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i The Planning Commission directed Mr. Marohn to give options for text and to push this amount of information into an appendix. Mr.Marohn stated that Mr. Williams asked whether our goal was growth or sustainability. Mr. Habein stated that growth is pushed by certain entities. Ms. Brown stated to be sustainable you need growth; the City needs to be open to growth. Barb Merritt pointed out that if the City were to grow the downtown,retail jobs are probably not what this area needs. She would love to see the downtown grow. More industry would financially be a gain. Retail jobs are not quality,high paying obs. Industrial jobs would pay more. Ruth Ann Hanson agreed with Mrs. Merritt and Ms. Brown �e City needs to be sustainable but it also needs growth. Without growth a connnun ty gets stagnant. The City needs to be open to growth. An influx of retails res is not gr to accomplish that. It would not be a sustainable living for empl � l Mr. Adams asked what kinds of jobs we need g inti wn. We needs ne specifics. What are the jobs we need to chase`s abe� tad the City needs service businesses. Professional services have expanded; thi ist and orthodontist have both expanded and the physical therapy office has almost do The veterinary clinic hired another Veterinarian. With our aging population service b k, asses are more in demand. Mr. Williams stated the City should seek privately given deveopment such as the grocery store;the City di 't develop that Corky Smith' Housing development was privately driven as we ; ti Park. The public sector should encourage redevelopment of e ng bus ses. If the City were to lose Merritt Jewelers the City should seek to fill' s mess was the consensus that the City should help current businesses redevelop ` Fll' Highway '7l corndor"', Mr. Ni"explained h :create agraph describing the corridor. A table indicating Property Value Distributie was a d to the end of the Current Trends section. The information rnrn the table c6uld be moved to the Background section. It would indicate where the City economic ase is at. The Estimated Market Value totals on the last page indicate Seasonal tecreatiotial Residential properties are almost double the Commercial properties. The gr6" ,discussed including in the new table seasonal residential and residential separately.," The last sentence in the paragraph next to the table is argumentative and should be stricken. Ruth Ann Hanson stated that 16% Other is a large amount. Principles: Mr. Marohn stated he had been asked to include discussion on import/export businesses. Import replacement industries keep the business local. Successful communities are adopting import replacement strategies and have done quite well. Minutes 3 Pequot Lakes Planning Commission March 18,2010