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Item No. <br /> Staff Report No. <br /> Meeting Date: November 2, 1998 <br /> Type of Business: Council Business <br /> WK: Work Session;PH:Public Hearing; <br /> CA:Consent Agenda;CB:Council Business <br /> City of Mounds View Staff Report <br /> To: Mayor and City Council <br /> From: Kevin Carroll,Economic Development Coordinator <br /> Item Title/Subject: "Business E-mail Hotline" <br /> Date of Report: October 29, 1998 <br /> Summary: <br /> The Community Development Department intends to create and regularly use an e-mail directory <br /> of local businesses to facilitate communications with them. <br /> Background: <br /> The November/December issue of Mounds View Matters includes a short article(copy attached) <br /> regarding my plan to develop a database containing the e-mail addresses of every Mounds View <br /> business that has Internet access. I will provide a more detailed verbal report at the work session <br /> on Monday regarding how this database will be used to create new two-way communications <br /> links between City Hall and the local business community. <br /> I wanted to address this subject at a work session for two reasons. First, discussing the topic <br /> during a televised meeting will help inform and educate business owners about the new service in <br /> question,which may prompt some of them to contact me and ask that they be added to the <br /> database. Second, I will be interested in hearing what City Council members think of this idea <br /> and any suggestions that they may have regarding how the"Business E-Mail Hotline" can be <br /> utilized to get useful information to and from our businesses in a timely and efficient manner. <br /> Recommendation: <br /> [For discussion only. No action required.] <br /> • ,,44/14 <br /> K ' arroll, Econ mic Development Coordinator <br /> 717-4029 <br /> N:\DATA\GROUPS\COMDEV\CITYCOUN\CC-REP\EMAIL.REP <br />