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Minutes - 3/15/11 At Conclusion of the City Council Meeting© MINUTES OF THE CITY COUNCIL WORK SESSION AT CONCLUSION OF THE REGULAR CITY COUNCIL MEETING Tuesday, March 15,2011 Mayor. Maxwell called the meeting to order at 8:20 pm. Present were Mayor Maxwell and Council Members Brausen; Halverson, Youakim,. Planning and Economic Development Director Kersten Elverum, Public Works Director Steve Stadler, Assistant City Manager Jim Genellie and City Manager Getschow. Mr. Stadler and Ms. Elverum gave the Council an update on. the Shady Oak Road project. The new road alignment is narrower but will result in the loss of the parking that is in the right-of-way for the businesses on the west side of Shady Oak. The next step is to meet with the owners of these buildings to update them on the project and hear their concerns and desired outcomes. Council 1VMember'Brausen requested that the business owners be informed about the results of these discussions as soon as possible. 8'' Avenue Development - Kersten Elverum summarized the process up to this point. The consensus of the City Council was that additional meetings with both developers were not needed. Council Member Brausen pointed out that the City had two quality developers to choose from. The biggest difference between the developers involved financing. Council Members pointed out that funding was proving difficult.for some of the other proposed projects in Hopkins. The Council came to a consensus favoring the Klodt Proposal due to the availability of funding and the fact that Klodt had shown itself more willing to incorporate some of the design elements that were important to the City. Council. There being no further business, the meeting was adjourned at 10:30 p.m.