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Draft EDC Minutes November 21,2008 Page 2 of 4 • 7. REPORT OF COMMISSIONERS Chair Helgemoe reported that Commissioner Belting's term on the EDC expires on December 31, 2008. Commissioner Belting responded that his application would be submitted to staff by the December 1, 2008 deadline. Community Development Director Ken Roberts arrived at this time. Chair Helgemoe mentioned that both he and Mr. Roberts attended the Chamber luncheon yesterday where staff from the Cities of Blaine, Little Canada and Arden Hills spoke about development in each of the cities. Chair Helgemoe said that he was most interested in Arden Hills' presentation about the 580-acre Twin Cities Army Ammunition Plan (TCAAP) development site because it should be a concern of Mounds View. He said that the project timeline is further out than he originally thought because Arden Hills still needs to purchase the land from the Federal government by the end of 2009. He also said that the site won't be fully developed until three years after the purchase agreement is signed, which is good for Mounds View because we'll have more time to redevelop the former Premium Stop site. He added that land uses will include housing and "big box"stores and that the developer will be Ryan Companies. Mr. Roberts added a comment regarding the Arden Hills TCAAP site, mentioning that Ryan Companies will receive a "credit"towards the land price (when Ryan purchase the property from Arden Hills) for any environmental clean up they might have to do. He added that site preparation alone might take two to three years, which will coincide with infrastructure improvements at the intersections of Hwy 96/County Road 10 and County Road H/35W. • Finally, Mr. Roberts said that Super Target will probably locate on the site, major retailers will locate along 10 and housing will be set back from Hwy 10. Chair Helgemoe also summarized the City of Blaine's presentation, specifically mentioning the Saturn auto dealership site in Blaine. Chair Helgemoe and Mr. Roberts said that it was unclear whether the Mounds View Saturn site would become a used car lot just for Saturn vehicles or if it would become a used car lot in general. Chair Helgemoe added that Blaine is trying to develop a"medical corridor"with Medtronic in Mounds View bordering the south end and the area near Lexington/35W in Blaine bordering the north end. The purpose would be to attract companies that do business with Medtronic. Mr. Roberts said that Blaine has received a lot of interest from companies wanting to locate in Blaine because of Medtronic in addition to Blaine's vacant/available land, the Anoka County/Blaine airport and Blaine's close access to 35W. Chair Helgemoe added that the recently proposed extension of the east/west runway(from 5,000 to 6,000 feet)at the airport might help Blaine's"medical corridor"efforts, although he understands that the extension is not popular with Mounds View residents. With that, Ms. Steinmetz informed the EDC that the Mounds View City Council would be considering a resolution opposing the runway extension at Monday's City Council meeting. Ms. Steinmetz & Mr. Roberts encouraged Mounds View residents to contact Mounds View City Councilpersons or attend Monday's meeting if they are interested in the topic. Mr. Roberts added that many of the airport's surrounding cities are concerned about the increased airport traffic/noise and Anoka County is interested in public input as well. •