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<br />~ <br />~~HILLS <br /> <br />Approved: 2/12/07 <br /> <br />CITY OF ARDEN HILLS, MINNESOTA <br />CITY COUNCIL WORK SESSION WITH EDC <br />OCTOBER 30, 2006; 6:00 P.M. <br />ARDEN HILLS CITY COUNCIL CHAMBERS <br /> <br />CALL TO ORDER/ROLL CALL <br /> <br />Pursuant to due call and notice thereof, Mayor Beverly Aplikowski called to order the <br />work session meeting at 6:00 p.m. <br /> <br />Present: <br /> <br />Mayor Beverly Aplikowski, Counci1members David Grant, Gregg Larson, <br />Brenda Holden, and Vincent Pellegrin. <br /> <br />Absent: <br /> <br />None. <br /> <br />Also present were City Administrator, Michelle Wolfe; Community Development <br />Director, Karen Barton; and Economic Development Chair, Bruce Kunkel. <br /> <br />Arden Hills Economic Development Stratee:ic Plan- <br />Ms. Barton stated that at the last Council meeting, Mr. Bruce Kunkel, Economic Development <br />Commission Chair, presented the draft Arden Hills Economic Development Strategic Plan. The <br />plan was being brought back for further discussion. Ms. Barton further stated that Arden Hills <br />did not currently have a business retention program or an economic development program and <br />was home to over 500 employers. <br /> <br />Councilmember Grant asked if a list of business licenses for those 500 businesses could be <br />provided. Ms. Barton stated that the City did not require licensing of all businesses therefore, a <br />list of city licensed businesses could not be provided that would include all 500 plus businesses. <br />The list that was available was one that the EDC created from a purchased list that contained SIC <br />and NArC codes and their own research. <br /> <br />Councilmember Holden asked what the definition of a business was, specifically if a massage <br />therapist working out of their home was regarded a business. Ms. Barton stated that not all of the <br />500 businesses were required to be licensed by the City, but were licensed by the State. Small <br />businesses could be as small as one person working out of their home doing massage therapy. <br /> <br />Councilmember Holden stated that the business list for the Celebrating Arden Hills sponsorship <br />letters only contained about 100 businesses. Since this list contained over 500 businesses, <br />Councilmember Holden asked if the City knew that the other 400 businesses existed when the <br />sponsorship letters were sent out. Ms. Barton stated that since there was no Strategic Plan, <br /> <br />1 <br />