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Hopkins Business and Civic Association Cultivate Hopkins 2040 Comprehensive Plan June 12, 2018

Why Do Comprehensive Planning? • Minnesota Statue 473 – The Metropolitan Land Planning Act  Created Metropolitan Council and requirement for local Comprehensive Plans  Orderly and economic development with the 7 county metropolitan area  Operational responsibility for regional systems • Local plan build upon regional vision  Conformance to regional systems  Consistent with regional policies  Compatible with adjacent and affected communities • Local goals and objectives

• Land Use • Transportation • Water Resources • Parks & trails • Housing • Resilience • Economic Competiveness • Implementation

The Comprehensive Plan should ask: 1. Who are we? 2. Where are we going? 3. Where do we want to go? 4. How do we get there? 5. Are we there yet? • Data and what it says about Hopkins • Public engagement • Why do you live/have your business/work in Hopkins? • When guests come to visit, where do you take them? Where do you avoid?

Who Are We?  97% of respondents rated quality of life in Hopkins as “excellent” or “good”  Strong connection to Hometown feel and individual neighborhoods  Steady population, household and job growth since 1990  Becoming more diverse  Age diversity - increases in both residents under 20 & 45-64 years old  There are more married and unmarried families with kids  Becoming more educated but still lags behind Metro Area averages  Both Median Income & Poverty on the rise  High median monthly rent but lower median owner cost  Housing + Transportation = Affordability  Declining share of people driving alone. 14% - No Car & 44% - Only 1 Car

Where Are We Going?

Where Are We Going?

Where Do We Want to Go? Home Town Feel ▪ Economic competitiveness ▪ Public facilities and services Urban Design ▪ Linking land use and transportation ▪ Practice environmental responsibility Take It To Them ▪ Equity and race ▪ Community engagement

City of Hopkins 2040 Comprehensive Plan Framework

• Complete Communities : Places where daily needs are accessible and convenient to where people live. • Resilience : Ability to respond to changing conditions while maintaining integrity and purpose. • Sustainability : Meeting current needs without compromising the ability of future generations to meet theirs.

Comprehensive Plan Approach Existing – Standalone New - Interconnected Chapters Elements ▪ Land Use ▪ Land Use ▪ Transportation ▪ Downtown ▪ Housing ▪ Housing ▪ Quality of Life ▪ Parks and Trails ▪ Sense of Community ▪ Transportation ▪ Sustainability and ▪ Water Natural Resources ▪ Solid Waste ▪ Parks and Trails ▪ Implementation ▪ Economic Competitiveness ▪ Downtown ▪ Implementation

▪ Community surveys ▪ General ▪ Race and equity ▪ Social media ▪ Ideas Map ▪ “Take it To Them” meetings ▪ Advisory committee meetings

Advisory Committee Schedule Completed ✓ July 27, 2017 – Kick-Off ✓ Sept 13 – Built Environment ✓ Nov 8 – Natural Environment ✓ Jan 10, 2018 – Economic Environment ✓ Feb 7 – Social Environment ✓ March 20 – Joint Meeting with City Council and Planning & Zoning Commission ✓ April 11 – Implementation – Built and Natural Environment ✓ May 9 – Implementation – Social and Economic Environment ✓ June 2 – Open House at Artery Grand Opening Event Coming Up ▪ July 24 – Public Hearing before Planning & Zoning Commission ▪ August 21 – City Council Action (tentative) ▪ September to February 2019 – Six month adjacent jurisdiction review ▪ First Quarter 2019 – Metropolitan Council final submittal

How Do We Get There? Built Environment Natural Environment ▪ ▪ Land Use Sustainability and Natural Resources ▪ Transportation ▪ Parks and Trails ▪ Housing Economic Environment Social Environment ▪ ▪ Economic Competitiveness Quality of Life ▪ ▪ Downtown Hopkins Sense of Community

Built Environment All human-made elements of the space where people live, work, and play.

Built Environment: Major Issues 2 4 Maximizing 1 value of transit Addressing investment 3 challenges of Strengthening affordability nodes and Balanced 5 neighborhoods multimodalism on complete Arts, culture, streets and unique places

Social Environment Public services and facilities, education, public health, community connections, equity, culture.

Social Environment: Major Issues 2 4 Building an 1 inclusive and Adapting connected 3 services to Addressing changing needs 5 community race equity Supporting issues healthy neighborhoods Proactive community- and people oriented approach to public safety and preparedness

Natural Environment Natural systems and resources, including land, water, air, habitat, and ecology.

Natural Environment: Major Issues 2 4 Promoting use 1 of renewable Expanding energy 3 sustainable Practice building and environmental Planning for 5 site practices responsibility climate change resiliency Protecting and restoring natural areas

Economic Environment Economy, businesses, employment, jobs, income/poverty, affordability.

Economic Environment: Major Issues 2 4 Promoting 1 resilient and Transitioning equitable 3 some low job Downtown as economy density areas central social Placemaking as district economic development

Are We There Yet?  Plan Implementation  Establish Benchmarks  Measure Progress  Review Plan  Accountability

Questions? Learn More at CultivateHopkins.com Jason Lindahl, AICP City Planner jlindahl@HopkinsMN.com 952-548-6342