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Mayor's Town Hall, HRA Lot Grading and Community Garden in The COR. The Mayor's <br />Town Hall meeting on May 17 (in the Mississippi River Room) at 7:00 pm will include an <br />information and sign -up event for residents invited to participate in the community garden being <br />created at North Commons, a new neighborhood park space within the northwest portion of the <br />COR. <br />The grading and application of topsoil for North Commons includes both the park areas, and also <br />the soil corrections and grading for the lots being created by the HRA. Soil borings revealed that <br />significant soil corrections were necessary to make sound, pad -ready lots for sale. While these <br />costs were more than anticipated, the resultant material removed from the future home sites was <br />quite suitable for the rest of the park space, thus, the park side of the ledger for the importation of <br />topsoil will be less. Additionally, the volume of sand imported (for the lots) resulted in excess <br />material now within the park. To eliminate costs to haul the soil away, the surplus material will <br />be used to create a modest sliding hill on the east side of North Commons — a feature that had <br />been planned for in the various concept plans and discussed with the neighborhood. Attached to <br />the Weekly Update is a letter to COR residential addresses summarizing various activity in the <br />area, and inviting them to reserve garden space. <br />Department Activities: <br />HRA Admin Items: <br />• Preparation for ICSC <br />• Update Marketing Materials <br />• Order promotional materials <br />• Update Development Plan <br />• Coordination of Party Wall Agreement — Lots 2 -3 COR ONE <br />• Prepare updated North Commons exhibit <br />• Review costs for Sunwood realign and retail area <br />• Complete sketch plan application — COR TWO -SIX <br />• Prep for met council tour <br />• Compile info for League of MN Cities award <br />Development Items: <br />• Meeting with Gas /C -Store user <br />• Meeting with Athletic Facility User <br />• Prepare site plans for Ramsey Site <br />• Coordination with Fast Food user — site location <br />• Design/Cost analysis for North Commons <br />• Review PA for Sunwood Retail <br />City Clerk <br />• Finalizing reservations for ICSC Conference, Las Vegas <br />• Performed diagnostic testing on AccuVote (Elections) machines <br />• Presented Special Events Case (Penalty Box) at City Council <br />• Met with On -Sale Liquor applicant — Whiskey Jacks — published hearing notice <br />• Entered Polling location data into Elections Modus software <br />