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MINUTES
ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY
ST. LOUIS PARK , MIN NESOTA
September 10, 1990
1. Call to order
President Meland called the meeting to order at 6:15 p.m.
2. Roll call
The fo llowing commissioners were present at roll call : Bruce Battaglia,
George Haun, Allen Friedman, Larry Mitchell, Lyle Hanks, Jane Tschida
and Keith Meland
Also present was the Executive Director, Director of Public Works and Community
Development.
3. Briefing from urban planner
Barry Warner, Barton-Aschman and Nick Trkla were present to give a present a-
tion on their preliminary overview of the City.
Their initial efforts have focused on the southeast quadrant. The following
were the cogent points brought forth:
d iscussion of land use and traffic issues resulting from the first
three weeks of the engagement;
c overed urban design considerations;
d iscussed the demographic picture of this area
w ere of .the opinion development in St. Louis park will not be on a
mega-project scale; rather, smaller in-fill projects.
It was their feeling the market for multi-family may be stronger tha
the policy-makers wish to support.
The bottom one-third of the income scale in the City (under $35,000
annually) is growing.
In order to allow ENSR additional tim e to' complete its work on Tow er
Place, the urban planner has not fo cused much time on this area.
The meeting adjourned at 6:57 p.m.