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Mr. Adams suggested bringing together members of the EDC, Chamber and maybe property owners along the corridor to discuss how development should proceed along the corridor and come back to the Planning Commission and City Council with a recommendation. The stakeholders would have an opportunity to say what they are thinking and use that as an action plan to address what Council Member Akerson is talking about and what the business people located in the center of the City are talking about. Council Member Akerson stated that if there were some type of elopment along the corridor a certain percentage of traffic going by would see bus' se d stop and come in to town. Chairman Pederson stated that including a map highli t whet ercial zones exist along the bypass and where County Road 11 ' t would b ood idea. There is substantial commercial property at both ends in the middle alrea sting. Mr. Marohn stated that as part of the discussion, 'es t going to b to the east side of the alignment. The west side is going to veloped all the way out to the highway with commercial at the inte ction;there is n now. We will need to wait for what happens. Development will on the west Th east side zoning doesn't change from what it is today. n that pas ooked at engineers' costs to run utilities out there, skipping eve o s,w d not pay. 4 f } Mr. Habein stated it is le for exis g busine s to pay for utilities for new businesses along th' w rout Chairman Pederson state a 'omn ion cannot supersede a resolution from the City C No. rk plan does ddr 11 park: Mr. explained th . De en had brought up ball park construction, a mumcip ' ark. Co un Member Akerson stated that we don't know how long the school can t e liabili community use of the school fields. Chairman Pederson and Mrs. Sells s that s should be a Park Plan action item. Chairman Pederson pointed out that tr ms and bike and snowmobile trails are included in the Plan. Ms. Brown questioned whether or not we want to make Pequot Lakes a destination for ball games in the summer months. Softball tournaments are huge. No.3. Same action items in multiple locations: Mr. Marohn explained that this was done intentionally and reinforces many of the strategies. He will provide an example. No. 4. Americans love autos—we can't change that mentality, social engineering: MINUTES 2 Pequot Lakes Planning Commission December 15, 2011