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<br /> <br /> <br />Minutes of the Economic Development Commission <br />City of Mounds View <br />Ramsey County, Minnesota <br /> <br />Regular Meeting <br />March 18, 2005 <br />City of Mounds View, Council Chambers <br />2401 Highway 10, Mounds View, MN 55112 <br /> <br /> <br />1. CALL TO ORDER: <br /> <br /> Chairperson Torri Johnson called the meeting to order at 7:39 a.m. <br /> <br />2. ROLL CALL: <br /> <br /> Members Present: Greg Belting, Jackie Entsminger, Tom Field, Jason Helgemoe, Torri Johnson <br />Members Absent: Jerry Jaker, Stan McDonald <br /> <br />Staff Present: Economic Development Coordinator Aaron Backman <br />Others Present: None <br /> <br />3. APPROVAL OF EDC MINUTES: <br /> <br />Motion/Second: The December 10, 2004 minutes were not completed by this meeting. No <br />Commission action was taken. <br /> <br />4. SPECIAL BUSINESS <br /> <br />A. None. <br /> <br />5. REPORT OF COMMISSIONERS, STAFF AND EDA LIAISON <br /> <br />A. Commissioner Reports: Entsminger noted that she had attended the steering committee meeting <br />for the County Road 10 Corridor and the potential renaming of the City’s main thoroughfare. <br />Backman mentioned that there is now new carpet in the Mounds View Community Center. <br /> <br />B. Report of Staff: <br /> <br />1. Update on status of Medtronic Corporate Office Campus / Bridges Redevelopment Project: <br />Backman reviewed the meetings that have been held regarding the Bridges Redevelopment, <br />including transportation, legislative meetings and hearings, and negotiating meetings with <br />Medtronic and Clear Channel. On the morning of March 10th, City staff met with <br />Commissioner Tony Bennett at Medtronic’s Shoreview office regarding the transportation <br />improvements needed for Medtronic. He is very supportive of road improvements to County <br />Road J and the seeking of state appropriations to do so. Backman discussed the two <br />primary pieces of legislation the City is seeking—the special Tax Increment Financing (TIF) <br />legislation and the reverter clause legislation. City staff attended and testified at two <br />hearings in the State House. The reverter clause bill passed out of the House Transportation <br />Policy Committee on March 1st, and was heard (but not acted on) in the House <br />Transportation Finance Committee on March 10th. One amendment that was proposed (but