1. City of Beaver Bay Comprehensive Plan Public Review Meeting
Justin Otsea, Senior Planner
Beaver Bay Community Center
March 30, 2017

2. Arrowhead regional development commission (ardc)
One of 11 regional development organizations in MN
Provide technical assistance to community development, land use, transportation, housing, etc.
Serve communities in Aitkin, Carlton, Itasca, St. Louis, Lake, and Cook Counties

3. Agenda Welcome & Introductions Comprehensive Planning Overview
Review of Recommendations and Plan Contents
Comments, Questions, & Answers

4. Comprehensive Planning Overview What is comprehensive planning?
Long term vision for a community along with a plan of action that will help the community satisfy the vision
Addresses current and future issues and opportunities
Allows for public participation in the planning process
Ensures that growth makes the community better, not just bigger
Where we are today
Where we want to be
How we got there
A comprehensive plan/community plan sets a long term vision for a community as well as a plan of action for that vision
Addresses current and future issues. Presents opportunities to resolve those issues
Allows public participation
Ensures growth to make the community more livable.

5. Comprehensive planning overview Components of a comprehensive plan:
Land Use
Public Utilities and Facilities
Economic Development
Housing
Transportation
Parks and Recreation
Intergovernmental Cooperation
Demographic Analysis
Resource Assessment
Implementation Strategies
Official Map
Zoning Map

6. Comprehensive planning overview
Task 1: Public Visioning Session
Meet with the Planning Committee to review the comprehensive planning process, learn about concerns, and plan the visioning meeting/input methods (Meeting #1)
Facilitate and document the Public Visioning Session (Meeting #2)
Task 2: Recommendation Development
Step A: Background document
Planning Committee review of Visioning Session summary, review all previous planning processes, background summary and demographics (Meeting #3)
Step B: Issue Identification
Planning Committee review/discussion of issues (Meeting #3)
Step C: Recommendation Development
Develop suggested recommendations with Planning Committee (Meeting #3)
Facilitate and document public meeting to review recommendations (Meeting #4)
Review public comments with Planning Committee; make any necessary changes based on public input (Meeting #5)
Step D: Plan Publication and Implementation Checklist Development
ARDC will assemble Comprehensive Plan document along with implementation checklist and make available for public review/input
Final Planning Committee review before adoption (Meeting #6)

7. Vision statement
In the future, the City of Beaver Bay is a safe, walkable, historically rich, inviting community focused on providing a healthy living environment with many recreational opportunities for its visitors and residents alike while providing affordable housing for families to live and work in the city.

8. Link to story map
Link to Story Map

9. Dark Sky-Information
What is Light Pollution? Light pollution is excessive or inappropriate outdoor lighting. Common forms of light pollution include:
Glare – excessive brightness that causes visual discomfort
Sky glow – brightening of the night sky over inhabited areas
Light trespass – light falling where it is not intended or needed
Clutter – bright, confusing and excessive groupings of light sources
Less than 100 years ago, everyone could look up at a spectacular starry night sky. Now, millions of children across the globe will never experience the Milky Way where they live.
No area East of the Mississippi River currently untouched by some form of Light Pollution
Still a natural resource in northern Minnesota, which (if protected) can benefit communities in the long term.

10. Dark Sky-Information
Energy Waste: Wasted outdoor lightings (shining upward) is estimated at 17,400 gigawatt-hours a year. At an average of $0.10 cost, wasted energy is a $1.74 billion problem.
City of Calgary recently switched to shielded lighting to save money on streetlight consumption.
Cost savings of approximately $1.7 million a year via less consumption
Harmful to Wildlife: Disrupts foraging, mating and migratory behaviors of nocturnal wildlife. (i.e. bats, raccoons, deer, moose)
100 million migrating birds die in collisions with illuminated buildings a year.
Additionally can cause birds off course, leading to exhaustion or not reaching destination.

11. Solutions
Shielded Light Fixtures-Directing the light where it needs to go and not
Energy Saving Features:
Less wattage
Timers
Dimmers
Motion Sensors
Height Restrictions on residential light fixtures

12. Perry Wisconsin (population of 670)

13. Perry, Wisconsin

14. Flashin Speed Sign

15. RRFP

17. Tactical Urbanism Example Slides
Santa Monica ‘NEXT” group

18. Questions?

19. Next steps
Document comments and make any revisions stemming from tonight’s meeting
Provide committee members with revisions and summary of public review meeting
Finalize plan document
Print and supply City with hard copies and digital files of documents relation to the planning process upon adoption

20. Contact information
Justin otsea
Senior Planner
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