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HomeMy WebLinkAbout06 19 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 June 19, 2017 1. CALL TO ORDER President Chromy called the meeting to order at 4:01 p.m. Present were Chromy, Briggs, Sheehan-Kerber and Boucher-Hoese. Also present were Community Development Director McCabe, EDAC Chair Erbaugh, EDAC Vice Chair Prchal and EDAC Member Larson, 2. APPROVAL OF AGENDA Briggs: recommended Agenda Item No. 8A, EDAC Commercial Area Liaison Presentation, be move ahead of Old Business on the Agenda. Briggs: recommended the topic “Prior Lake Super Bowl Week Plans” be added to the agenda as item 9B under Other Business. MOTION BY BRIGGS, SECONDED BY SHEEHAN-KERBER TO APPROVE THE AGENDA WITH THE CHANGES AS RECOMMENDED. Ayes by Chromy, Briggs, Sheehan-Kerber and Boucher-Hoese. The motion carried 4-0. 3. APPROVAL OF MEETING MINUTES MOTION BY BRIGGS, SECONDED BY BOUCHER-HOESE TO APPROVE THE MAY 15, 2017 MEETING INUTES. Ayes by Chromy, Briggs and Boucher-Hoese. The motion carried 3-0-1 with Sheehan-Kerber abstain- ing. 4. CONSENT AGENDA A. EDA 2017 Revenue & Expenditure Report (5/31/17) B. Development Update (5/31/2017) MOTION BY BRIGGS, SECONDED BY BOUCHER-HOESE TO APPROVE THE CONSENT AGENDA AS SUB- MITTED. Ayes by Chromy, Briggs, Sheehan-Kerber and Boucher-Hoese. The motion carried 4-0. , 5. REMOVED CONSENT AGENDA ITEMS No items were removed from the Consent Agenda 6. PUBLIC HEARING No Public Hearings 8. NEW BUSINESS A. EDAC Commercial Area Liaison Presentation Prchal: presented an EDAC Commercial Area Liaison Program PowerPoint to the EDA. The presentation included a review of each of the commercial areas highlighting accomplishments and major issues identified by business owners within each area. Ms. Prchal commented on the EDAC’s focus on business retention and the EDA’s focus on business attraction and how both retention and attraction should be viewed together. As part of their efforts, the EDAC has divided the commercial areas of the community amongst its member- ship. The EDAC has assigned commercial area liaisons to each commercial area to provide support and communication with existing business. Ms. Prchal added that the committee visits are intended to be positive experiences and interaction with city of Prior Lake. 2 The EDAC has not started the 2017 commercial visits and is waiting until the EDA/EDAC had an opportunity to meet to clarify the relationship between the two organizations and identify what type(s) of materials should be provided during the business visits. Prchal: included links to review of economic development focused websites for the cities of Alexandria, White Bear Lake and Owatonna. It was noted that when conducting an internet search for ‘relocating business to Scott County, MN’ the First Stop Shop does not come up as an initial link. Ms. Prchal stated the most effective way to tackle issues and attract business is to have the EDA and EDAC working together and to eliminate the between business attraction and business retention. She recommended a City of Prior Lake website and/or Facebook page focused solely on economic development. EDA and EDAC members dis- cussed website/Facebook maintenance and update responsibilities. Prchal: discussed alternate names for the EDAC, as a name change had been recommended by the City Council. Ms. Prchal stated a few members had considered Business Communications Committee as an option for a new business name but the committee will discuss as a whole and report back to the EDA. Prchal: stated there is a need for joint EDA/EDAC meetings more than once per year. Additional meeting would provide more opportunities for the EDAC to receive feedback from the EDA. Ms. Prchal also requested the EDA identify parameters related to budget so the EDAC does not need to request EDA funding when needed for marketing materials or events like the Fall Business Mixer. Briggs: recommended following up on budgetary allocation to the EDAC to be discussed at a future meeting. Mr. Briggs commented that his view is the EDAC is responsible for the care and feeding to existing busi- nesses. Mr. Briggs supported the idea of working through City of Prior Lake Facebook page and City of Prior Lake website and suggested the Communications Committee may be a good resource for this. EDA Members: recommended a conversation be held between EDAC and First Stop Shop regarding busi- ness growth, acquisition and resources to ensure resources are linked. Mr. Briggs volunteered to attend. MOTION BY BRIGGS SECONDED BY SHEEHAN-KERBER TO ADJOURN THE MEETING AND BEGIN THE JOINT WORK SESSION WITH THE PLANNING COMMISSION. With all in favor, the meeting adjourned at 5:05 p.m. MOTION BY BRIGGS, SECONDED BY BOUCHER-HOESE TO RECONVENE THE MEETING. With all in favor, the meeting reconvened at 5:50 p.m. 7. OLD BUSINESS a. Joint EDA / City Council Meeting Follow Up Due to time constraints, this item was not discussed. 9. OTHER BUSINESS a. Commissioner Comments Sheehan-Kerber: would like to know more about the City Council’s expectations of the EDA and recom- mended more frequent meetings with the council. Briggs: suggested the EDA conduct joint meetings with EDAC and City Council at least twice per year Chromy: felt the joint meeting with the City Council included a good discussion and positive comments; however, there was not a great deal of direction provided to the EDA from the Council. . 3 Chromy: recommended the next meeting agenda to include a discussion topic related to identifying spe- cific direction for the EDAC. b. Prior Lake Super Bowl Week Plans Briggs: commented on the February 2018 Super Bowl week and the expectation of upwards of 80,000 people in our community. Mr. Briggs asked the EDA to consider what Prior Lake can do to take ad- vantage of the visitors and commented on communities who are creating calendarized annual events (music fest) and asked if the City of Prior Lake should begin planning a winter event that can roll out during January for Super Bowl. EDA members recommended this be a topic of conversation at the next EDAC meeting. 10. ADJOURNMENT MOTION BY BOUCHER-HOESE, SECONDED BY BRIGGS TO ADJOURN THE MEETING. With all in favor, the meeting adjourned at 6:02 p.m. ___________________________ Frank Boyles, Executive Director