Laserfiche WebLink
Special City Council, EDA, and Planning Minutes <br />Apri113, 2009 <br />Page 3 <br />- Evaluate past track record in light industrial base and how other cities <br />market <br />- Compatible industry locations <br />- Inventory existing sites available to market <br />Diversify economic base planning -purposeful research and FAST study <br />- Desired uses: Services, Corporate campuses, Energy-related, Technology <br />- Location of the main corporate decision-makers <br />- Internal policies in place that attract and upholds standards for desired uses <br />- Conduct land inventory and identify new location options for business park <br />Goal #2• Rehabilitation & Redevelopment <br />^ Inventory all vacant commercial and residential properties <br />^ Identify potential areas for redevelopment <br />^ Determine role of HRA/City/EDA in redevelopment -positioning of city "tools" <br />^ Examine available tools -for both public and private enterprises <br />^ Directory of resources available within the community <br />Goal #3• Communit~mage & Marketing <br />^ Inventory community's assets <br />^ Revisit Blandon Visioning exercise <br />^ Mining the Comprehensive Plan for the community's image <br />^ Create a structure to develop the community's vision <br />^ Consider Task Force approach for greater community participation & ownership (?) <br />Goal #4: Transportation <br />^ Revisit transportation objectives <br />Mr. Eklund concluded by summarizing that the next steps in the planning process will be <br />staff's compilation of the meeting notes and working together to draft the work plan for <br />EDA, HRA, and City Council review and approval. <br />6. Adjournment <br />There being no further business, President Dwyer, Chair Wilson, and Mayor Klinzing <br />adjourned the meetings of the Elk River Economic Development Authority, Housing and <br />Redevelopment Authority, and Ciry Council, at 9:20 p.m. <br />Tina Allard, City Clerk <br />Stephanie Klinzing, Mayor <br />