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Prior Lake, MN 55372
CITY OF PRIOR LAKE, MINNESOTA
ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT ADVISORY COMMITTEE
MEETING MINUTES August 1, 2013
1. Call to Order.
The meeting was called to order at 7:35 a.m. in the Wagon Bridge Conference Room at Prior Lake City
Hall. Members present: Bill Henry, Lloyd Erbaugh, Mark Peterson, Bernie Carlson, Greg Schweich, Thane
Tande, Mike Stout, Wade Larson, and Michelle Choudek. Members absent: Sandi Fleck, Kris Pauna and
James Ford. Staff present: Dan Rogness and Casey McCabe.
2. Approval of Meeting Minutes.
a. June 27, 2013
MOTION BY CARLSON and SECOND BY ERBAUGH to approve the June 27, 2013 meeting minutes
as submitted. Motion adopted unanimously.
3. Old Business
a. Business & Industry Forum Follow Up Action
McCabe: presented the agenda report and stated that in previous meeting the committee chose to
respond to all comments and either detail the action that has occurred, the proposed action, or note if
action is unnecessary or desired results are not achievable. The responses and any other
communication will be linked to the EDAC page on the city website and a link can be sent to meeting
attendants and others interested in reviewing action and receiving meeting follow up information.
Mr. McCabe added that during the June meeting, the committee directed city staff to respond to as
many comments and suggestions as possible for review by the committee during the July [August]
meeting.
EDAC Members: discussed roughly half of the comment responses provided by staff and provided
additional suggested responses and direction.
Carlson: volunteered to visit the commercial businesses along Main Avenue (south of CR21) to gauge
interest in a potential storefront rehabilitation program.
Erbaugh: suggested the committee evaluate existing community marketing materials during the next
committee meeting.
EDAC Members: directed staff to continue working on a response to each category and send the draft
responses to committee members via email prior to the next meeting date.
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b. Business Retention & Expansion Survey Status
Henry: reviewed the list of 14 businesses in the Business Retention & Expansion (BR&E) survey target
area of Deerfield, Waterfront Passage and Welcome Industrial Park who have not been contacted to
complete a BR&E survey.
EDAC Members: encouraged those committee members who volunteered to complete the remaining
surveys to have them completed by the next meeting.
4. New Business
a. None
5. Other Business
a. EDA Updates
Rogness: provided the committee with an update of EDA activity from their July 15, 2013 meeting
related to the following items:
Public Hearing - Revised Business Subsidies Policy
Local Business Incentives Policy (Draft)
Quarterly EDAC Update
Downtown Initiatives
2014 Budget Discussion EDA Tax Levy
b. CR42 Corridor Study Update
Rogness: provided an update of the CR42 Corridor Study being completed by WSB & Associates. Mr.
Rogness stated that more information related to the study will be provided to the EDAC during future
meetings.
c. Member Ideas/Recommendations
Stout: suggested the committee receive an update of the Prior Lake Downtown Business Association
during the next meeting of the committee.
6. Next Meeting Date. The next regular meeting of the EDAC will be Thursday, August 22, 2013 at 7:30 a.m.
7. Adjourn. MOTION BY ERBAUGH and SECOND BY PETERSON to adjourn the meeting. Motion adopted
unanimously. The meeting adjourned at 9:00 a.m.
Submitted by: Casey McCabe