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<br />Steering Committee <br />Goals of the Plan <br />• Preserve and Enhance Core Areas <br />• Preserve Cultural and Natural Resources <br />• Coordinate Growth with Water/Sewer <br />• Grow in a Fiscally Responsible Way <br />• Keep Businesses Healthy <br />• Assure Continuity in Public Services <br />Planning Area <br />Regional Context <br />Water Constraints <br />• 3 MGD Now, Can Increase to 4.5 MGD <br />• Current Demand, 9.9 MGD <br />• Demand Will Reach 3.0 MGD in 2009 <br />• With Expanded Capacity, Can Accommodate Additional Development Equivalent to 1, 900 <br />Dwellings and 1.65 Million Sq. Ft. Non-Residential <br />Transportation Constraints <br />• Limited Opportunity for New Roads <br />• Churton Street Over-Capacity <br />• Destinations are South and East <br />• Any Additional Residential Development North of Downtown Makes Problem Worse <br />Developable Land <br />Alternative Scenarios <br />• Status Quo <br />• Planning Emphasis <br />• Market Realities <br />• Unconstrained Growth <br />Public Comment <br />Main Conclusions <br />• Focus Residential Growth to the South <br />• Pull in Utility Service/Annexation Areas <br />• Take Advantage of Interstate Access <br />