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

• 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

Why Do Comprehensive Planning?

• 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 Chapters

▪ Land Use ▪ Downtown ▪ Housing ▪ Parks and Trails ▪ Transportation ▪ Water ▪ Solid Waste ▪ Implementation

New - Interconnected Elements

▪ Land Use ▪ Transportation ▪ Housing ▪ Quality of Life ▪ Sense of Community ▪ Sustainability and Natural Resources ▪ Parks and Trails ▪ 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

Built Environment

▪ Land Use ▪ Transportation ▪ Housing

Economic Environment

▪ Economic Competitiveness ▪ Downtown Hopkins

Natural Environment

▪ Sustainability and Natural Resources ▪ Parks and Trails

Social Environment

▪ Quality of Life ▪ Sense of Community

How Do We Get There?

Built Environment

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

Built Environment: Major Issues

1

Strengthening nodes and neighborhoods

2

Maximizing value of transit investment

3

Balanced multimodalism

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streets

4

Addressing challenges of affordability

5

Arts, culture, and unique places

Social Environment

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

Social Environment: Major Issues

1

Addressing race equity issues

2

Building an inclusive and connected community

3

Supporting healthy neighborhoods and people

4

Adapting services to changing needs 5

Proactive community-

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approach to public safety and preparedness

Natural Environment

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

Natural Environment: Major Issues

1

Practice environmental responsibility

2

Promoting use

• f renewable

energy

3

Planning for climate change resiliency

4

Expanding sustainable building and site practices

5

Protecting and restoring natural areas

Economic Environment

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

Economic Environment: Major Issues 1

Downtown as central social district

2

Promoting resilient and equitable economy

3

Placemaking as economic development

4

Transitioning some low job density areas

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