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MINUTES OF THE WORKSHOP MEETING CITY COUNCIL LITTLE CANADA, MINNESOTA MARCH 9, 2016 Pursuant to due call and notice thereof a workshop meeting of the City Council of Little Canada, Minnesota was convened on the 91h day of March, 2016 in the Council Chambers of the City Center located at 515 Little Canada Road in said City. Mayor John Keis called the meeting to order at 6:00 p.m. and the following members of the City Council were present at roll call: CITY COUNCIL: Mayor Council Member Council Member Council Member Council Member ALSO PRESENT: City Administrator City Cleric Mr. John Keis Mr. Tom Fischer Mr. Mike McGraw Mr. Rick Montour Mr. Christian Torkelson Mr. Joel R. Hanson Ms. Heidi Heller The purpose of this evening's meeting is for the City Council to discuss the draft action plans for the 2016 goals. DISCUSS 2016 The City Administrator stated that he had prepared action plans for the GOALS ACTION eight goals that received the most votes, and in most cases, had votes from PLANS at least three Council members, during the goal setting session. The City Administrator stated the first goal is to investigate the feasibility of a housing rehab loan program. He noted that he has talked to Roseville about their program, and they did some modifications and are now are happy with the program. The City Administrator noted that he will do more research to see if it would work and make sense for Little Canada. The City Administrator stated the next goal is to develop a process to address vacant commercial property maintenance. He noted that the Code Enforcement Inspector will be involved with this goal. He stated that staff will look into what the actual issues are at the vacant sites and determine if the City Code should be changed or strengthened. The City Administrator stated that the next goal is to implement a business retention and expansion program. He stated that the Fire Inspector will be