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<br />Downtown Redevelopment Plan Taskforce 1finutes <br />February 5, 2007 <br /> <br />Page 4 <br /> <br />. Dave Rymanowksi: Tonight's meeting was a good version of reality. It was like <br />someone poured cold water on us. <br />. Louise Kuester: Tonight was the best meeting so far, however there seems to be no <br />correct answer for redevelopment in general. <br />. Larry Toth: It was good to hear from the developers and he would like to hear <br />from more developers. <br />. Keith Hohne: Retail will follow residential. He is hoping to see many customers <br />resulting from the new MetroPlains' residential. <br />. Dana Anderson: It is important to think "sectionally" (north vs. south of Hwy 10). <br />Residents drive retail success. <br />. John Anderson: Tonight was his favorite meeting so far. <br />. Stewart Wilson: He was reminded that we can't be so quick to judge MetroPlains <br />and was glad to hear from Frank Dunbar that MetroPlains "knows what they're <br />doing." <br />. Jean Lieser: She agreed with Stewart (was glad to hear good things about <br />MetroPlains). She was interested in Frank's comments that job creation and <br />housing would work well north ofHwy 10 downtown. She didn't view Hwy 10 as a <br />"natural barrier" until tonight. <br />. Molly Nadeau: She would like to hear more about the redevelopment market for <br />north of Hwy 10 downtown. She thinks we may be "dodging the subject" by not <br />focusing on redevelopment in that area. <br />. Lance Lindberg: He agreed that tonight's meeting was the best one so far and that <br />the developers were "real world people." <br />. Mike Niziolek: He reiterated the importance of the river and agreed with Molly that <br />he is disappointed with the developers' suggestions for focusing south ofHwy 10 <br />rather than north of Hwy 10 downtown. <br />. Mark lJrista: He learned that high density housing will support more retail, that <br />Dares may not be the best retail generator for the core downtown and that it may be <br />better to redevelop the north and south sides of Hwy 10 separately. <br /> <br />Submitted by, <br /> <br />~~;/kf <br /> <br />Heidi Steinmetz <br />Assistant Director of Economic Development <br />