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Economic Development Authority Meeting Minutes
September 17, 2012
1. CALL TO ORDER
President Hedberg called the meeting to order at 4:00 p.m. Present were Hedberg, Morris and Myser.
Choudek and Chromy were absent. Also present was EDA Executive Director Boyles, Community & Economic
Development Director Rogness, Community Development Specialist McCabe, EDAC member Greg Schweich,
and Broadband Advisory Committee member Lloyd Erbaugh.
2. APPROVAL OF AGENDA
MOTION BY MYSER, SECONDED BY MORRIS TO APPROVE THE AGENDA
VOTE: Ayes by Hedberg, Morris and Myser. The motion carried.
3. APPROVAL OF MEETING MINUTES
MOTION BY MYSER, SECONDED BY MORRIS TO APPROVE THE MINUTES OF AUGUST 20, 2012
VOTE: Ayes by Hedberg, Morris and Myser. The motion carried.
4. PUBLIC HEARING
No public hearing was scheduled.
5. OLD BUSINESS
A. Fiber Optic Network Discussion.
Rogness: asked EDA Commissioners to further discuss key aspects of how to move this agenda forward
after the input received at the joint EDA and City Council Work Session on September 10, 2012.
Myser: said that the EDA must vet this with existing providers before spending more money.
Morris: indicated that there is evidence of negative reaction being expressed to the fiber report's recom-
mendation, including an article written by the Freetlom Foundation. He said that the EDA should be mar-
keting the benefits of the fiber network in cooperation with Eric Lampland.
Hedberg: was pleased that Century Link was represented at the Work Session, and he felt that serious
discussions should begin with Integra about cooperation.
Myser: sees a role for government in fiber since the existing regional market system is really not set up to
provide a competitive system that would achieve full build-out and competitive pricing.
Hedberg: asked that staff spend some limited time on determining the value of a job, looking at three
sources or examples.
Morris: reminded commissioners that 100 cities have done this with only five failures; he supported the
EDA subscribing to Broadband Communities.
Rogness: asked who should represent the EDA at a meeting with the incumbent service providers; it was
agreed that Morris, Myser and Hedberg all meet with them. Rogness also asked about Lampland being
present and/or other committee members; no decision was made.
Erbaugh: asked that the EDA consider defining what the end game result or desire will be before the pro-
vider meeting, and that this must be clearly defined,
Hedberg: asked about the future of triple play services since they will commodisized??????
Phone 952.447.9800 / Fax 952.447.4245 / www.cityofpriorlake.com
Myser: said that if the EDA is serious about providing community-wide fiber, then the service providers will
come to the table and discuss the city's goals. The EDA must ask them how they can help the city achieve
this goal. The end game is community-wide fiber with low consumer prices.
B, Amendment to EDA Bylaws.
McCabe: summarized changes made to the EDA bylaws in order to include a consent agenda item. Some
additional minor amendments are also being recommended by staff.
EDA Commissioners: supported the proposed amendments to the EDA bylaws, which will be forwarded
to the City Council for final approval
MOTION BY MYSER, SECONDED BY MORRIS TO APPROVE THE PROPOSED AMENDMENTS TO
THE EDA BYLAWS TO BE FORWARDED TO THE CITY COUNCIL.
VOTE: Ayes by Hedberg, Morris and Myser, The motion carried.
6. NEW BUSINESS
A. (1) EDAC Report; (2) Broadband Fiber Network Report; and (3) Technology Village Report
Mcabe: provided a summary on the activity of the EDAC, Broadband and the Technology Village.
Schwiech: supported the work done by the EDAC and the various activities it has worked on this year.
B. BrokerlDeveloper Panel Discussion
Rogness: introduced the three guest speakers, including Ron Mullenbach from D.R. Horton, Steve Dom-
brovski from Suntide Commercial Realty , and Jim Hill from Gonyea Land Company. Rogness asked the
guests to give some background history about themselves and then to discuss their thoughts about the cur-
rent/future market conditions.
Speakers: provided the following key inputs to the EDA:
• The city's greatest amenity, the lakes, also become its greatest liability in terms of constraining ac-
cess throughout the city.
• The city should inventory what is available for development, redevelopment and leasing.
• The city will see County Road 42 as a key corridor for future long-term development opportunities;
however, other corridors closer to the beltway must fill first.
• The city must get residential development right in the short term; Prior Lake was recently ranked #5
in residential demand in the Twin Cities.
• The city has opportunities to see the County Road 21 corridor develop with more C/l uses; 20,000
vehicle trips per day is a threshold for more development.
• The city will have weak demand for offices since it demands a stronger critical mass.
EDA Commissioners: expressed thanks to the guest speakers for their thoughts about Prior Lake.
7. OTHER BUSINESS
A. Draft October 15, 2012 Agenda was reviewed by the commissioners.
8. ADJOURNMENT
MOTION BY MYSER, SECONDED BY MORRIS TO ADJOURN THE MEETING. With all in favor, the meeting
adjourned at 6:05 p.m.
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Frank Boyles, Executive Director
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