The ARTery MemoPlanning & Economic
Development
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TO: Honorable Mayor an Hopkins City Council Members
FROM: Kersten Elverum, Dir r o, lanning & Development
DATE: August 6, 2014
SUBJECT: The Artery
A work session discussion of the plans for the Artery is scheduled for August 13, 2014.
City staff, as well as representatives from Bolton & Menk, will present the latest draft
plans for the Artery — the connection of Mainstreet to the Downtown Hopkins LRT
station via 8th Avenue. The concept plans are still preliminary but at a point where
additional City Council and community feedback is desired.
Staff will share the assumptions that have guided the concept plans, the funding that
has been identified to date, and discuss in more detail the outstanding issues that still
need to be addressed.
Following the Council work session on August 13, staff will incorporate the City
Council's comments and begin community engagement on the current draft plans for
the Artery. This will include meeting one-on-one with affected property owners, as well
as a community meeting on September 2, 2014, from 5-7 at the Hopkins Center for the
Arts.