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Downtown Redevelopment Plan Taskforce Minutes Page 4 <br />February 5, 2007 <br />------------------------------------------ <br /> <br /> Stewart Wilson: He was reminded that we can’t be so quick to judge MetroPlains and was <br />glad to hear from Frank Dunbar that MetroPlains “knows what they’re doing.” <br /> Jean Lieser: She agreed with Stewart (was glad to hear good things about MetroPlains). She <br />was interested in Frank’s comments that job creation and housing would work well north of <br />Hwy 10 downtown. She didn’t view Hwy 10 as a “natural barrier” until tonight. <br /> Molly Nadeau: She would like to hear more about the redevelopment market for north of <br />Hwy 10 downtown. She thinks we may be “dodging the subject” by not focusing on <br />redevelopment in that area. <br /> Lance Lindberg: He agreed that tonight’s meeting was the best one so far and that the <br />developers were “real world people.” <br /> Mike Niziolek: He reiterated the importance of the river and agreed with Molly that he is <br />disappointed with the developers’ suggestions for focusing south of Hwy 10 rather than <br />north of Hwy 10 downtown. <br /> Mark Urista: He learned that high density housing will support more retail, that Dares may <br />not be the best retail generator for the core downtown and that it may be better to redevelop <br />the north and south sides of Hwy 10 separately. <br /> <br />Submitted by, <br /> <br />Heidi Steinmetz <br />Assistant Director of Economic Development <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br />