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Item Number: 01 <br />Meeting Date: June 1, 2009 <br />Type of Business: WS <br />Administrator Review: _____ <br /> <br /> City of Mounds View Staff Report <br />To: Honorable Mayor and City Council <br /> From: Heidi Steinmetz, Economic Development Specialist <br /> Item Title/Subject: Potential Farmer’s Market Exploratory Committee <br /> <br />Background <br />Economic Development Commission (EDC) Vice Chair Jennifer Wagner-Harkonen first <br />proposed the Mounds View Farmer’s Market idea to the EDC in January 2009. Since <br />that time, the EDC and the Parks, Recreation and Forestry Commission have discussed <br />the idea at the below listed meetings: <br /> <br />Date-2009 Meeting Discussion <br />January 16 EDC Ms. Wagner presented her idea to the EDC <br />March 26 Parks, Recreation <br />& Forestry Commission <br />Discussed possible locations & Music in the Park tie-in <br />April 17 EDC EDC encouraged Ms. Wagner to continue her research <br />May 15 EDC EDC provided a formal motion in support of forming a <br />Farmer’s Market Committee that may eventually request City <br />sponsorship <br /> <br />Discussion <br />Ms. Wagner-Harkonen and Cindy Palm of the Parks, Recreation & Forestry <br />Commission have volunteered to lead the effort of further researching a potential <br />Farmer’s Market for Mounds View. Ms. Wagner-Harkonen and Ms. Palm will be <br />attending the June 1, 2009 City Council Work Session to ask the City Council if they are <br />willing to support the formation of a Farmer's Market Exploratory Committee. <br /> <br />This potential committee may eventually ask the City Council to sponsor a Farmer's <br />Market through a contract with the City of Shoreview's Farmer's Market manager, <br />Lesley Young. Ms. Young also will be attending the Work Session to answer any <br />questions about the logistics of a Mounds View Farmer’s Market. <br /> <br />Recommendation <br />Staff recommends that the City Council provide direction to Ms. Wagner-Harkonen and <br />Ms. Palm about the formation of this volunteer committee and the potential of a City- <br />sponsored Farmer’s Market in Mounds View. <br /> <br />Respectfully submitted, <br /> ___________________________ <br />Heidi Steinmetz, Economic Development Specialist