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CITY OF PRIOR LAKE, MINNESOTA
ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT ADVISORY COMMITTEE
MEETING MINUTES – May 2, 2013
1. Call to Order.
The meeting was called to order at 7:30 a.m. in the Wagon Bridge Conference Room at City Hall.
Members present: Bill Henry, Sandi Fleck, Lloyd Erbaugh, Kris Pauna, Bernie Carlson, Wade Larson, Mark
Peterson, Mike Stout, Greg Schweich and Michelle Choudek. Members absent: James Ford and Thane
Tande. Staff present: Dan Rogness and Casey McCabe.
2. Approval of Meeting Minutes.
a. March 28, 2013
Henry: made one correction to the March 28, 2013 meeting minutes. A sentence in Section 3.a. read,
“Peterson, Stout and Schweich: volunteered to hand out event flyers door to door in the Deerfield,
Welcome Avenue and Waterfront Passage industrial park area.” A correction was made to read,
“Peterson and Henry: volunteered to hand out event flyers door to door in the Deerfield, Welcome
Avenue and Waterfront Passage industrial park area.”
MOTION BY ERBAUGH and SECOND BY CARLSON to approve the March 28, 2013 meeting minutes
subject to the correction identified above. Motion adopted unanimously.
3. Old Business.
a. Business & Industry Forum
EDAC members: reviewed and discussed the comments received during the Prior Lake Business &
Industry Forum held on April 25, 2013. Approximately 40 comments were received during the event
and the EDAC reviewed and discussed roughly half of the comments one by one. Due to time
constraints, EDAC members deferred the review of the remaining comments until a future meeting.
City staff: will place the comments in categories, such as; downtown & economic development,
transportation / parking, tourism / visitors and general / miscellaneous prior to the next EDAC meeting.
The comments will then be evaluated by the committee and a process will be developed to act on as
many of the comments as possible and provide information and follow up to the public and meeting
attendants.
4. New Business.
a. City of Prior Lake Open House / Grand Opening Policy Discussion
Due to time constraints, the discussion of this item will be moved to a future agenda.
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b. EDAC Bylaws
i. EDAC Mission Statement / Purpose
McCabe: commented that he had concerns about some of the proposed EDAC Bylaw
language that he would like to review with the City Attorney prior to EDAC review. City staff
will review the bylaws with the City Attorney prior to the next EDAC meeting and the discussion
of this item will be moved to the May 23, 2013 agenda.
5. Other Business.
a. EDA Updates
Due to time constraints there was no discussion of this item.
b. EDAC Liaison to the EDA – May 20, 2013
Henry: volunteered to serve as the EDAC Liaison to the EDA during the May 20, 2013 EDA meeting.
c. Member Ideas/Recommendations
i. Shop Local
Stout: summarized a recent business retention & expansion survey completed by a downtown
business. The business owner Mr. Stout met with is concerned that the local school district
organizations are not supporting the local businesses that support them. Mr. Stout informed
the committee that he has scheduled a meeting with ISD 719 Superintendent, Dr. Sue Ann
Gruver, [May 7, 2013]. This meeting will also be attended by Mr. McCabe.
EDAC members: discussed the upcoming meeting and endorsed the “shop local” message.
EDAC members: inquired about the City of Prior Lake policy related to purchasing materials
locally. Staff will research this and report back to the EDAC.
MOTION BY PAUNA and SECOND BY SCHWEICH to endorse the “shop local” meeting with
Superintendent Gruver. Motion adopted unanimously.
ii. Scott County First Stop Shop
Choudek: provided information to the EDAC related to the Scott County First Stop Shop (FSS).
Ms. Choudek summarized some of the FSS goals and activities and encouraged all committee
members to view the FSS website to become familiar with the organization.
Staff will provide a link to the FSS website to all EDAC members and will share registration
information to sign up for the FSS monthly e-newsletter.
6. Next Meeting Date. The next regular meeting of the EDAC will be Thursday, May 23, 2013 at 7:30 a.m.
7. Adjourn. MOTION BY FLECK and SECOND BY HENRY to adjourn the meeting. Motion adopted
unanimously. The meeting adjourned at 9:05 a.m.
Submitted by: Casey McCabe