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Item Numbers: 8A-8F • Meeting Date: May 15, 2009 Type of Business: EDC City of Mounds View Staff Report To: Economic Development Commission From: Heidi Steinmetz, Economic Development Specialist Item Title/Subject: Reports of Staff: Items 8A-8F A. Recap of April 25, 2009 Town Hall Meeting About 40 residents attended the fifth annual Town Hall Meeting on Saturday, April 25, 2009 at the Mounds View Community Center. A formal presentation began at 10am when the Mayor gave a "State of the City" speech; Clerk-Administrator Jim Ericson presented the City Council's 2009 goals and presented the City's new logo to the public. Residents provided comments to the City Council and asked questions for about a half hour at the conclusion of the presentation. There were many booths for the residents to visit in the Community Center lobby, including City Commission booths, City Department booths and a Housing Resource Center booth. 10 B. City Council Approved Robert's Sports Bar Flea Market & Auctions On April 27, 2009, the City Council approved Robert's Sports Bar's Conditional Use Permit (CUP) application for outside seasonal sales in the Robert's parking lot. This will allow for events such as flea markets and auctions to occur in the parking lot from 7:30am to 1:30pm on Thursdays, Saturdays and Sundays from April through September of each year. C. Potential Business Registration Program The City Council may consider this item at the Tuesday, May 26, 2009 City Council meeting. The last time the Council discussed this item was in January 2009 when they directed Building Official/Fire Marshal Kathi Osmonson to draft a business registration ordinance. The EDC and Chamber President Tim Roche discussed this potential program on February 20, 2009 and I forwarded their input to the Community Development Department to be included in Ms. Osmonson's staff report to the City Council. Items that the City Council will consider are the draft ordinance, the draft business registration form and the cost of purchasing software to run the potential program. D. Mounds View Branding Project There is a separate staff report about City taglines. Choosing a City tagline will • complete Phase 1 of the Mounds View Branding Project.