Presentation to Redwood Falls City Council, 7 June 2011

1. Active Living in Action Tools for Making the Active Choice the Easy Choice Photo: Redwood Gazette 2010

3. Connect communities with RDC planners

4. Review existing community planning documents

6. City Comprehensive Plan (1997)

7. City Zoning Ordinances (codified)

8. Jackson Co All Hazard Mitigation Plan (2008)

9. Jackson Co Comprehensive Plan (2010)

10. City of Redwood Falls

11. City Comprehensive Plan (1995)

12. City Zoning Ordinance (codified)

13. Redwood Co All Hazard Mitigation Plan (2005, update in progress)

15. Walking & Biking easier in traditional grid

16. Short blocks

17. Sidewalks & alleys

18. >4.0 dwelling units/acre

19. Eyes on the street

21. …. into this?

23. Variety of destinations downtown encourages Activity

26. Compact development improves accessibility, preserves farmland, protects the environment

27. e.g. Linking water/sewer infrastructure to new dev.R. Arendt, Rural By Design

29. Accessibility = Choices for walking, biking, transit AND drivinghttp://www.dot.state.mn.us/bike/ www.bikepedimages.org | Dan Burden

31. “Complete Streets means that our streets are planned to be safe and accessible for pedestrians, transit riders, bicyclists, and drivers—all users, regardless of age or ability.”

32. NOT “all modes on all roads”

33. Design for 8 and 80—communities for a lifetime

34. MnDOT state-wide policy (2010)

35. Local policies in Pipestone, Albert Lea

38. store-fronts close to street, destination usesbalance on-street parking with bike lanes

39. Transit-Oriented Design

40. short blocks, destination transit servicehttp://www.flickr.com/photos/completestreets/

44. curb extensions, brick/cobblestone street surface, narrower traffic lanes, traffic circlesBefore After MnDOT: TH 13 and Scott County Rd 2 http://www.flickr.com/photos/completestreets/

46. SRTS is a sustained effort by parents, schools, community leaders and government to improve the health and well-being of children by enabling and encouraging them to walk and bicycle to school. Education Encouragement Enforcement Engineering Evaluation

48. Conservation of natural areas & floodplains

50. Parks & Trails w/in 400m of new development

51. Greenways

52. Tree plans

54. Affordable housing for all life stages

55. Local food options

56. Community Policing Through Environmental Design

57. Redevelopment plans should also remediate potential environmental issues

58. E.g. lead paint abatement, abandoned tanksMPCA MDA

60. Clean water & sewage treatment

61. Wellhead protection

62. Soil erosion

63. Public educationRedwood Soil & Water Conservation District

65. Design for Health: http://www.designforhealth.net

66. MDH Physical Activity page for Communities: http://www.health.state.mn.us/cdrr/physicalactivity/communities/communities.html

67. MnDOT Complete Streets: http://www.dot.state.mn.us/planning/completestreets/index.html

68. MnDOT Safe Routes to School Program: http://www.dot.state.mn.us/saferoutes/

69. National Safe Routes to School Partnership website: http://www.saferoutespartnership.org

70. Rural Health Research Center at University of Minnesota http://www.sph.umn.edu/hpm/rhrc/

71. Rural Health Research Center at University of Southern Maine: http://muskie.usm.maine.edu/ihp/ruralheal/

72. Southwest Regional Development Commission: http://www.swrdc.orgJohn C. Shepard, AICP; Development Planner 507-836-1633