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'It <br /> EN HILLS <br /> • CITY OF ARDEN HILLS,MINNESOTA <br /> ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT COMMISSION <br /> April 19, 2006 7:30 A.M. <br /> CITY HALL COUNCIL CHAMBERS-- 1245 WEST HIGHWAY 96 <br /> Chair Bruce Kunkel called the meeting to order at 7:30 a.m. <br /> Those in attendance: Chair Bruce Kunkel, Dale Beane, Rob Davidson, Ray McGraw, Chris <br /> Ashbach, Jim Paulet,Nancy Kneeland, and Mayor Aplikowski. Staff. Community Development <br /> Director Karen Barton <br /> Absent: Ed Werner and Kevin Kelly <br /> Minutes from the March meeting were presented for approval. Ray McGraw moved to approve <br /> the minutes. Jim Paulet seconded. No Discussion; Motion carried. <br /> Economic Development Plan <br /> Karen Barton and update and overview of the process, and initiated the Initial Tasks discussion. <br /> First task: Prepare a list of 10 people whom we'd like DeSCo to interview. <br /> • Rob Davidson suggested the Mayor and Council. Jim Paulet suggested including past Council <br /> members. Mayor Aplikowski specified including people who have lived in Arden Hills for a <br /> long time, as well as those that are newer to the community. Karen Barton suggested including <br /> Bruce Kunkel. Chris Ashbach recommended interviewing the heads of the local colleges. Bruce <br /> Kunkel suggested Dan Lind, President of Presbyterian Homes, stating that he would provide <br /> insight regarding the impact of the aging of the baby boomers. Jim Paulet suggested Tony <br /> Bennett, Ramsey County Board Chair, and Phil Krinkie. <br /> The Mayor stated we need to limit the list to 10, and as such, 5 council members would be too <br /> many. She suggested 2 council members and herself. <br /> Chris Ashbach suggested we make a list of categories and select representatives from each. <br /> Nancy Kneeland suggested brainstorming and then whittling down. <br /> Rob Davidson asked what the purpose of these interviews was. Karen Barton stated that the <br /> purpose is to generate an opinion from key leaders in regard to determining the economic <br /> development issues facing the community that need to be addressed in the next input phase. <br /> Ray McGraw suggested St. Paul Companies. Rob added Chesapeake Companies. The Mayor <br /> recommended Guidant, Land O'Lakes, St. Paul Companies, and asked about including smaller <br /> companies as well, such as Dale Beane. <br /> Is Chris Ashbach suggested Brian Bowman, owner of the Lunch Box. <br /> The Mayor stated that she had come up with five categories: Churches, Colleges, Large <br /> Businesses, Small Businesses, Social, and Government. <br />