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Home My WebLink About04 17 2017 EDA Minutes Phone 952.447.9800 / Fax 952.447.4245 / www.cityofpriorlake.com 4646 Dakota Street SE Prior Lake, MN 55372 Economic Development Authority Meeting Minutes April 17, 2017 1. CALL TO ORDER President Chromy called the meeting to order at 4:00 p.m. Present were Chromy, Sheehan-Kerber, Briggs and Braid. Also present were Executive Director Boyles, Community Development Specialist McCabe and Technology Village Board Members Gerry Hughes and Patrick Stroh. 2. APPROVAL OF AGENDA MOTION BY BRIGGS, SECONDED BY BRAID TO APPROVE THE AGENDA. Ayes by Chromy, Sheehan- Kerber, Briggs and Braid. The motion carried 4-0. 3. APPROVAL OF MEETING MINUTES MOTION BY BRIGGS, SECONDED BY SHEEHAN-KERBER TO APPROVE THE March 20, 2017 MEETING MINUTES. Ayes by Chromy, Sheehan-Kerber, Briggs and Braid. The motion carried 4-0. 4. CONSENT AGENDA A. EDA 2017 Revenue & Expenditure Report (3/31/17) B. Development Update (3/31/2017) MOTION BY BRAID, SECONDED BY BRIGGS TO ACCEPT THE EDA 2017 REVENUE AND EXPENDI- TURE REPORT THROUGH MARCH 31, 2017, AND TO ACCEPT THE DEVELOPMENT UPDATE REPORT THROUGH MARCH 31, 2017. Ayes by Chromy, Sheehan-Kerber, Briggs and Braid. The motion carried 4- 0. , 5. REMOVED CONSENT AGENDA ITEMS No items were removed from the Consent Agenda 6. PUBLIC HEARING No Public Hearings 7. OLD BUSINESS A. 2017 EDA Goals Commissioners reviewed the adopted 2017 EDA Goals, which included: 1. Continue to guide the Economic Development Advisory Committee and support the Technology Vil- lage Board of Directors as they implement the recommendations of the Technology Village program analysis and expansion plans, including expansion opportunities within Scott County. 2. Establish a task force of downtown residents and businesses to develop an integrated road network plan that supports future traffic volumes, a downtown vision, and a targeted redevelopment plan. 3. Establish a process and plan to target resources to economic opportunities that provide significant benefits to Prior Lake, including those that may include property acquisition and direct support to commercial and industrial development. Commissioners discussed potential amendments to the EDA goals, additional initiatives or areas of focus for the commission in 2017. 2 EDA Members: did not propose revisions to goal number one. Goal number one will remain as follows: ➢ Continue to guide the Economic Development Advisory Committee and support the Technology Vil- lage Board of Directors as they implement the recommendations of the Technology Village program analysis and expansion plans, including expansion opportunities within Scott Cou nty. EDA Members: felt the City Council and Scott County Board have assumed the full responsibility related to the downtown road network plan and the EDA role identified in goal number two no longer applies. EDA members did express a strong desire to remain involved in the road network planning in a supporting role as any decision on alignment will have an economic development impact. The EDA wishes to pro- vide a separate and distinct voice in downtown discussion through ongoing recommendations/input for each of the future road network alternatives. Goal number two was revised as follows: ➢ Make recommendations and provide strong input to the Prior Lake City Council and Scott County Board of Directors related to proposed improvements to the Downtown road network, specifically the CH21/Hwy 13 intersection, as it relates to potential impacts or benefits on economic development and redevelopment activities. EDA Members: reviewed goal number three and discussed the establishment of an inventory of vacant commercial and industrial property as well as strategic properties the city may wish to purc hase within the five Economic Development Areas identified by the EDAC. Braid: commented that a map of city-owned downtown properties would be beneficial and requested information related to the vision for the future use of these properties. EDA Members: revised goal number three as follows: ➢ Establish a process and plan to target resources for economic opportunities that provide significant benefits to Prior Lake, including those that may include property acquisition and direct support to commercial and industrial development. Provide a graphic showing the city owned properties and their usefulness for economic development and redevelopment activities and identify additional prop- erties for strategic acquisition within the five commercial areas identified by the EDAC. EDA Members: identified a new goal related to collaboration with the First Stop Shop in attracting com- mercial development to Prior Lake. The goal is as follows: ➢ Conduct a meeting with the Scott County CDA First Stop Shop for the purpose of identifying recip- rocal goals. Conduct an annual meeting with FSS, the Prior Lake City Council and Planning Com- mission. MOTION BY BRIGGS, SECONDED BY BRAID TO revise the goal language as discussed and present the revised goals to the City Council, to be discussed as an agenda item during the joint EDA/City Council meeting on May 22, 2017. Ayes by Chromy, Sheehan-Kerber, Briggs and Braid. The motion carried 4- 0. B. Joint EDA / City Council Meeting EDA Members: discussed potential discussion topics for the joint EDA/City Council meeting on May 22, 2017. 3 EDA Members: felt the primary purpose of the meeting should be to review the incentives policy to un- derstand what incentives are available, to provide a better understanding of the benefits of the incentive programs, and reach a philosophic agreement on which incentive programs should be used and on what types of projects should incentives be considered. EDA Members: identified additional agenda items, including: review the revised EDA goals, discuss the Technology Village Business Accelerator program, and ‘Other Business’ the commissioners or council members wish to discuss. MOTION BY BRIGGS, SECONDED BY SHEEHAN-KERBER to approve the agenda topics as proposed for the May 22, 2017 joint EDA/City Council meeting. Ayes by Chromy, Sheehan-Kerber, Briggs and Braid. The motion carried 4-0. C. Joint EDA / Planning Commission Meeting EDA Members: discussed potential discussion topics for a joint EDA / Planning Commission meeting. EDA members supported a discussion related to the commercial and industrial land designated in the Comprehensive Plan, vvariances or other accommodations for commercial projects, types of commer- cial/industrial development that should be encouraged or discouraged, city -owned land and its purpose and availability of vacant commercial and industrial land vs. demand. City Staff: will schedule a meeting date and the agenda items will be finalized at a future EDA meeting. 8. NEW BUSINESS A. Technology Village Update – Business Challenge Patrick Stroh: who is a member of the Technology Village Board of Directors presented information re- lated to the Fast-Track Business Challenge, which is a Technology Village/Scott County CDA sponsored event that is intended to recognize and support emerging businesses in Scott County. EDA Members: supported the idea of the competition and discussed the professional services and prizes to be awarded to the event winners. EDA Members: recommended the Technology Village be added as a topic to the May 22, 2017 joint EDA/City Council work session agenda to discuss what the program set out to achieve, what has it achieved, and what will it achieve in the future. B. Technology Village Phase II.4 Business Plan McCabe: presented the updated Technology Village Business Accelerator Phase II.4 Business Plan. MOTION BY BRIGGS, SECONDED BY SHEENAN-KERBER TO adopt the Technology Village Business Accelerator Phase II.4 Business Plan, subject to the removal of the reference to Dan Rogness as the Executive Director and replace with TBD. Ayes by Chromy, Sheehan-Kerber, Briggs and Braid. The motion carried 4-0. 9. OTHER BUSINESS A. Appointment of Assistant Treasurer EDA Members: discussed assigning another staff or commissioner to the position of Assistant Treasurer, which was vacated when Community & Economic Development Director Rogness left his position with the City of Prior Lake. 4 EDA Members: did not feel the position of Assistant Treasurer was necessary and supported striking that position from the EDA Bylaws. Boyles: informed the EDA that an amendment to the EDA Bylaws would need to be approved to eliminate the position of Assistant Treasurer. MOTION BY BRIGGS, SECONDED BY SHEENAN-KERBER TO recommend the Bylaw Committee re- view and recommend the removal of the position of Assistant Treasurer from the Economic Development Advisory Committee Bylaws. Ayes by Chromy, Sheehan-Kerber, Briggs and Braid. The motion carried 4-0. B. EDA Meeting Date Change – August 2017 Boyles: informed the commissioners that beginning in August 2017, the City Council will be changing their regular meeting nights form the second and fourth Mondays to the first and third Mondays, which will conflict with the current EDA meeting schedule. EDA Members: supported moving the regular EDA meeting date from the third Monday of each month to the second Monday of each month. C. Commissioner Comments Sheehan-Kerber informed the committee that she is unable to attend the November EDA meeting. Briggs: commented on the City Council’s appointment of Marie Boucher-Hoese to the EDA. Mr. Briggs also praised and expressed appreciation to the other EDA candidates. 10. ADJOURNMENT MOTION BY SHEEHAN-KERBER, SECONDED BY BRIGGS TO ADJOURN THE MEETING. With all in favor, the meeting adjourned at 5:56 p.m. ___________________________ Frank Boyles, Executive Director