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EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
City Council Regular Meeting August 1, 2022
AGENDA ITEM: Accept Zoning Code Update Proposal &
Authorize Staff to Enter into a Contract for
Professional Services with HKGi
AGENDA SECTION:
Consent
PREPARED BY: Adam Kienberger, Community Development
Director AGENDA NO. 6.g.
ATTACHMENTS: HKGi Proposal for Professional Services;
Dakota County Resolution Authorizing CDBG Funds APPROVED BY: LJM
RECOMMENDED ACTION: Motion to Accept Zoning Code Update Proposal and
Authorize Staff to Enter into Contract for Professional Services with HKGi.
BACKGROUND
In November of 2021 staff discussed with the Port Authority a plan to allocate a portion of the city’s
federal Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) dollars for a zoning code analysis and update.
This update will identify inconsistencies, outdated terms, and additional provisions that will lead to a
more development-friendly zoning code.
The Dakota County Board approved Rosemount’s request to allocate $60,000 of CDBG funds to this
activity at their meeting on May 3, 2022. The resolution approving this request is attached.
Staff solicited proposals outlining a scope of work for this activity and received a total of four qualified
and highly competitive proposals. Upon review and ranking, staff is recommending entering into a
contract with HKGi at a not-to-exceed amount of $60,000.
Work is planned to begin mid-August with completion in February 2023. Highlights of proposal include
substantial analysis and comparison to the city’s 2040 Comprehensive Plan, draft ordinance revisions, a
joint work session of the Planning Commission and City Council, public hearing and final revisions
leading to a recommendation for adoption by City Council.
RECOMMENDATION
Staff recommends the City Council authorize staff to enter in to a professional services agreement with
HKGi based on the attached proposal for a zoning code update not to exceed $60,000.
PROPOSAL AND QUALIFICATIONS FOR PLANNING SERVICESZONING CODE UPDATEROSEMOUNT, MINNESOTA
Prepared by HKGi
July 15, 2022
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CONTENTS
01 PROJECT UNDERSTANDING 2
02 APPROACH 3
03 PROJECT TEAM 6
04 EXPERIENCE AND
REFERENCES 11
05 SCHEDULE 23
06 COST ESTIMATE 24
1 Cover Letter
July 15, 2022
Adam Kienberger, Community Development Director
City of Rosemount
2875 145th Street
Rosemount, Minnesota 55044
Re: HKGi Proposal for Zoning Code Update
Dear Adam and Members of the Review Committee:
For the past forty years HKGi has built a planning and landscape architecture practice by emphasizing
outstanding client service and a process that engages clients in creative problem-solving to help communities
achieve their development objectives. The technical expertise and experience that HKGi’s planners and
designers bring to the process has also been a key ingredient in the firm’s ability to develop customized
planning and design solutions that generate positive results for HKGi’s client communities. The ability to
bring both breadth and depth of knowledge and technical expertise is particularly important for zoning
ordinance revisions because of the way in which they translate general planning direction into detail-oriented,
enforceable standards.
Throughout its history HKGi has assisted dozens of communities in translating comprehensive plan direction
into revised zoning ordinances and regulatory tools. As illustrated in the resume and experience sections
of this proposal, the planners assigned to this project have conducted complete zoning ordinance rewrites
as well as more focused ordinance revisions that bring the client’s ordinances into alignment with their
comprehensive plans. Our zoning ordinance work has also addressed a broad range of issues including
consolidating and eliminating redundancies and inconsistencies between regulations; establishing new mixed
use or special use districts; facilitating the development of new housing types; and restructuring to achieve
more streamlined and user-friendly zoning and subdivision codes.
Our team members are also experienced in the review of development applications as part of our on-
call planning services, meaning we know how zoning ordinances can impact and shape a community’s
development. We will leverage this experience to create effective ordinance revisions that will help the City
of Rosemount achieve the planned growth and desired development character objectives contained in its
comprehensive plan.
For this project I will serve as HKGi’s Project Manager and will provide leadership throughout the planning
process. Brad Scheib will provide quality control as the project Principal. Beth Richmond, a certified planner
who works with zoning ordinances and development applications on a daily basis, and Natalie Brown will
provide planning expertise and GIS support. More details about our team’s qualifications can be found
beginning on page 6.
If you have any questions about our proposal or would like to discuss this project in more detail, please
contact Jeff at 612.720.8311 or at jeff.miller@hkgi.com. We appreciate the opportunity to be considered
for this project, and we would welcome the opportunity to talk with you more about the project and our
approach to it. We enjoyed working with you and Tony on the Farmington code update project. We believe
that HKGi’s prior working relationship with you and the lessons learned from that project will be an asset for
Rosemount’s zoning code update.
Sincerely,
Jeff Miller, Project Manager Brad Scheib, Vice President
612.720.8311 | jeff.miller@hkgi.com 612.252.7122 | brad@hkgi.com
Planning
Landscape Architecture
Urban Design
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PROJECT UNDERSTANDING
Project Understanding
It is our understanding that the City of Rosemount
is undertaking the Zoning Code Update in order
to bring the code into alignment with the City’s
2040 Comprehensive Plan, adopted in March 2020.
While the City has completed some amendments
to the code on a case-by-case basis, the City has
decided that a more comprehensive review of
the Zoning and Subdivision Codes makes sense
to ensure alignment between the codes and the
Comprehensive Plan. The City is continuing to
experience steady population growth and is in need
of modern, consistent, and user-friendly codes to
achieve planned growth and desired development
patterns. The City has identified in the RFP some
priority update needs that include, but are not
limited to, the following:
»Review the existing zoning districts and the uses
within each, including consolidation of zoning
districts where appropriate to eliminate overlap
and conflicting regulations.
»Review all zoning definitions and uses. Revise, add
or remove definitions/uses as needed and make
corresponding changes within zoning districts.
»Review performance standards for Downtown
and Business Park districts.
»Review the need for the creation of a new zoning
district(s), as it pertains to mixed-use commercial
and special areas such as the Akron intersection
and County Road 42 commercial nodes.
»In addition to the 2040 Comprehensive Plan,
HKGi is aware that the City has completed
a Commercial Visioning Study for the four
commercial nodes along the County Road 42
corridor at Akron, Highway 3, Highway 52, and
145th Street. We are also aware that there is
current developer interest in these nodes, such as
a Life Time athletic club at Akron, as well as major
development planned for the UMore Park land.
In addition to these priority updates, Staff will
provide the consultant with a list of code items that
should be reviewed and considered for potential
updates.
It is our understanding that the consultant will be
expected to manage the project in collaboration
with a Staff project manager, providing code
evaluation, research, analysis, solutions, and
amendment writing.
HKGi has significant experience with zoning code
update projects. Based on our review of the RFP
and Rosemount’s codes, we see many parallels with
the City of Farmington’s recent zoning code update
that we completed in 2021. In Farmington we also
conducted a comprehensive review of the existing
zoning districts, uses, definitions, and performance
standards in order to align them with the 2040
Comprehensive Plan, eliminate inconsistencies,
reduce redundancies, and make the regulations
easier to understand and use. This project turned out
to be a bit of a puzzle and we felt like we solved it!
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3 Approach
APPROACH
We are very comfortable with this approach
as it is similar to that of the Farmington code
update project and, based on our cursory review
of Rosemount’s codes, it appears that there are
similarities between the Rosemount and Farmington
codes. HKGi will be able to bring the lessons
learned and solutions identified in Farmington to
benefit Rosemount’s code update project. Our
approach will ensure the code update achieves
the needs to implement the recently updated
2040 Comprehensive Plan and results in a modern,
consistent, and user-friendly ordinance.
Building upon the tasks identified in the RFP’s
project scope, HKGi’s approach includes the
following five tasks, which are outlined in greater
detail beginning on page 5:
Task 1 - Code Review and Issue Identification
Task 2 - Initial Draft Ordinances and Map for Staff
Review
Task 3 - Draft Ordinances and Map for
City Council and Planning Commission Review
Task 4 - Public Hearing Draft Ordinances
and Map
Task 5 - Adoption of Amended Ordinances
and Map
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We understand that the City will be providing the
consultant with a list of code items for potential
updating. That list will provide the focal point for
the planning process; however, in our experience
working with communities on code updates, we
recognize that additional issues and update needs
may be identified during the project’s review,
evaluation, and updating process. Oftentimes,
when you touch a section of a zoning code and
start discussing various issues in using the code,
previously unforeseen issues are uncovered. This
approach will enable us to work with Staff to address
any issues that arise.
Our approach has been to track issues identified
during the code evaluation and discussions with
Staff, whether they are part of the work scope or
beyond it, and then to collaborate with Staff on
prioritizing the newly identified issues. Some of
these issues may be incorporated into the project
but a large number of issues or a substantial
unforeseen issue may require those to be addressed
outside the scope of this project. We will work with
City staff to navigate these types of in-process
decisions.
We have also found that code update projects have
the potential for getting off schedule, since some of
the code issues are not identified at the beginning
of the project or are found to be more challenging
than anticipated.
In order to stay on schedule, we recommend bi-
weekly meetings with Staff for the duration of the
project. Ultimately, some of these meetings may
not be needed or can be short, but we have found
it best to schedule them in advance to ensure that
if they are needed we can keep the project on
schedule.
These check-in meetings are also an effective way
for the consultant and Staff to have a regular forum
for reviewing and discussing issues and questions
that arise throughout the planning process.
Regular communication is key to keeping code
update projects moving. We have used this type of
communications and meeting protocol to maintain
focus on the original purposes of our zoning update
projects and keep them on track.
Proactive communication between HKGi and City staff will keep the
project on schedule and on budget and ensure that key issues are
identified and addressed at all stages of the process.
An updated GIS zoning map will be created during the planning
process.
HKGi will use maps that isolate certain types of zoning changes or
impacted parts of the city to help make the process more user-
friendly.
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Task 3 - City Council (CC)/Planning
Commission (PC) Draft Ordinances
3.1 Prepare revised draft of ordinances and
based on staff input
3.2 Prepare revised zoning map based on staff
input
3.3 Prepare overview presentation for joint CC/
PC work session
3.4 Conduct joint CC/PC work session
3.5 Summarize input
3.6 Meetings with staff
Task 4 - Public Hearing Draft Ordinances
4.1 Prepare revised draft of ordinances in public
hearing format
4.2 Prepare revised zoning map in public
hearing format
4.3 Summarize input
4.4 Meetings with staff
Task 5 - Adoption of Amended Ordinances
5.1 Prepare overview presentation for PC public
hearing
5.2 Participate in PC public hearing
5.3 Summarize public hearing input
5.4 Prepare final version of amended
ordinances for CC adoption
5.5 Prepare final version of amended zoning
map for CC adoption
Proposed Work Program
Task 1 - Code Review and Issue Identification
1.1 Meeting with staff
1.2 Collect needed documents and create Word
version of ordinance
1.3 Review relevant plans, studies, state
statutes and municipal code provisions
1.4 Review of zoning ordinance and map for
inconsistencies with 2040 Comprehensive
Plan
1.5 Review of subdivision ordinance for
inconsistencies with 2040 Comprehensive
Plan
1.6 Review and evaluation of city staff’s list of
ordinance update issues
1.7 Prepare ordinance evaluation summary
1.8 Meeting with staff
Task 2 - Initial Draft Ordinances
2.1 Develop uses table and dimensional
standards table for all districts
2.2 Update existing districts
2.3 Create new district(s) if needed
2.4 Update definitions
2.5 Update performance standards for
Downtown and Business Park districts
2.6 Update other zoning code sections if
needed
2.7 Update subdivision code sections if needed
2.8 Update zoning map
2.9 Meetings with staff
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HKGi will use
graphics and
illustrations
throughout
the planning
process and
will incorporate
graphics into
the ordinance
document, where
possible.
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Firm Profile
HKGi was established in 1982 to provide community-
based planning and landscape architecture services to
clients throughout the Upper Midwest.
We help our clients build great places for people to live,
work, and play by combining our technical skills with
the knowledge of local stakeholders and community
members. Clients’ and community members’ input about
strengths, values, needs and challenges provides the
foundation for our planning work. We then leverage
our knowledge of planning practice to create plans
and ordinances that prepare communities to grow and
develop in ways that fit their vision for the future.
This community-based approach has been at the heart
of our practice since HKGi’s founding. Listening to and
responding to input from local decision-makers, staff
members, and community stakeholders remains essential
to ensuring that our plans and designs are feasible,
supported by the community, and will generate positive
results for our clients and their constituents.
Key Personnel
The staff members assigned to this project collectively
have provided zoning and regulatory tools planning
expertise to dozens of communities in the region.
This team has helped cities create more concise, user-
friendly zoning codes and are experienced at translating
comprehensive plan guidance into zoning ordinance
updates. Resumes for each staff member are included on
the following pages.
612.338.0800
www.hkgi.com
800 Washington Ave. N., Suite 103
Minneapolis, Minnesota 55401
STAFF
4 Certified Planners
8 Licensed Landscape Architects
9 Planners/Urban Designers
1 Marketing Communications
Planning
Landscape Architecture
Urban Design
COLLABORATE
LISTEN
EXPLORE
CREATE
CREATING PLACES THAT ENRICH PEOPLE’S LIVES
PROJECT TEAM
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Jeff will serve as the Project Manager for Rosemount’s
Zoning Code update project. Jeff has more than twenty
years of planning experience and has led and contributed
to planning processes to revise and rewrite zoning
ordinances and comprehensive plans as both a municipal
planner and as a consultant. He understands how to
ensure that comprehensive plan direction is enacted
in zoning ordinance language, and he also brings an
understanding of how regulatory tools can impact and
guide a community’s development environment.
He is valued by clients for his listening and communication
skills, his thoughtful approach, and for the outstanding
client service he provides. Jeff leverages his problem
solving and critical thinking skills to address stakeholder
concerns and identify appropriate planning solutions.
Relevant Project Experience
»Zoning Ordinance Revisions and Design Guidelines | St.
Louis Park, MN
»Historic Preservation and Mixed Use Zoning Ordinance
Revisions | Stillwater, MN
»Uniform Development Code Rewrite | Onalaska, WI
»Unified Development Code Rewrite | Winona, MN
»Zoning Ordinance Update | Roseville, MN
»Zoning Ordinance Revisions | Maplewood, MN
»Downtown Signage Design Guidelines and Zoning
Ordinance | Chaska, MN
»Development Code Update | Farmington, MN
»Housing Study & Zoning Ordinance Revision | Grand
Marais, MN
»Housing and Planning Study | Northfield, MN
Jeff Miller
AICP
Associate
612.720.8311
jmiller@hkgi.com
Years of Experience: 22
Education
Master of Planning, University of Minnesota
B.A., Economics, St. Olaf College, Northfield,
MN
Registration
American Institute of Certified Planners,
Certification #025995
Awards
2019 MN APA Excellence in Community
Engagement Award - Red Wing 2040
Community Plan
2017 MN APA Success Stories in
Implementation Award - Chaska Downtown
Master Plan
2017 MN APA Context in Planning Award -
Eliot School Site Reuse Study - St. Louis Park,
MN
2014 MN APA Planning in Context Award
- Chaska Downtown Signage Design
Guidelines
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Beth will serve as a Planner for this project and brings a
strong focus on zoning to her work. She provides general
planning services to several of HKGi’s municipal clients and
has proven to be a skilled, knowledgeable, and efficient
planner who provides her clients with outstanding service
for the review of development proposals, ordinance
writing, and planning communications.
In addition to general planning services, Beth assists
with comprehensive planning, grant writing, and zoning
ordinance writing and amendments. In a short time Beth
has become a seasoned professional who is skilled at
working with clients and presenting important information
to community boards, commissions, and decision makers.
She has a strong working knowledge of planning practices
and trends.
Relevant Project Experience
»Uniform Development Code Rewrite | Onalaska, WI
»Zoning Ordinance Revisions | Maplewood, MN
»Zoning Ordinance Audit | St. Louis Park, MN
»Zoning Ordinance Update | Kasson, MN
»Zoning Ordinance Update | Johnston, IA
»Zoning Ordinance Update | Roseville, MN
»Housing Study and Zoning Ordinance Revisions | Grand
Marais, MN
»General Planning Services and Zoning Ordinance
Updates | Shoreview, MN
»General Planning Services and Comprehensive Plan | St.
Francis, MN
»Comprehensive Plan | Greenfield, MN
»General Planning Services | Lindström, MN
Beth Richmond
AICP
Planner
beth@hkgi.com
Years of Experience: 5
Education
Master of Urban and Regional Planning,
University of Wisconsin-Madison
B.A., Political Science, College of St. Benedict
(MN)
Registration
American Institute of Certified Planners -
Cert. #32948
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Natalie’s planning background includes a focus on
comprehensive and long-range planning, equitable
community engagement, research, and GIS mapping
and analysis. At HKGi she has provided support on
comprehensive planning projects, corridor studies, land
use planning, development application reviews. She is
currently contributing to a zoning ordinance update in
Roseville.
Prior to joining HKGi Natalie was a planner for the City
of Alexandria, VA, and also contributed to brownfield
planning initiatives for the Minnesota Pollution Control
Agency (MPCA).
Natalie has earned GIS certification and is proficient in
both ArcGIS and QGIS. She is also fluent in Spanish and
has broad experience in nonprofit management. She has
distinguished herself by providing outstanding planning
service and assuming leadership roles when required for
the production of high quality deliverables.
Relevant Project Experience
»General Planning Services | Chaska, MN
»Highway 8 Corridor Study | Chisago County, MN
»Grant Writing | Dakota County, MN
»Highway 10 Corridor Study | Dilworth, ND
»General Planning Services | Maplewood, MN
»General Planning Services | Medicine Lake, MN
»Zoning Code Update | Roseville, MN
»Comprehensive Plan | Sauk Rapids, MN
»Comprehensive Plan | Sherburne County, MN
»General Planning Services | St. Louis Park, MN
»Comprehensive Plan | St. Michael, MN
Natalie Brown
Planner
natalie.brown@hkgi.com
Years of Experience: 8
Education
Master of Environmental Planning and
Design - University of Georgia
B.A., Environmental and Sustainability
Studies - University of Minnesota-Duluth
GIS Certification
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Brad will serve as the Principal in Charge and will provide
quality control service for this project. He has provided
leadership and service for community planning initiatives
throughout his career. He has been a leader at HKGi in
the innovative use of technology to create community
planning solutions, and he has been at the forefront of
the firm’s efforts to continually monitor and enhance its
approach to leverage new technologies and methods.
Brad has broad-based planning experience over the course
of his 28 year career, including comprehensive planning,
economic development planning, housing studies, and
regulatory tools. He has also provided general planning
services for several communities throughout the state and
the metropolitan region, assisting them with development
application reviews and zoning ordinance interpretation
and revision. His experience growing up in a small rural
community in Iowa also informs his planning philosophy
and enables him to understand a diversity of perspectives.
Relevant Project Experience
»Zoning Ordinance Amendments | Bondurant, IA
»Bluff Creek Zoning Overlay District | Chanhassen, MN
»General Planning Services | Farmington, MN
»Zoning Ordinance | Grand Rapids, MN
»Development Services/Plan Review | Inver Grove
Heights, MN
»Zoning Ordinance Revisions | Kasson, MN
»Zoning Ordinance Update | Moorhead, MN
»I-494 Corridor Mixed-Use Zoning District | Richfield, MN
»General Planning Services | St. Francis, MN
»General Planning Services | St. Louis Park, MN
Brad Scheib
AICP
Vice President
612.252.7122
brad@hkgi.com
Years of Experience: 28
Education
B.S., Community and Regional Planning -
Iowa State University
Minnesota Real Estate Certificate -
Prosource Educational Services
Form-Based Codes Institute Certificate of
Completion
Registration
American Institute of Certified Planners -
Cert. #013665
Awards
2019 WI APA Innovation in Planning Award
- Comprehensive Plan for the City of New
Richmond
2019 MN APA Excellence in Community
Engagement Award - 2040 Red Wing
Community Plan
2015 MI APA Daniel Burnham Award for a
Comprehensive Plan - Comprehensive Plan
for the City of Ironwood
2015 MN APA Planning in Context Award -
Moorhead River Corridor Master Plan
2015 ACEC-MN Engineering Excellence
Grand Award - Designing a City for Zero
Discharge; Inver Grove Heights
2010 MN Preservation Award and 2010
MN-ASLA Merit Award for Planning and
Research - Red Wing Downtown Action Plan
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Relevant Experience
Regulatory tools such as zoning ordinances,
design guidelines, and development codes
translate planning visions and recommendations
into enforceable policy language that shapes the
physical development of the community. They are
essential in determining a community’s character, be
it the preservation of historic qualities, promoting
the use of high-quality building materials, or
specifying building massing or density to create or
preserve neighborhood livability.
Creation of effective regulatory tools requires a
deep understanding of how the shapes, materials
and design of the built environment influence a
community’s unique character. It also requires an
ability to engage the community and stakeholders
to understand their concerns and develop a
shared understanding of the planning process
and its desired outcomes. HKGi has provided
planning services related to zoning ordinance
and development application review to dozens
of communities and has developed long-term
relationships with several of them. Our work
has included the creation or revision of zoning
ordinances, design guidelines, and regulatory tools.
Some of our current or recent similar projects are
included at right and on the pages that follow.
»Uniform Development Code Rewrite - Onalaska, WI
»Housing Study and Zoning Ordinance Revisions -
Grand Marais, MN
»Northwest Area Zoning Ordinance - Inver Grove
Heights, MN
»Zoning Ordinance, Design Guidelines, and
Regulatory Tools - Greenville, WI
»Zoning Ordinance Revisions; Site Redevelopment
Design Guidelines; Historic Walker-Lake Zoning
District; Accessory Dwelling Unit Ordinance - St.
Louis Park, MN
»Uniform Development Code Rewrite - Winona, MN
»Zoning Ordinance Update - Lindström, MN
»Zoning Ordinance Update - Johnston, IA
»Historic Downtown Signage Ordinance - Chaska, MN
»Zoning Ordinance Revisions; Mixed Use Zoning
Ordinance and Historic Preservation Ordinance
Revisions - Stillwater, MN
»Zoning Ordinance Revisions - Maplewood, MN
»Mixed Use Zoning Ordinance Revisions -
Shoreview, MN
»Mixed Use Zoning Ordinance Revisions - Mound, MN
»Town Center Zoning Ordinance and Design
Guidelines - Eden Prairie, MN
»Zoning Ordinance Update - Kasson, MN
»West Side Flats Design Guidelines - Saint Paul
»North Loop Zoning Ordinance Update and
Design Guidelines - Minneapolis
»Penn Avenue Design Guidelines - Richfield
EXPERIENCE AND REFERENCES
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Zoning Ordinance Updates and Comprehensive Plan
Maplewood, Minnesota - HKGi followed up their work on Maplewood’s
2040 Comprehensive Plan by assisting in implementation efforts related
to zoning code revisions and other design guidelines or regulatory tools.
Some of the key changes contained in the Comprehensive Plan include
the establishment of three different mixed use land use types as well as
an Employment land use. These different land uses will enable flexibility
while still achieving development objectives for housing, commercial, and
employment at key sites throughout the city. Planning also addressed
redevelopment along the Gold and Purple BRT Lines, and revitalization of
aging building and residential stock.
HKGi also addressed zoning revisions in several key areas throughout the
city, including potential redevelopment in and around the Maplewood
Mall. HKGi’s planners are conducting an analysis for at least nine areas,
all of which have a new mixed use designation. Each analysis includes
identifying key data and assumptions as well as other factors such as
existing transportation infrastructure and surrounding development.
These analyses will be used to determine zoning changes needed to
achieve the City’s development objectives for each area.
HIGHLIGHTS
Three new mixed-use land use
designations to address housing
needs and create a more walkable
environment
New Employment land use
designation to accommodate
potential jobs-based redevelopment
Final plan report includes reader-
friendly summaries for each chapter
Extensive engagement with
neighborhoods to address planning
concerns
REFERENCE
Michael Martin, Economic
Development Coordinator
City of Maplewood
651-249-2303
michael.martin@maplewoodmn.gov
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Zoning Ordinance Updates and Revisions
Shoreview, Minnesota - Following completion of Shoreview’s
Comprehensive Plan, HKGi led the process to update its zoning ordinance
and bring it in alignment with the Comprehensive Plan. This is the first
full review and update of Shoreview’s zoning and subdivision codes since
1999. The update resolves inconsistencies in previous development
codes and reflects modern planning needs and trends.
To improve ease of use, HKGi compiled all of the regulations governing
land use and development into one chapter, which will allow any
interested party (property owner, developer, citizen, staff, public official,
city board/commission) to find everything they need to know about the
process to develop a property in one place.
Other ordinance highlights include the consolidation of scattered
zoning district uses and dimensional standards; creation of the Arterial
Development Overlay District; creation of new mixed use zoning districts;
site & architectural standards for mixed use districts; creation of a new
residential zoning district; and development of regulations to allow
more flexibility and housing types without negatively impacting the
surrounding established neighborhoods.
HIGHLIGHTS
User friendly organization includes
an executive summary, consolidation
of all land use and development
standards, and the creation of district-
specific information sheets
New R1A Mixed Detached and
Attached Residential District allows a
mixture of housing types on smaller
lots in specific areas of the City to
facilitate broader housing options
REFERENCE
Kathleen Castle, Planner
City of Shoreview
651-490-4682
kcastle@shoreviewmn.gov
The new ordinance communicates
concepts with a variety of illustrations.
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HIGHLIGHTS
Address need for new housing and a
diversity of housing types and price
points
Address community desire for more
experience-oriented places
Refine land use categories
Maintain strong park and trail system
REFERENCE
David Wilwerding, Community
Development Director
City of Johnston
515-727-7775
dwilwerding@cityofjohnston.com
Zoning Code Update and Comprehensive Plan
Johnston, Iowa - HKGi has led the development of the last three
Comprehensive Plans for the City of Johnston, Iowa. The most recent
comprehensive planning process, the Thrive 2040 Plan, attempts to
address a host of issues that have effected the community and will
continue to have an impact in the next 20 years. HKGi is currently in
the process of updating the zoning code according to new planning
directions identified in Thrive 2040.
Housing was a significant issue during the comprehensive planning
process, particularly the need to accommodate growth and the
need for affordable and mid-price homes. HKGi and the community
identified where that growth can take place, and now HKGi is revising
the zoning code to facilitate the creation of a diversity of housing types
through approaches such as enabling accessory dwelling units, cottage
courtyards, and live/work spaces.
HKGi is also updating substantial portions of the zoning code. The
update process is addressing a broad range of topics such as open
space preservation, landscaping, stormwater treatment, parking, and
transportation, trails and sidewalks, and site layout.
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Unified Development Code Rewrite
Onalaska, Wisconsin - This project’s objectives included making the UDC
easier to understand and use, ensuring that the code meets Wisconsin
state statutes and reflects the direction of the 2016 comprehensive plan,
and includes a modernization of development standards to encourage
high-quality, context-sensitive development.
To achieve the City’s objectives, HKGi conducted a thorough diagnostic
analysis of the existing code and created an annotated outline of a new
code for consideration and review by the Plan Commission. Thereafter,
HKGi drafted the new code in modules to facilitate an effective review by
the public and municipal boards and commissions.
Stakeholder feedback indicated a strong desire to simplify the UDC and
streamline procedures. As a result the new hybrid zoning code reduces
the old code by more than half, from a 400-plus page code to less than
200 pages. The new code allows more mixed-use development, creates
new parking requirements for a reinvigorated downtown, allows for more
food trucks, regulates exterior lighting more effectively, and addresses
a host of residential issues to allow for more affordable housing and an
expansion of the housing types available in the city.
HIGHLIGHTS
Public involvement included
Stakeholder Listening Sessions, Public
Meetings, Open Houses. Presentations
to Plan Commission and City Council,
Online Engagement
Example of a hybrid zoning code
New code allows more mixed-use
development and facilitates creation
of new housing and new housing
types in the community
REFERENCE
Katie Aspenson, City Planner
City of Onalaska
kaspenson@onalaskawi.gov
608-781-9590
Click the icon or visit
https://ecode360.
com/37165391 to review
the updated ordinance
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Unified Development Code Rewrite
Winona, Minnesota - HKGi conducted a review and rewrite of the City of
Winona’s subdivision code, zoning code and map, and site plan ordinance
to modernize the code in accordance with the City’s most recent
comprehensive plan. The City’s ordinance was extremely dated, so HKGi
worked with City staff over the course of the two year project to combine
the different components into a modern Unified Development Code.
The client’s goals included modernizing the code; incorporation of form-
based and design standard strategies for downtown Winona; inclusion of
illustrations and graphics in the code to facilitate a better understanding
of code requirements; establishment of mixed-use zoning districts and
regulations; and consideration of Winona’s natural setting and its impact
on greenfield development.
HKGi responded with producing a reorganized, more user-friendly
hybrid code featuring illustrations to aid in communication; an executive
summary to highlight code changes and features; and an extensive public
participation process to ensure that members of the public had a voice
throughout the planning process.
HIGHLIGHTS
The Unified Development Code uses a
graphics-based approach to illustrate
and demonstrate a variety of topics
such as building design and site
standards. The executive summary
provides a user-friendly tool to
communicate key topics and revisions
to the general public, developers,
and city leaders (see appendix for
Executive Summary sample).
REFERENCE
Carlos Espinosa, City Planner
City of Winona
cespinosa@ci.winona.mn.us
507-457-8250
Click the icon or visit
https://tinyurl.com/
ykajur8d to review the
updated ordinance
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Housing Study and Zoning Ordinance Revisions
Grand Marais, Minnesota - HKGi conducted a housing study to help the
City of Grand Marais and its residents identify strategies to encourage a
more diversified housing stock and led a subsequent zoning ordinance
revision project to implement the study’s findings and recommendations.
For the study HKGi inventoried the City’s current land use and housing
regulations, researched housing best practices, and led two community
workshops in which stakeholders shared ideas and concerns and helped
brainstorm strategies and establish priorities for implementing the
Housing Plan.
Following completion of the housing study, HKGi worked with the City
to revise the Grand Marais zoning code to provide greater flexibility and
more clear guidance for the development of new housing and a greater
diversity of housing types to meet the city’s unique seasonal and year-
round housing needs. Recommended zoning revisions include reduction
in minimum lot sizes; allowance for ADU’s and other housing types in
residential areas currently restricted to single-family homes only; new lot
and building standards for each new housing type, and illustrations to
make the code more user friendly to a broad scope of stakeholders.
HIGHLIGHTS
Establishment of new Design
Standards to ensure that new housing
types will fit in existing neighborhoods
Land use guidance for a variety of
housing types
Recommended changes to zoning
ordinance include reduction in
minimum lot sizes; allowance for
ADU’s and other housing types; new
lot and building standards for each
new housing type
REFERENCE
Mike Roth, City Administrator
City of Grand Marais
218-387-1848
Click the icon or visit
https://tinyurl.com/
mtcvnhrh to review the
updated ordinance
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Zoning Ordinance Updates and Comprehensive Plan
St. Louis Park, Minnesota - HKGi’s work on the 2040 Comprehensive Plan
Update for the City of St. Louis Park addressed several new initiatives
and directions that community members expressed interest in pursuing.
These issues included resiliency planning; incorporating the City’s new
Climate Action Plan into Comprehensive Plan policies and direction;
addressing the need for affordable housing; continued progress on
the Connect the Park program to enhance bicycle and pedestrian
infrastructure; and redevelopment of several key areas.
HKGi has assisted the City with implementation initiatives from the
Comprehensive Plan. HKGi has provided zoning and regulatory tools
writing services to address comprehensive plan direction related to
housing, mixed use and transit-supportive development in several focus
areas in the city. This effort has included creating the City’s first accessory
dwelling unit (ADU) to encourage the creation of new and affordable
housing types. HKGi also reguided land use and zoning for a former
Sam’s Club site and has led zoning updates to help address the City’s
sustainability and resiliency initiatives. Currently, HKGi is conducting a
zoning audit to explore potential new ordinance approaches.
HIGHLIGHTS
Zoning ordinance for Historic Walker
Lake district that implements form-
based zoning
Zoning revisions to allow auxiliary
dwelling units (ADUs)
Development of a city-wide
sustainability policy
Initiatives address topics such as
housing, sustainability and resiliency,
and connectivity
REFERENCE
Sean Walther, Planning Supervisor
City of St. Louis Park
952-924-2574
swalther@stlouispark.org
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Experience
Comprehensive Plan
and Zoning Ordinance
Updates
Lindström, Minnesota
HKGi led the development
of Lindström’s
Comprehensive Plan
and subsequently has
provided implementation
assistance, which has
included writing and
revising the City’s zoning
ordinance and regulatory
tools.
Lindström is situated
amongst no fewer than
eight lakes and both
residents and community
leaders are committed
to preserving the water
quality in its lakes.
HKGi has worked with
the City to revise and
strengthen its shoreline
ordinance and address
other issues that would
improve sustainability
and resiliency across the
community, especially
as related to natural
resources.
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Comprehensive Plan and Zoning Ordinance Revisions
Stillwater, Minnesota - The City of Stillwater marked its 100th year of
planning by completing its 2040 Comprehensive Plan, which will usher in
the beginning of a new era in the city’s history.
In addition to integrating a new vision for downtown Stillwater, the plan
emphasizes redevelopment and development opportunities elsewhere
in the city. The need to identify additional housing opportunities, as well
as mixed uses in selected areas, resulted in a future land use plan that will
enable appropriate housing and commercial growth without disrupting
Stillwater’s established low density residential areas.
Since completion of the Comprehensive Plan, HKGi has assisted the City
with two key implementation initiatives related to zoning. First, the firm’s
planners worked with the City to develop a Highway Mixed Use District
to guide new development along one of Stillwater’s main corridors.
Second, HKGi revised the Historic Preservation Ordinance, which
guides development in the city’s popular downtown area, based on the
Comprehensive Plan’s Historic Preservation chapter.
HIGHLIGHTS
Highway 36 zoning districts to
facilitate the creation of mixed use
development
Redevelopment planning in focus
areas in the southern and western
edges of the city
Integrate the Downtown Master Plan
into the 2040 Comprehensive Plan
Meet Metropolitan Council
requirements for land use, resiliency,
housing, and infrastructure planning
The comprehensive plan for Stillwater addressed redevelopment concepts for focus areas throughout the city, including the TH36 corridor.
HKGi revised the zoning ordinance to create mixed use districts along the corridor.
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Zoning ordinance updates in Farmington
primarily effected certain parts of the community,
as illustrated on the map to the left. Ordinance
revisions included changes to help implement
downtown revitalization plans, illustrated above.
Comprehensive Plan and Zoning Ordinance Updates
Farmington, Minnesota - Farmington is at the southeastern edge of
the Twin Cities metropolitan region and remains a unique community
whose land uses still consist of nearly 50% agricultural. Nevertheless,
the community is facing development pressures. Therefore, HKGi’s 2040
Comprehensive Plan for Farmington establishes a future land use pattern
that preserves a significant amount of land as agricultural preserve and
parks and open space, while also accommodating expected growth.
The Comprehensive Plan includes strategies to preserve some of the
community’s rural character and strategies to help diversify the city’s tax
base, which is largely reliant on residential property taxes. The land use
plan identifies suitable locations for potential commercial development,
including Farmington’s traditional downtown area. The Plan also
establishes a Retail Development and a Business Park Development
strategy to help the City achieve its commercial development goals.
Following completion of the Comprehensive Plan, HKGi worked with City
planners and community members to implement the Plan, translating
planning direction into new and revised ordinances that will move the
City closer to accomplishing its development goals.
HIGHLIGHTS
Modified Future Land Use Map will
accommodate land to be preserved
for agricultural use
Incorporates Downtown Master
Plan into economic development
strategies
Implementation steps include zoning
revisions (in progress) and creation of
a Bike-Ped Plan (recently completed)
REFERENCE
Tony Wippler, Planning Manager
City of Farmington
651-280-6822
TWippler@FarmingtonMN.gov
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Zoning Ordinance Updates
Roseville, Minnesota -HKGi was retained to implement key land use and
policy changes from the City’s 2040 Comprehensive Plan. Plan initiatives
that HKGi is codifying via ordinance include residential land use policies
to change allowable housing densities in selected areas of the city; allow
for new housing types; create new land use categories; revise mixed-use
requirements; and transition business districts to mixed-use districts.
HKGi’s planning process includes extensive stakeholder engagement
with residents, business-owners, and land-owners throughout the city
as well as for the Rice Street, Lexington/Larpenteur, and the Bus Rapid
Transit (BRT) focus areas and with representatives from Roseville’s
Business Council. Engagement for this project also has a special focus on
achieving the City’s goals related to Racial Equity and Inclusion (REI) and
Sustainability and Resilience (SR). To that effect, HKGi facilitated public
workshops for each of the focus areas as well as two for the REI/SR goals.
Other key Comprehensive Plan goals include creating a more
walkable city, redeveloping existing retail districts, protecting existing
neighborhoods, supporting high-density residential development around
the BRT station, and creating a “downtown” type retail center.
HIGHLIGHTS
Focus areas include the Rice Street
Corridor, Larpenteur/Lexington, and
the Har Mar Mall BRT Station Area
Engagement regarding Racial Equity
and Inclusion collected information
regarding barriers, which will be used
to inform ordinance revisions
Sustainability and Resilience strategies
address electric vehicle charging
stations, wind and solar energy,
leveraging stormwater BMPs to
improve water quality, and incentivize
green building and retrofitting
REFERENCE
Janice Gundlach, Community
Development Director
City of Roseville
651-792-7071
janice.gundlach@cityofroseville.com
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SCHEDULE
HKGi recognizes that the RFP identified a desired 4-month process. Based on our experience with many
similar code update projects and understanding that Staff will be providing the consultant with a list of code
items for potential review and updating, our proposed schedule provides a bit more time for tasks 2 and 3.
We are willing to discuss a shorter schedule with Staff if needed.
TASK AUG ‘22 SEP OCT NOV DEC JAN ‘23 FEB
Task 1 - Code
Review and Issue
Identification
Task 2 - Initial Draft
Ordinances and
Map for Staff Review
Task 3 - Draft
Ordinances and
Map for City Council
and Planning
Commission Review
Task 4 - Public
Hearing Draft
Ordinances and
Map
Task 5 - Adoption
of Amended
Ordinances and
Map
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Fee Proposal
The table below contains the HKGi team’s proposed per task fee to conduct the work plan outlined earlier in
this proposal.
TASK DESCRIPTION FEE
Task 1 - Code Review and Issue Identification $8,500
Task 2 - Initial Draft Ordinances and Map for Staff Review $33,100
Task 3 - Draft Ordinances and Map for City Council and Planning Commission Review $7,400
Task 4 - Public Hearing Draft Ordinances and Map $4,700
Task 5 - Adoption of Amended Ordinances and Map $5,900
Sub-Total $59,600
Expenses $400
Grand Total $60,000
Staff Hours by Task
As requested in the RFP, the table below indicates the time and fee commitment for each staff member on a
per task basis.
HKGI TOTALStaff Member Miller Scheib Brown Richmond
Task 1 - Code Review and Issue Identification 27 1 31 9 68
Task 2 - Initial Draft Ordinances and Map for Staff Review 84 1 136 61 282
Task 3 - Draft Ordinances and Map for City Council and
Planning Commission Review 23 1 30 5 59
Task 4 - Public Hearing Draft Ordinances and Map 14 1 18 4 37
Task 5 - Adoption of Amended Ordinances and Map 17 1 27 2 47
COST ESTIMATE
CREATINGPLACESTHAT ENRICHPEOPLE’S LIVES
STATE OF MINNESOTA
County of Dakota
YES NO
Slavik X Slavik
Gaylord X Gaylord
Halverson X Halverson
Atkins X Atkins
Workman Absent Workman
Holberg X Holberg
Hamann-Roland X Hamann-Roland
I, Jeni Reynolds, Clerk to the Board of the County of Dakota, State of
Minnesota, do hereby certify that I have compared the foregoing copy
of a resolution with the original minutes of the proceedings of the Board
of County Commissioners, Dakota County, Minnesota, at their session
held on the 3rd day of May 2022, now on file in the County Administration
Department, and have found the same to be a true and correct copy
thereof.
Witness my hand and official seal of Dakota County this 3rd day of May
2022.
Clerk to the Board
BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS
DAKOTA COUNTY, MINNESOTA
May 3, 2022 Resolution No. 22-191
Motion by Commissioner Hamann-Roland Second by Commissioner Slavik
Approval Of Amendments To City Of Rosemount And Dakota County Community Development Block Grant
Programs
WHEREAS, three types of substantial amendments to the Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) Program
are permissible by the US Housing and Urban Development Department (HUD): creation of a new activity or
cancellation of an activity; increase or decrease of an activity budget by $100,000 or more at one time, and change
to the location and/or national objective of an activity; and
WHEREAS, the Dakota County Community Development Agency (CDA) administers the CDBG funds on behalf of
Dakota County; and
WHEREAS, the City of Rosemount (City) requests substantial amendments to the City’s 2019 and 2021 CDBG
Programs to create the Planning – Zoning Code Update activity in those years and fund it with a budget of $60,000;
and
WHEREAS, the City of Rosemount requests a substantial amendment to the City’s 2021 CDBG Programs to
cancel the Economic Development/Commercial Rehab activity and transfer $40,783 from this activity to the
Planning-Zoning Code Update activity; and
WHEREAS, the Dakota County CDA requests a substantial amendment to the Dakota County 2020 CDBG
Program to cancel the Countywide Multi-Family Rehabilitation activity and transfer the funds allocated to this
activity totaling $75,000 to the CDA-administered Home Improvement Loan activity; and
WHEREAS, public notice of the substantial amendments was placed in the Dakota Tribune on March 31, 2022, and
on the CDA, Dakota County, and City of Rosemount websites, in accordance with the approved Citizen
Participation Plan process, and no public comments were received on the propo sed amendment.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, That the Dakota County Board of Commissioners hereby approves the
substantial amendments to the City of Rosemount’s 2019 and 2021 CDBG Programs and the Dakota County 2020
CDBG Program.