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1 <br />APPROVED <br />CITY OF LINO LAKES <br />ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT <br />ADVISORY COMMITTEE <br />MINUTES <br /> <br />DATE: August 2, 2012 <br />MEMBERS <br />PRESENT: J. Stranik, M. Kassner, L. Thor, D. Johnson <br />MEMBERS <br />ABSENT: J. Schwartz, B. Combs, L. Masonik, C. Wagner <br /> <br />OTHERS PRESENT: M. Divine, Greg Owens, F&M Bank (part) <br /> <br />APPROVAL OF MINUTES <br />The minutes of May 10, 2012 were approved. <br /> <br />REVIEW OF ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT MEETING WITH CITY COUNCIL <br />Ms. Divine notified the board that City Council has requested economic development workshops <br />after the second council meeting of each month. Mr. Stranik and Mr. Masonik attended the first <br />meeting on July 23. Staff updated council on recent economic development activity, provided <br />council with comparisons of taxes generated from various types of development, and reported on <br />progress with Anoka County regarding the tax forfeited Legacy project. Council requested that <br />staff meet with County Commissioner Sivarajah to recap the city’s concerns and to market the <br />property with signage. Staff noted it would need permission from the County to market property <br />it does not own. <br /> <br />Ms. Divine also noted at the August workshop would be attended by Dominium, an affordable <br />housing developer interested in building affordable townhomes in the Legacy site. During <br />discussion, Mr. Thor noted that affordable had barriers to overcome in Lino Lakes, due to issues <br />such as lack of public transportation. Mr. Kassner noted that that people he knows of his <br />generation move areas like the Lakes development in Blaine where it is affordable and <br />association maintained. He added that rental is an attraction within limits because it attracts <br />young people who then establish themselves in a community and eventually purchase a home. <br /> <br />NEW BUSINESS <br />Ms. Divine informed the committee that a gas station/liquor store concept on the northeast <br />quadrant of Lake Drive/Main Street was brought to staff for comment. Council discussed it at a <br />work session and indicated that it was a permissible use. EDAC members agreed that as long as <br />the use was permissible, there was no need for a recommendation for it to move forward. <br /> <br />Ms. Divine informed the committee that HammerHeart Brewing had closed on a building on <br />Lake Drive owned by Mountain Manufacturing. The start-up company hopes to be open for <br />business by the end of the year. The purchase of its building allowed Mountain Manufacturing to <br />purchase a vacant building within Apollo Business Park and move its expanding business within <br />Lino Lakes.