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<br />Page 1 of3 <br /> <br />Teresa Bender <br /> <br />. From: Indyjp1@aol.com <br />Sent: Monday, May 05, 200810:23 PM <br />To: pktk55038@hotmail.com <br />Cc: dlarson@centervillemn.com <br />Subject: Re: Response to May 1, 2008 meeting <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />Pamela, <br /> <br />Thank you for taking time to email me. On the May 1 st meeting we did not respond as a council because it was <br />a citizen input meeting. After the input meeting we are meeting to discuss what we took in. Following are my <br />answers to your questions. <br /> <br />1. <br />Our downtown project is a key focus on bringing new business to the city. The city just welcomed two new <br />businesses a daycare and a hologram graphics company being built from the ground up. Also Eagle Brook <br />Church just built a new building for their Church offices. The city also owns land across from the new Lino <br />Lakes commercial development as well as land by our backage road. Dallas and John Meyer have been <br />actively promoting these areas as well as all commercial areas in the city. Unfortunatly some of the commercial <br />land is owned by people who are asking way to much for commercial business and we can not control that. <br />The city also participates in a program that allows businesses to get funding to start a business or grow a <br />business in Centerville. We recently appointed and EDA (Economic Development Authority) to help promote <br />the city to new businesses and help keep current businesses here. <br /> <br />2. <br />EDA <br />Business appreciation picnics to thank businesses in the city and help promote all the businesses. <br />City business directory that has all the Centerville businesses in it along with business contact <br />information. Also included are coupons for local businesses. <br />We built a backage road to access our businesses when Anoka County told us they were going to shut <br />down County 14 through our uptown area. The road was built so customers could still access the <br />Centerville businesses that would be affected by the road being closed during construction. <br />We are working with Anoka County on ways to promote our businesses during County 14 construction. <br />We recently had a promotion where people would go to each Centerville business and get a number off <br />of a bobber and write the number down on a sheet that was in the local papers. Once you had all the <br />numbers you turned your sheet in for prizes and a chance to win a flat screen lV. This was promoted <br />in the local paper so it reached a lot of people. <br />We have had meetings with the EDA and local businesses to come up with a game plan to promote <br />businesses in the city. <br /> <br />3. <br />I am not sure Mill Rd. needs a bike path. I want to discuss this with the rest of the council. The city has had <br />trails on its comprehensive plan for along time. The city has also had a trail connect plan longer than I have <br />been on council this can be viewed online as well as at city hall. I am willing to discuss the trails and sidewalks <br />and come up with other less expensive options. <br /> <br />4. <br />See above. <br /> <br />5. <br />The original plan is to have everyone on city water by 2012. The original thought was for people involved in the <br />road project to get hooked up at the time of the project. The city was going to see if we could get a better deal <br />for the citizens if we had one contractor come in and do a lot of houses instead of everyone going out on their <br />own to find someone. I want to discuss this aspect of the plan with the council and see if there is a better <br />option for the residents. <br /> <br />5/9/2008 <br />