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Prior Lake, MN 55372
CITY OF PRIOR LAKE, MINNESOTA
ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT ADVISORY COMMITTEE
MEETING MINUTES – MARCH 29, 2012
1.Call to Order.
The meeting was called to order at 7:35 a.m. in the Wagon Bridge Conference Room at City
Hall. Members present: Troy Presler, Mike Myser, Adam Blahnik, Mary Viereck, Sandi Fleck,
Greg Schweich, Wade Larson, Thane Tande, and Bill Henry. Members absent: Joe Passofaro
and Bernie Carlson. Staff present: Dan Rogness and Casey McCabe. Others present: Lloyd
Erbaugh.
2.Approval of November 18, 2011, January 26, 2012 and February 23, 2012 Meeting Minutes.
MOTION BY HENRY and SECOND BY LARSON, to approve the November 18, 2011 minutes as
submitted. Motion adopted unanimously.
MOTION BY HENRY and SECOND BY VIERECK, to approve the January 26, 2012 minutes as
submitted. Motion adopted unanimously.
MOTION BY BLAHNIK and SECOND BY HENRY, to approve the February 23, 2012 minutes as
submitted. Motion adopted unanimously.
3.Old Business.
EDAC Bylaws
As stated in the Economic Development Advisory Committee Bylaws, the bylaws shall be
reviewed annually by the EDAC and any changes or amendments agreed to by a majority vote
of the Committee shall be recommended to the City Economic Development Authority and
ultimately to the City Council for final approval.
The EDAC reviewed the bylaws on Thursday, March 29, 2012 and recommended approval of
the following modifications:
1.Section 205. Reference to City Council has been deleted and Economic Development
Authority has been inserted.
2.Section 401. Reference to regular meetings shall be held on a quarterly basis has been
revised to read, “Regular meetings shall be held on a minimum of a quarterly basis during
the calendar year….”
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With no regularly scheduled meeting dates, the reference to, “In the event that such a date
shall fall on a legal holiday, the meeting shall be held on the next succeeding day,” does not
apply and has been deleted.
The last sentence stating, “Regular meetings may be rescheduled, canceled or changed
depending upon unique circumstances and subject to the approval and consent of both the
Chair and/or Vice-Chair,” is a duplicate sentence and has been deleted.
3.Section 402. With no regularly scheduled Monday meetings the reference to “a copy of the
notice, agenda and accompanying materials… shall be received by the Wednesday prior to
the Monday meeting,” has been deleted. This reference has been replace with, “a copy of
the notice, agenda and accompanying materials shall be received… no later than three
business days prior to the next scheduled meeting.”
4.Section 402. The EDAC approved the recommendation to modify the amount of members
that constitutes a quorum from a majority of committee members to fifty percent of
committee members.
MOTION BY FLECK and SECOND BY VIERECK, to recommend amendments to the EDAC
Bylaws as written above. Motion adopted unanimously.
The recommended amendments to the EDAC bylaws will be forwarded to the EDA for
consideration at the April 9, 2012 EDA meeting.
Prior Lake Business Pages e-Newsletter
Presler: provided history of the Prior Lake Business Pages e-Newsletter and overview of staff’s
suggested topics to include in the next issue of the e-newsletter including: Spring Venture Fair,
2011 Scott County building permit summary, and Arcadia Avenue/CR 21 intersection
improvement schedule.
Committee members suggested the Arcadia Avenue/CR 21 intersection improvement schedule
has already been well communicated and it is not necessary to include in the Business Pages e-
newsletter.
Rogness: suggested more information may be included in the newsletter regarding the study of
south downtown traffic options. The south downtown study will include traffic modeling and
projecting, primarily in south downtown (south of CR 21). The study will also look at traffic
movements to and from north downtown, review planning information, and include a public
process to review options and recommendations.
Presler: suggested the newsletter include information related to business development
opportunities with updated property vacancy and land availability information.
Tande: suggested the newsletter contain the names of current EDAC members to provide a
contact for community members with questions.
Rogness: suggested the newsletter may notify the public of the recently updated Economic
Development page on the City of Prior Lake Website.
Myser: suggested the newsletter should contain information on upcoming events, such as the
Venture Fair, information on recent changes to city codes and ordinances, such as the recent
changes to Fire Code 1306, and information about the EDAC as an organization, such as
member information, goals, and objectives of the EDAC.
Staff will draft the Business Pages e-newsletter and send to EDAC members for review and
comment with a target publishing date of late April 2012.
Business Retention and Expansion Interview Progress
Presler: presented an overview of the Business Retention and Expansion survey progress and
asked members to review and choose a business from the list of businesses within Welcome
Industrial, Waterfront Passage, and Deerfield Industrial Park who have not been contacted for a
BR & E visit. All completed BR & E surveys should be returned to City staff so the survey results
can be compiled. Members should establish a date all BR & E visits will be completed by; a
completion date prior to the Meet-N-Greet event in the fall of 2012 was suggested.
Members requested a copy of the most recent Business Retention and Expansion survey be
sent to all EDAC members via email.
City of Prior Lake “Business Friendly” Follow-Up Action
Rogness: presented staff’s report and an overview of the Prior Lake City Codes & Fees Outline.
The purpose of the outline was to provide a general idea of the types of codes, standards and
ordinances that will be reviewed by City staff, EDAC, EDA, and City Council in an effort to
become more “business friendly.”
Members suggested the EDAC should speak with members of the public to identify their
concerns, hold an open discussion with the major businesses and developers in town, provide a
survey questionnaire to identify what improvements could be made by the City of Prior Lake, or
hold a focus group styled event to discuss any concerns from the public.
Rogness: asked for a few members of the EDAC to volunteer to work with City staff to gather
information from the public and work with City staff through the process of reviewing codes,
standards and ordinances; members Tande, Henry, and Passofaro were nominated by the EDAC
to sit on the Business Friendly Subcommittee.
4.New Business.
City of Prior Lake Commercial and Industrial Demand Analysis
McCabe: provided a summary of the Prior Lake Commercial and Industrial Demand Analysis
completed by Maxfield Research. Members reviewed the vacant commercial and industrial
property inventory completed by City staff and discussed the amount of commercial and
industrial acreage that is currently “pad ready” based on the classification system of Class I,
Class II, and Class III property used by Maxfield Research.
The Commercial and Industrial Demand Analysis report is available on the Economic
Development page of the City of Prior Lake website at the following link:
http://www.cityofpriorlake.com/pdf/DemandAnalysis.pdf
5.Other Business.
EDA Updates
Rogness presented an EDA update, including the status of the broadband fiber network study,
status of the proposed business incubator discussion, and update on the proposed Venture Fair
to be held on May 23, 2012.
SCALE Lego’s 401 Event (April 23, 2012; 4:00-6:00 p.m.)
Rogness: provided an overview of the SCALE Lego’s 401 event which will be held in Prior Lake
City Hall on April 23, 2012 from 4:00 p.m. to 6:00 p.m. All members form the City Council, EDA,
EDAC and Planning Commission will be invited. EDAC members are all encouraged to attend.
6.Next Meeting Date. The next EDAC meeting will be Thursday, April 26, 2012 at 7:30 a.m.
7.Adjourn. With a MOTION BY BLAHNIK and SECOND BY SCHWEICH the meeting adjourned at
9:00 a.m.
Submitted by: Casey McCabe