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<br />rei --\.) <br />( ); <br />!lk <br /> <br />Agenda Item 8.4. <br /> <br /> <br />MEMORANDUM <br /> <br />FROM: <br /> <br />MAYOR AND CITY COUNCIL <br />STEVEN B. ACH, CITY PLANNER~~ <br />MAY 2, 1994 <br /> <br />TO: <br /> <br />DATE: <br /> <br />SUBJECT: REQUEST BY SHERBURNE COUNTY <br />GROWERS ASSOCIATION TO <br />OPERATE A FARMERS MARKET AT <br />ELK RIVER MALL <br /> <br />ISSUE <br /> <br />To consider a request by Sherburne County Growers Association to operate <br />an outdoor farmers market within the Elk River Mall parking lot. <br /> <br />LOCATION <br /> <br />Elk River Mall parking lot. <br /> <br />e <br /> <br />ATTACHMENTS <br /> <br />Letter from Elk River Mall, site plan illustrating location of farmers market, <br />site plan illustrating location of temporary greenhouse for Plant Place, Inc. <br /> <br />ANALYSIS <br /> <br />Growers Association would like to operate an outdoor farmers market at Elk <br />River Mall. As illustrated on the attached site plan, vendors would utilize <br />parking spaces adjacent to the landscaped island which extends towards <br />Freeport Avenue. The market is proposed to be open on Friday's from 2:00 <br />p.m. to 6:00 p.m. from the months of May through October, (weather <br />permitting). <br /> <br />The primary purpose of the market is to sell homegrown goods, including <br />crafts, if they are made from homegrown products. The one concern that staff <br />would have is to make sure that everything sold is in fact a homegrown <br />product. Therefore, ideally this farmers market should be limited to items <br />that are commonly associated with a farmers market (i.e. vegetables and <br />other homegrown produce). <br /> <br />e <br /> <br />P.O. Box 490 . 13065 Orono Parkway · Elk River, MN 55330 · (612) 441-7420 · Fax: (612) 441-7425 <br />