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MINUTES OF THE WORKSHOP MEETING CITY COUNCIL LITTLE CANADA, MINNESOTA JANUARY 10, 2024 Pursuant to due call and notice thereof a Workshop meeting of the City Council of Little Canada, Minnesota was convened on the 10t" day of January, 2024 in the Conference Room of the City Center located at 515 Little Canada Road in said City. Mayor Tom Fischer called the meeting to order at 6:30 p.m. and the following members of the City Council were present at roll call: ROLL CALL: In attendance were Mayor Fischer, City Council Members T. Miller, Gutierrez, Kwapick and D. Miller. Absent: None. ALSO PRESENT: Community Development Director Corrin Wendell, Parks & Rec/Community Services Director Bryce Shearen and City Clerk Heidi Heller. SCOPE OF WORK FOR ULI TECHNICAL ADVISORY PANEL PROGRAM The Community Development Director explained that in alignment with goals outlined in the City's Strategic Plan, city staff has taken the next steps in efforts to enhance our development and redevelopment opportunities within the City. She stated that staff is recommending partnering with the Urban Land Institute (ULI) to conduct a one and one-half day workshop through their Technical Advisory Panel. She explained that Little Canada aims to optimize the use of city owned parcels and the surrounding areas by addressing these key questions: Land Use Optimization, Placemaking and Corridor Enhancement; and Guiding Future Development. The Community Development Director stated the Technical Assistance Panels (TAPS) bring a market -based perspective to your specific development/land use challenge or policy issue. TAPS provide an unbiased, interdisciplinary panel of volunteer real estate professionals who address a specific project, development or policy issue. The Community Development Director stated the City's Strategic Plan calls for development redevelopment efforts in our "Maximizing our Assets to Catalyze Development" related to developer presentations on market demand and redevelopment opportunities. In addition, the Strategic Plan states one of the visions for 2025 is to have revitalized key commercial corridors. With these initiatives, the ULI TAP program is a necessary next step in accomplishing these goals. The Community Development Director stated that after discussions with the ULI Executive Director, we were given two TAP options — a 1.5-day panel or a 2.5-day panel. City staff believe that the 1.5-day panel aligns with the needs of the City and offers tremendous opportunity to gain invaluable insights for the development and redevelopment goals. T. Miller stated that it would be important to talk to businesses in the community after receiving the report from ULI especially ones that are adjacent to, or part of, the redevelopment areas.