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New Brighton Comprehensive Plan Background Memorandum <br />2 June 2017 <br />Page 2 <br /> <br />3. Vision and Guiding Principles: Using the information and input from the community engagement <br />process, we have outlined recommended revisions and updates to the Vision and Guiding Principles <br />document. Attached to this memorandum is a DRAFT copy of the suggested revisions to the Vision <br />and Guiding Principles, with red lines and strike-through edits. <br /> <br />4. Key concepts and ideas: The next step in the process is to explore how input from the community, <br />along with a physical evaluation of various areas of New Brighton, translates into key concepts and <br />ideas for consideration. These concepts and ideas, once vetted through the City’s commissions, and <br />the community engagement process, will ultimately inform the content of the updated <br />comprehensive plan. The following is a working summary of key NEW concepts and ideas that <br />represent changes to the current comprehensive plan: <br /> <br />a. Land Use (see attached land use change exhibit): <br /> <br />i. Old Highway 8 Corridor: Changes in land use are explored generally south of 7th <br />Street and extending south to County Road D/19, or the southern gateway into New <br />Brighton. Opportunities include exploring various redevelopment sites that may <br />accommodate higher density housing and additional neighborhood or service- <br />oriented commercial uses. Increasing the quantity of housing units in this area <br />would provide additional support, from a market perspective, for desired retail uses <br />in New Brighton. There is the potential to redevelop various aging and underutilized <br />commercial spaces along the corridor into residential land uses, including <br />exploration of the potential redevelopment of the Korean Church parcel (along with <br />the adjacent City parcel, to the south and east). The planning team has also <br />explored redevelopment potential around the existing public works facility. <br />Concepts being explored include a partial reconfiguration or a complete relocation <br />of Public Works in order to explore stronger redevelopment potential in this area. <br /> <br />ii. Key nodes along Silver Lake Road: The public made a variety of comments regarding <br />the various commercial nodes along Silver Lake Road. Many of these nodes provide <br />neighborhood and community-oriented commercial services and are important to <br />the quality of life in the community. In order to support continued investment and <br />revitalization of these nodes, a land use designation that promotes a ‘mixed use’ <br />village center or activity center could be explored. The intent of such a designation <br />would enable a greater variety of uses to be proposed in each node, essentially <br />entitling infill and housing development within the existing nodes. A key part of this <br />strategy would include establishing a desired design character and key building and <br />use orientations within each type of mixed use node. We will discuss design <br />principles and implementation strategies as part of this idea at the meeting on <br />Tuesday. <br /> <br />iii. Development projections and estimates: New Brighton is projected to add 1,100 to <br />1,200 new housing units and approximately 3,000 new jobs by 2040. We are <br />currently exploring the capacity for new development that the different <br />redevelopment concepts and land use considerations provide. The intent is to <br />outline a land use strategy and approach that can accommodate the growth