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MINUTES City Council August 10, 1988 Little Scalze r•eported that at a past meeting of the Economic Development Canada Committee, t'ne Committee discussed and recommended to the Council that Road the City proceed to draw up plans for• the impr~ovement and upgrade of (Cont.) the appear•ance of Little Canada Road. Bill Sander•s presented the Council with some examples of the kinds of improvements the Committee had in mind which his fir•m put together• for other• cities. Pat Pelstr•ing, Business Development Ser~vices, pointed out that if the Countr•y Dr•ive area is redevelopecl, it is common to designate a lar~ger Tax Increment Financing District around the r•edevelopment distr~ict. The City could then use TIF money from var~ious projects to pr•oceed to make the improvements as have been discussed by the Economic Development Committee, such as new lighting, sidewalks, etc. Sander~s also pointed out the Celebrate Minnesota 1990 Progr~am which has grant money available for~ these types of impr~ovements. The Progr~am has about $25,000 in grant money available, however~, the pr•ogr~am is a 3 to 1 matching pr•ogr•am. Sanders pointed out the cur•r•ent utility problems along Little Canada Road pointing out that utility impr~ovements would be expensive, but ar•e basic to the improvement of the appear•ance of the Road. Mr•. Fahey intr•oduced the following r•esolution and moved its adoption: RESOLUTION N0. 88-8-326 - REQUESTING BILL SANDERS ON BEHALF OF THE CITY TO PROCEED WITH A CONCEPT PLAN FOR REVIEW BY TNE COUNCIL FOR UPGRADING LITTLE CANADA ROAD FROM AN ARCHITECTURAL LANDSCAPING STNADPOINT CONSISTENT WITH THE CITY'S HISTORY AND IMAGE The foregoing resolution was duly seconded by Mrs. Scalze. Ayes (5) Fahey, Scalze, Collova, LaVa11e, Blesener. Nays (0). Resolution declar~ed adopted. This r•esolution appear•s in Resolution Book No. ?.0, Page 332. The City Engineer• r•epor~ted that much of the power~ lines and utilities acr•oss the Little Canada Road br•idge ar•e tempor•ary and will be removed once construction is completed. Countr•y Dr•. Scal ze r•epor•ted that thi s mor•ni ng there was a meeti ng of the Economi c & Bwana Development Committee. At that meeting by a 4 to 1 vote the Committee Archery recommended that the Council r•etain Country Dwive appr•oximately in its present location based on the recommendation of the City Planner•, Engineer~ Agenda and BDS. Item No. 11 Page -11-