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City Council Minutes <br />August 12, 2020 <br />Page 2 <br />A handout of questions was presented, and the meeting participants created this list: <br />1) Identify five (5) issues or concerns facing Elk River: <br />1. East/West Connections <br />2. Retain/Attract Business <br />3. Trail expansion <br />4. Urban service boundary expansion public vs private <br />5. Gravel mining future zoning <br />6. Impacts of Redline 169 <br />7. Pace of growth <br />8. Range of housing options <br />9. Appearances of corridors <br />10. Range of MF housing types <br />11. Future of landfill area <br />12. Renewal energy promotion <br />13. Broadband accessibility <br />14. E. Hwy 10 development <br />15. Competition for growth against other nearby towns <br />16. Zoning vs. development mismatch <br />17. Orderly development and land use conflicts <br />18. W. Highway 10 redevelopment <br />19. GRE Sites <br />20. Future of Retail Big Box Space <br />21. Lack of space for large lot industrial - Large lot industrial site availability <br />2) List, in order of importance, the three (3) most important issues discussed thus <br />far (participant's collective votes in red): <br />1. East/West Connections 4 <br />2. Retain/Attract Business: 5 <br />3. Trail expansion 0 <br />4. Urban service boundary expansion public vs private 2 <br />5. Gravel mining future zoning 0 <br />6. Impacts of Redefine 169 4 <br />7. Pace of growth 0 <br />8. Range of housing options 3 <br />9. Appearances of corridors 2 <br />10. Range of MF housing type 0 <br />11. Future of landfill area 0 <br />12. Renewal energy promotion 0 <br />13. Broadband accessibility 2 <br />14. E. Hwy 10 development 0 <br />15. Competition for growth against other nearby towns 0 <br />16. Zoning vs. development mismatch 3 <br />17. Orderly development and land use conflicts 3 <br />18. W. Highway 10 redevelopment 0 <br />NATUREI <br />