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Meeting Minutes
March 2, 2011
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1. Call to Order
Chair Howard called the meeting to order at 7:30 a.m. Present were: Adam Blahnik, Bill Henry,
Troy Presler, Joe Passofaro, Terry Gutowski, Deno Howard, Ken Hedberg, Danette Parr, Kelly
Meyer, Mike Peterson and Frank Boyles
2. Approval of December 17, 2010 Minutes
Howard noted to corrections to the minutes. Motion by Passofaro, second by Henry to approve
the minutes as corrected. Unanimously approved.
3. Old Business
a. Farmer's Market— Meyer provided history about the Farmer's Market including its various
locations, intent of the event and her discussions with the private owner of the market. Noted
that over time there have been strong proponents of the market and there have been businesses
against the market as well. Meyer indicated that she shared concerns with the owner who will
begin to collect data as follows: suggestion box/comment card system, work with businesses
who say they are negatively impacted to provide a free booth, get contact information from
users to learn their opinions on current or other locations.
Committee members discussed the value of the market, the concerns expressed by some
businesses and relocation to Dakota Street
Staff agreed to check with the police department and the market owner to see if relocation to
Dakota Street is an option without the problems which occur on Main. Staff will also evaluate
other issues and talk with the owner to see if this is a viable option from her perspective.
b. Business Newsletter. Mike Peterson, Communication Coordinator, talked about the business
newsletter and distributed a list of possible topics. Discussion ensued regarding how the
newsletter should be distributed and to whom. The Committee agreed that the topics must
focus on businesses and their interest One recommendation was to use the City's vacancy list
of businesses and encourage businesses to add themselves to the mailing list. Some
discussion occurred about email v. paper publication.
Topics for inclusion included CR 21, C -2, Farmers Market, Role of EDAC and EDA,
Property Tax Values, LBAE, Late Night Liquor Enforcement
The Committee agreed that the newsletter must be short and to the point and that subsequent
editions would be prepared as information is available.
c. CR 21 —Parr provided the Committee with an update saying that 100 persons had attended an
informational meeting. She outlined the status of the project and indicated that additional
public information sessions are to be scheduled.
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d. FDA Update —the FDA has been conducting work sessions to become more educated. On
April 9 they will conduct an all day session on topics and a joint FDA / EDAC meeting will
be scheduled for April or May.
4. Other Business — none.
5. New Business
a. 2011 Meeting Schedule —the Committee agreed to conduct their meetings on the last Friday
of each month at 7:30 a.m. throughout the year.
b. Land Use Applications — Parr apprised the Committee of land use applications by charter
school Aspen Academy at Fountain Hills; and the request for multi - residential use in a portion
of Deerfield which is presently zoned as Industrial.
c. Marketing Piece — no action.
The meeting adjourned at 9 a.m.
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