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2 are still on focus, and would it be meaningful to revise them. The one-year action plan was updated in 2004 and the council approved the goals mid-year, so it really doesn’t need updating. Ms. Divine will email the 5-year plan to everyone. LINO LAKES WEBSITE Ms. Schwartz said the new website is a good resource. Ms. Divine asked members to look at the website and the economic development section and bring suggestions. She is working on MnPRO, which has every city’s Community Profile and a place to list buildings and land that are for sale or lease. A link to this site will be available on the city website. There are other links to the chamber and to the Woods Edge website. The address is www.ci.lino-lakes.mn.us. Minutes, codes, ordinances and applications are available. Ms. Schwartz suggested aerials and plat maps be added. Mr. Rymer asked about e-commerce, obtaining permits, signing up for parks and rec programs. Ms. Divine stated the city hasn’t gotten that far. UPDATES: LIVABLE COMMUNITIES GRANT Ms. Divine informed the committee that the city received a $750,000 Livable Communities Grant from the Met Council for development of Legacy at Woods Edge. This program is for development of projects that meet the criteria of mixed use, affordability, density, mobility, etc. The funds will be used to help write down costs of the project. I-35E CORRIDOR AUAR Ms. Hansmann has been attending the AUAR meetings and liked the process because it allowed landowners to come in with plans for their properties, and the process puts all the different plans together. Four development scenarios were considered, one based on the Comprehensive Plan, one that showed current developer proposals, one that showed maximized commercial uses, and the fourth showed maximized residential uses. The plans were based on information that was collected on traffic, utilities, environmental issues, etc. The panel reviewed the plans and offered suggestions and comments. An open house was held for the public. She believes that the city council should take what the group has suggested and amend the Comp Plan because this is based on much more information and is more specific than when the Comp Plan was developed. She learned that there is enough industrial land set aside for over a 150 years, even if every industrial acre available in the metro area was used up. Mr. Milbauer stated when the city did the Comp Plan that land just got assigned a category of “industrial” so that it wouldn’t get designated for residential, because of the 147 unit/year cap on housing that was part of the Comp Plan. Ms. Hansmann said this process did a good job of mixing uses. The city council called for this AUAR process to study the east side before development occurs. Ms. Divine explained the AUAR process for new members and explained about Hardwood Creek, the one major development that has been proposed. The intent is that the council will adopt the AUAR mitigation plan when that is complete this summer. Ms.