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<br />Commissioner Kneeland and Chair Kunkel discuss design considerations for the County <br />Road E/Lexington Avenue area and it is a high priority. <br /> <br />Commissioner Kneeland states that the high priority in the strategic plan is that there <br />should be design standards, and that should be recommended to the Council. States the <br />first step seems to be on the Council's feelings on the Plan. <br /> <br />Commissioner Paulet agrees. We need to find out what the Council want to do with the <br />Plan. <br /> <br />Commissioner Kneeland agrees. <br /> <br />Commissioner Paulet asks if the plan needs to be adopted. <br /> <br />Chair Kunkel says that it has not been adopted, and the Council is looking for <br />recommendations from the Plan. <br /> <br />Commissioner Paulet states that the Council is looking for results without a huge <br />expense, and we need to show the benefits ofthe Plan. <br /> <br />Chair Kunkel asks if you want to spend some time going through the Strategic Plan? <br /> <br />Commissioner Paulet and Commissioner Kneeland agree. <br /> <br />Commissioner Kneeland states we need to show that implementing parts ofthe Plan will <br />make Arden Hills a more desirable place to live. <br /> <br />The EDC discussed the benefits of strong commercial areas in supporting the residential <br />areas, and that the property taxes from residential areas often do not support themselves, <br />which makes a strong commercial/office/industrial area particularly important. <br /> <br />Discussion on title change for Karen Barton. EDC supports adding "Economic" to her <br />title. <br /> <br />Commissioner Kneeland asks if need to discuss which parts of the Plan the EDC does not <br />find as useful or necessary. <br /> <br />Chair Kunkel states that we need to pick out what parts are important and then see where <br />the overlap is. States that Desco included the change to Karen's title, in part, to show to <br />that the community does reach out to the economic community. <br /> <br />Commissioner Kneeland states that it may be important to show that the title change does <br />not include a change in authority or salary. <br /> <br />Chair Kunkel states that the new economic position was suppose to be an assistant as <br />opposed to a director. <br /> <br />EDC Special Meeting Minutes <br />March 7, 2007 <br />Page 3 of 5 <br />