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MEMORANDUM
DATE: March 5, 2015
O F
FROM: Michael Grochala, Community Development Director
RE: March 5, 2015 EDAC Meeting
Attached is the agenda and draft February meeting minutes for your review. We will be
discussing the Open to Business program at this meeting.
Open to Business
Anoka County has retained Open to Business to assist cities with their economic
development efforts. Open to Business is a program of the Metropolitan Consortium of
Community Developers that offers support to entrepreneurs and other local businesses.
They bring on -site business service specialists to supplement the economic
development support normally offered by municipal agencies and provide one-on-one
assistance to local small businesses in the form of start-up financing and business plan
development.
Kathleen DuChene is a Business Advisor with the program and will be present to discuss
the organization and how they can assist the city.
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AGENDA
Economic Development Advisory Committee
Thursday, March 5, 2015
Community Room
8:00 A.M.
1. Roll Call
2. Approve Minutes of February 5, 2014
3. Open To Business Program
4. Project Updates
5. Adj ournment
CITY OF LINO LAKES
ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT
ADVISORY COMMITTEE
MINUTES
DATE: February 5, 2015
MEMBERS
PRESENT: Nathan Vojtech, Thomas Colgan, Rebecca Glewwe, Tami Wier, Don Johnson.
MEMBERS
ABSENT: Lou Masonick, Julie Schwartz, Matt Kassner.
OTHERS PRESENT: Michael Grochala, Celeste McDermott.
APPROVAL OF MINUTES
It was moved by Rebecca Glewwe to approve the minutes of December 4, 2014. The motion
was seconded by Chad Wagner and passed unanimously.
494 BLIGHT STUDY
Mr. Grochala provided information regarding a study that has been proposed by the city
evaluating the improvement potential for property located at the intersection of 49 and County
Road J. Staff has had ongoing discussions with the property owner regarding possible
demolition of the old 49 Club.
The City is proposing to retain the services of LHB Architects to perform a blight study on the
property. The purpose of the study would be to prequalify the property for possible
establishment of a Tax Increment Financing (TIF) District. Mr. Grochala explained that once the
building is removed we would have up to three years to establish a TIF district. Once established
a project would need to be undertaken within three years or the district would dissolve.
The board recommended moving forward with the blight study.
WEBSITE OVERVIEW
Ms. McDermott provided a general overview of the new city website including information on
the property search function that allows potential businesses or developers to search for available
sites or buildings.
PROJECT UPDATES
Mr. Grochala provided an overview of ongoing projects including updates regarding the new
fire station and upcoming housing developments.
ADJOURNMENT
The meeting was adjourned at 9:16 AM.