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whole district and not just the downtown area. He stated that we also need to look at the portion of the policy that sets what we want to spend money on like environmental remediation, land acquisition and demolition of buildings. Granger stated that we need to take a close look at the qualifications on the application to make sure we are not limit people from doing a good project. Bever stated that he likes the job creation portion of the policy Arcand asked if the DNR has policies that the City has to follow for the lake and wetland setbacks. Thistle asked if a park was still the idea for a portion of the property along Egg Lake. He stated he liked the idea of lake view from Highway 61. CD Director stated that the park idea was favored by the citizens at the open house and that we must be aware of that. COMPREHENSIVE PLAN UPDATE FOR 2008 CD Director stated that in January staff would like to get the City Council,Planning Commission, EDA, and Parks Commission together for a kick off meeting to talk about the comprehensive plan update process. This joint meeting will go over what the comprehensive plan process will be and to figure out how much public involvement there will be. The EDA will be working on issues such as a location of a possible new industrial park, what businesses the City needs, and the land use map. Arcand asked if we will expand the MUSA boundary. CD Director stated that we may not need a MUSA any more but if we do not have one we will have to create a growth policy for the City. DISCUSSION ON WASHINGTON COUNTY AND ITS COMMUNITIES COMPREHENSIVE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT STRATEGY Washington County has provided the City with a draft proposal for a comprehensive economic development strategy for the County and its communities.The proposal is suggesting that there be a partnership with the County and its cities to work together on appropriate economic growth within the County. There was a meeting on November 30, 2006 to talk about the economic development strategy between Washington County and its communities. Washington County would like to set up a work group for this that includes a City designee that will represent the City. City Administrator updated the EDA on the Washington County economic development strategy meeting. The County would like to have a city representative to be at the workshops to establish the strategy.