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'It ,, I EEN�HILLS • CITY OF ARDEN HILLS, MINNESOTA ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT COMMISSION December 21, 2005 7:30 A.M. CITY HALL COUNCIL CHAMBERS-- 1245 WEST HIGHWAY 96 Chair Bruce Kunkel called the meeting to order at 7:40 a.m. Those in attendance: Chair Bruce Kunkel, Ray McGraw, Chris Ashbach, Dale Beane, Ed Werner, Rob Davidson, Jim Paulet,Nancy Kneeland and Mayor Aplikowski. Staff: Community Development Director Karen Barton Minutes from the October and November meetings were presented for approval. Ray McGraw moved to approve. Chris Ashbach seconded. Motion carried. Mayor Aplikowski gave a brief Council update including information about the City's fraud case and the Council vacancy. Karen Barton gave an update on the City Planner recruitments. James Lehnhoff was approved by Council for hire. He will start January 17, 2006. Karen Barton and Mayor Aplikowski gave a brief update on TCAAP, indicating that the deal • was still alive at this point, although the ball was in the GSA's hands. The GSA had requested additional information, which CRR is in the process of providing. We are hoping to have a firm go/no-go by January 15, 2006. Marketing Discussion Karen Barton gave an overview of several changes that had been made to the draft Economic Development Plan RFP at a meeting with Chair Kunkel and Mayor Aplikowski early in the week. The changes are as follows: • Expand the Community Assessment and Local Leadership portion of the Scope of Work to specifically address inclusion of local businesses, Committees, Commissions, Council, City Administration, and Arden Hills residents. • Item#1 in the "Firms will be evaluated on the following criteria:" section, was expanded to include experience with redevelopment including mixed-use housing, commercial, industrial, and residential uses. • Item#11 added to the same section requesting "Anticipated delivery time line" for the plan. Nancy Kneeland inquired as to the number of firms that do this type of thing. Barton responded that there are a number of firms and consultants who do this type of work. Kneeland also inquired as to how this Plan will relate to TCAAP. Mayor Aplikowski responded that it would have no bearing on the initial purchase,but would help with future direction for development of the site. Dale Beane added that it will be important to incorporate the Plan into the development of the TCAAP property.