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HomeMy WebLinkAboutEDAC Meeting Minutes 02-26-10o~ P~o~ ~ Economic Development Advisory Committee ,~ ~ Meeting Minutes February 26, 2010 ~rNNF~P 1. Call to Order: Chair Howard called the meeting to order at 7:34 a.m. Present were: Adam Blahnik, William Henry, Sandi Fleck, Mary Viereck, Troy Presley, Deno Howard, Joe Passofaxo, Terry Gutowski, Bob Facente, Mike Myser, Frank Boyles: Absent: Ron Ceminski, Bruce Capra. 2. Approval of January 29, 2010, Meeting Minutes. Motion by VUlliam Henry, seconded by Mary Viereck to approve the minutes. The minutes were approved as submitted. 3. Approval of Agenda Chair Howard added land inventory and previous retention interviews under old business. Also added to new business, scheduling future business retention interviews. Gutowski questioned at which meeting the City would provide an overview of its Comprehensive Plan. Howard suggested it be placed on the next meeting agenda. 4. Old Business a. Revised Marketing Piece Chair Howard indicated that an 11 X17 and threefold piece would be created to tailor the work for various uses. Passofaro stated the redraft was driven by a desire to provide in the document what businesses want and need in terms of information. Committee members reviewed the document page by page and requested that an update be provided before the next meeting. b. Meet and Greet Blahnik and Passofaro explained the purpose of the meet and greet meeting. The committee believed that the meet and greet is a great idea. The following suggestions were offered: • Make starting time 4 or 4:30 p.m. • Use lower level of VFW or Wilds and do in conjunction with another event. • Provide an individualized invitation with phone call follow-up. • Aim at between 50 and 100 people. • Include an EDAC presentation to share purpose and objective. • Need to know budget. • Invite civic groups as well as businesses. • Provide business retention piece to participants. • Conduct this fall. L:U 0 FILES110IDF.~-".P,-iinuteslrrtinutes Fd~iuary 26, 2010.doc c. Calendar Chair Howard stated this segment of the agenda is to help everyone stay up-to-date with what is going on in the community. No additions. d. Land Inventory Chair Howard reminded the committee that they received an email copy for feedback. Passofaro suggested the inventory is good and should be promoted. e. Previous Retention Interviews Deferred. 5. Other Business None 6. Staff Update a. Development Status Report -deferred. b. Refining City Economic Development Tools -deferred. 7. New Business a. SCALE Interview Questionnaire Chair Howard stated that SCALE has a questionnaire to be used by all Scott County cities. She said she would like to continue to have a factual and separate opinion section in the questionnaire but believed that SCALE questions should be added for consistency. Discussion ensued about how best to portray the questionnaire data. Passofaro suggested a relational database. Gutowski suggested his list of businesses in downtown be used as a base to complete as many questionnaires as possible. Chair Howard suggested that interviewers be prepared to discuss interview pro and con section at the next meeting. b. Retention Interviews Passofaro said he completed Perron's Sul Lago and Jazz Cafe. c. Recruitment Interviews Bradford Development -Sandi Fleck Camille on Rouge -Sandi Fleck Discussion ensued about sharing uiformation with the public. A column in the paper was suggested. A presentation to the Council was also suggested. Might be able to approach the newspaper annually with our results. Maybe even a letter to the editor. Motion by Facente, seconded by Gutowski to adjourn. Meeting adjourned at 8:58 p.m. Next meeting: Friday, March 26.