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Minutes of the Economic Development Commission
City of Mounds View
Ramsey County, Minnesota
Regular Meeting
May 27, 1999
City of Mounds View, City Council Chambers
2401 Highway 10, Mounds View, MN 55112
1. CALL TO ORDER:
The meeting was called to order at approximately 7:45 a.m. by Vice-Chairperson
Rosemary Goff
2. ROLL CALL:
Members present: Rosemary Goff, Tom Field, Sean Walther, Julie Olsen, Wendy
Marty, Jerry Kahn, EDA Liaison Lynn Thomason.
Members absent: Cindy Carlson
Staff present: Economic Development Coordinator Kevin Carroll.
3. APPROVAL OF MINUTES:
Motion/Second: Walther/Field to approve the minutes from April 22, 1999.
Motion Carried 6 Ayes 0 Nays
4. SPECIAL BUSINESS
None.
5. EDC BUSINESS
A. ΑEconomic Development Potpourri≅
Economic Development Coordinator Kevin Carroll provided the EDC members with a
verbal update regarding:
1. the finalization of negotiations with Everest Development, the
execution of the Development Assistance Agreement, and the
commencement of construction of Building ΑN≅;
2. the grand opening of the new Wynnsong 15 movie theater on May 19,
1999;
3. recent legislation affecting, or potentially affecting, economic
development (EDC members were given copies of a summary prepared
by the Association of Metropolitan Municipalities); and
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4. the Business of the Year Awards Luncheon that was held at the
Mounds View Community Center on June 3, 1999 -- at which the
Mounds View Animal Hospital and Sharie Linke (of Innovative Images)
received the ΑLeadership & Innovation≅ and ΑCommunity Treasure≅
awards (respectively).
B. Comprehensive Guide Plan -- Economic Development Section
EDC members were advised that the City intends to ask the Metropolitan Council for
an extension of time for the completion of the updated Comprehensive Guide Plan.
Although the requested extension will presumably be granted, the EDC must
nevertheless proceed as quickly as it can with the finalization of the Economic
Development section so that it is ready for City Council review when the remainder
of the Plan is presented to the Council.
The EDC members discussed the latest draft of the Economic Development section of
the Comprehensive Guide Plan. The consensus was to:
1. Adopt Section One [Community Economic Goals] as is, but delete the
highlighting.
2. Adopt Section Five [Priorities], but renumber as Section Two and place
after Section One.
3. Adopt Section Four [Resources], but renumber as Section Three,
convert to a Αbullet format≅ as in (the new) Section Two, include a
reference to the airport’s proximity as an additional resource, delete
(in #2) the references to Highway 10 and County roads, reword #4 to
expand its scope, and reword #5 to eliminate the reference to a
Αunifying visual theme.≅
4. Renumber Section Three [Challenges] as Section Four and convert the
table into a narrative summary of Αcircumstances≅ that the City
intends to address in a positive fashion.
5. Renumber Section Two [Financial Incentives] as Section Five,
eliminate the attachments, and seek guidance from the City
Council/EDA concerning the extent (if any) to which EDC analysis of
the City’s TIF policies is desired in connection with the ED section of
the Comprehensive Guide Plan.
EDC members agreed that they would bring to the next meeting their specific
suggestions regarding any further revisions of [the newly renumbered] Sections
Three, Four and Five, so that an effort can be made to finalize the EDC=s work on
this document.
6. ADJOURNMENT
There being no further business before the Commission, this meeting of the
Economic Development Commission adjourned at approximately 9:15 a.m.
Respectfully Submitted,
Kevin Carroll
Economic Development Coordinator