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Minutes of the Economic Development Commission City of Mounds View Ramsey County, Minnesota • z "ti. Regular Meeting September 28, 1995 City Hall C:\\ 2401 Highway 10, Mounds View, MN 55112 1. Call to Order: The meeting was called to order at 6:00 p.m. by Chairperson, Phil Seipp. 2. Roll Call: Members present were as follows: Rosemary Goff, Mark Malone, Delane Welsch and Phil Seipp. In addition, Economic Development Coordinator Cathy Bennett and EDA liaison Sue Hankner were present. EDC Members Peg Mountin, Dan Nelson and Ron Schmidt were absent. 3. Approval Of Minutes: Motion/Second: Goff/Malone moved approval of Minutes of August 24, 1995 Meeting. Motion Carried 4 ayes 0 nays • 4. Special Business Presentation on the Metropolitan Livable Communities Act Coordinator Bennett reported that Joanne Barron from the Metropolitan Council called to cancel due to personal business that brought her out of town. The item will be moved to the October agenda. 5. A. Consideration of TIF Funds for Housing Loans Coordinator Bennett reported that the City met with attorney regarding the use of TIF for a housing loan program similar to the business loan program. Unfortunately Tax Increment Law does not allow the use of Tax Increment for interest reduction on single family owner occupied properties. Staff is evaluating other programs and will bring a program back to the EDC for consideration upon Council's direction regarding policy issues. B. Discussion of Updating Mounds View's Economic Development Plan Coordinator Bennett passed out the last version of the Mounds View Economic Development Plan approved in April of 1986. As part of the EDC's work plan the task of updating the Plan should be started in 1995. Coordinator Bennett also reported that the EDC should consider striving for Minnesota Star City Status as part of the updating process. The Star City Program is an economic development planning process which includes community data gathering, survey I