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City Council Minutes February 4, 2008 Page 3 of 7 • Business Park Expansion Council Member Ryan noted that he felt business retention is something that is important and questioned whether the committee considers this as one of its goals. Committee members Mark Jurchen and Nancy Adams indicated that business retention is important to the committee. Elissa spoke to the Council about the Small Cities Development Program and noted that the EDC would be working with the Council to determine a project that would be eligible for this program. 5.2. Mn/DOT Update on Highway 371 Tim Bray, Mn/DOT Project Manager for the Highway 371 Corridor, reviewed the letter to the Council dated January 14, 2008 in response to Resolution 07-32 documenting the City's preference for the alternate route of Highway 371. Tim noted that the funding for the project is tentatively scheduled for 2015 to 2016. Currently Mn/DOT is working on completing the official mapping of the alternate route. The supplemental EIS study will be done in house which could affect the timing of municipal consent. The supplemental EIS will be compared to the no-build option. Council Member Oraskovich questioned the Mayor as to whether the same subcommittee that worked on the project of gathering information for the alternate route would be working on the next phase of finalizing details of the alternate route. The Mayor indicated it would be same committee which consists of staff, two Council Members, two Planning Commissioners, the City Engineer and City Planner. 6. Planning and Zoning Report Report presented by Dawn Bittner. 6.1. Rezoning from Shoreline Commercial to Open Space Chuck Marohn noted that the Planning Commission held a public hearing for a rezoning of Shoreline Commercial to Open Space from A. Scott Pederson. He noted that the property is located on the north shore of Sibley Lake on CSAH 17 and is currently zoned Shoreline Commercial and is approximately 15.3 acres in size. The property in question will be designated as common area within the Nordenstua plat on Sibley Lake. Chuck Marohn indicated that the Planning Commission is recommending that the property be rezoned to Open Space.