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03-10-25 Economic Development Authority Meeting

Maple Plain City CouncilWednesday, April 16, 2025
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Downtown Redevelopment and purchase agreement

Approval of meeting minutes from October 10th, 2024, October 14th, 2024, and February 10th, 2025

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Votes (2)

Adopt tonight's agenda

Passed6-0

Moved by Francis · Seconded by Buck

Approve minutes from Oct 10, Oct 14, and Feb 10

Passed6-0

Moved by Warden · Seconded by Francis

Notable Quotes (2)

If we get to a point where we're fully entitled and you're going to do a downtown reconstruction project... the likelihood that they're going to open in 26 I mean slim it could be close.

— Mark
Timeline feasibilityAssessing the realistic timeline for the 70-unit apartment build.

In order to get to that 50 [dollars/sqft] you got Nationals... you got to get McDonald's you gotta get you know people that are willing to spend that so it's hard.

— Mark
Retail feasibilityExplaining why small local businesses cannot afford new construction retail rents.

People (5)

MarkCity Planner

Advocates for a phased due diligence process and retail-integrated downtown planning.

1 quote

“Rather than trying to integrate it into this massive building if we could break that site up... it really starts to help the kind of small town scale of that site.”

Discussing the benefits of breaking up the downtown site for varied retail/civic use.

KanderAdministrator

Emphasizing the importance of new, stricter timelines in the current purchase agreement.

1 quote

“If it doesn't and it's not going anywhere then we can get out of it and get someone in different unlike the last time where just had to drag on.”

Justifying the new phased financial/time-bound structure of the deal.

FrancisCommissioner

Concerned with existing street parking and museum preservation.

DucaCommissioner

Clarifying construction timelines and feasibility.

AioCommissioner

Inquiring about street closures and library access.

Places Mentioned

Downtown Maple Plain5210 Main StreetMaple and Highway 12Bud StreetLong Lake

Events & Meetings (1)

  • March 10th, 2025 at 7 PM
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