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Item No: 08C <br /> MOUNDS VIEW Meeting Date: :February u 2025 <br /> ss <br /> Type of Business: Council Business <br /> _____ _ City Administrator Review: <br /> City of Mounds view Staff Report <br /> To: Honorable Mayor and City Council <br /> From: Nyle Zikmund, City Administrator/Scott Riggs, City Attorney <br /> Item Title/Subject: Second Reading and Approval of Ordinance No. 1024, <br /> Deleting, Title III: Administration, Sections 33.080 through <br /> 33.088 and all other References to the Mounds View <br /> Economic Commission contained in the Mounds View City <br /> Code <br /> Introduction: At the January 6, 2025 City Council work session the Council provided staff <br /> direction to move forward in dissolving the Mounds View Economic Development <br /> Commission (EDC). <br /> Discussion: <br /> The City Council has based their decision for a variety of reasons including but not limited <br /> to the following: <br /> Lack of or reduced economic development activity, the fact that the EDC has <br /> accomplished most of the priority items over the years except for a few long-term projects, <br /> only having 2-3 meetings per year to fulfill by-law requirements, etc., lack of speaker <br /> topics, hard to get a quorum at times, and difficult to get enough people interested in <br /> applying for the Commission. <br /> The Mounds View Economic Development Authority (EDA) will remain the same with the <br /> City Council serving at the EDA. There is a sub-committee called the Development <br /> Review Committee that is a sub-committee of the EDA that reviews development <br /> proposals and decides if the developments are worthy to bring forward to the full EDA. <br /> The City Council has the option of calling upon a couple of former EDC Commissioners <br /> or other non-City Council Members to participate on that committee as-needed. <br /> City Attorney Scott Riggs has prepared an Ordinance that removes any reference to the <br /> Mounds View Economic Development Commission. The Council to review and discuss <br /> as needed. <br /> Introduction and first reading took placed on January 27, 2025. <br /> Financial Impact: <br /> None <br /> The Mounds View Vision <br /> A Thriving Desirable Community <br />