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Mounds View EDA November 23, 2015 <br />Regular Meeting Page 3 <br /> <br />than multi-family housing. He did not see a “wow” factor within the proposed plan by The 1 <br />Beard Group. He wanted to see the site become a destination in the City of Mounds View. He 2 <br />was in favor of the City waiting until a special commercial development came along. He did not 3 <br />support splitting the parcel into Phase I and Phase II. He feared there would be little interest in 4 <br />the tiny sliver of commercial land that would remain. 5 <br /> 6 <br />President Flaherty questioned how much of the site was being proposed for multi-family housing. 7 <br /> Executive Director Ericson reported 2 acres of the 4.25-acre site was being proposed for multi-8 <br />family housing. 9 <br /> 10 <br />Commissioner Meehlhause requested comment from Business Development Coordinator 11 <br />Beeman regarding his thoughts on the Crossroads Pointe property. Business Development 12 <br />Coordinator Beeman reported he has been in contact with 40 developers regarding the Crossroad 13 <br />Pointe property with seven showing real interest. He provided further comment on the proposals 14 <br />from the various developers. He discussed how the market in the north metro would be changing 15 <br />once development began on TCAAP. 16 <br /> 17 <br />President Flaherty encouraged the EDA to wait and see how the TCAAP site developed before 18 <br />moving forward with the Crossroad Pointe site. He questioned how the EDA wanted to proceed 19 <br />with the site. 20 <br /> 21 <br />Commissioner Meehlhause supported the proposed two-phased approach. 22 <br /> 23 <br />Commissioner Hull was in agreement. 24 <br /> 25 <br />Commissioner Mueller believed the two-phased approach would work in Mounds View and 26 <br />thought the proposed units would provide multi-generational housing for the City’s residents. 27 <br />She understood there was a need for additional housing with amenities for young, urban 28 <br />professionals. She supported the project being done sooner rather than later as she did not want 29 <br />to miss out on a great opportunity and have new residents moving to TCAAP instead of Mounds 30 <br />View. 31 <br /> 32 <br />Vice President Gunn supported the two-phased approach to the site as proposed by The Beard 33 <br />Group. 34 <br /> 35 <br />President Flaherty reiterated that he believed the City was jumping the gun but explained he 36 <br />would support the consensus of the EDA. 37 <br /> 38 <br />8. REPORTS 39 <br /> 40 <br />None. 41 <br /> 42