Current Problems
The Report Team considered these ideas to be current problems, or administrative issues to be dealt with short term rather than long term (see also The Complete List and Other Issues).
- Improve street drainage
- Curbs in neighborhoods
- More sidewalks
- Curb cuts for sidewalks along sound barriers
- Trails, bridges, connections between neighborhoods
- Pedestrian connections in downtown
- Food and entertainment center
- More ethnic restaurants
- More grocery stores (independent grocery/food cooperative)
- Nice quiet restaurant downtown
- Ease homeowners zoning restriction
- Housing maintenance program to maintain housing and reduce nuisance properties
- Preserve current housing stock
- Incentives for home improvement especially water and energy preservation
- Incentives to maintain (upkeep) homes
- Maintain existing neighborhoods
- New housing should fit with existing neighborhoods
- Home ownership, not rental properties in single family homes
- Zoning for mother-in-law additions
- Multiple housing units, not high rise, high quality
- Hold current population and density
- Mixed use development with higher density (like St. Louis Park)
- Provide off street parking for new housing needs
- Enforce regulations on lawns, leaves, trash, etc.
- Tighter restrictions on business in residential neighborhoods
- Buffer zones (green) between office/indy of housing
- City of Golden Valley border designations (a la St Louis Park)
- Retain compelling housing variety
- Ongoing slow down traffic campaign
- Inspection program for selling homes
- More day care providers
- Theodore Wirth and Sweeney Lake for public access use
- Upgrade buildings in Colonnade area
- Preserve tax base
- Better street lighting appropriate to neighborhoods
- Low income housing throughout city
- Redevelop old industrial area along 55
- Enhanced zoning to restrict vehicles on residential lots
- All utilities are underground
- Clean up back side of Winnetka (GV shopping center) shops
- Mixed housing on 55/Winnetka
- Use Brookview as cultural center for the arts
- Community center with recreation center, meeting center and pool
- Protect existing residential areas
- Limit business encroachment on neighborhoods
- Restrict high rise buildings to 394 corridor
- High density housing in 394/Golden Hills area
- Fewer new multi family units (manage it)
- Height limits on 394 corridor
- Make downtown more pedestrian friendly
- Enhance connection between downtown and Brookview Park
- Preserve Pennsylvania Woods (and other undeveloped areas)
- Landscape Laurel Avenue Railroad Right-of-Way
- Coordinate naming of streets and complexes to prevent confusion
- Housing retail mix at Metropole/NE 55/100
- Multi-Use town hall/community space
- Building standards for looks of Golden Valley housing
- Promote continuous improvement and maintenance of infrastructure (roads, bridges, parks, services)
- Improve convenience services for non-resident employees (gas stations, restaurants, etc)