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______________________________________________________________________________ <br />City of Arden Hills <br />Economic Development Authority Work Session March 28, 2016 <br /> <br />Page 1 of 2 <br />UNFINISHED BUSINESS – 3A <br /> MEMORANDUM <br /> <br />DATE: March 28, 2016 <br /> <br />TO: Economic Development Authority President and Commissioners <br /> <br />FROM: Matthew Bachler, Senior Planner <br /> <br />SUBJECT: Arden Hills Business Retention and Expansion Program <br /> <br /> <br />Requested Action <br /> <br />Staff is requesting that the EDA take the following actions on this item: <br />• Review and adopt the final draft of the Arden Hills Business Retention and Expansion <br />Program Report from the Saint Paul Area Chamber of Commerce. <br />• Provide comments on the draft Business Retention and Expansion Program Priority <br />Projects Implementation Plan. <br /> <br />Jonathan Weinhagen, Vice President of SPACC, will be in attendance at the meeting to present <br />the draft priority projects implementation plan and respond to any questions. <br /> <br /> <br />Discussion <br /> <br />The EDA reviewed the Business Retention and Expansion Program Report completed by <br />SPACC on January 25, 2016. The EDA requested that the data related to the NAICS industry <br />categories be reviewed to ensure that the number of educational service jobs in the City was <br />accurately represented. Additional revisions to the report included an update to the employee <br />migration data and the inclusion of sources for the data used. A copy of the final draft of the <br />report is included in Attachment A. <br /> <br />The Economic Development Commission discussed the recommended next steps in the BRE <br />Report at their meeting on March 2, 2016. Draft minutes from this meeting are included in <br />Attachment C. The BRE Report recommends that the City consider the following four projects: <br /> <br />• Continued engagement by elected representatives, commissions, and staff in transit <br />conversations, and specifically the proposed extension of the A-Line Bus Rapid Transit <br />Line.