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CITY OF PRIOR LAKE, MINNESOTA
ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT ADVISORY COMMITTEE
MEETING MINUTES – September 26, 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: Lloyd Erbaugh, Mark Peterson, Bernie Carlson, Greg Schweich, Mike Stout,
James Ford, Sandi Fleck, Wade Larson, Bill Henry and Michelle Choudek. Members absent: Thane Tande
and Kris Pauna. Staff present: Dan Rogness, Casey McCabe. Guest Present: Mike Peterson, City of Prior
Lake Communications Coordinator
2. Approval of Meeting Minutes.
a. August 22, 2013
MOTION BY CARLSON and SECOND BY SCHWEICH to approve the August 22, 2013 meeting
minutes as submitted. Motion adopted unanimously.
3. Old Business
a. Business & Industry Forum Follow Up Action Update
McCabe: stated the EDA reviewed the list of B&I Forum comments, EDAC response and proposed
EDAC action items during their September 16 meeting and approved of the EDAC responses and
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action items, subject to two minor revisions. Mr. McCabe informed the committee that the EDAC
response and action items have been added to the EDAC page of the City website and a link has been
provided to all meeting attendants.
EDAC Members: reviewed and discussed the listed action items.
Carlson: stated he will revisit the Main Avenue property owners south of CR 21 to gauge interest in a
possible second round of storefront rehab funding.
EDAC Members: will continue to address the action items during future meetings.
b. Business Retention & Expansion Survey Update
McCabe: provided a spreadsheet which listed the 22 BR&E survey responses for committee review.
Mr. McCabe asked the committee how to best present the survey results to the EDA.
Choudek: suggested highlighting the common positive and negative comments and also recommended
staff is prepared to address specific comments if needed.
Carlson: recommended presenting a top 10 list of positive and negative comments and a plan for the
EDAC to address the issues raised during the surveys.
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McCabe: suggested contacting Greater MSP to review overall survey results from the region so Prior
Lake can compare its results to the greater metro area.
Henry: stated it was very difficult to complete the surveys and asked the committee how they would like
to complete the BR&E surveys in the future.
Erbaugh: asked the committee if it makes sense to conduct the surveys every year and suggested it
may be more beneficial to use the survey results the city has received to form strategies to address
business owner concerns.
Carlson: suggested the EDAC provide the survey summary to the meeting participants and inform the
business owners of the EDAC meeting time and remind them the meetings are open to the public and
they are welcome to attend for discussion of any concerns or ideas they may have.
MOTION BY FLECK and SECOND BY FORD to summarize the BR&E survey results for EDAC review
prior to presenting the summary to the EDA. Motion adopted unanimously.
4. New Business
a. Evaluate & Discuss Prior Lake Marketing Materials
EDAC Members: reviewed the previous City of Prior Lake marketing materials, examples of marketing
materials from other communities and discussed the content that should be included in Prior Lake’s
packet. Mike Peterson, the City of Prior Lake Communications Coordinator was in attendance to
discuss different marketing brochure options.
Ford: asked who the city is targeting with the marketing materials.
McCabe: felt the marketing materials would not be targeted toward a specific type of business but
rather a general community profile/overview.
Mark Peterson: asked who would be receiving the marketing materials.
McCabe: stated the packet would be sent along with requests for site information and to local brokers
and developers.
Stout: recommended the committee research the marketing materials of surrounding communities and
cities of a similar size. Mr. Stout also suggested the committee determine what information is important
to present to prospective businesses.
EDAC Members: recommended including information about the City and Scott County’s fiber network.
City staff will research marketing materials in other communities and begin pulling together content for
EDAC and EDA review and comment.
5. Other Business
a. EDA Updates
McCabe: provided the committee with an update of EDA activity from their September 16, 2013
meeting related to the following items:
2014 EDA Budget with Technology Village Phase II
Fiber Agreement – Prior Lake, Scott County and Integra
Downtown Parking Options – Erie Avenue
EDAC Business & Industry Forum Response and Action Plan
County Highway 42 Study Conclusions
b. Staff Updates
i.Highway 169 Signage
As a follow up to the August EDAC meeting, Mr. McCabe informed the committee that a Prior
Lake Next Exit sign was located along U.S. 169. Committee members would prefer additional
Prior Lake signage on U.S. 169 and recommended staff research any MNDOT standards or
policies to see if Prior Lake could have a greater sign presence along the highway.
ii.Storefront Rehab Program Eligibility
As a follow up to the August EDAC meeting where members asked staff to research why some
properties were not eligible for funding with the 2002 storefront rehab program, Mr. McCabe
shared the minutes from a June 17, 2002 City Council meeting and the Downtown Building
Façade Renovation Matching Grant Program guidelines from 2002 which stated, “Property
must be used primarily for retail. Office or other uses permitted in the Downtown district.”
EDAC Members: were in favor of exploring opportunities for a storefront rehab matching grant
program and encouraged the City to make all downtown properties eligible for funding.
Carlson: agreed to follow up with two downtown properties who were deemed ineligible under
the original rehab program and see if they would be interested in a matching grant rehab
program if it were made available by the city.
c. Member Ideas/Recommendations
None.
6. Next Meeting Date. The next regular meeting of the EDAC will be Thursday, October 24, 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 9:05 a.m.
Submitted by: Casey McCabe