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Council Agenda Item
MEETING DATE: October 3, 2013
AGENDA ITEM: Sales Tax
SUBMITTED BY: Administration
BOARD/COMMISSION/COMMITTEE RECOMMENDATION:
PREVIOUS COUNCIL ACTION: The July Intergovernmental Meeting including a brainstorming session on
potential regional projects for the one-half cent sales tax. The attached list is a summary of all the ideas that were
listed.
BACKGROUND INFORMATION:
The Mayors and Administrators will be meeting on October 7 to continue the discussion on proposed regional
projects. This agenda item is for discussion only to see if the Council has strong feelings on any of the proposed
items.
BUDGET/FISCAL IMPACT:
ATTACHMENTS: Request for Council Action
Summary of Ideas
REQUESTED COUNCIL ACTION: Discussion only.
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JOINT CITIES MEETING
JULY 30, 2013
General Discussion
Categorize projects on cost, operation, etc
What projects can we legally do?
Do we share money amongst cities for park, or other projects?
Food shelf banks
Community input process
Communication systems
Focus on out of the box thinking beyond the normal projects
Do we have the definition of what funds can be used for correct?
COMMUNITY FACILITIES:
Winter Activity Center
River Museum/Activities Aquarium
Casino
Natural Resource Center/Preserve
Dance Hall
Outdoor Performance Center
Clarkfield
Regional WIF/Cable
Power Plant
Museum/Railroad/Aviation
Park Facility Fund
Aquatic Center
Community Center
Recycling Center
Compost
Arts Facility
Regional Police/EMS/Fire
PARKS & TRAILS
Connecting regional trails
Warner, Glacial Lakes, Wobegon
Connects more than 1 community together
River Trail (canoeing, etc) walking trails, biking, running, ziplining
Sauk River and Mississippi
Providing connections to greater regions
Trail Amenities -- Solar lighting, climbing wall
Skate parks, youth amenities, pickle ball
BMX – revenue generators drawing larger crowds
Providing a variety of amenities across region Age levels – youth to
senior—dogs
Snowboarding, swimming pool - competition size
Access to rivers (canoes, boats, etc)
Docks for fishing, etc.
Zoo/Regional gardens, food resource garden history of communities,
community information
Hang gliding, paraflying
Motorcyle/Bicycle
Mudrun Training Course
Cross Country Trail –Skiing
Golf Course
Stadium—football/track, pickle ball courts
Wisconsin Dells, water parks, attract larger crowds, sculpture garden,
exercise stations
Zipline Adventure Trail
TRANSPORTATION
rd
3 Street Waite Park to St Cloud
Northstar Rail to Cities to Ripley
I-94 Bridges Access Points
Truck Hub to Air/shipping goods to Rail
Amtrack Depot move…expand
SW Corridor (beltway)
Trolly/Bus (between all cities)
MTC needs expand service
Airport Capital
Alternate Fuel Stations
Dedicated/Marked Road bike areas
APO Projects –Regional—City Connections
Regional Signage/Traffic Controls to Gateway
Westwood Parkway