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Reports of Staff Council Workshop August 1, 2016 Page 5 of 6 C. Rice Creek Commons (TCAAP) Development Update Construction on Rice Creek Commons and County Road 10 & H has begun. Final completion is expected early 2017. Information on the project and an explanation of roundabouts was posted to the website and Facebook. The building development is expected to begin in 2017. Alatus has been chosen as the master developer who beat out Opus and Ryan Companies. Alatus will be negotiating a development agreement soon then it will begin plans for Phase I construction calling for 200 homes. In addition, Alatus will begin its search for a large grocery store and medical facility to serve as an anchor in the hopes that it will spur more commercial development. D. Mounds View Project Updates Website: The City Council will be discussing the possibility of upgrading the existing website or installing a completely new website. The current website is very manually intensive and doesn’t allow some of the features that more modern websites have to offer. They will discuss forming a task force and bringing in web companies to present their proposals at an upcoming work session. Silver View Park Trail: The Silver Lake Park Trail is expected to be installed this summer. The trail was supposed to be completed last year; however the project was delayed due to problems obtaining easements from the property owners. Trail Segments: The city plans on completing the final trail segments this year. Segment 6 will be placed from the County Rd 10 & H2 intersection in front of Moe’s to the corner of County Rd 10 & Woodale Drive. Segment 11 will run from Red Oak Drive near Western Bank to Groveland Road near Steve’s Appliances and will tie in with the newly constructed sidewalk at Groveland Road. With the completion of the new bridge over I-35 this fall, Mounds View will have continuous access to the county regional trail system. Community Center Sign: The city is in the preliminary stages of contracting with a sign company to install a new Community Center monument sign across from City Hall. This project is expected to be completed this year. E. Snyder Building Staff is in regular contact with the realtor offering ideas and leads. The main issue is the price and lack of parking. The asking price has been reduced from $2.5 mill to somewhere between $1 to $2 mill. The lease is over $14 p/sq. ft. Many businesses like the location but can’t afford the price and/or require more parking spaces. The owner has been forced into paying the loan payments without income from the building and has indicated that he is accepting reasonable offers and is open to creative financing. Staff may be discussing the possibility of addressing parking in the city. If parking ratios were reduced then this could potentially open up the possibility of recruiting a restaurant to this location. F. Mounds View Business Council Meeting The next meeting will be held September 14, at 7:30 a.m. at the Mermaid Event Center. The speaker for the next meeting will be a company representative from Alatus which is the Master Developer for the Rice Creek Commons project. The Twin Cities North Chamber of Commerce would like to join Mounds View, Arden Hills, and Shoreview to the Business Council meetings. Jason Helgemoe would continue to chair the meetings and the group will need to agree to a new name. Some ideas have been North Metro Business Council or Northwest Ramsey County Business Council. If any Council Member has ideas on the new name or comments on joining the cities please make Jason Helgemoe or Brian Beeman aware of your comments and either of them will bring those forward at the next Business Council meeting.