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CITY COUNCIL WORK SESSION JUNE 9, 2004 APPROVED • 1 2 3 CITY OF LINO LAKES 4 MINUTES 5 6 7 8 DATE : June 9, 2004 9 TIME STARTED : 5:38 p.m. 10 TIME ENDED : 10:25 p.m. 11 MEMBERS PRESENT : Councilmember Dahl, Carlson, Reinert, 12 Mayor Bergeson. Councilmember Stoltz 13 arrived at 6:00 p.m. 14 MEMBERS ABSENT : None 15 16 17 Staff members present: City Administrator, Gordon Heitke; Community Development 18 Director, Michael Grochala; City Engineer, Jim Studenski; Economic Development 19 Assistant, Mary Alice Divine (part); Police Chief, Dave Pecchia, and City Clerk, Ann 20 Blair (part) 21 22 ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT ADVISORY COMMITTEE ACTION PLAN, 23 MARY DIVINE •24 25 Economic Development Assistant Divine reviewed the background information on 26 proposed Resolution No. 04-77, related to approval of the 2004 —2005 Economic 27 Development Advisory Committee (EDAC) action plan. 28 29 EDAC Member Howard Juni was present and explained the action plan in further detail 30 for the Council, and indicated the group was seeking direction from the Council as to 31 priorities and alignment of goals. He indicated that chief among important developments 32 which were currently being planned in the City were the Legacy at Wood's Edge project, 33 the I 35E corridor, the new Town Center, Lake Drive development, and the Apollo 34 Business Park. 35 36 Mayor Bergeson commented that the City Council had a goal setting session in May, and 37 some of the projects identified as having priority in the EDAC plan were consistent with 38 the Council's goals, while others were not on the list. 39 40 Councilmember Reinert commented the action plan was a good report, overall. 41 42 Councilmember Stoltz arrived at 6:00 p.m. 43 44 The Council briefly discussed that attracting large, corporate franchises was desirable in 45 some ways, but having some small -market local franchises added uniqueness. 46 •