Loading...
HomeMy WebLinkAbout08 24 2017 EDAC minutes 1 4646 Dakota Street SE Prior Lake, MN 55372 CITY OF PRIOR LAKE, MINNESOTA ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT ADVISORY COMMITTEE MEETING MINUTES – August 24, 2017 1. Call to Order The meeting was called to order at 7:37 a.m. in the Wagon Bridge Conference Room at Prior Lake City Hall. Members present: Bill Henry, Kim Prchal, Jeff Petschl, Ron Martin, Stephanie Carrol and Chamber Liaison Sandi Fleck. Staff present: Casey McCabe and Amanda Schwabe. 2. Approval of Meeting Minutes a. July 27, 2017 MOTION BY PETSCHL and SECOND BY PRCHAL to approve the July 27, 2017 meeting minutes. Motion adopted unanimously. 3. Old Business a. Outreach & Marketing Subcommittee i. Fall Business Event Prchal: stated she sent a poll to EDAC members related to dates for the fall business event. Ms. Prchal received nine votes total and seven of the votes favored a meeting date of Thursday, October 12th. October 12th was selected as the date for the (yet to be named) fall business event. Prchal: recommended a subcommittee is formed to plan the fall business event; Petschl, Martin, Carrol and Prchal volunteered to serve on the subcommittee. EDAC Members: requested staff ask the EDA for a funding in the amount of $1,000 for the fall event. EDAC Members: discussed a location for the event, which has included Fongs and the Wilds in previous years; other locations were discussed as alternatives. The event marketing subcommittee will review locations and make a recommendation to the committee. Petschl: recommended a ‘save the date’ reminder is emailed to potential attendants and sent via Facebook. ii. Website / Facebook Presence Prchal: summarized previous committee discussion related to a Facebook presence for the committee. Committee members were hesitant to have the page tied to their personal Facebook accounts. It was recommended that a profile be created specifically for an EDAC Facebook page. McCabe: stated the EDA has received a report from Prchal and Erbaugh related to an Economic Development focused website. The EDA was receptive to the idea and would appreciate receiving a more detailed presentation which would include the proposed content, costs, maintenance plan, etc. Carrol: recommended the EDAC create a free square space trial mock-up and present it to the EDA. Martin: offered to assist with the website development and felt a Word Press site may be simple enough to maintain and inexpensive. Prchal: stated the marketing subcommittee will discuss content for the website. b. EDAC Name Change Discussion Prchal: emailed committee members with potential names to rename the EDAC following the July meeting. Four votes were received for Business Communications Committee, six votes were received for Business Engagement Committee, one vote was received to keep the EDAC name. Petschl: commented that the Business Engagement Committee name compliments the newly created Citizen Engagement Committee. MOTION BY PETSCHL and SECONDED BY HENRY to recommend the advisory committee name Economic Development Advisory Committee be changed to Business Engagement Committee. Motion adopted unanimously. McCabe: stated staff will take the recommended name change to the EDA for approval. c. EDAC 2018 Budget McCabe: summarized the budget discussion at the August 14th EDA meeting. The EDA discussed an annual allocation of funds to the EDAC for marketing or print purposes. The EDA has not adopted a resolution in support of a budget request; however, the EDA indicated support for a $750 annual allocation of its professional services fund for EDAC activities. Mr. McCabe commented that the EDAC does not anticipate hosting a fall business event in 2018; the EDAC budget request would likely increase in years when a fall business event is held. 4. New Business a. None 5. Other Business a. EDA Meeting Update McCabe: provided a summary of the August 14, 2017 EDA meeting, which included the following discussion items: ➢ Jeffers Pond PUD ➢ Preliminary 2018 EDA Budget ➢ C-3, Business Park Exterior Building Materials ➢ Strategic Property Acquisition Funds ➢ Downtown Development & Improvements b. Residential and Commercial Activity Update EDAC Members: received a copy of the residential and commercial activity update as of July 31, 2017. c. Member Ideas/Recommendations Prchal: asked committee members to circulate potential names for the fall business event so a name can be selected and included on the save the date. EDAC members commented that the new committee name also be included on the save the date. It was suggested the business event meeting invitation include an agenda/timeline for the event, which will be less formal and more social than previous years. Prchal: commented on an EDA presentation which included information about the commercial areas of the community and suggested some of that content be shared with the businesses. McCabe offered to share a presentation the mayor has been giving related to current development activities in Prior Lake. The content will be reviewed by the marketing subcommittee to determine what content would be the most valuable to share with businesses in the community. 6. Next Meeting Date. The next regular meeting of the EDAC will be on Thursday, September 28, 2017 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 8:48 a.m. Submitted by: Casey McCabe