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Item No. 9 Meeting Date: May 5, 2008 Type of Business: WS WS: Work Session; PH: Public Hearing; CA: Consent Agenda; EDA: EDA Business Administrator Review: _____ City of Mounds View Staff Report To: Honorable Mayor and City Council From: Heidi Steinmetz, Economic Development Specialist Item Title/Subject: Review Town Hall Meeting Informal Questions and Responses Background At the April 19th Town Hall meeting, Planning Associate Heidi Heller facilitated an inter-active display to encourage residents to think and talk about Mounds View’s Comprehensive Plan. The Comprehensive Plan Task Force and Ms. Heller developed six questions that were displayed on the wall at the Town Hall meeting. Residents provided input by anonymously placing stickers under the following five columns for each question: Strongly Agree, Agree, Somewhat Agree, Disagree and Strongly Disagree. Attached are the results of the informal and unscientific questions and responses. Issue One of the six questions displayed at the Town Hall meeting specifically relates to the redevelopment roundtable discussion held by the City Council at its April 7th Work Session. The question: “Do you support City acquisition of property or public financial assistance to promote redevelopment on the County Highway 10 corridor?” received 53 responses, 46 of which were “Strongly Agree” or “Agree”. Feedback Request One of the next steps suggested at the April 7th redevelopment roundtable was to determine the City Council’s future role with redevelopment. The Council may determine this by also answering the question from the April 19th Town Hall meeting regarding City acquisition of property or public financial assistance to promote redevelopment along County Road 10. Staff requests the City Council’s feedback regarding this issue.