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<br />Item #: 8A−G <br />Meeting Date: Nov. 18, 2011 <br />Type of Business: EDC <br />Administrator Review: ____ <br />City of Mounds View Staff Report <br /> <br /> <br /> <br />To: Economic Development Commission <br />From: Heidi Steinmetz, Economic Development Specialist <br />Item Title/Subject: Reports of Staff <br /> <br /> <br />8A – Recap of November 7th City Council Work Session <br />The City Council discussed the Economic Development Specialist position on November 7th <br />and directed the City Administrator to include the position in the 2012 budget. <br /> <br />8B – Recap of November 9th Mounds View Business Council Meeting <br />The Superintendent of Mounds View Public Schools was the keynote speaker at the <br />November 9th Business Council meeting. He discussed the District’s changing <br />demographics and two new projects for the District’s future, including a magnet school <br />option for Edgewood Middle School and a post-secondary option for Irondale students. <br /> <br />8C – Commissioners Belting and Paron Reappointed to EDC <br />The EDA reappointed Commissioners Belting and Paron during the November 14th EDA <br />meeting. The new terms expire on December 31, 2014. <br /> <br />8D – TCAAP Development Update <br />Attached is a Ramsey County press release dated November 10th regarding the County <br />Board’s vote to purchase and clean up 430 acres of the TCAAP site. The County Board <br />approved the purchase agreement this past Tuesday, Nov. 15th. <br /> <br />8E – Mounds View Business News <br /> <br /> Zero Gravity Trampoline Park – 2292 Woodale Dr (Mounds View Business Park South) <br />It is anticipated that Zero Gravity will open in December. City staff will arrange a <br />tour of the space for the EDC in January 2012. <br /> <br /> El Loro Mexican Restaurant – 2535 County Road 10 (Mounds View Square) <br />Property owner Paster Enterprises has told city staff that El Loro plans to open early <br />next week (the week of November 21st). Paster Enterprises is planning to schedule <br />a ribbon cutting event. When received, City staff will forward the invitation to the <br />EDC. <br /> <br />8F – Available Business Sites in Mounds View <br />For details on each business site available in Mounds View, visit the City’s Website at <br />www.ci.mounds-view.mn.us/availablesites and click on each property name. <br /> <br />