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Reminder I will be out of the office on Tuesday, September 6th celebrating the Jewish New YearI thank the City Council for their kind consideration of me in rescheduling the Council meeting. Business Association • I attended the Mounds View Business Association Board meeting last week. The meeting was to discuss the direction and purpose of the association. It was agreed to keep the association meetings very upbeat with educational speakers, focus on the theme of local networking and work on a campaign of "Buy Mounds View First". There will be a general election of new officers later this year for 1995. Rich Wolens informed the board that he will not be able to participate in the Association in 1995. He will carry out his presidency until a new officer is elected from the general membership. The next meeting is scheduled for October 6th, 11 :30 - 1 :30. Ron Schmidt will work on getting an uplifting speaker. Economic Development Commission • The EDC meeting went as well as expected in the hallway under the emergency lights. I was surprised that all the members showed up due to the storm but have to remember that I'm in Minnesota now and weather is no big deal. The elected president is Delane Welsch and Vice President Ron Schmidt. Secretary duties will alternate per meeting. We had a lot of discussion regarding the Business Retention Interviews. There has been some dissatisfaction with the interviewers and the lack of notice we are given prior to the interview. The EDC made a motion expressing their concern with the interview process and encouraged staff to meet with the directors of the CRP to come up with some alternatives. Samantha, Mark Malone and I will be meeting with CRP this week. The EDC's 1994 work plan, calendar and bylaws will be presented at the work session. Attraction: • I am responding to a request from Metro East Development Partnership for 15,000 s.f. of office/lab space. The company is a joint venture between two large U.S. corporations which will extract antibodies from egg yolk. The company is also looking in Iowa and Wisconsin. The following is an update on some of the requests I responded to from MEDP and NSP. • Galagen (biotech manufacturer) - 8/17 - no decision has been made on sites. The company is still waiting to resolve the financial end of the expansion.