John Kelley,Planner II, City of Duluth, will be heading this process.  SAP Outline

218-730-5326
www.duluthmn.gov
jkelley@duluthmn.gov

PARK POINT SMALL AREA PLAN PURPOSE OF THE PLAN:

1. The Comprehensive Plan,adopted in June of 2006, recognized that there were areas of the City where uncertainty about market conditions, ownership patterns or infrastructural capacity was particularly high, and that those areas would require additional study to guide possible modifications to the future land use map. Although Park Point was not included in the Comprehensive Land Use Plan as a future study area, there has been strong interest by residents and City Officials to complete a Small Area Plan.

2. Recent planning and development activity on Park Point, including the Cities implementation of the Comprehensive Land Use Plan, commercial development including two hotel approvals, public access issues and infrastructure (water and sewer) capacity concerns, has raised a number of questions regarding changes to existing land use patterns and the character of the Park Point neighborhood. Therefore, it is necessary for the City to study the area in greater detail to develop and implement a long term plan that will maintain but also enhance the neighborhood character for residents and visitors of Park Point.

Bring your questions to the PPCC meetings. Continue to contact Frank Jewell  re. your concerns on this ongoing process.

The City Council and the Port Authority have approved the sale of the three parcels discussed at the public meeting.

The Minnesota Legislature must also approve the sale; timeframe is in the spring.

Parcels have been appraised but the values are not available at this time. The process for determining how the land will be offered to interested neighbors is still in the development stage.

Land Sale Q & A- click link below:

TaxForfeitCountyLandSaleQAJan.2013

Hi Neighbors!

Dig out your “working but not needed by you anymore “lights for our lighting exchange that will start at 6pm at LaFayette. Pass these lights on to a neighbor to help us light up our community as the days get shorter.  Our social time will start about 6:30 with the unveiling of the newly named Park Point beer. The regular meeting of the Community Club will start at 7pm-agenda is attached.

PPCC agenda 11.15.2012

See you Thursday night!

Dawn

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Thank you to our neighbors Carolyn  & Fred  for submitting these photos.

This will be an exciting evening! Our own Park Point beer will be named and sampled. Also:

We will have a holiday light exchange. Bring your holiday lights and decorations that still work but you are not using and trade them or give them to a neighbor. We want to bring some cheer to the season with some neighborhood lights.

Marcia Hales will give a demo on making ice luminaries.

See you on the 15th at 6:30pm!

Dawn

Duluth Airport Authority Sky Harbor Airport – Duluth, MN-Obstruction Removal and Environmental Review Process

Project Update October 2012

Sky Harbor Airport Photos

Hi Neighbors,

Nice to see so many of you at our meeting last week. Our  guests listed below presented info on the airport project:

• Tom Werner, Director of Operations/Interim Exec. Director of the Duluth Airport Authority
• Kaci Nowicki, Airport Planner, SEH Engineering, knowicki@sehinc.com
• Allyz Kramer, Senior Biologist, Project Manager, SEH Engineering, akramer@sehinc.com
• Brian Madsen, Sky Harbor Airport Manager

Ms. Allyz Kramer is based in Duluth and would be happy to answer any questions about this ongoing project. Also,  stop in at Sky Harbor to visit with Brian the airport manager.

Thanks also to Park Pointer, Bob Pokorney, who spoke about starting a volunteer lifeguard & rescue crew at the S curve beach. There would also be a “beach health” component to this crew, ie education about trash pickup, riptides, etc. Please let me know if you’d like to get involved with this group.

See you at the beet potluck on Wednesday night!

Dawn

This month’s fun, PPCC activity is to name a batch of beer  that is currently brewing just for Park Pointers. We are having a naming contest for the beer which will be ready by next month’s meeting date, Nov. 15.

Please send your suggestions for this very special beer to my PPCC email address- parkpointcc@gmail.com.

Entries will be collected for 2 weeks. Enter as many names as you’d like. PPCC members will then vote to select the name. Art work will then be selected and a label made for the batch.

We announced the contest at the meeting last night and the entries are already “flowing in.”

Thank you to the Thirsty Pagan in Superior for their brewing expertise.

See you around, Dawn

Hi Neighbors,

Hope to see you on Thursday at 6:30 pm for social time before the 7pm meeting.

Ted B. will be making his favorite oatmeal choc-oat chip cookies. See you then! Dawn

Meeting Agenda

Head of the Charles Regatta Follow our Park Point Competitors

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