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Industrial Park Committee Meeting Minutes <br /> June 1, 2005 <br /> Present: Tom Ryan, Mark Jurchen, Justin Bolz-Andolshek, Dawn Bittner, Amy <br /> Collins, Sandy Peine <br /> Granite City Ready Mix gave a proposal to the Committee regarding moving their <br /> existing plant from Cross Lake to the Pequot Lakes Industrial Park. They indicated that <br /> they would prefer 7-10 acres of land with a minimum of 5 acres. The committee reviewed <br /> the request and felt that the use would not be a good fit for the industrial park due to <br /> traffic in the park and safety of trucks entering onto Highway 371. Other reasons are as <br /> follows: <br /> The Pequot Lakes City Council recently decided to expand city sewer and water to <br /> Morehouse Drive to service the lots in question. The theory behind City involvement in <br /> Industrial Parks is to encourage and foster business growth in clustered areas that would <br /> provide capital investment (future tax base) as well as employment for area citizens. <br /> Each lot has the potential to welcome a new business that may create any number of jobs <br /> as well as provide a new building,which generates much needed tax revenue. To sell 3-4 <br /> lots to one business that provides a limited number of jobs, some seasonal, and <br /> collectively a lower tax base than would be from 4 potential new buildings if sold to <br /> multiple businesses, could possible reduce the overall number of jobs and tax base that <br /> could otherwise be created from those parcels. <br /> The committee discussed other possibilities to somehow find a permanent spot for <br /> Granite City. It was decided that PLADO would meet to discuss the issue and then get <br /> back to Granite City with other options. <br /> -e-4 <br /> Sandra Peine <br /> City Clerk <br />