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Prior Lake, MN 55372
CITY OF PRIOR LAKE, MINNESOTA
ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT ADVISORY COMMITTEE
MEETING MINUTES – May 23, 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, Thane Tande, Lloyd Erbaugh, Kris Pauna, Bernie Carlson, Wade Larson,
Greg Schweich and Michelle Choudek. Members absent: Mike Stout, Mark Peterson, Sandi Fleck and
James Ford. Staff present: Dan Rogness and Casey McCabe. Guest present: Theresa Fiddle,
Communication & Technology Advisory Committee.
2. Approval of Meeting Minutes.
a. May 2, 2013
MOTION BY CARLSON and SECOND BY HENRY to approve the May 2, 2013 meeting minutes as
submitted. Motion adopted unanimously.
4. New Business.
a. Community & Technology Advisory Committee Discussion
Theresa Fiddle attended the meeting as a representative of the City of Prior Lake Communication &
Technology Advisory Committee. Ms. Fiddle provided information about past committee projects,
outlined the purpose and duties of the committee, discussed communication tools available to assist
the EDAC and introduced a new form to submit when assistance from the Communication &
Technology Advisory Committee is needed.
3. Old Business.
a. Business & Industry Forum
EDAC members: reviewed and discussed the remaining 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 during the May 2, 2013
meeting.
EDAC Members: directed staff to email the Business & Industry Forum comments to meeting
attendants. Committee members recommended emails are sent out on a regular basis (every 60-90
days) updating meeting attendants of the process being followed to respond to comments and
highlighting any achievements.
The Business & Industry Forum comments will be further evaluated by committee members during
future meetings and a report will be developed, for EDA consideration, to act on as many of the
comments as possible. The report should identify a communication plan for meeting attendants and
the public.
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b. Shop Local – ISD 719 Meeting Follow Up
McCabe: provided an update to the committee about a recent shop local meeting between Mike Stout,
Sue Gainor (the Laker Store) Casey McCabe and Dr. Sue Ann Gruver and Jeff Holmberg with ISD-719.
Mr. McCabe stated the meeting was productive and the School District representatives seemed to be
unaware of the amount of funds expended on team apparel outside the district boundaries. The district
representatives stated they would be discussing this issue and promoting the shop local message with
the rest of the school administration.
McCabe: informed the committee that the EDA also discussed this issue during their May 20 meeting
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and offered a few opportunities to encourage more local spending, including; developing a notification
process by utilizing the Prior Lake Chamber, City website and other sources to help make the public
aware of available contracts and purchasing; encourage local businesses to get involved in the bidding
process; develop a city purchasing network and make the information available to local businesses;
and recommended the administration discuss this issue with all department heads and encourage all
purchases to remain local, if possible.
McCabe: stated the City Manager spoke with all department heads during a meeting on Tuesday, May
21 while reviewing the process for purchasing and encouraged local spending.
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McCabe: stated the EDA would like the EDAC to explore this issue and identify ways to promote the
shop local message and encourage the larger businesses in the community to purchase locally. The
EDA recommended the EDAC develop a report or marketing materials for EDA review and comment
prior to the EDAC taking action.
McCabe: added that Mr. Stout suggested the EDAC approach Prior Lake Athletics for Youth (P.L.A.Y.)
and encourage them to purchase locally.
EDAC Members: discussed different approaches to getting the “shop local” message out to the
community. Members also deliberated about how to best promote this message without being viewed
as an advocate for individual businesses.
The EDAC will continue this discussion during future meetings. The next EDAC discussions on this
subject will be about developing a plan of action, possible informational materials to provide business
leaders, identifying the best way to inform businesses and making the recommendation to the EDA.
4. New Business.
b. 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.
c. EDAC Bylaws
Due to time constraints, the EDAC did not have an extensive discussion or review of the EDAC Bylaws.
Henry: asked committee members to consider the duties of the EDAC and be prepared to discuss the
duties during the next regular meeting.
MOTION BY HENRY and SECOND BY ERBAUGH to table this agenda item to the next meeting of the
EDAC. Motion adopted unanimously.
5. Other Business.
a. EDA Updates
Due to time constraints there was no discussion of this item.
b. Member Ideas/Recommendations
None.
6. Next Meeting Date. The next regular meeting of the EDAC will be Thursday, June 27, 2013 at 7:30 a.m.
7. Adjourn. MOTION BY CARLSON and SECOND BY PAUNA to adjourn the meeting. Motion adopted
unanimously. The meeting adjourned at 9:05 a.m.
Submitted by: Casey McCabe