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Staff Report Community Development Update Page 7 • Covering for Station 1 and bringing Rescue 10 fire truck to MV City Hall for response when necessary • Investigation for Greenfield Drive fire . • Sat on the State Board of Appeals for a case in the City of Maplewood i Inspector Don Burda resigned from the City on July 23 , 2009 , Inspections Completed : Kathi 16 fire (not including follow up) 274 building Don 606 Jeff 94 Code Enforcement: Jeremiah Anderson continues to work extensively on code enforcement and housing matters in the City. This has included 129 housing code inspections and 160 property code violations in the third quarter of 2009 . Jeff Baker and Tyler Martin (from the Police Department) have been helping him with code enforcement matters and follow up inspections . I have attached three separate reports from Jeremiah that give a great summary of code enforcement activities and about high-profile code enforcement cases in third quarter of 2009 in Mounds View. To meet one of the City goals for code enforcement, City staff prepared a mission statement and statements with the objective and the values and beliefs of property maintenance and code enforcement in Mounds View. I have attached these on a separate page for your reference . Economic Development Update : The following is an update from Heidi Steinmetz about economic development activities of City staff so far in 2009 . Mounds View Branding Project Economic Development Specialist Heidi Steinmetz managed this project with Risdall Marketing Group , In January 2009 , Risdall presented the EDA with the Residents Image Survey results . In February, Risdall presented the EDA with the Business Operators Survey results and the Discovery Findings Report, In March , the EDA approved Mounds View's new Brand Strategy , From March through April , Ms . Steinmetz coordinated a staff team of department heads to review Risdall ' s logo designs in preparation of the Council 's approval a new City logo . From May through September, Ms . Steinmetz coordinated Risdall and City's staff's creation of new City tagline options and solicited tagline ideas from the public per the EDA's direction .