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APPROVED <br />CITY OF LINO LAKES <br />ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT <br />ADVISORY COMMITTEE <br />MINUTES <br /> <br />DATE: Thursday, February 1, 2007 <br />MEMBERS <br />PRESENT: J. Milbauer, J. Kuschke, J. Schwartz, J. Helgemoe, M.C. Pap (part), M. Keller, K. <br />Lodico <br />MEMBERS <br />ABSENT: B. Combs, K.Corson <br />OTHERS <br />PRESENT: M. Divine, D. Stoltz (part) <br /> <br />GENERAL/MINUTES <br />Minutes of January 11, 2007 were approved. <br /> <br />WELCOME NEW MEMBERS <br />Councilmember Dan Stoltz welcomed new members Mary Carlson Pap and Karen Lodico. He <br />noted that the city council often must react to projects brought to them, but EDAC has the chance <br />to be the proactive arm that advises the council. <br /> <br />ELECTION OF CHAIR AND VICE CHAIR <br />Ms. Keller moved to nominate J. Schwartz for chair. Mr. Milbauer nominated Jason Helgemoe <br />for chair. Mr. Helgemoe stated he would be interested in vice chair. It was moved and seconded <br />to have J. Schwartz as chair and J. Helgemoe as vice-chair. Motion passed unanimously. <br /> <br />2030 VISION PLAN <br />Ms. Divine explained the process for the vision plan and introduced the economic and <br />commercial development vision for EDAC review and comment. The council is expected to <br />review and accept the vision document on Feb. 12 and it will be forwarded to the Comp Plan <br />Advisory Panel. <br /> <br />Ms. Lodico was on the community amenities group and stated there were many different <br />perspectives from the vision group, but in the end they agreed about many issues, including <br />commercial growth, but realized how complex the issues are and how they interrelate. Ms. Pap <br />was on economic development group and stated they studied the city survey regarding the right <br />kind of growth and honoring the natural resources. There was a common thread of this in all <br />groups. Ms. Pap noted that she learned how divided the city is with the park and separate school <br />districts etc. It was an educational process. <br /> <br />Members reviewed the four economic development goals: <br />1) Expand and diversity the city’s tax base by encouraging mixed use and nodal development. <br />2) Work with developers to identify innovative strategies for attracting entry level and smaller <br />entrepreneurial businesses <br /> 1