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NM I-35W CORRIDOR COALITION <br />2001 ANNUAL REPORT <br />and redevelopment issues, operational <br />and management issues and a whole host <br />of other subjects. A Coalition task force <br />determines agendas and members are <br />asked to provide the leadership <br />necessary to present issues and/or <br />projects on a rotating basis. <br />♦ The Coalition created 2 special Board <br />task force teams charged with: <br />1) creating a legislative work plan for <br />the 2002 session and <br />2) strategizing on `how the Coalition <br />should respond to the M&night <br />Foundations request for additional <br />information and <br />3) developing a five year workplan that <br />identified both member and <br />Coalition projects, including <br />associated costs, economic benefits <br />and funding methodologies. <br />Mayors Probst, Sonterre, Ryan and <br />Larson and city managers/administrators <br />Fraser, Fulton and Beets agreed to serve <br />on these special Board teams. <br />♦ Ramsey County funded a pilot mobile <br />home program with the City of Mounds <br />View. <br />♦ The Coalition's Housing Committee <br />continued its work and made <br />recommendations to the Board and <br />member communities to adopt a <br />common housing maintenance code <br />using the Shoreview ordinance as a <br />model. <br />� The Coalition initiated its first GIS <br />Intern program. The program was <br />structured in cooperation with North <br />Hennepin Community College (NHCC). <br />John Janzen, a student at NHCC was <br />hired as the first intern. He worked on a <br />number of special assignments for <br />member cities. The intern program was <br />very successful and the Coalition has <br />elected to expand the program in 2002 <br />under the leadership of its GIS <br />Coordinator, SCVT and the Coalition's <br />GIS Task Force. <br />♦ The Coalition joined the Housing <br />Minnesota Group. <br />♦ Excensus LLC has been the Coalition's <br />demographic consultant for several <br />years. In 1999, Excensus produced a <br />unique and detailed base of residential <br />profiles showing how the Coalition was <br />growing and changing. In 2000, a <br />comparable base of employer profiles <br />was developed. In 2001 this dynamic <br />base of information was used to support <br />many of the Coalition's project <br />initiatives. The following are some <br />examples: <br />1) Updated Employment Data: Based <br />on a detailed analysis of employer <br />locations and characteristics, <br />Excensus was able to identify a <br />significant increase in employment <br />over previous reports. Current <br />counts show nearly 100,000 jobs <br />e�st today in the Coalition. <br />2) Resident Worker Underemplovment: <br />Excensus participated in a project, <br />funded by the Minnesota Department <br />of Trade and Economic <br />Development, the University of <br />Minnesota's Humphrey Institute and <br />the I-35W Corridor Coalition, that <br />provides a detailed picture of the <br />Coalition's resident labor force, their <br />skills, and needs. Excensus' <br />demographic base was used to <br />construct a large and geographically <br />dispersed sample of Coalition <br />workers. These workers were <br />surveyed and their home-to-work <br />travel patterns were identified and <br />mapped by Excensus. This <br />S <br />