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HomeMy WebLinkAbout05 23 2016 EDAC minutes 1 4646 Dakota Street SE Prior Lake, MN 55372 CITY OF PRIOR LAKE, MINNESOTA ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT ADVISORY COMMITTEE MEETING MINUTES – May 23, 2016 1. Call to Order The meeting was called to order at 7:33 a.m. in the Parkview Community Room at Prior Lake City Hall. Members present: Lloyd Erbaugh, Kim Prchal, Thane Tande, Celina Byers, Wade Larson, Bill Henry, Jim Mahoney, Luke Brazier, Trisha Rosenfeld, Chamber of Commerce Liaison Sandi Fleck and EDA Liaison Michele Choudek. Members absent: Stephanie Carroll and Marie Voreis. Staff present: Casey McCabe. 2. Approval of Meeting Minutes a. April 25, 2016 MOTION BY BYERS and SECOND BY ERBAUGH to approve the April 25, 2016 meeting minutes. Motion adopted unanimously. 3. Old Business a. Finalize Business Mixer Action Items McCabe: stated the ‘final’ draft of the Business Mixer Action Items is attached to the report. EDAC members have discussed and modified the action items during numerous committee meetings over the past several months. Mr. McCabe said staff feels the final action items are now ready to be shared with the meeting attendants and other interested residents and business owners. EDAC members were encouraged to review the proposed ‘final’ action items and submit any comments to Mr. McCabe by Wednesday, May 25th; after that date the action items will be shared with meeting attendants and posted on the EDAC page of the City website. MOTION BY MAHONEY and SECOND BY BRAZIER to accept the Business Mixer Action Items as proposed and direct staff to distribute the information to Business Mixer meeting attendants. Motion adopted unanimously. b. Prior Lake Community Assets McCabe: presented the Prior Lake Community Asset information previously prepared by the EDAC. Mr. McCabe added the original intent of this document was to have marketing information prepared and accessible for city staff when needed and to be used in future marketing materials. This project has evolved, based on previous EDAC discussion, to potentially create another City of Prior Lake Community Profile (similar to what was completed one year ago) or use the new information to update the previous community profile. Fleck: suggested printing an insert (update 2016) to be added to the current Community Profile. If the updated Community Profile was available in a JPEG, it could be shared via Facebook. EDAC Members: discussed how they would like to share this information, either through the EDAC commercial area liaisons, as an online only resource, or other options as proposed by committee members. MOTION BY HENRY and SECOND BY ERBAUGH to request staff update the existing Community Profile handout (electronic copy only) with the current information and create an insert with the additional information not identified on the existing Community Profile. Motion adopted unanimously. c. EDAC Commercial Area Liaison Discussion Mahoney: provided a summary of commercial area liaison visits he has conducted in the past. Erbaugh: informed the committee that he intends to submit a report to the EDA at the end of June detailing the EDAC commercial area liaison program activity. Mr. Erbaugh encouraged committee members to complete a few visits prior to the June meeting so he has information to provide the EDA. Mr. Erbaugh also encouraged members to come to the June meeting prepared to share a brief discussion of their visits. EDAC Members: discussed handouts and materials that can be provided during their liaison visits, including the EDAC flyer and Business Mixer Action Item sheet. 4. New Business a. City Council Work Session Update - Downtown Parking Discussion McCabe: informed the committee that the City Council received a report on the Downtown Parking Study during their most recent work session. During the work session, the Council indicated support for the implementation of hourly parking restrictions along portions of Main Avenue and Dakota Street. Mr. McCabe stated the EDAC downtown commercial liaisons will likely be used to communicate information related to hourly parking restrictions with downtown businesses. More information will be provided at a later date as to when the parking restriction may go into effect and what portions of the downtown area will be restricted. 5. Other Business a. EDA Meeting Update EDAC Members: received an update of the May 16th EDA meeting related to the following items:  EDA 2016 Revenue & Expenditure Report  Technology Village Analysis and Expansion Plan  Downtown Planning Reports – 2000 Downtown Development Guide  Property Acquisition for Highway 13 & 21 Project  Commerce Avenue Extension – County Highway 42 Project b. Adelmann Property Owner Meeting Henry and Choudek: provided a summary of the meeting with three property owners in the Deerfield Business Park. The meeting was attended by Mr. Henry, Mr. McCabe, Community Development Director Rogness, City Engineer Poppler, Ms. Choudek and three property owners. The meeting included the discussion of signage, access to Deerfield via Adelmann and Revere, reevaluation of county market values, parking and access specific to the property and the potential formation of a Deerfield Business Association. Henry: added that a second meeting will be held on June 1st for all property owners in the Deerfield Business Park / Welcome Avenue Industrial Park area. Choudek: offered to host the June 1st meeting at her office in the Deerfield Business Park; the meeting had been scheduled in Prior Lake City Hall. c. Residential and Commercial Activity Update EDAC Members: reviewed the residential and commercial activity update as of April 30, 2016. d. Member Ideas/Recommendations Erbaugh: encouraged all EDAC members to attend the Grand Opening event at Charlie’s on Prior on Thursday, May 26th. Erbaugh: reviewed a sheet titled EDAC Project and Initiatives which identifies possible projects and initiatives of the EDAC or topics which may require additional direction from the EDA and/or City Council. Mr. Erbaugh asked committee members what message does the EDAC want to get out to the public and where does the committee want to start? EDAC members discussed a possible business profile in an upcoming issue of the Wavelength and commercial liaisons were encouraged to consider potential businesses to profile during upcoming visits. The EDAC will have more discussion on this topic at next meeting. 6. Next Meeting Date. The next regular meeting of the EDAC will be on Monday, June 27, 2016 at 7:30 a.m. . 7. Adjourn. MOTION BY PRCHAL and SECOND BY HENRY to adjourn the meeting. Motion adopted unanimously. The meeting adjourned at 9:00 a.m. Submitted by: Casey McCabe