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TIF District. Staff is arranging for blight reports to be completed by SEH Engineering, in order to qualify the area for establishing a new TIF district. Business Council Black noted that nine businesspeople had attended the Business Council meeting on September 28th. While the attendance was less than at the previous meeting, those present seemed to appreciate the opportunity to discuss issues with City staff. The main issue raised by some of the businesses was the difficulty in recruiting new workers. Benke inquired whether there had been efforts by businesses to present career options to high-school-age students. owski mentioned a successful "Career Jam"held last year, involving 60-80 businessp- -. He didn't know whether it was held again this year, but indicated that he would report ba► _ -xt month's meeting. Benke suggested that this type of information would seem to be mo• usefu r 9th and loth graders, who could take the appropriate courses to lead to particular care- .•tions. Fernelius suggested that staff could research the types of networks ay.. ,oa - •• . ,ack. Black suggested that the next meeting would be held in early Janua ' r th st Tuesday in December. Town Hall Meeting ,� The Town Hall Meeting was held on Saturday, October 9�, �h o d attendance. The format was different from previous years; all sessions were held consec!RivT in one room, instead of scheduling several "break-out" sessions at the sa ach other. This change was made in response to comments at last year's meeting. I-f rmon i ated that she had talked with several attendees, who appreciated not havinoto me arou so much as well as having other staff in the same room to answer question needs She s ggested that the meeting could be promoted at the many National Night Ou • s in August. Fernelius indicated that he was impressed by this event, the first on> - .d a ed "Gateway" Site Black reported that develo ers or . , sites ad met, once with City staff and later without, and seem to be making progrA in sortin: ommon access and ponding issues. The office project is expected to hapresented for P . in&Commission consideration in November. Other B • s Kaufhold • aus-A on appeared to doing some demolition work at Brighton Village wh: - - :ny store recently. Black indicated he would check on what was going o Witkowski rep k t-, that he had recently attended a meeting where businesses were discussing the impact oft smoking ban that will go into effect in Ramsey County in March. Operators of restaurants like Jake's are concerned that patrons will go to places not under the ban, like Joe DiMaggio's in Fridley(Anoka County). The Chamber is concerned that charitable gambling proceeds from Jake's will decline as a result. Adjournment The meeting was adjourned at 8:15 a.m.