the State of Minnesota and
expressed the thanks oF the Planning Commission for his hard work and dedication to the
City of Saint Paul.
Mr. Soderholm stated that for the past four years Tom Harren has been the advocate for
planning and implementation of the Comprehensive Plan on the PED Leadership Team. Tom
worked on the LRT decision on University Avenue, as well as the Metal Shredder Study, the
JLT Trucking site plans, and Victoria Plaza.
Mr. Harren addressed the Planning Commission expressing his gratitude on working with the
Planning Commission and the planning staff. Mr. Harren complimented the city planners on
their expertise and commitment to the City of Saint Paul and relayed how thankfui and
appreciative he was to have worked with such capable people.
Neighborhood and Current Planning Committee
PL3BLIC I3EARING: Macalester-Groveland Community Plan Summary
(Yang Zhang, 651/266-6659)
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Chair Morton read the rnles and procedures for public hearings. Notice of the public hearing
was published in the Saint Paul Legal Ledger on May 17, 2001 and was mailed to the citywide
Early Notification System list of recipients and other interested parties.
Ms.Yang Zhang, City Planner, gave a short presentation on the Macalester-Groveland
Community Plan Summary. She stated the Plan addresses the area between Summit Avenue and
Randolph Avenue; and between ttte Mississippi River and Ayd Mill Road. This Plan Summazy
is intended to replace a 1979 District 14 Plan as an element of the Comprehensive Plan.
The Plan is the result of an extensive planning process initiated by the Macalester-Groveland
Community Council three years ago. From June, 1998 to February, 2000, members of the
Long-range Planning Committee worked with residents, business leaders, a developer, and
other community council committees to develop a draft plan. This plan was adopted in March,
2000 by the Mac-Gzoveland Community Council pending community comments and City
xeview. The plan was iniroduced to the community at the Community Council's Annual
Meeting in April 2000. It was also posted on the Community Council's web-site and dozens of
public comments were received. Conversations with the Grand Avenue Business Association
and Grand Snelling Business Association were carried out. Area colleges also received copies
of the plan.
Since January of this year, the Long-range Planning Committee has worked with PED staff to
further review the plan, and a suznmary of the plan was developed and adopted by the
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Macalester-Groveland is a strong and healthy neighborhood with relatively high properry
values, low crime, and many historic structures. The neighborhood is fully developed, with
very little vacant land. In addition to single-family homes that are predominant, it is home to
Macalester College and St. Thomas, and just across the street from the College of St. Catherine.
Based on this context, the plan is built azound a series of general recommendations including
land use, housing, transportation, public utilities, urban design, social and recreational
amenities, public safery, environment, and economic development.
As described earlier, the pian was developed under an inclusive neighborhood process. Also,
the Plan does a very good job in complementing the City's Comprehensive Plan. Examples of
such recommendations include promoting mixed-use developments at key commercial clusters,
preserving parks and open spaces, diversifying housing to meet the needs of all income levels
and lifestyles, and improving pedestrian safety.
Ms. Zhang talked about two examples of priority actions requiring city leadership: (I) traff'ic
calming and pedestrian safety; and (2) mixed-use and urban design:
Ms. Zhang proposed the Planning Commission refer it to the Neighborhood and Current
Planning Committee for review and consideration for adoption as an addendum to the
Comprehensive Plan.
Chair Morton asked if anyone wanted to speak on this Plan.
2. Derek Tonn, 1320 7efferson, Saint Paul, MN. Mr. Tonn is Vice-President of the
Macalester/Groveland Community Council and also is Chair of the Long-range Planning
Committee.
Mr. Tonn stated they started working on this plan three years ago holding a total of 30
committee mee[ings and public heatings in the neighborhoods, talking about the issues at
their annual meeting, posting infozmation on their web-site, etc. Mr. Tonn stated this plan
is consistent with the City's overall planning for the yeaz 2020.
VI.
MOTION: Comtnissioner Faricy moved to close the public lzearing and to keep the record
ope�: for public comme�zt until 4:30 p.m. on Tuesday, Jurze I2, 2001, and move tlzis matter to
the Neighborhood and Current Planning Committee meeting on Tuesday, June 26`�` .
Conzmissioner Lonetti seconded the motion. The motion carried on unanimous voice vote.
Zoning Committee
#O1-188-590 W.R. Herman/Anaeline Barretta-Herman - Rezone from RT-1 to RT-2 to allow
conversion of a duplex to a triplex. 1812 Portland Ave., southeast comer at Fairview Ave.
(Donna Drummond, 651/266-6556)
Commissioner Kramer stated the staff recommendation was to approve along with a
recommendatron for app; oval from tiie Merriam Park Community Council. No one spoke in
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Area Plan Summary
Macalester-Groveland Community Plan
Addendum to the Comorehensive Plan for Saint Paul
Recommended by the Planning Commission (August 24, 2001)
Adopted by the City Council (date)
This summary appends to the Comprehensive Plan fhe vision and strategies of the Macalester-
Groveland Community Plan and replaces the District 14 Plan, adopted in 1979. The plan
consists of nine majar areas of focus, including land use, housing, trcrosportation, public
utilities, urban design, social and recreatzonal amenzties, public safety, environment, and
economic development.
Copies of the full-length plans are available for review at the Saint Paul Department of
Plannfng and Economic Development and the office of the Macalester-Groveland Community
Council.
Locarion and Current Land Use
The Macalester-Cnoveland community is located on the western edge of St. Paul, bounded by
Si.�imnit Avenue on the north, Randolph Avenue on the south, the Mississippi River on the west,
and Ayd Mill Road on the east. The community is a primarily single-family, densely populated
residential area with older homes, several colleges, and thriving commercial clusters.
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vision
The Macalester-Groveland Community Council envisions its area to be a primazily singie-family
community with higher density vertical mixed use development in selected existing commercial
clusters. The community will be pedestrian friendly, with e£ficient transit services and pleasant
streetscapes. It will be a safe and caring community where people can live, work and recreate
together. The community will enjoy a clean, quiet and pollution-free environment. Public utilities
will be state of the art and preserve the e�sting character and quality of the neighborhood. The
community recognizes the interdependence of successful businesses and healthy neighborhoods.
Recommendations
Land Use
1. Retain and improve upon the residential quality of the community.
2. Encourage mixed use housing development with commercial uses on the first floor and
residential uses upstairs in selected commercial clusters.
3. Limit commercial expansion to eacisting commercial clusters.
4. Protect residential alleys ffom abutting commercial uses by limiting access to residential
alleys and through screening of parking lots.
5. Work to resolve parking problems in order to lessen tension caused by conflict between
residential, institutional and commercial uses.
6. The community believes that surface pazking lots are unattractive but that parking
requirements should not be relaYed until viable transit alternatives are in place.
Housing
7. Maintain and preserve the district's current housing stock.
8. Maintain the single family character of the district.
9. Aiversify housing to meet the needs of all income levels and lifestyles, such as empty
nesters.
10. Provide housing opportunities for the elderly and handicapped, and provide chore services
which will enable elderly and handicapped individuals to remain in their homes.
11. Monitor housing conditions and address deferred maintenance ofthe districYs aging
housing stock through providing incentives for home improvement activities.
12. Provide information to district residents on home rehabilitation opportunities, financing,
e�sting building codes, zoning ordinances, and assessment policies.
13. Promote and encourage energy conservation in housing and encourage remodelers to
recycle /re-use building materials.
Transportation
14. Promote a pedestrian-friendly environment.
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15. Slow vehicular traffic through implementation of traffic calming techniques.
16. Incorporate traffic calming techniques into street paving projects.
17. Support enforcement and education of speed laws, tra$'ic laws, bicycle laws and
pedestrian right-of-ways.
18. Encowage bicycle commuting.
19. Encourage increased ridership on public transit.
20. Support improved bus service on northlsouth streets.
21. Explore the feasibility of a trolley service on Grand Avenue.
22. Improve city maintenance of alley road beds.
23. Reduce the number of gazbage trucks in alleys.
24. Encourage city enforcement of alley right of way restrictions related to parked vehicles.
25. Support reduced speed around schoois and playgrounds.
26. L'unit right turns on red at intersections near elementary schools when school patrol is
present.
27. Support a well maintained transportation infrastructure.
PubZic Utilities
28. Use the Residential Street Vitality Program to encourage investment in private properties
and to encourage replacement of lead water services.
29. Maintain and enhance alleys, streets, sidewalks, curbs, gutters and lighting at acceptable
standards to ensure safe and effective public usage.
30. In order to enhance the residential character of the community, ornamental street lighting
should be preserved andfor installed.
31. Encourage the burial of above ground and aeriai utilities.
32. Improve safety in alleys by encouraging residents to install alley lighting.
33. Encourage coordination of private and public utility work cycles to minimize
neighborhood disruptions.
Urbttn Design
34. Develop design guidelines for residential and commercial development.
35. Encourage preservation and restoration ofhousing stock and commercial properties that
are compatible with the character of the neighborhood.
36. Encourage billboard and sign policies that are consistent with the predominantly
residential chazacter ofthe district.
37. Move toward replacing commercial bus shehers and benches with non-advertising fixtures.
38. Encourage gardening projects in alleys and on city boulevards.
39. Encourage landscaping of corner properties to ensure pedestrian and vehicular safety.
40. Encourage new and replacement construction which would be compatible with
neighborhood structures and setbacks.
41. $uffer housing from traffic and commercial parking.
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45.
Encourage mixed use development with pazking in the rear or underground with limited
access from the street.
Develop landscape and beautification programs for high tra�'ic areas.
Enhance and beautify neighborhood shopping clusters.
Encourage mufed use development of two to three stories.
46. Preserve the feeling of open space along the Mississippi River. �
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47. Conduct periodic assessment�lliifFf£n needs.
48. Provide information and referral services to area residents.
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49. Encourage communication between residents and the community council.
50. Continue to operate KidsPark, the community counciPs drop-in child care center for pre-
schoolers.
51. Collaborate with Division of Parks, Community Education and atea colleges and
universities to provide recreation opportunities for area residents and families.
52. Expand recreational facilities through effective joint use agreements with the city and
institutions of higher education.
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56.
Seazch for akernative approaches to meet our lack of adequate park land and playground
space.
Work to ensure that the equipment in district parks and play areas is not obsolete and
meets current safety standards.
Preserve the Mississippi River blufftop and Summit Avenue center islands as park land.
Support the development of additional bicycle paths.
Public Safety
57. Help residents organize around issues of concem and to support each other.
58. Support BLOCC (Block Leaders Organizing for Community Concerns) crime prevention
activities.
59. � Develop and distribute crime prevention materials.
60. Maintain regulaz contact with the Police Department.
61. Support city-wide crime prevention activities.
62. Support enforcement of traffic speed laws.
63. Support enforcement of laws prohibiting parking within thirty (30) feet of an intersection.
64, Work to extend pedestrian crossing times at traffic signals.
65. Support programs that promote pedestrian safety.
66. Support programs that promote bicycle safety.
67. Promote alley lighting as a crime deterrent.
Envzronment
68. Promote waste reduction, re-use and recycling.
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69. Promote efforts to abate noise and air pollution associated with the Minneapolis Saint Paul
Intemational Airport.
70. Support noise abatement associated with businesses, institutions and service providers that
trauel the area. Work to reduce uaffic noise.
71. Develop and promote programs to remove lead from water pipes and address other water
quality issues.
72. Work with the Grand Avenue Business Association and other commercial organizations to
reduce litter by providing trash and recycling containers in neighborhood commercial
clusters.
73. Reduce contaminants in rain water run-off to street storm sewers.
74. Promote responsible low input lawn and garden care on residentiai, commercial,
institutional and public property.
75. Promote tree planting and stump removal on public and private property.
76. Support Parks Department and Nlississippi River clean-up efforts.
77. Work to eradicate buckthorn and non-native invasive plants.
78. Work to reduce the use of products conta3ning hazardous waste and promote their safe
disposal.
79. Encourage the reduction of air to�ns.
80. Work to reduce the unsafe use or unsafe levels of to�c chemicals.
Economic Development
81. Explore options to resolve parking problems in order to lessen tension caused by conflict
between residential, commercial and institutional uses.
82. Support attractive and effective parking programs such as the Grand Snelling Business
Association municipal parking lot on Grand Avenue, just east of Snelling Avenue.
83. Support and work with area businesses on local events such as Crrand Old Day.
84. Encourage shopkeepers and business owners to keep their buildings attractive and their
property landscaped.
85. Explore opportunities for commercial fix-up programs.
86. Expand and diversify commercial uses in selected commercial clusters.
87. Help youth learn employment skills through participation in the 7ob Connection.
88. Encourage Saint Paul communication and technology upgrades and availability in order to
further develop the local economic base, while preserving the ea�isting character and
quality of the neighborhood_
Actions Requiring City Leadership
Public Works
1. Slow vehicular traffic through implementation of traffic calming techniques
2. Incorporate traffic calming techniques into street paving projects
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3. Improve city maintenance of alley road beds
4. Limit right tums on red at intersections near elementary schools when school patrol is
present
5. Maintain and enhance alleys, streets, sidewalks, curbs, gutters and lighting at acceptable
standards to ensure safe and effective public usage
6. Eactend pedestrian crossing times at signals if warranted
7. Coordinate private and public utility work cycies to min;m've community disruptions
(Public Works, District Council)
8. Coordinate the upgrade and relocation of cunent utilities below ground
9. Encourage city enforcement of aliey right-of-way restrictions related to parked vehicles
(Public Works, Police)
Planning and Economic Development
10. Develop design guidelines for residential and commercial development (District
Council, PED, Design Center)
11. Buffer housing from traffic and commercial parking (PED, LIEP, District Council)
12. Explore the feasibility of a trolley service on Grand Avenue (PED, District Council)
13. Explore options to resolve parking problems in order to lessen tensions between
residential, commercial and institutional uses (PED, District Council)
14. Protect residential alleys from abutting commercial uses by limiting their access to
residential alleys and through screening of parking lots to the extent possible (LIEP,
PED)
I5. Encourage billboard and sign policies that are consonant with the predominantly
residential chazacter of the district (PED, District Council)
Parks ¢nd Recreation
16. Preserve the Mississippi River Boulevard blufftop and Summit Avenue center islands as
park land
17. Expand recreational faciliries through effective joint use agreements with the city and
institutions of higher education (Pazks and Recreation, District Council)
Police Dep¢rtment
18. Develop and distribute crime prevention materials (Police, District Council)
19. Strengthen the enforcement of traffic speed laws
Actions Bequiring Leadership bv Communitv Grou�s
20. Encourage residents to install alley lighting as a crime detenent (District Council)
Zl. Reduce the number of garbage trucks in alleys—form associations to reduce the number of
waste disposal companies (District Council)
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22. Replace comznercial bus shelters and benches with non-advertising fiaK.ures
23. Conduct periodic assessment of human needs (District Council)
24. Provide information and referral services to area residents (District Council)
25. Improve communication beriveen residents and the community councIl (District Council)
26. Continue to operate KidsPazk, the community council's drop-in child care center for pre-
schoolers (Aistrict Council)
27. Work with the Grand Avenue Business Association and other commercial organizations to
reduce litter by providing trash and recycling containers in community commercial clusters
(District Council)
28. Support and work with area businesses on local events such as Grand Old Day (District
Council)
29. Help youth leam employment skills through participation in the 7ob Connection program
(District Council)
30. Support Pazks and Recreation Department and Mississippi River clean-up efforts
31. Promote tree planting and stump removal on public and private properties
32. Promote responsibie 1ow-input lawn and gazden care on residential, commercial,
instiYutional and public properties .
33. Explore opporlunities for commercial fix-up programs (District Council)
Planning Commission �tindings
The Planning Commission finds that The Macalester-Grovelancl Commurzity Plan is consistent
with the Saint Paul Comprehensive Plan and other adopted City Policies.
Planning Process
The Macalester-Cttoveland Community Council began the process of evaluating and modifying its
Long Range Plan in 7une, 1998. Over the next 22 months, members of the Long Range Planning
committee worked with area residents, business leaders, a developer, and other community
council committees to develop a draft revised plan. The draft plan was adopted in March, 2000
pending community comments and review by city staff The draft plan was introduced to the
community at the MGCC 2000 Annual Meeting. The new plan was included on MGCC's website
(www.macgrove.org) and dozens of comments were received.
In 7anuary and February of 2001, the Long Range Planning Committee worked with PED staffto
further review the draft plan. The revised draft plan was brought back to the Community
Council's Boazd of Directors which unanimously approved it on March 8, 2001.
Note: The recommendations and actions in this summary are not arranged in order of priority.
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RESOLUTION
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RESOLUTION ADOPTING THE SIJNIMARY OF'THE
MACALESTER-GROVELAND COMM[TNITY PLAN
AS AN ADDENDUM TO THE SAINT PAUL COMPREHENSIVE PLAN
WHEREAS, the City of Saint Paul is authorized under Minnesota Statutes, Section 462353, to carry on
comprehensive municipal planning activities for guiding the future development and improvement of the city;
and
WHEREAS, the City of Saint Paul, as a local government unit within the metropolitan area, is required under
Minnesota Statutes, Section 473.858, to prepare a comprehensive plan; and
WHEREAS, the Saint Paul City Council is authorized under Minnesota Statutes, Section 462.355, to adopt or
amend a comprehensive plan or portion thereof after a recommendation by the Planning Commission; and
WHEREAS, the Saint Paul City Council adopted, by Council File 98-1133 on March 3, 1999, the Land Use
Plan as a chapter of the Saint Paul Comprehensive Plan; and
WHEREAS, the Land Use Plan provided for the adoption of summaries of area plans as addenda to the
comprehensive plan; and
WI-IEREAS, the Macalester--Groveland Community Plan was prepared by the Long-Range Planning
Committee of the Macalester-Groveland Community Council under an inclusive, 22-month process ; and
WHEREAS, a summary of the Macalester-Groveland Community Plan was presented to the Planning
Commission for its review; and
WHEREAS, the Planning Commission, after a public hearing on June 8, 2001, and consideration of public
testimony, recommended, by its Resolution O1-74 approved on August 24, 2001, adoption of the summary by
the City Council;
40 NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, that the summary of the Macalester-Groveland Plan is adopted as
41 an azea plan addendum to the Saint Paul Comprehensive Plan replacing the 1979 District 14 Plan contingent
upon review by the Metropolitan Council of the Twin Cities.
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RESOLUTION RECOi�IP�ivTDING ADOPTION OF
THE SUMMARY OF THE MACALESTER-GROVELAND COM_MUNITY PLAN
AS AN ADDENDUM TO THE SAINT PAUZ COMPREHENSIVE PLAN
WHEREAS the Macalester-Groveland Community Plan was prepared by the Long Range Plannin�
Committee of the Macaleter-Groveland Community Council, and was adopted by the Communiry Council
in March 2000, pending community comments and City review; and
WHEREAS the plan details a community vision and investment agenda for the area bounded by the
Mississippi River, Randolph Avenue, Ayd Mill Road, and Summit Avenue; addressing issues related to �larid
use, housing, transportation, public utilities, urban design, social and recreational amenities, public safet}�,
environment, and economic development; and
�, WHEREAS the Planning Commission is authorized under Minnesota 5tatutes Section 462355(2) and
Chapter 107 of the Saint Paul Administrative Code to recominend to the Mayor and City Council
amendments to the comprehensive plan; and
WHEREAS the Lar2d Use Plan, adopted by the City Council on March 3, 1999, provides for the adoption
of summaries of area plans as addenda to The Saint Pnul Comprehensive Plan upon findings by the
Planning Commission ffiat the plans are consistent �vith adopted City policies; and
WHEREAS the Planning Commission, on June 8, 2001, held a public hearing on the Area Plan Summary
of the Macalester-Groveland Community Plan, notice of which was published in the Saint Paul Legal
Ledger on May 17, 2001; and
WHEREAS testimony received at the public hearzng was supportive of the plan; and
WHEREAS comments from relevant City departments were received, and the Neighborhood and Current
Planning Committee has developed modified language to address these concerns;
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT I2ESOLVED that the Saint Paul Planning Commission finds that 77ie
Macalester-Groveland Conamuniry Pian is consistent with The Saint Paul Comprehensive Plan and other
relevant City policies and recommends the adoption of the plan summary by the City Council as an
addendum to the comprehensive plan, replacing the 1979 District 14 Plan.
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IRTTIATING PROBLEn4, ISSUE, OYPORTUN111' (R7ic, Whst, When, Where, Why):
The Macalester-G:oveland Community Council6egan the process of evaluating and modifying its Long Range Plan in June,
1998, wi addresses the area bounded by Snminit Avenue, Ayd Mill Road, Randolph Avenue, and the Mississippi River.
Over thv next 22 months, members of the L,ong Range Planning committee worked with area residents, business leaders, a
develo�er, and other community council committees to develop a draft plan, which was adopted in Mazch, 2000 by the
Comm«nitv Council. In January and February of 2001, the Long Range Plaiming Committee �corked with PED staff to further
review the draft plan. The revised draft plan was brougLt back to the Community CounciPs Board of Directors which
unanimously approved it on Mazch 8, 2001. A summary of the area plan has been recommended by the Planning Commission,
after public hearing, for adoption as an addendum to the Saint Paul Comprehensive Plan replacing the District 14 Plan.
ADti?.?iTAGES IF APPROVEll:
This w'�ll p*ovide a long-range plan for the next ten years for the area of Macalester-Groveland, Planning District 14. P
llISADVANTAGES LF APPROVHD_
None.
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Area Plan Summary
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Macalester-Groveland Community Plan
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Addendum to the Comnrehensive Plan for Saint Paul
Recommended by the Plaiming Commission (August 24, 2001)
Adopted by the City Council (October 3, 2001)
This summafy appends to the Comprehensive Plan the vision and strategies of the Macalester-
Groveland Community Plan and replaces the District I4 Plan, adopted in 1979. The plan
consists of nine major areas of focus, including land use, housing, transportation, public
utilities, urban design, social and recreational amenities, public safety, environment, and
economic development.
Copies of the full-length plans are available for review at the Saint Paul Department of
Planning and Economic Development and the of�J`ice of the Macalester-Groveland Community
Council.
Location and Current Land Use
The Macalester-Groveland community is located on the westem edge of St. Paul, bounded by
Sutmnit Avenue on the north, Randolph Avenue on the south, the Mississippi River on the west,
and Ayd Mill Road on the east. The community is a primarily single-family, densely populated
residential area with older homes, several colleges, and thriving commercial clusters.
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The Macalester-Groveland Community Council envisions its area to be a primarily single-family
community with higher density vertical miYed use development in selected existing commercial
clusters. The community will be pedestrian friendly, with efficient transit services and pleasant
streetscapes. It will be a safe and caring community where people can live, work and recreate
together. The community will en}oy a clean, quiet and pollution-free environment. Public utilities
will be state of the art and preserve the existing character and quality of the neighborhood. The
communiry recognizes the interdependence of successful businesses and healthy neighborhoods.
Recommendations
Land Use
1. Itetain and improve upon the residential quality of the community.
2. Encourage mixed use housing development with commercial uses on the first floor and
residential uses upstairs in selected commercial clusters.
3. Limit commercial expansion to existing commercial clusters.
4 Protect residential alleys from abutting commercial uses by limiting access to zesidential
alleys and through screening of parking lots.
5. Work to resolve parking problems in order to lessen tension caused by conflict between
residential, institutional and commercial uses.
6. The community believes that surface pazking lots are unattractive but that parking
requirements should not be relaxed until viable transit akernatives are in place.
Hausing
7. Maintain and preserve the district's cunent housing stock.
8. Mairnain the single family chazacter of the district.
9. Diversify housing to meet the needs of a11 income levels and lifestyles, such as empty
nesters.
10. Provide housing opportunities for the elderly and handicapped, and provide chore services
which will enable elderly and handicapped individuals to remain in their homes_
1 L Monitor housing conditions and address defened maintenance of the district's aging
housing stock through providing incentives for home improvement activities.
12. Provide information to district residents on home rehabilitation opportunities, financing,
e�cisting building codes, zoning ordinances, and assessment policies.
13. Promote and encourage energy conservation in housing and encourage remodelers to
recycle (re-use building materials.
Transportation
14. Promote a pedestrian-friendly environment.
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15. Slow vehicular traffic through implementation of traffac calming techniques.
16. Incorporate traffic cahning techniques into street paving projects.
17. Support enforcement and education of speed laws, traffic laws, bicycle laws and
pedestrian right-of-ways.
18. Encourage bicycle commuting.
19. Encourage increased ridership on public transit.
20. Support unproved bus service on northfsouth streets.
21. Eacpiore the feasibility of a trolley service on Grand Avenue.
22. Improve ciry maintenance of alley road beds.
23 _ Reduce the number of garbage trucks in alleys.
24. Encourage city enforcement of alley right of way restrictions related to parked vehicles.
25. Support reduced speed around schools and playgrounds.
26. Limit right turns on red at intersections near elementary schools when school patrol is
present.
Z7. Support a well maintained transportation infrastructure.
Public Utilities
28. Use the Residential Street Vitality Program to encourage investment in private properties
and to encourage replacement of lead water services.
29. Maintain and enhance alleys, streets, sidewalks, curbs, gutters and lighting at acceptable
standards to ensure safe and effective public usage.
30. In order to enhance the residential chazacter of the community, ornamental street lighting
shouid be preserved and/orinstalled.
31. Bncourage the burial of above ground and aerial utilities.
32. Improve safety in alleys by encouraging residents to install ailey lighting.
33, Encourage coordination of private and public utility work cycles to minimize
neighborhood disruptions.
Urban Design
34. Develop design guidelines for residential and commercial development.
35. Encourage preservation and restoration of housing stock and commercial properties that
are compatible with the character of the neighborhood.
36. Encourage billboazd and sign policies that are consistent with the predominantly
residential character of the district.
37. Move toward replacing commercial bus shelters and benches with non-advertasing fixtures.
38. Encourage gazdening projects in alleys and on city boulevards.
39. Encourage landscaping of corner properties to ensure pedestrian and vetucular safety.
40. Encourage new and replacement construction which would be compatible with
neighborhood structures and setbacks.
41. Buffer housing from traffic and commercial pazking.
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42. Encourage mixed use development with pazlang in the reaz or underground with limated
access from the street.
43. Develop landscape and beautification programs for high traffic areas.
44. Enhance and beautify neighborhood shopping clusters.
45. Encourage znixed use development of two to three stories.
46. Preserve the feeling of open space along the Mississippi River.
47. Promote design standazds for business identification signs throughout District 14, in order
to increase their legibility and unpact.
SociaLlRecreational
48. Conduct periodic assessment of human needs.
49. Provide information and refenal services to area residents.
50. Encourage communication between residents and the community council.
51. Continue to operate KidsPazk, the coznmunity counciPs drop-in child care center for pre-
schoolers.
52. Collaborate with Aivision of Parks, Community Education and area colleges and
universities to provide recreation opporiunities for area residents and families.
53. Expand recreationai facilities through effective joint use agreements with the city and
institutions of higher education.
54. Search for alternative approaches to meet our lack of adequate pazk land and playground
space.
55. Work to ensure that the equipment in district parks and play areas is not obsolete and
meets current safety standards.
56. Preserve the Mississippi River blufftop and Susnsnit Avenue center islands as park land.
57. Support the development of additional bicycle paths.
Public Safety
58. Help residents organize azound issues of concem and to support each other.
59. Support BLOCC (Biock Leaders Organizing for Community Concerns) crime prevention
activities.
60. Develop and distribute crime prevention materials.
61. Maintain regular contact with the Police Department.
62. Support city-wide crime prevention activities.
63. Support enforcement of traffic speed laws.
64. Support enforcement of laws prohibiting pazking within thirty (30) feet of an intersection.
65. Work to ea�tend pedestrian crossing times at traffic signals.
66. Support programs that promote pedestrian safety.
67. Support programs that promote bicycle safety.
68. Promote alley lighting as a crime detenent.
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Environment
69. Promote waste reduction, re-use and recycling.
70. Promote efforts to abate noise and air pollution associated with the Minneapolis Saint Paul
Intemational Airport.
71. Support noise abatement associated with businesses, institutions and service providers that
travel the area. Work to reduce traffic noise.
72. Develop and promote programs to remove lead from water pipes and address other water
quality issues.
73. Work with the Grand Avenue Business Association and other commercial organizations to
reduce litter by providing trash and recycling containers in neighborhood commercial
clusters.
74. Reduce contaminants in rain water run-offto street storm sewers.
75. Promote responsible low input lawn and garden care on residential, commercial,
institutional and pubiic property.
76. Promote tree planting and stump removal on public and private property.
77. Support Pazks Department and Mississippi River clean-up efforts.
78. Work to eradicate buckthorn and non-native invasive plants.
79. Work to reduce the use of products containing hazazdous waste and promote their safe
disposal. '
80. Encourage the reduction of air to�ns.
81. Work to reduce the unsafe use or unsafe levels of toxic chemicals.
Economic Development
82. Explore options to resolve parking problems in order to lessen tension caused by conflict
between residential, commercial and institutional uses.
83. Support attractive and effective parking programs such as the Grand Snelling Business
Association municipal parking lot on Grand Avenue, just east oF Snelling Avenue.
84. Support and work with area businesses on local events such as Grand Old Bay.
85. Encourage shopkeepers and business owners to keep their buildings attractive and their
property landscaped. '
86. Explore opportunities for commercial fix-up progXams.
87. Expand and diversify commercial uses in selected commercial clusters.
88. Help youth learn employment skills through participation in the Job Connection.
89. Encourage Saint Paul communication and technology upgrades and availability in order to
further develop the local economic base, while preserving the existing character and
qualiTy of the neighborhood.
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Actions Requiring City LeadershiQ
Publie Works
1_ Slow velvcular traffic through implementation of traffic cakning techniques
2. Incorporate traffic cahning techniques into street paving projects
3. Improve ciry maintenance of alley road beds
4. Liznit right tums on red at intersections near elementary schools when school patrol is
present
5. Maintain and enhance alleys, streets, sidewalks, curbs, gutters and lighting at acceptable
standards to ensure safe and effective public usage
6. Eactend pedestrian crossing times at signals if warranted
7. Coordinate private and public utility work cycles to minimize community disruptions
(Public Works, District Council)
8. Coordinate the upgrade and relocation of current utilities below ground
9. Encourage city enforcement of alley right-of-way restrictions related to parked vehicles
(Publac Works, Police)
Planning and Economic Development
10. Develop design guidelines for residentiai and commercial development (District
Council, PED, Design Center)
I 1. Buffer housing from traffic and commercial parking (PED, LIEP, District Council)
12. Explore the feasibility of a trolley service on Grand Avenue (PED, District Council)
13. E�plore options to resolve parking problems in order to lessen tensions between
residential, commercial and institutional uses (I'ED, Distzrct Council)
14. Protect residential alleys from abutting commercial uses by limiting their access to
residential alleys and through screening of parking lots to the e�ent possible (LIEP,
PED)
15. Encourage billboard and sign policies that are consonant with the predominantly
residential character of the district (PED, District Council)
Parks and Recreation
16. Preserve the Mississippi River Boulevard bluff top and Summit Avenue center islands as
park land
17. Expand recreational facilities through effective joint use agreements with the city and
institutions of higher education (Parks and Recreation, District Council}
Police Department
18. Develop and distribute crime prevention materials (Police, District Council)
19. Strengthen the enforcement of traflic speed laws
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Actions Requiring Leadership by Communitv Grouus
20. Encourage residents to install alley lighting as a crime deterrent (District Council)
21. Reduce the number of garbage trucks in alleys—form associations to reduce the number of
waste disposal companies (District Council)
22. Replace commercial bus shelters and benches with non-advertising fixtures
23. Conduct periodic assessment of human needs (District Council)
24. Provide information and refenal services to area residents (District Council)
25. Improve communication between residents and the community council (District Council)
26. Continue to operate KidsPazk, the community council's drop-in child care center for pre-
schoolers (District Council)
27. Work with the Grand Avenue Business Association and other commercial organizations to
reduce litter by providing trash and recycling containers in community commercial ciusters
(District Council)
28. Support and work with area businesses on local events such as Crrand Old Day (District
Council)
29. Help youth learn employment skills through participation in the Job Connection program
(District Council)
30. Support Parks and Recreation Department and Mississippi River ciean-up efforts
31. Promote tree planting and stump removal on public and private properties
32. Promote responsible low-input lawn and gazden care on residential, commercial,
institutional and public properties
33. Explore opportunities for commercial fix-up programs (District Council)
Planning Commission Findings
The Planning Commission finds that The Macalester-Groveland Community Plan is consistent
with the Saint Paul Comprehensive Plan and other adopted City Policies.
Planning Process
The Macalester-Cnoveland Community Council began the process of evaluating and modifying its
Long Range Plan in June, 1998. Over the neact 22 months, members of the Long Range Planning
committee worked with area residents, business leaders, a developer, and other community
council committees to develop a draft revised plan. The draft plan was adopted in March, 2000
pending community comments and review by city staff The draft plan was introduced to the
community at the MGCC 2000 Annual Meeting. The new plan was included on MGCC's website
(www.macgrove.org) and dozens of comments were received.
In January and February of 2001, the Long Range Planning Committee worked with PED staff to
further review the draft plan. The revised draft plan was brought back to the Community
CounciPs Board ofDirectors which unanunously approved it on March 8, 2001.
Note: The recommendations and actions in this summary rxre not arranged in arder of prlority.
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pt.an„;•�9 CommJs��on M�.�utsts .?,,w,�. 8. 200 �
• White Bear Avenue moratorium was was extended.
• Public hearing on the Osceola Park TIF is on June 27 .
• They had ihe third reading on the Riverfront rezonings.
Recognifion and goodbye to Tom Harren, PED Team Leader
Chair Morton congratulated Tom Harren on his new job with the State of Minnesota and
expressed the thanks oF the Planning Commission for his hard work and dedication to the
City of Saint Paul.
Mr. Soderholm stated that for the past four years Tom Harren has been the advocate for
planning and implementation of the Comprehensive Plan on the PED Leadership Team. Tom
worked on the LRT decision on University Avenue, as well as the Metal Shredder Study, the
JLT Trucking site plans, and Victoria Plaza.
Mr. Harren addressed the Planning Commission expressing his gratitude on working with the
Planning Commission and the planning staff. Mr. Harren complimented the city planners on
their expertise and commitment to the City of Saint Paul and relayed how thankfui and
appreciative he was to have worked with such capable people.
Neighborhood and Current Planning Committee
PL3BLIC I3EARING: Macalester-Groveland Community Plan Summary
(Yang Zhang, 651/266-6659)
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Chair Morton read the rnles and procedures for public hearings. Notice of the public hearing
was published in the Saint Paul Legal Ledger on May 17, 2001 and was mailed to the citywide
Early Notification System list of recipients and other interested parties.
Ms.Yang Zhang, City Planner, gave a short presentation on the Macalester-Groveland
Community Plan Summary. She stated the Plan addresses the area between Summit Avenue and
Randolph Avenue; and between ttte Mississippi River and Ayd Mill Road. This Plan Summazy
is intended to replace a 1979 District 14 Plan as an element of the Comprehensive Plan.
The Plan is the result of an extensive planning process initiated by the Macalester-Groveland
Community Council three years ago. From June, 1998 to February, 2000, members of the
Long-range Planning Committee worked with residents, business leaders, a developer, and
other community council committees to develop a draft plan. This plan was adopted in March,
2000 by the Mac-Gzoveland Community Council pending community comments and City
xeview. The plan was iniroduced to the community at the Community Council's Annual
Meeting in April 2000. It was also posted on the Community Council's web-site and dozens of
public comments were received. Conversations with the Grand Avenue Business Association
and Grand Snelling Business Association were carried out. Area colleges also received copies
of the plan.
Since January of this year, the Long-range Planning Committee has worked with PED staff to
further review the plan, and a suznmary of the plan was developed and adopted by the
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Macalester-Groveland is a strong and healthy neighborhood with relatively high properry
values, low crime, and many historic structures. The neighborhood is fully developed, with
very little vacant land. In addition to single-family homes that are predominant, it is home to
Macalester College and St. Thomas, and just across the street from the College of St. Catherine.
Based on this context, the plan is built azound a series of general recommendations including
land use, housing, transportation, public utilities, urban design, social and recreational
amenities, public safery, environment, and economic development.
As described earlier, the pian was developed under an inclusive neighborhood process. Also,
the Plan does a very good job in complementing the City's Comprehensive Plan. Examples of
such recommendations include promoting mixed-use developments at key commercial clusters,
preserving parks and open spaces, diversifying housing to meet the needs of all income levels
and lifestyles, and improving pedestrian safety.
Ms. Zhang talked about two examples of priority actions requiring city leadership: (I) traff'ic
calming and pedestrian safety; and (2) mixed-use and urban design:
Ms. Zhang proposed the Planning Commission refer it to the Neighborhood and Current
Planning Committee for review and consideration for adoption as an addendum to the
Comprehensive Plan.
Chair Morton asked if anyone wanted to speak on this Plan.
2. Derek Tonn, 1320 7efferson, Saint Paul, MN. Mr. Tonn is Vice-President of the
Macalester/Groveland Community Council and also is Chair of the Long-range Planning
Committee.
Mr. Tonn stated they started working on this plan three years ago holding a total of 30
committee mee[ings and public heatings in the neighborhoods, talking about the issues at
their annual meeting, posting infozmation on their web-site, etc. Mr. Tonn stated this plan
is consistent with the City's overall planning for the yeaz 2020.
VI.
MOTION: Comtnissioner Faricy moved to close the public lzearing and to keep the record
ope�: for public comme�zt until 4:30 p.m. on Tuesday, Jurze I2, 2001, and move tlzis matter to
the Neighborhood and Current Planning Committee meeting on Tuesday, June 26`�` .
Conzmissioner Lonetti seconded the motion. The motion carried on unanimous voice vote.
Zoning Committee
#O1-188-590 W.R. Herman/Anaeline Barretta-Herman - Rezone from RT-1 to RT-2 to allow
conversion of a duplex to a triplex. 1812 Portland Ave., southeast comer at Fairview Ave.
(Donna Drummond, 651/266-6556)
Commissioner Kramer stated the staff recommendation was to approve along with a
recommendatron for app; oval from tiie Merriam Park Community Council. No one spoke in
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Area Plan Summary
Macalester-Groveland Community Plan
Addendum to the Comorehensive Plan for Saint Paul
Recommended by the Planning Commission (August 24, 2001)
Adopted by the City Council (date)
This summary appends to the Comprehensive Plan fhe vision and strategies of the Macalester-
Groveland Community Plan and replaces the District 14 Plan, adopted in 1979. The plan
consists of nine majar areas of focus, including land use, housing, trcrosportation, public
utilities, urban design, social and recreatzonal amenzties, public safety, environment, and
economic development.
Copies of the full-length plans are available for review at the Saint Paul Department of
Plannfng and Economic Development and the office of the Macalester-Groveland Community
Council.
Locarion and Current Land Use
The Macalester-Cnoveland community is located on the western edge of St. Paul, bounded by
Si.�imnit Avenue on the north, Randolph Avenue on the south, the Mississippi River on the west,
and Ayd Mill Road on the east. The community is a primarily single-family, densely populated
residential area with older homes, several colleges, and thriving commercial clusters.
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vision
The Macalester-Groveland Community Council envisions its area to be a primazily singie-family
community with higher density vertical mixed use development in selected existing commercial
clusters. The community will be pedestrian friendly, with e£ficient transit services and pleasant
streetscapes. It will be a safe and caring community where people can live, work and recreate
together. The community will enjoy a clean, quiet and pollution-free environment. Public utilities
will be state of the art and preserve the e�sting character and quality of the neighborhood. The
community recognizes the interdependence of successful businesses and healthy neighborhoods.
Recommendations
Land Use
1. Retain and improve upon the residential quality of the community.
2. Encourage mixed use housing development with commercial uses on the first floor and
residential uses upstairs in selected commercial clusters.
3. Limit commercial expansion to eacisting commercial clusters.
4. Protect residential alleys ffom abutting commercial uses by limiting access to residential
alleys and through screening of parking lots.
5. Work to resolve parking problems in order to lessen tension caused by conflict between
residential, institutional and commercial uses.
6. The community believes that surface pazking lots are unattractive but that parking
requirements should not be relaYed until viable transit alternatives are in place.
Housing
7. Maintain and preserve the district's current housing stock.
8. Maintain the single family character of the district.
9. Aiversify housing to meet the needs of all income levels and lifestyles, such as empty
nesters.
10. Provide housing opportunities for the elderly and handicapped, and provide chore services
which will enable elderly and handicapped individuals to remain in their homes.
11. Monitor housing conditions and address deferred maintenance ofthe districYs aging
housing stock through providing incentives for home improvement activities.
12. Provide information to district residents on home rehabilitation opportunities, financing,
e�sting building codes, zoning ordinances, and assessment policies.
13. Promote and encourage energy conservation in housing and encourage remodelers to
recycle /re-use building materials.
Transportation
14. Promote a pedestrian-friendly environment.
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15. Slow vehicular traffic through implementation of traffic calming techniques.
16. Incorporate traffic calming techniques into street paving projects.
17. Support enforcement and education of speed laws, tra$'ic laws, bicycle laws and
pedestrian right-of-ways.
18. Encowage bicycle commuting.
19. Encourage increased ridership on public transit.
20. Support improved bus service on northlsouth streets.
21. Explore the feasibility of a trolley service on Grand Avenue.
22. Improve city maintenance of alley road beds.
23. Reduce the number of gazbage trucks in alleys.
24. Encourage city enforcement of alley right of way restrictions related to parked vehicles.
25. Support reduced speed around schoois and playgrounds.
26. L'unit right turns on red at intersections near elementary schools when school patrol is
present.
27. Support a well maintained transportation infrastructure.
PubZic Utilities
28. Use the Residential Street Vitality Program to encourage investment in private properties
and to encourage replacement of lead water services.
29. Maintain and enhance alleys, streets, sidewalks, curbs, gutters and lighting at acceptable
standards to ensure safe and effective public usage.
30. In order to enhance the residential character of the community, ornamental street lighting
should be preserved andfor installed.
31. Encourage the burial of above ground and aeriai utilities.
32. Improve safety in alleys by encouraging residents to install alley lighting.
33. Encourage coordination of private and public utility work cycles to minimize
neighborhood disruptions.
Urbttn Design
34. Develop design guidelines for residential and commercial development.
35. Encourage preservation and restoration ofhousing stock and commercial properties that
are compatible with the character of the neighborhood.
36. Encourage billboard and sign policies that are consistent with the predominantly
residential chazacter ofthe district.
37. Move toward replacing commercial bus shehers and benches with non-advertising fixtures.
38. Encourage gardening projects in alleys and on city boulevards.
39. Encourage landscaping of corner properties to ensure pedestrian and vehicular safety.
40. Encourage new and replacement construction which would be compatible with
neighborhood structures and setbacks.
41. $uffer housing from traffic and commercial parking.
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Encourage mixed use development with pazking in the rear or underground with limited
access from the street.
Develop landscape and beautification programs for high tra�'ic areas.
Enhance and beautify neighborhood shopping clusters.
Encourage mufed use development of two to three stories.
46. Preserve the feeling of open space along the Mississippi River. �
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48. Provide information and referral services to area residents.
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49. Encourage communication between residents and the community council.
50. Continue to operate KidsPark, the community counciPs drop-in child care center for pre-
schoolers.
51. Collaborate with Division of Parks, Community Education and atea colleges and
universities to provide recreation opportunities for area residents and families.
52. Expand recreational facilities through effective joint use agreements with the city and
institutions of higher education.
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Seazch for akernative approaches to meet our lack of adequate park land and playground
space.
Work to ensure that the equipment in district parks and play areas is not obsolete and
meets current safety standards.
Preserve the Mississippi River blufftop and Summit Avenue center islands as park land.
Support the development of additional bicycle paths.
Public Safety
57. Help residents organize around issues of concem and to support each other.
58. Support BLOCC (Block Leaders Organizing for Community Concerns) crime prevention
activities.
59. � Develop and distribute crime prevention materials.
60. Maintain regulaz contact with the Police Department.
61. Support city-wide crime prevention activities.
62. Support enforcement of traffic speed laws.
63. Support enforcement of laws prohibiting parking within thirty (30) feet of an intersection.
64, Work to extend pedestrian crossing times at traffic signals.
65. Support programs that promote pedestrian safety.
66. Support programs that promote bicycle safety.
67. Promote alley lighting as a crime deterrent.
Envzronment
68. Promote waste reduction, re-use and recycling.
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69. Promote efforts to abate noise and air pollution associated with the Minneapolis Saint Paul
Intemational Airport.
70. Support noise abatement associated with businesses, institutions and service providers that
trauel the area. Work to reduce uaffic noise.
71. Develop and promote programs to remove lead from water pipes and address other water
quality issues.
72. Work with the Grand Avenue Business Association and other commercial organizations to
reduce litter by providing trash and recycling containers in neighborhood commercial
clusters.
73. Reduce contaminants in rain water run-off to street storm sewers.
74. Promote responsible low input lawn and garden care on residentiai, commercial,
institutional and public property.
75. Promote tree planting and stump removal on public and private property.
76. Support Parks Department and Nlississippi River clean-up efforts.
77. Work to eradicate buckthorn and non-native invasive plants.
78. Work to reduce the use of products conta3ning hazardous waste and promote their safe
disposal.
79. Encourage the reduction of air to�ns.
80. Work to reduce the unsafe use or unsafe levels of to�c chemicals.
Economic Development
81. Explore options to resolve parking problems in order to lessen tension caused by conflict
between residential, commercial and institutional uses.
82. Support attractive and effective parking programs such as the Grand Snelling Business
Association municipal parking lot on Grand Avenue, just east of Snelling Avenue.
83. Support and work with area businesses on local events such as Crrand Old Day.
84. Encourage shopkeepers and business owners to keep their buildings attractive and their
property landscaped.
85. Explore opportunities for commercial fix-up programs.
86. Expand and diversify commercial uses in selected commercial clusters.
87. Help youth learn employment skills through participation in the 7ob Connection.
88. Encourage Saint Paul communication and technology upgrades and availability in order to
further develop the local economic base, while preserving the ea�isting character and
quality of the neighborhood_
Actions Requiring City Leadership
Public Works
1. Slow vehicular traffic through implementation of traffic calming techniques
2. Incorporate traffic calming techniques into street paving projects
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3. Improve city maintenance of alley road beds
4. Limit right tums on red at intersections near elementary schools when school patrol is
present
5. Maintain and enhance alleys, streets, sidewalks, curbs, gutters and lighting at acceptable
standards to ensure safe and effective public usage
6. Eactend pedestrian crossing times at signals if warranted
7. Coordinate private and public utility work cycies to min;m've community disruptions
(Public Works, District Council)
8. Coordinate the upgrade and relocation of cunent utilities below ground
9. Encourage city enforcement of aliey right-of-way restrictions related to parked vehicles
(Public Works, Police)
Planning and Economic Development
10. Develop design guidelines for residential and commercial development (District
Council, PED, Design Center)
11. Buffer housing from traffic and commercial parking (PED, LIEP, District Council)
12. Explore the feasibility of a trolley service on Grand Avenue (PED, District Council)
13. Explore options to resolve parking problems in order to lessen tensions between
residential, commercial and institutional uses (PED, District Council)
14. Protect residential alleys from abutting commercial uses by limiting their access to
residential alleys and through screening of parking lots to the extent possible (LIEP,
PED)
I5. Encourage billboard and sign policies that are consonant with the predominantly
residential chazacter of the district (PED, District Council)
Parks ¢nd Recreation
16. Preserve the Mississippi River Boulevard blufftop and Summit Avenue center islands as
park land
17. Expand recreational faciliries through effective joint use agreements with the city and
institutions of higher education (Pazks and Recreation, District Council)
Police Dep¢rtment
18. Develop and distribute crime prevention materials (Police, District Council)
19. Strengthen the enforcement of traffic speed laws
Actions Bequiring Leadership bv Communitv Grou�s
20. Encourage residents to install alley lighting as a crime detenent (District Council)
Zl. Reduce the number of garbage trucks in alleys—form associations to reduce the number of
waste disposal companies (District Council)
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22. Replace comznercial bus shelters and benches with non-advertising fiaK.ures
23. Conduct periodic assessment of human needs (District Council)
24. Provide information and referral services to area residents (District Council)
25. Improve communication beriveen residents and the community councIl (District Council)
26. Continue to operate KidsPazk, the community council's drop-in child care center for pre-
schoolers (Aistrict Council)
27. Work with the Grand Avenue Business Association and other commercial organizations to
reduce litter by providing trash and recycling containers in community commercial clusters
(District Council)
28. Support and work with area businesses on local events such as Grand Old Day (District
Council)
29. Help youth leam employment skills through participation in the 7ob Connection program
(District Council)
30. Support Pazks and Recreation Department and Mississippi River clean-up efforts
31. Promote tree planting and stump removal on public and private properties
32. Promote responsibie 1ow-input lawn and gazden care on residential, commercial,
instiYutional and public properties .
33. Explore opporlunities for commercial fix-up programs (District Council)
Planning Commission �tindings
The Planning Commission finds that The Macalester-Grovelancl Commurzity Plan is consistent
with the Saint Paul Comprehensive Plan and other adopted City Policies.
Planning Process
The Macalester-Cttoveland Community Council began the process of evaluating and modifying its
Long Range Plan in 7une, 1998. Over the next 22 months, members of the Long Range Planning
committee worked with area residents, business leaders, a developer, and other community
council committees to develop a draft revised plan. The draft plan was adopted in March, 2000
pending community comments and review by city staff The draft plan was introduced to the
community at the MGCC 2000 Annual Meeting. The new plan was included on MGCC's website
(www.macgrove.org) and dozens of comments were received.
In 7anuary and February of 2001, the Long Range Planning Committee worked with PED staffto
further review the draft plan. The revised draft plan was brought back to the Community
Council's Boazd of Directors which unanimously approved it on March 8, 2001.
Note: The recommendations and actions in this summary are not arranged in order of priority.
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