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Research local eminent domain processes that improve infrastructure projects and yet protects land owners and tax payer interests; conduct a policy analysis on how Eminent Domain Statutory changes have impacted local highway projects focusing on cost increases and settlement rates resulting from the 2008 statutory changes.
Conduct a cost of community services study for the County's three broad land use categories guided in the 2040 Comprehensive Plan: Agricultural Preservation (1/40 density), Rural Residential (1/2.5 density), and Rural Commercial/Industrial.
Research how connected and autonomous vehicles (CAV) will reshape urban design, land use, and transportation in rural and suburban communities. How are plans being made to anticipate these changes? How should large entertainment destinations/venues and freight land use clusters plan and design?
Provide information and analysis that can inform planning for future household waste management. Projections of future demand for hazardous household waste facilities, demographic research to pinpoint populations or geographic areas not utilizing the service, recommendations for both outreach and future growth.
Explore best models and approaches to creating a community land trust (CLT) in Scott county; gauge demand for land-trust properties; research best practices for optimizing affordability; assess benefits of CLT programs for families and homeowners; research public-private implementation models and potential funding sources; generate marketing ideas for a CLT program in Scott County.
Project Goal: Investigate if the City of Edina’s 2030 population density targets are adequate to meet its transportation goals, analyze how this density target aligns with the City’s current comprehensive plan, and recommend site-specific and general strategies for increasing density to meet the target goal
Research transit‐oriented zoning district models in comparable suburban contexts, and recommend guidelines for the city’s financial and policy role in future redevelopment projects at the major station areas in Minnetonka along the proposed Southwest Light-Rail Transit line.
Evaluate the city's existing transportation demand management ordinance and review TDM ordinances and best practices in comparable suburban communities nationwide to inform an update and expansion of TDM requirements in the city.
Review Minnetonka's existing minimum parking regulations, and explore innovative parking management strategies and best practices to inform an update to the city’s parking ordinance.
Assess the feasibility of creating and supporting formal neighborhood associations in Minnetonka by surveying existing formal and informal neighborhood organizations in the community and researching local and national models for facilitating the creation of neighborhood associations.