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Minnesota Clerks and Finance <br /> Officers Association Conference Come <br /> City staff attended the recent <br /> MCFOA conference in St. Cloud. <br /> %' <br /> Topics ranged from Liquor ,,,,, <br /> iiia <br /> Licensing to tutorials on <br /> PowerPoint and Publisher. <br /> ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT <br /> Anoka County Regional <br /> Economic Development <br /> (ACRED) Marketing Committee <br /> I attended a Marketing Committee , <br /> i <br /> meeting recently and got up to <br /> speed on the committee's �� � j <br /> initiatives. We will be working on aa�f/ rrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr r rrrrr <br /> creating some promotional videos, expanding on our Broker Event and developing a <br /> Business Retention and Expansion strategy. <br /> Minnesota Technology Corridor <br /> The MN Tech Corridor group met again, this time to talk transportation needs. County <br /> Engineers from both Anoka and Washington Counties got together along with the cities <br /> in the corridor. The meeting was very productive, and should lead to some synergy <br /> between transportation plans from the two counties and all the cities. Good conversation <br /> was had, as well, about the future of interstate access points along both 35E and 35W. <br /> Economic Development Authority <br /> The EDA reviewed an outline of our proposed Business Loan and Grant program, <br /> reviewing interest rates, loan maximums and other terms. We are planning an open <br /> house to introduce the program to businesses in a few months once we have finalized our <br /> program and secured the necessary funds. The decisions on funding will come before the <br /> City Council for final consideration. <br /> The EDA also reviewed the concept of a downtown Tax Increment Financing (TIF) <br /> District and affirmed the City Council's approval for the home inspections. The City <br /> Council and EDA will need to work with our finance director and financial consultants to <br /> determine if a TIF district should be operated by the City Council or EDA. <br /> f ariiun�ers <br /> ')Vc ci . ot`iITig is ),&,,ed< "Iiiii qfII F , ri "\Lg, ml�, bici ,6Teeii [[ e mi] tl1u7�. <br /> )A,d6tc II3caf, II[., �� ��"� 1 �u II ����:; fl�i, tl.,'.W,:gVi�� tuii : �,I flc l Fit' 10,71�. at,e [Iots <br /> ilry bi� ��oaft u <br /> pA�JUN pa �f��,v 6� 01�w�: (nicks aiii,:d ����,d ��d���a��,w uu � `�ii,�u111en,�� llc Fj'���uN i <br /> ����;u�1f��a�ulf��i �����:wd"� fN�e <br /> d, PSI r',,�'d'. a Hie �'1i fld �,�' �u��""�'���^u fl �,4,II u��im'.,w iv. <br /> 78 <br />