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<br />(cont.)  The most up-to-date plan sets are attached for your information. <br />Comments for inclusion in the Planning Commission report will be <br />accepted up to Feb 13th. <br /> <br />New Brighton <br />Elementary <br />Updates: <br /> At the January 22nd Council meeting, City Manager Lotter reviewed with <br />the public the extensive process the City used to draft the new <br />comprehensive plan (timeline attached). <br /> Approval of the conditional rezoning by the City Council on January 22nd <br />also included approval of term sheets with the developers. <br /> The term sheets provide the developers with legal access to the site to <br />complete surveying and other activities necessary to put an application <br />together. Additionally, the term sheets spell out a minimum level of <br />investment they agree to make as part of future improvements: <br />Affordable senior ($50M), Affordable Family ($40M), and Townhomes <br />($7.8M). All told, the MINIMUM investment in this roughly 12 acre site will <br />be nearly $100M. <br /> City acquisition of 581 Old Highway 8 should be completed within the very <br />near future (possibly complete by the time of the EDC meeting). <br /> The City’s email distribution list to keep interested residents up-to-speed <br />with on-going New Brighton Elementary happenings has been very <br />successful. As of 1/25/19, there were 34 households or business owners <br />on the list. Most have not provided direct feedback by email, but of those <br />who have, six (6) people on the list sent emails in support of the <br />development (mainly interested in either affordable units or senior units), <br />and four (4) people sent emails opposed to the development (mainly <br />concerned about traffic, crime, impact to the neighborhood, etc). If the <br />commission would like to receive these updates, please let staff know. <br /> The City is currently pursuing grant dollars to cover the demolition of the <br />school building. Awards for the grant are expected to be announced in <br />April. <br /> Information on the new TIF district will be shared with the EDC as it <br />becomes available in the future. <br /> <br /> <br /> <br />________________________ <br />Ben Gozola, AICP <br />Assistant Director of Community Assets and Development