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Inventory and Evaluation : a Land Use Management Plan for the La Crosse River Valley
prepared by the City of La Crosse, La Crosse County, Wisconsin Department of Transportation
and the Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources (La Crosse, WI : City of La Crosse), 1997.
 
  Table of Contents:
Cover
Steering Committee
Vision of Sound Land Use
Participating Agencies
Table of Contents
List of Appendices
List of Tables
List of Figures
List of Technical Reports
Definitions
Acronyms

Chapter I: Introduction
    Location
    Study Boundary
    Purpose
    Background
    Organization
    Public Involvement Plan
    Funding
    Evaluation Methodology
    Scheme of Presentation

Chapter Two: Inventory
    Related Planning Efforts
    Historical Inventory
        Historical
        Archaeological
        Geomorphological
        Roads & Transportation Systems
    Economic Inventory
        Economic & Population Forecast
        Property Ownership
        Land Use
        Zoning
        Utilities
        Residential Land
        Industrial Areas
        Regional Setting/Industrial Potential
    Recreation Inventory
        Survey Results/General Usage
        Recreation Types
        Public Information
        Public Parks
    Natural Resource Inventory
        Wetlands
        Water Resources
        Wildlife & Wildlife Habitat
        Fishery
        Rare, Threatened & Endangered Species
        Soils
        Floodplain/Hydraulics
    Transportation Inventory
        Railroads
        Mass Transit
        Airport
        Taxi Services
        Highway/Roads

Chapter III: Alternative Land Use Plans
    Scenarios
    Traffic Model
    Description of Alternative Land Use Plans
        Land Use Plan 1
        Land Use Plan 2
        Land Use Plan 3
        Land Use Plan 4
        Land Use Plan 5
        Land Use Plan 6
        Description Matrices
    Evaluation of Alternative Land Use Plans
        Economic Criteria Evaluation
            Neighborhood/Socio-economic Impacts
            Population & Employment Characteristics
            Property Ownership
            Land Use
            Zoning
            Utilities
            Economic Development Land Uses
            Implementation Costs
        Recreation Criteria Evaluation
            LUP 1
            Canoe Access
            Wildlife Observation Towers & Blinds
            Handicapped Accessible Fishing & Wildlife Observation
            Biking/Hiking Link Between Riverside Park & State Trail
            Biking/Hiking Link Between Great River Trail & La Crosse River Trail
            Hydraulic Improvements to Existing Trails
            Removal of Old Well Trail
            Removal of Railroad Crossing/Grade at Mouth of La Crosse River
            Existing parks
            Tourism
        Natural Resource Criteria Evaluation
            Wetlands & Wildlife Habitat
            Floodplain/Hydraulics
        Transportation Criteria Evaluation
            Railroads
            Mass Transit
            Air Quality
            Noise Evaluation
            Traffic Evaluation
            Implementation/Right-of-way Costs
        General Criteria Evaluation
            Historical/Archaeological/Geomorphological
            Aesthetics

Scenario Evaluation

Appendices
    Appendix I-A Inter-Governmental Agreement
    Appendix I-B Steering Committee & Working Group Members
    Appendix I-C Study Design
    Appendix I-D Public Information Meetings
    Appendix I-E Contracts & Associated Costs
    Appendix II-A Property Owners