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Mounds View EDA January 8, 2007 <br />Regular Meeting Page 4 <br /> <br /> 128 <br />Vice President Stigney indicated that St. Anthony used the word significant public benefit and he 129 <br />would like to add that back in. 130 <br /> 131 <br />Economic Development Coordinator Backman said that he has tried to minimize adjectives 132 <br />because that leaves something up for interpretation. He then said that the relative impact 133 <br />significance would be ranked. 134 <br /> 135 <br />President Marty agreed that he would like to add significant back into the document. 136 <br /> 137 <br />Commissioner Mueller suggested using the word qualifying instead of significant. 138 <br /> 139 <br />The Authority agreed. 140 <br /> 141 <br />President Marty said that he likes the language added to the application process section of the 142 <br />document. 143 <br /> 144 <br />Vice President Stigney indicated that he would like to clarify the language regarding number of 145 <br />jobs to ensure that new jobs created would carry more weight than retained jobs. He then said 146 <br />that he would like to add language for additional new square footage of building. 147 <br /> 148 <br />Vice President Stigney said he would like to define where spin-off development would be 149 <br />located. He then said that he is unsure why Highway 10 would create benefits over other 150 <br />locations in the City. 151 <br /> 152 <br />Economic Development Coordinator Backman explained that the corridor is a priority for the 153 <br />EDA and the EDC and that is why the bonus points were added to the document. He then agreed 154 <br />to add additional net square footage to the document. 155 <br /> 156 <br />Commissioner Mueller asked whether the document should distinguish between full and part 157 <br />time jobs. 158 <br /> 159 <br />Economic Development Coordinator Backman indicated that could be defined. 160 <br /> 161 <br />Vice President Stigney indicated that he does not care to give bonus points for locating along 162 <br />Highway 10. 163 <br /> 164 <br />President Marty and Commissioner Mueller agreed. 165 <br /> 166 <br />Commissioner Flaherty said that he likes providing incentive to locate along the corridor. 167 <br /> 168 <br />Commissioner Hull indicated that he is in favor of keeping the bonus for Highway 10 169