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City Council Minutes October 10, 2005 Page 3 • Work on formal Redevelopment Plan; • Incorporate redevelopment of single family areas into downtown area of Elk River; • Work on grant in the amount of $500,000 for Highway 10 to go through downtown; working with MnDot for a road underneath this area (similar to downtown Duluth area). Economic Development Authority (EDA): • Industrial Development -continue to promote Elk River as the Light Industrial Hub of the Northwest Metro; provide financing options and site options for industrial businesses -six new industries have come to town in the last two years; • Help local industries to expand; • Succeeded in developing a park and industrial area; • Working with Great River Energy (GRE) to keep from moving out of town with proposed creation of another industrial park along Highway 10; • Helped to establish the Gateway to Elk River on the east end of town; • Incubator Program. Planning Commission: • Continue to execute, follow and address the City of Elk River Comp Plan; • Continue working on urban services, infrastructure and ordinance changes; • Put together specific ordinances with guidelines dealing with wetlands and other issues; • Look at development and redevelopment of parcels east of County Road 40; • Get public input and develop best practices for development of furure properties -try to make good planning decisions; • Recognize increasing need for communication with Sherburne and other counties, State of Minnesota agencies and neighboring cities. Ice Arena Commission: • To oversee management of the Ice Arena facility by making recommendations to the Elk River City Council regarding setting policies and procedures on facility use and rental, setting of policies for ice remal rates, establishment of priorities of ice rental to customers, and marketing of the space for rent for various activities; • Identify ways to increase revenue on the use of the facility for rental of space for dry land activities as well as increasing the usage of the ice over non peak hours; • Make recommendations in the operations of the concession stand; • Facility to be a safe environment for customers;