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MINUTES O~'J OCTOBER 13, 1993 PAGE 2 ITEM P-1, BUSINESS OUTREACH PARTNERSHIP PROPOSAL Administrator Hoyt and local business owner and chamber of commerce member, Kevin Alm, proposed to develop an outreach program for new business owners and, on occasion, current business owners, that more directly meets the needs of this community. Their proposal is to develop a joint chamber and city information folder to personally distribute which would contain some information on both organizations. The introductory visit would provide useful information for new business owners as well as provide an opportunity to know the city outside of a regulatory setting. Councilmember Gehrz added that the chamber of commerce and Mayor's Commission Against Drugs developed a committee called Work & Family Initiative which has a brochure they would like distributed to business owners and wondered if these also could be part of the delivered package. Council briefly discussed the proposal and felt this would be a worthwhile project which would strengthen the city/chamber partnership in a mutually beneficial endeavor. ITEM P-2, CONSIDER A RESOLUTION RECOGNIZING WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 27, 1993 as "UNFUNDED MANDATES DAY" The National League of Cities asked that cities support the declaration of October 27, 1993 as "Unfunded Mandates Day" to educate the public and lawmakers about the impact of requiring cities to carry out unfunded or underfunded federal mandates. After some discussion, council did not feel Falcon Heights was directly affected by these mandates and the item died for lack of a motion. ITEM P-3, REVIEW AND APPROVAL OF THE ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT AND ASSOCIATED PUBLICATION OF NOTICES OF NO SIGNIFICANT IMPACT AND INTENT TO RELEASE FUNDS FOR THE CITY'S 1993 CDBG PROJECT Administrator Hoyt reviewed the process that requires an environmental assessment and notice of no significant impact as part of the city's 1993 CDBG project, the acquisition of 2061 W. Larpenteur Ave. An environmental assessment was prepared on the property which demonstrates there is a finding of no significant impact and that the project conforms to the city's overall comprehensive plan and that the project will remove substandard housing, eliminate blight, eliminate anon-conforming land use, improve the entrance to city hall and adjacent Hewlett Packard and provide additional green space in the city. Councilmember Jacobs moved to approve the environmental assessment and notice of no significant impact and intent to release funds which motion carried unanimously.