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2040 Comprehensive Plan for the Minnesota State Capitol Area

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Principle 5: The Capitol Area is an urban multi-modal district, seamlessly connected to destinations.

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The fifth principle of the Comprehensive Plan outlines key strategies to restore the nature of multi-modal transportation in the Capitol Area, including:

- A Complete Streets Framework
- Multiple Modes of Transportation Co-Located Around Integrated Mobility Hubs
- Capitol Area Mode Shift: District Strategies
- Travel Demand Management
- District and Shared Parking Strategies

Principle 4: The entire Capitol Area provides an integrated, high-quality, human-scale public realm experience.

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The fourth principle of the Comprehensive Plan addresses the public realm of the Capitol Area. The public realm refers to the network of public spaces that extends beyond the Capitol Campus into the surrounding neighborhoods. This network includes open spaces—such as parks and plazas—and the linkages that connect them—streets, pathways, trails, and bridges. This chapter outlines four key elements of the public realm, followed by policies that will enable those patterns:

- A Linked System of Parks and Open Space
- A Comfortable Streetscape Experience: The Public Right of Way
- A Comfortable Streetscape Experience: Building Frontages and Street-Level Activation
- Art in the Public Realm.

Principle 3: The Capitol Area is a model for Minnesota, where best practices are expected in the planning, design and development of public and private projects.

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The third principle of the Comprehensive Plan outlines the best practices to be employed for all projects in the Capitol Area. Each Principle in the Comprehensive Plan is rooted in equity and sustainability and is viewed through a holistic 5-point lens, balancing public health, environmental quality, economic vitality, strong communities & families, and placemaking & identity.

Keywords: climate change, coommunity; communities; economy; economic vitality; energy and environment; families; family; health; healthy living; holistic lens; placemaking and identity; sustainable; sustainability

Principle 1: As Minnesota’s seat of government and destination for thousands each year, the Capitol Area offers the highest quality experience to visitors.

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The first principle of the Comprehensive Plan outlines the civic role of the Capitol Area in Minnesota and the fundamentals of a high-quality visitor experience.

Keywords: Capitol Campus; Cass Gilbert; accessibility; art; celebrations; civic; commemorative work; demonstrations; events; Minnesota’s Front Yard; historic resources; memorial; memorials; preservation; visitor; visitors; visitor experience

Cover, Title Page, Table of Contents and Foreword

Title page, table of contents and topical index, and foreword.

Principle 7: In all parts of the Capitol Area, new development respects community, assets and context.

The seventh principle of the Comprehensive Plan outlines CAAPB’s approach to planning and community engagement, including topics covering:

- How is Planning Done in the Capitol Area?
- How is Project Design Reviewed in the Capitol Area?
- Embracing Change in the Capitol Area

The Capitol Rice Development Framework (Addendum to Principle 7A)

The most significant potential for development in the Capitol Area in the next 10 years is within the Capitol Rice District. At the center is the Capitol Rice LRT station and Leif Erickson Park, with a growing vibrancy and unique sense of place integrated with a mobility hub for workers and community members.

Introduction and The Capitol Area Principles

The first chapter of the 2040 Comprehensive Plan provides and introduction to the plan, outlining The Capitol Area Principles and the principal influences on the plan.

Keywords: Capitol Area boundary; Capitol Area Principles; Capitol Campus; Capitol Heights; Capitol Rice District; Cass Gilbert; climate change; equity; Fitzgerald Park; historic resources; history; interstate; freeway; I-94; I-35E; planning; statute 15B; statutory authority; vision; zoning

Principle 7C: The five-blocks of the Capitol Area that extend into the Fitzgerald Park neighborhood form important connections to the downtown core and river beyond.

This chapter is an introduction to further planning in Fitzgerald Park.