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MINUTES OF THE WORKSHOP MEETING CITY COUNCIL LITTLE CANADA, MINNESOTA MARCH 14, 2018 Pursuant to due call and notice thereof a workshop meeting of the City Council of Little Canada, Minnesota was convened on the 14th day of March, 2018 in the Conference Room 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: ALSO PRESENT: Mayor Council Member Council Member Council Member Council Member City Administrator Assoc. Planner/Code Enf. City Clerk Mr. John Keis Mr. Tom Fischer Mr. Rick Montour Mr. Mike McGraw Mr. Christian Torkelson Mr. Joel Hanson Ms. Jessica Jagoe Ms. Heidi Heller Mayor Keis stated that the purpose of this evening's workshop is to discuss the 2018 Council Goal Action Plans. 2018 COUNCIL The City Administrator explained that the Council adopted six goals for 2018 GOAL ACTION and actions plans were drafted for each goal. PLANS The City Administrator stated that the Redevelopment goal has several action items, and he has started putting together a comprehensive list of the City's land purchases. He reviewed the other action items: consider proactive options for targeted redevelopment, prepare report on options for use of remaining TIF balances and conduct workshop to review reports and determine next steps. He noted that the discussion about creating a downtown should be part of redevelopment, and that the Council needs to figure out what is really wanted and some parameters. Torkelson stated that he would like a group of developers to look at the City and tell us about the market and what they would want to build here. The City Administrator stated that over the years developers have told us that the City should focus on neighborhood level development since Little Canada is between Maplewood and Roseville, which are both regional retail and commercial areas.