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VISIT OF MINNESOTA DESIGN TEAM <br />Three members of the Minnesota Design team -Tim Mcllwain, Arthur Mehrhoff and <br />Janet Whitmore - visited lake Elmo on April 19 to screen our application for a fall <br />visit. <br />It was not until the early afternoon of April 19 that we were made aware of the <br />expectations of the design team for the visit. They were interested in evidence of <br />resident and business support to ensure that their time could not be more usefully <br />applied to another application, Even though the notice we were able to give was so <br />short, the meeting was well attended by lake Elmo residents, and we were very <br />pleased with the response. <br />The team emphasized that they regarded themselves as facilitators to help the <br />residents focus on what was important, what was common ground and to develop a <br />ground swell of support for a future planning direction that the City should take. They <br />made it clear that their function was to provide an analysis of residents' input that <br />hopefully would result in creating a local team for defining and developing a plan that <br />was endorsed by the majority. <br />There were numbers of questions raised by residents and the team My personal <br />conclusion was that the visit went well. The result will not be known until the three <br />Design team members present their recommendations to the selecting committee <br />which meets on May la We expect to know the results of their discussions by May 12 <br />The other Cities also applying for a visit are Houston and Northfield <br />