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1 1 1 COUNCIL MEETING FEBRUARY 13, 1995 advisory groups. Issues such as safety, communication and responsive government will not be addressed by advisory groups. The safety issues are being addressed by the Community Service Officer. The newsletter has been changed to address the communication issue and Mr. Tesch and Ms. Sullivan have also discussed adding additional resources of communication. The groups that will be formed at this time will address the issue of environment. The citizens view Lino Lakes as a "green" community and the citizens want the City Council to be concerned with the environment and bring clean businesses into the City and stay environmentally conscience. This will be addressed throughout all the different advisory groups. The first advisory committee topic is economic development. There are three (3) subtopics: 1) growth plan for the City (may be similar to the Comprehensive Plan already in place, also may suggest some adjustments to that Plan and review zoning and open space concerns), 2), taxes and revenues will be reviewed by looking at the amount of taxes received from the citizens versus other sales and service revenues, 3) commercial development, looking at types of businesses that the citizens want to have in Lino Lakes and how the City might best attract these businesses. The "kick off" for the advisory committees will be held the week of March 5, 1995 and everyone who has expressed an interest in this forum is asked to plan to have Saturday morning free. Mr. Wessel will meet with all the economic development groups during the week and explain what resources are available to them such as the Comprehensive Plan, the City Charter and what type of guidelines the City is ruled by. On Saturday all the groups will board a bus to tour the City. Areas where development is scheduled will be visited, the MUSA areas will be outlined and group members will be given information so that they can make educated decisions as the 20/20 Vision project continues. Parks and Recreation is the second topic and the subtopics include recreation, community center and trails. The group working with the topic recreation will look at whether the City should have additional organized recreation opportunities. The community center group will look at a place for residents to gather where there can be recreation. The third subtopic is trails. Ms. Sullivan noted that the citizens have voiced the need for trails "loud and clear". This topic was probably the second most important concern expressed in the community forums. Although the City has a good plan for trails in place, the City needs to provide additional education to the citizens regarding the trail plan and what can be done to increase the size of the trail system. Maintaining the trails was also an issue. The PAGE 3