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MEMO <br /> <br />DATE: <br /> <br />TO: <br /> <br />FROM: <br /> <br />RE: <br /> <br />4/5/2000 <br /> <br />Economic Development Authority (EDA) <br />Megan Barnett, Community Development Assistant <br />Staff Updates <br /> <br />Redevelopment Study: <br /> <br />On May 11, 1999 the City Council hired Hoisington Koegler Group Inc. to complete a <br />redevelopment study for underutilized industrial parcels in the City. Phase one of the study, <br />which included establishing goals and an analysis of several sites, has been completed. The <br />consulting finn is ready to move to phase two, which includes forming a task force to develop <br />a redevelopment plan to guide change in the designated areas. Originally, it had been <br />recommended that the study area focus on the area generally located west of Sunfish Lake <br />Blvd. and south of Industry Ave, however the City Council has directed that the initial work <br />focus on the Highway #10 Corridor. The City Council has recently discussed the possibility <br />of forming a task force or meeting in joint sessions with the EDA. <br /> <br />BMA Associates/Proposed Industrial Park: <br /> <br />Atter the City Administrator and the City Attorney negotiated a tentative agreement to <br />purchase the 149.11 acre site located west of Anoka Electric Energy Park, the City Council <br />decided the preferred method of acquisition would be condemnation. The City Attorney and <br />attorneys from the law firm of Kennedy & Graven revised the condemnation resolution as to <br />remove the Technical College for reason of taking. The current resolution states taking <br />purposes for economic development. The City Council approved the resolution on March 14, <br />2000 and the City Attomey filed the papers on March 15, 2000. <br /> <br /> <br />