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<br />see where some current residents would want it funded by the partnership since money was used <br />for staff to bring in businesses to TCAAP. <br /> <br />Councilmember Larson stated that the economic development plan talked about public financing <br />and that public financing would not affect the rest of the community. When staff came back to <br />the City Council with their report they talked about the context of public financing. He further <br />stated that there was a corollary to saying that we were not going to have any expenses <br />whatsoever in the development ofTCAAP fall back on our taxpayers, which is that we would <br />not have any revenue and benefits that fall back on the rest ofthe City either. Weare all going to <br />benefit in the long run from TCAAP. <br /> <br />Mayor Aplikowski stated this was a broad plan for the entire city and was going to cost us a little <br />bit of money. The next step was to prioritize and get something into the 2007 budget if we were <br />going to buy into this at all. <br /> <br />Councilmember Holden asked ifthe traffic issues with people trying to get out of Boston <br />Scientific onto Lexington was addressed? Mr. Kunkel stated that he did not recall talking <br />specifically about trying to get people out on specific roads, but part of the dilemma was that <br />some of the roads are out of the City's control. <br /> <br />Ms. Wolfe stated that as the next step, perhaps staff could take Council's feedback tonight into <br />consideration and come back to the Council at a later time with a year one proposal for Council <br />consideration and possibly to be incorporated into the budget process. <br /> <br />Mayor Aplikowski stated she wanted to see a list that could be prioritized down the road and <br />recommended that the entire Council be informed of whatever feedback was given. <br /> <br />Councilmember Larson stated that a lot of time and money was put into this. At a minimum, the <br />Council should accept this plan; thank the Economic Commission for their work and direct staff <br />to move forward to develop the framework to carrying out things. <br /> <br />Mayor Aplikowski suggested the Council get feedback to Ms. Barton or Ms. Wolfe. The plan <br />and feedback would be brought back to the next meeting and ifthere were substantial changes, it <br />would then go back to the EDC. <br /> <br />Councilmember Holden asked how the Chamber was envisioned to help in this. <br /> <br />Ms. Barton stated that the Chamber needed to be a strategic partner, but that could be <br />challenging since the Chamber did not work just for Arden Hills, but for a number of <br />surrounding cities as well. It was definitely part of the plan to get the Chamber involved and to <br />be more of a partner in our economic development efforts. <br /> <br />Councilmember Holden stated that one of the concerns facing the existing businesses in the area <br />by the corner of Lexington and County Road E was how to attract desired businesses without <br />hurting the existing businesses in the City. Mr. Kunkel stated that it required being careful on <br />how to proceed and that due diligence was very important. <br /> <br />6 <br />