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CITY OF MEMORANDUM
CHANHASSEN TO: Mayor & City Council
7700 Market Boulevard FROM: Todd Gerhardt, City Manager
PO Box 147 0 C� '
Chanhassen, MN 55317 DATE: September 24, 2012 U
SUBJ: Thrive MSP 2040 —One Vision, One Metro Region
Administration
Phone: 952.2271100
Fax: 952.2271110 Thrive MSP 2040 is the Metropolitan Council's regional long -range planning
Building Inspections effort. This planning effort occurs every 5 -6 years to provide an update on the
Phone: 952.2271180 vision for the Twin Cities for the next 30 years.
Fax: 952.2271190
The goals of Thrive MSP are:
Engineering
Phone: 952.2271160 • ' Maximize opportunities for growth and prosperity in the coming
Fax: 952.2271170
decades.
Finance • Create a regional vision that benefits everyone (businesses, residents,
Phone: 952.2271140 community leaders, etc.).
Fax: 952.2271110 • Define and achieve goals that may be too big for one community, but
possible to accomplish as a region.
Park & Recreation
Phone: 952.2271120
Fax: 952.2271110 The Metropolitan Council has scheduled several listening sessions for input
from community leaders, city staff, etc., to develop the vision and priorities for
Recreation Center the seven - county metropolitan area. One session
2310 Coulter Boulevard is scheduled for Thursday,
Phone: 952.2271400 September 25, 2012 from 5 -7 pm at the Chanhassen Library. Idea categories for
Fax: 952.2271404 the region are:
Planning &
Natural Resources • Transit (bus /rail), neighborhoods, general transportation, housing, roads,
Phone: 952.2271130 water supply, biking, regional economy, etc.
Fax: 952.2271110
PROPOSED CHANHASSEN IDEAS
Public Works
7901 Park Place • Higher priority for roadway projects:
Phone: 952.2271300
Fax: 952.2271310 - Highway 101
- 41 River Crossing
Senior Center - Expansion of Highway 212 to the South Dakota border
Phone: 952.2271125
Fax: 952.2271110 • Cost of infrastructure:
Web Site - Cost of obtaining right -of -way
www.ci.chanhassen.mn.us - Cost of maintaining new and existing utility services and roads
- Ever - increasing SAC charges
Chanhassen is a Community for Life - Providing for Today and Planning for Tomorrow
Mayor & City Council
September 24, 2012
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• Competing goals for housing density:
- Density calculations do not account for natural features
- Street right -of -way is part of the density calculation
The city council is welcome to attend the listening session to share their
thoughts and ideas about the program. Additional information and updates are
available at www.metrocouncil .org/thrivemsp /index.htm.
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