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Home My WebLink About1984CITY OF PRIOR LAKE Minutes Special Events Subcommittee Meeting January 6, 1984 - 12:00 P.M. - 1:00 P.M. Present: Dennis Ring, Operations Manager, Valleyfair Gary Gibbish~ Mark Nagel As mentioned at the last Economic Development meeting, Gary Gibbish contacted Dennis Ring to ask for assistance in getting us started. Mr. Ring noted that our market potential was south of the Minnesota . River and, therefore, all advertising should be local. He said that he would expect about 3,000 people both Saturday and Sunday, with the evenings drawing the most. Based on his experience, 500 parking spaces ought to be enough, since part of the activities will be at Hill Park. Although he did not have time to adequately research our questions as yet, Mr. Ring noted that we were on schedule in planning, but that everything should be firmed up by a month before the activity. Mr. Ring suggested that $50 for the craft booths and $75 for food booths was "in-line" with other civic celebrations, but recommended that the Committee take a 10% cut on the gross sales of beer and pop booths. All booths should be open by 10:30 A.M. with some opening earlier if they want to take advantage of the early morning activities. As for the contracts and insurance, Mr. Ring suggested a $10 penalty if booths pulled out in the last 30 days before the event and recommended that the City Attorney review the agreement language, as well as the lia- bility ~£the Committee in the next month. He also felt that additional tents should be provided as shade/shelter for people. Mr. Ring was given a copy of Barb Prindle's outline of events to review (attached) and will also come up with a vendor listing and crafts listing. Once he has some answers 'to the rest of our questions, we will meet again. Mark Nagel reported' that Bill Mangan had located the BMX group and plans for a sanctioned race were in progress. Green Giant is a good source for the organization taking on the corn roast and Jordan Beverage (Schmidt Beer) for the beer. Mr. Mangan also noted that the Optimists are willing to participate, as well as other groups. Finally, Mr. Mangan said that the map outlining the placement of the booths should be ready by January 19th. The subcommittee hopes to have everything ready for presentation to the full Committee at the first meeting in Yebruary for approval. (612) 447-4230 4629 DAKOTA STREET S.E. P.O. BOX 359 PRIOR LAKE, MINNESOTA 5537'2 First draft Lakefront Days schedule plus misc. thoughts - from Barb FRIDAY EVENING Lakefront Hill Park 8PM 8PM = 8PM 9PM SATURDAY Senior citizen's chicken dinner(or other organization) Dixiland music/dinner (mad Jazz v ~.al & Jazz band P.L.H.S. ) Dunk Tanks (organization) Tug of war (organization) Softball tournament starts (softball organization? ) Beer stand (Lions - Rotary Or. ?) Hot dog and soft drinks (organization) Popcorn, pretzels, etc. (organization) or 8AM Lakefront . Cleary ~ ? or 8A~ '" Hill Park [7 or 9;24 Retail areas ~9AM Lakefront ~ 5 - 8PM %_ 8PM -Canoe Race (organization) -Breakfast in the park? (organization) Juice, coffee, rolls, etc. conces sion -BMX -Balloon race -Run -Golf tournament begins - Softball tournament continues - Sales begin (chamber) - Carnival and games open -BMX (organization) -Sailboarding (yacht club?) -Corn roast (organization) -Bratwurst/polish stand(organization) -Pig roast (organization) -Street danxe? "SUNDAY AFTERNOON IN THE PARK" (20 -30's Grainwood era?) 12 NOON -Dinner and basket social(organization) -Strawberry festival booth? (organization) -Barbershop & Sweet Adelines music or big band sound -Boat parade (theme) -Pie eating contest? watermelon eating contest? tug-o-war? badmitton? dunk tank? classic car show? face painting? Friends of the library could possibly handle craft booths - Other organizations may want to handle sales of helium balloons, t-shirts, bumper stickers, etc.~- or games for adults and youngsters. Fishing contest remains possibility - Bass association may want to do this very early Saturday AM before canoe race, getting more people back to Park area by 8-9 in morning- Shuttle service - People in Prior Lake ride the bus rather than drive, maybe sale of buttons could include bus service- anyone buys a button rides free! Some way of getting people around the park - Pinic tables ? CITY OF PRIOR LAKE MEMORANDUM TO: FROM: DATE: SUBJECT: SURVEY SUBCOMMITTEg~ MARK NAGEL, STAFF JANUARY 9, 1984 BUSINESS SURVEY I thought this would be a good time to update on the progress of the business survey. Since our December 15th meeting, Kris McCormick, Administrative Assistant, has completed the follow-up phone calls to all businesses not completing the survey. To date, we have re- ceived 53 surveys for a response rate of approximately 35% - already considered good for a "mail-in" survey. We mailed second surveys to 110 Prior Lake businesses in hopes of pushing the response rate to 50%, as well as obtaining information from some of the larger businesses not responding to our initial request. The second request surveys are due on January 20, 1984. It was decided, at the suggestion of subcommittee member Lidy Flom, to mail the second requests after the New Year to avoid "losing" them in the busy holiday season. Shortly after January 20th, the results will be tabulated and dis- cussed by the subcommittee. A presentation will be made to both the Economic Development Committee and the Chamber of Commerce in February. The information provided to date has provided six (6) businesses to contact concerning expansion of existing facilities. The Business Development Subcommittee will follow-up on these businesses. Also, the data provided will be used to estimate employment statistics, occupation data, and a better understanding of the business community. The needs of the business community were surveyed to provide an Agenda for direction of Economic Development Committee and Chamber of Commerce activities in 1984 and beyond. Finally, the survey process has enabled the Committee to develop a much more comprehensive and accurate list of businesses. On another issue, I will be meeting with the College of St. Thomas - Small Business Development Center to begin work on the citizen survey of attitudes towards Prior Lake businesses in the near future. Work also continues on the community organization list, as well. (612) 447-4230 4629 DAKOTA STREET S.E. P.O. BOX 359 PRIOR LAKE, MINNESOTA 55372 CITY OF PRIOR LAKE PRIOR LAKE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT COMMITTEE Agenda Danuary 12, 1984 5:00 PM, Prior Lake City Hall Upstairs Conference Room CALL TO ORDER 1. Hinnutes of Previous meeting 2. Governor's Design Team Public meeting and schedule e Subcommittee Reports a. Survey b. $peclal Events c. Plannlng d. Business Development e Other Business a. Staff Report b. City Manager Report 5. New Business 6. Adjournment Attachment: Minutes of December 15, 1983 meeting (612) 447-4230 4629 DAKOTA STREET S.E. P.O. BOX 359 PRIOR LAKE, MINNESOTA 55372 CITY OF PRIOR LAKE MINUTES OF ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT COMMITTEE 12 JANUARY 1984 The January 12th meeting of the Prior Lake Economic Development Committee was called to order byChairman Jim Hill at 5:10 p.m. MEMBERS PRESENT: Bob Barsness~ Gary Gibbish, Jim Hill, Don Schussler, Mark Stromwall, Ex-Officio member Mike McGuire, Staff Member Mark Nagel, City Administrator Assistant Kris McCormick and Colleen Ottman. Also, Mike Babcock. MEMBERS ABSENT: Barb Prindle Chairman Hill reported of the breakfast meeting with the Governor's Design Team and said that this team is made up of landscape and architect students from the University of Minnesota. This committee or, rather, team, on their own free time, would come to Prior Lake to do certain things the Governor and the City would like to have done. This team would like to come out to Prior Lake some evening and meet with the public to discuss downtown shopping, merchan- dising, etc. The would zero in on ideas and then would know in what direction they would go to come up with suggestions as to what Prior Lake should be doing or could be doing. It was then noted that the Governor's Design Team would be invited to come out Thursday, January 26th at 7 p.m. and a "Town Meeting" type of meeting will be held. Mark Nagel was instructed to place notices in community papers to inform the public of this meeting. At the same time, the Economic Development Committee will meet (at 7 p.m. with the Team) instead at 5 p.m. at City Hall. Gary Gibbish reported on the status of the planning for Lakefront Days. He said he had met with Dennis Ring of Valley Fair and had a list of activities and plans that will be held over that week- end. Chairman Hill left the meeting at 6 p.m. with vice-chairperson Bob Barsness taking over the remaining portion of the meeting. (612) 447-4230 4629 DAKOTA STREET S.E. P.O. BOX 359 PRIOR LAKE, MINNESOTA 55372 PAGE 2 - Minutes of 12 Jan. - Economic Dev. Committee P;ior to Chairman Hill's departure, he mentioned plans for tying the shopping areas in Prior Lake together and Gary Gibbish mentioned that we should have some plans for such a project. Colleen Ottman indicated that there are already existing plans and why should more plans be drawn up and have the expenditure for such when the already existing plans should be looked at. It was also indicated by Mike Babcock and Ottman that there is probably no hope for expanding the commercial portion of Prior Lake or "re-doing" it as Burnsville is just moving in on top of Prior Lake and people would rather shop there than in Prior Lake. City manager Mike McGuire reported on the two new restaurants in Prior Lake and the one existing restaurant that had gone and expanded without any permit. He reported that there were a total of 335 building permits in 1983 - 200 single family, 53 multiple (10 buildings), 4 industrial and 29 garages for a 13.6 million dollar value. Thus, there being no further business, the meeting was duly adjourned at 6:20 p.m. NOTE: The next meeting of the Committee will be Thursday, January 26th at 7. p. along with the "Town Meeting" and the Governor's Design Team. Recorded by: Colleen Ottman CITY OF PRIOR LAKE M I NUTES ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT COMMITTEE January 12, 1984 The January 12th meeting of the Prior Lake Economic Development Committee was called to order by Chairman Jim Hill at 5:10 PM. MEMBERS PRESENT: Bob Barsness, Gary Gibbish, Jim Hill, Don Schusslar, Mark Stromwall, Colleen Ottman, Mike Babcock, Ex-Officio Mike McGuire, City Administrative Assistant Kris McCormick, and Staff Member Mark Nagel. MEMBERS ABSENT: Barb Prindle The minutes of the December 15, 1983 meeting were read and unanimously approved by voice. The second item on the agenda was the scheduled visit by the Governor's Design Team. Chairman Hill reported that he and staff had met with Deisgn Team members on Friday, December 30, 1983 for breakfast to go over plans. A "Town Meeting" to gain public imput on community development has been scheduled for Thursday, January 26, 1984 at 7:30 PM. This would be the first of three visits by the Design Team, which will form the basis of their short and long range suggestions for community improvements. Staff was instructed by the Committee to work on publicizing the event. The activities of the Survey Sub-Committee were detailed in memorandum form by Staff. Staff noted that the updated business list derived from survey returns, in- dicates a total of 230 businesses in Prior Lake. Preliminary review of the surveys show a good deal of interest in a Iow interest loan program for commercial rehab. Staff has met with the Small Business Development Center - College of St. Thomas and they indicate a student team would be available in February to begin the citizen survey. Gary Gibbish reported on the status of planning for Lakefront Days and distributed Sub-Committee minutes. Another meeting will be set upon completion of the map of planned activities in Lakefront Park. The Committee expressed concern that organi- zation was lagging and asked that an expanded Sub-Committee report with all plans be submitted for approval at the first meeting in February. Staff noted that Ms. Jan Milwood, ]5880 Attic Circle, Prior Lake, will be joining the Sub-Committee. Chairman Hill presented a proposal on a downtown revitalization plan for Prior Lake and a list of possible consultants to interview. Chairman Hill said that the primary goal was not necessarily the plan, but rather its implementation. Several Committee members expressed concern over the value of such a plan, because there seemed to be little hope for expanding the commercial base. (612) 447-4230 4629 DAKOTA STREET S.E. P.O. BOX 359 PRIOR LAKE, MINNESOTA 55372 In addition, there are already downtown plans in existence, which could possibly be revised and updated. The Planning Sub-Committee will meet during the last week of January to go over available plans and report back to the Committee. Mr. Hill's handouts are attached to these minutes. Staff set the next Business Development Sub-Committee meeting for Tuesday, January 17, 1984 at noon at T.J. Hooli§an's to go review the twenty (20) development leads provided by the Annual Business Survey. Staff reported that Chairman Hilt and City Manager Mike McGuire will meet with Mayor Gary Johnson to discuss the §oals and objectives of the Prior Lake Economic Development Committee on Tuesday, January 17, 1984. City Manager McGuire reported the opening of two new restaurants - Riddler Ristorante and T.J. Hooligan's and CarQuest Auto Parts. The Committee suggested staff write letters to these businesses welcoming them and wishing them success. Mr. McGuire stated that the City completed a very successful year of building activity. A total of 335 permits were issued with a total value of $13.6 million. The breakdown was as follows: 200 - Single Family 53 - Mulitple family (10 Buildings) 29 - Garages 4 - Industrial/Commercial 49 - Remodeling He noted that this was the best year Prior Lake has ever had and 1984 should be as good as 1983. The meeting was adjourned at 6:20 PM by voice note of the Committee. The next meeting of the Prior Lake Economic Development Committee was set for Thurs- day, January 26, 1984 at 7:30 PM in the Prior Lake Council Chambers for the "Town Meeting" with the Governor's Design Team. Submitted by: CITY OF PRIOR LAKE MINUTES BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT SUB-COMMITTEE MEETING January 17, 1984 12:00 PM - 1:30 PM MEMBERS PRESENT: Mike Babcock, Bob Barsness, Mike McGuire, Mark Nagel. The purpose of the meeting was to review 18 leads developed by the business survey of Prior Lake retailers expressing interest in either relocation/expansion on the Iow-interest loan program for building remodeling. After the list was reviewed, it was decided to have the initial contact come from the Sub-Committee members. All 18 businesses were split up between Mike Babcock and Bob Barsness for contact to get more information and determine needs. Staff will provide them with copies of the survey to give them more background for these contacts and follow-up the initial contacts if necessary. A Iow interest loan program for commercial redevelopment was discussed because cursory review of all surveys indicates much interest in this type of program. Called the "interest rate reduction" program, the City sells bonds and makes the money available through the bank(s) to business owners, but 2-3% less than market, to make building improvements. Such a program has been tried in St. Cloud, Minne- apolis, and Shakopee. Bob Barsness will be given copies of the State Law and guidelines implemented by these other cities in~ effort to determine its possible use in Prior Lake. In other business, no recent contact has been made Micro - Information Systems, Inc. Any movement will apparently wait until the company's new president is on board. Staff noted that letters have been sent to 3 other interested businesses. (612) 447-4230 4629 DAKOTA STREET S.E. P.O. BOX 359 PRIOR LAKE, MINNESOTA 55372 CITY OF PRIOR LAKE MINUTES Special Events Subcommittee Meeting January 27, 1984 8:15 AM - iO:OOAH Present: Gary Gibbish, Don Schussler, Barb Prindle, 3an Milwood, Bill Mangan and Mark Nagel The first item on the Agenda was to decide whether or not to hold a Committee sponsored "Lakefront Park Days". The Subcommittee unanimously approved to recommend to the full Committee that it sponsor such an event to be held on June 8, 9, and 10, 1984. The second item discussed was assigning each Subcommittee member responsibilities for a certain section of the planning of the event. The assignments were as follows: Coordinator ...... Gary Gibbish Finance .......... Don Schussler Booths ........... Barb Prindle Events ........... 3an Milwood Publicity ........ Mark Nagel Gary Gibbish's office phone number will be used as the contact/information number for the event. Bill Mangan offered to assist with planning as needed, in an advisory role and coordinate/integrate our needs at Lakefront Park. Next, Bill Mangan presented a map of the events/booths the Subcommittee had provided earlier showing their location at Lakefront Park. Bill showed place- ment of 75 food booths and accomodation of 500 cars with an overflow area of about 100 more. Electrical hook-up is available in sufficient voltage to accomodate our needs. There is a 24' x 40' building near the booth area that has a telephone outlet to serve as Lakefront Park Days headquarters. Finally, there is a natural ampitheatre that could be used used for entertainment. Concern was expressed on the effect of traffic on the residents - a concerted effort will be made to minimize these effects by keeping the hours from 9:00 AM - 9:00 PM, parking as many cars as possible before residential areas are reached, and advertising the event in local papers only. Mark Nagel presented a draft vendor contract for the Subcommittee to review. The Subcommittee recommended the following revisions: 1. Statement that no glass containers be allowed. 2. 100% of the booth fee should be due with the contract and is not refundable. 3. Statement that the City is not responsible for injuries on the premises and name the City as an insureed on their policy. 4. Overnight permits are necessary for vendors to stay in the park. (612) 447-4230 4629 DAKOTA STREET S.E. P.O. BOX 359 PRIOR LAKE, MINNESOTA 65372 Also recommended was that the Prior Lake City Attorney approve as to form the contract and render an opinion on what is an acceptable amount of insurance to require a vendor to have. Mark Nagel presented a draft budget for use by Don Schussler. Bill Mangan will check with Port-a-Let to see if we can do better than $400.00 for 8 temporary toilets for the weekend. The final item on the Agenda was events/booths. The Subcommittee determined a need for 2 beer booths - one at Lakefront and one at the 5oftball Park. By voice vote, the Subcommittee assigned the Lakefront Park beer bOoth to Rotary and the Softball Park beer booth to Lions Club. Gary Gibbish will have the Classic Car Club there and Bill Mangan will check on the Softball Tournament. Since all events have not been confirmed, a meeting was scheduled for 5:00 PM, 3anuary 31, 1984 at the City Hall Conference Room to finalize both the events and the food/craft booths desired. FEBRUARY 1, 1984: Meeting Addendum As a continuation of the 3anuary 27th meeting, the Special Events Subcommittee met to discuss which events would be held on Friday, Saturday, and Sunday. The meeting began at 5:00 PM and ended at 6:45 PM with the events being matched with the days. Barb Prindle will type out the list for the next meeting on Tuesday, February 7, 1984 at Gary Gibbish's office. CITY OF PRIOR LAKE MINUTES Economic Development Committee 3anuary 26, 1984 It was noted at the meetlng of 3anaury 12, 1984 at the Economlc Development Committee meetlng for 3anuary 26,1984 would be changed to 7:30 PM to accomodate a "Town Meetlng' on community development lssues by the Committee - sponsored Governor's Deslgn Team. Chalrman Hlll opened the meetlng at 7:40 PM and introduced City Planner Horst Graser to the 23 people in attendance. City Planner Graser summarized the Clty's redevelopment experience to date and outlined the purpose of the Governor's Deslgn Team. Clty Planner Graser's comments are attached in full as part of these mlnutes. Chairman Hill then asked each of the Design Team members to introduce them- selves. Design Team members are: 1. Paul Dahlberg, KKE Architects, Team Leader 2. Kris Karlson, Landscape Architect 3. Tim Sessions, BWBR Architects 4. Peggy Sand, University of Minnesota, Center for Community Studies 5. Dan Willemsen, Architecture Student 6. Chris Doyle, Architecture Student 7. 3chh Gavender, City Venture Corp. 8. A1 Nelson, Centre Company 9. Bill Sanders, Sanders and Associates Mr. Dahlberg said that the purpose of the Team's visit was to assist the Committee in defining the community "issues" and establishing short and long-term goals. This meeting was held to allow for public input into the process and to further elaborate on the issues presented in the grant application. Next, the Team will meet to sift through all the information and determine the scope of the project. Arrangements will be made for the Team to return on their own to visit the City. A report summarizing their findings and a presentation to the Economic Development CommLttee w~11 conclude the Team's efforts. Plans are to have everything completed by the end of February, 1984 and then have the two architecture students work on specLfic aspects. Chairman Hill then opened d£sucssion to the public by asking those present to comment on the "unique character" of Prior Lake - what is it and how can we, as a community, use it to our advangate. The following comments were made in reponse to both ChaLrman's questions and the Design Team's questions. (612) 447-4230 4629 DAKOTA STREET S.E. P.O. BOX 359 PRIOR LAKE, MINNESOTA 55372 1. People like to live in Prior Lake because of its "country, or resort, type of living" yet access is convenient to the Twin Cities. 2. Easy access makes it easy to shop outside Prior Lake on the weekends or on the way to and from work. 3. There is no marketing data on the community, or if there is, businesses do not know about it. 4. Prior Lake, whether we like the connotation or not, is a "bedroom community" people "sleep" here, but do not work here. 5. The tradition of Prior Lake as an old resort community prevails, that is, as a place to rest and relax or for recreation. 6. Growth has dichotomized the community - some people want it to retain its rural character. Consensus is that downtown is needed, but is apparently dieing. Goods/ services are poor and there is little to draw people to shop. To be success- ful, merchants need to offer merchandise and selection equal to Burnsville Center. What should the City's role be? Management at Brooksville Mall does not seem to care., Rents are too high and are driving retail businesses either out of town or bankrupt. Traffic gene- rated does not justify the rents. 9. Lack of retail/commercial space to rent in Prior Lake. There are few al- ternatives to Brooksville Mall. 10. Commercial areas - isolated, too hard to shop, no visual identity, lack of sidewalks/highway 13/topography are barriers to shopping, and underutilized. How can we link downtown with Lakefront Park? 11. Lack of a place for kids in Prior Lake - should we construct an arts/community center? 12. No signage identifying downtown municipal buildings, or entry into Prior Lake. 13. Bingo Palace - How will its future affect the future of Prior Lake? How can we capitalize on the traffic from Bingo? 14. Prior Lake is the City's best amenity - we should capitalize on recreational development and uses. Also, park system both city and regional should be tied together by means of a bikeway. Consensus is to "marry" park uses, that is, allow for multi-use development, but keep some large parts as a natural preserve. 15. No suitable industrial park has been developed. Developer perception that City is difficult to deal with in terms use permits. 16. No civic pride or citizen involvement. Always the same people on ail the Committees, so they are so "spread" out that they have no time to fully devote to one program with the result of little being done. Chairman Hill, before closing the meeting, thanked all the people for attending the meeting and said that every effort will be made to hold another "Town Meeting" to review the results. Chairman Hill adjourned the meeting at 9:40 PM. CITY OF PRIOR LAKE PRIOR LAKE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT COMMITTEE Agenda February 9, 1984 5:00 PM Prior Lake City Hall Upstairs Conference Room CALL TO ORDER l. Minutes of 3anuary 12, 1984 and 3anuary 26, 1984. Submitted for approval. 2. Presentation by Special Events Subcommittee - "Lakefront Park Days" 3. Discussion/Review of Existing Downtown Redevelopment Plan 4. Subcommittee Reports a. Survey b. Planning c. Business Development d. Special Events 5. Other Business a. Staff Report b. City Manager Report c. Schedule Next Meeting d. Other 6. New Business 7. Adjournment (612) 447-4230 4629 DAKOTA STREET S.E. P.O. BOX 359 PRIOR LAKE, MINNESOTA 55372 CITY OF PRIOR LAKE MINUTES Prior Lake Economic Development Committee February 9, 1984 The February 9th meeting of the Prior Lake Economic Development Committee was called to order by Chairman 3im Hill at 5:15 PM. MEMBERS PRESENT: Gary Gibbish, 3im Hill, Don Schussler, Hark Stromwall, Barb Prindle, Ex-Officio Mike McGuire, City Administrative Assistant Kris McCormick, and Staff Member Mark Nagel. MEMBERS ABSENT: Bob Barsness, Mike Babcock, and Colleen Ottman. The Minutes of 3anuary 12, 1984 and 3anaury 26, 1984 were read and unanimously approved without changes by a voice vote of the Committee. The second item on the Agenda was a presentation by the Special Events Subcommittee on "Lakefront Park Days". Gary Gibbish presented a map showing the location of the proposed activities and a handout showing the time/day of each proposed activity. He noted that the Special Events Subcommittee was meeting weekly to formulate these plans and the next step-will be to nail down commitments from the community organiz- ations. Don Schussler reported that the Committee's tax exempt status and federal identific- ation number had been applied for last week as a result of discussions with the City Finance Director. Ex-Officio member Mike McGuire noted that temporary liquor permits and curfew limits will need to be taken care of by City Council and if anyone stays overnight another permit will be needed. Chairman Hill noted that the swimming/boat docking should be advertised and that a button design should be approved at the next meeting. Barb Prindle noted that a bus from PepsiCo has been secured to provide transportation around town for the weekend. Staff member Mark Nagel said that Brooksville Mall would be interested in participating in the program. Don Schussler motioned, and seconded by Mark Stromwall to have the Committee sponsor Lakefront Days. The Committee unanimously approved the motion by voice vote. (612) 447-4230 4629 DAKOTA STREET SiE. P.O. BOX 359 PRIOR LAKE, MINNESOTA 55372 Items #3 and #4 were postponed to a future meeting because of time. Under Other Business, Ex-Officio member Mike McGuire reported that architectural students from a local school, under the direction of Bill Mangan, were designing a civic center for the City. Burger King, if all is approved, will be building a new restaurant this Spring in Prior Lake. Staff reported on several items of interest: 1)A meeting had been held with the Brooksville Mall Property Management, Sage Company, to determine their plans for the Mall and emphasize the importance of the Mall in the City's retail sector. 2) A meeting with a local software firm has been scheduled to discuss expansion plans in Prior Lake. 3)The City of Prior Lake has received the services of a Small Business Institute Team from the College of St. Thomas Small Business Development Center to the citizen attitude survey. These in-kind services will save the City the $5,000.00 - 7,500.00 cost of hiring a marketing survey consultant to do the same thing. 4)The Governor's Design Team was in Prior Lake on February 4th com- pleting its field work. They will present a preliminary report of their findings to the Committee on February 23rd and the final report to the public on March ~rd. Staff reviewed publication of the Prior Lake Business List. Staff noted that there have been several requests for the list from area businesses. Mike McGuire suggested selling the list through the City for $5.00 to cover our costs. Mark Stromwall sug- gested that a cover letter be written to identify the Committee as the author and its availability should be advertised in the next "Business Briefs". By voice vote the Committee approved the sale of the Business List for $5.00 to the general public with a letter to be written identifying the Committee as the source for this booklet. Staff explained participation requirements in the new State Program entitled the "Improvement Program". The Committee will put together a workbook documenting its community development activities by October 1, 1984. The City will receive a road- side sign indicating their participation in the program and be entered in a compet- ition for statewide recognition with other Minnesota communities. On motion by Don Schussler, seconded by Barb Prindle the Committee voted unanimously to participate in the "Minnesota Community Improvement Program" and directed Staff to notify the State of Minnesota. The next meeting of the Prior Lake Economic Development Committee is scheduled for February 23, 1984 at 5:00 PM in the Prior Lake City Hall Upstairs Conference Room. The meeting as ad3ourned at 6:30 PM by voice vote of the Committee, Submitted by: Mark E. Nagel Acting Recorder CITY OF PRIOR LAKE PRIOR LAKE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT COMMITTEE Agenda February 23, 1984 5:00 PH Prior Lake City Hall Upstairs Conference Room 5:30 PM CALL TO ORDER 1. Minutes of previous meeting 2. City Manager's Report/Staff Report 3. Governor's Design Team Presentation' 4. Subcommittee Reports a. Survey b. Special Events c. Business Development d. Planning 5. Schedule Next Meeting 6. New Business 7. Adjournment (612) 447-4230 4629 DAKOTA STREET S.E. P.O. BOX 359 PRIOR LAKE, MINNESOTA 55372 CITY OF PRIOR LAKE MINUTES PRIOR LAKE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT COMMITTEE FEBRUARY 23, 1984 The February 23rd meeting of the Prior Lake Economic Development Committee was called to order by Chairman Jim Hill at 5:10 P.M. MEMBERS PRESENT: Jim Hill, Bob Barsness, Barb Prindle, Ex-Officio Mike McGuire, Administrative Assistant Kris McCormick, and Staff Member Mark Nagel. MEMBERS ABSENT: Gary Gibbish, Don Schussler, Mark Stromwall, and Mike Babcock. The minutes of February 9, 1984 were read and unanimously approved by voice vote of the Committee. City Manager Mike McGuire reported that City Council would be discussing items for their March 9-11 workshop and invited the Committee to come to City Council on February 27th to present their ideas. Chairman Jim Hill said he would be there on behalf of the Committee to present possible subjects. City Manager McGuire also noted that negotiations with a firm that would bring some 60 jobs to Prior Lake were continuing on weekly basis. Staff reported that Colleen Ottman has resigned as a member of the Economic Development Committee citing meeting time and date conflicts. Chairman Hill directed staff to prepare a memo to City Council asking for a replacement and to write a letter to Colleen Ottman thanking her for her participation on the Commit tee. In Subcommittee business, plans for the Lakefront Days celebration are continuing. The Committee was shown two button designs and left selection to the discretion of the Special Events Subcommittee members. Hopefully, the Chamber of Commerce will take on the task of making and selling the buttons. Business Development Subcommittee reported that only the B and D Bar and Brooks- ville Mall are interested in a commercial rehab program. Bob Barsness will continue to look at other Minnesota Cities' pro'grams to see which one applies best to Prior Lake. The Planning Subcommittee will meet on March 1, 1984 with the City Plmnner, Planning Consultant, City Manager, and Design Team to review past redevelopment plans and provide staff input into the Design Team Plan. (612) 447-4230 4629 DAKOTA STREET S.E. P.O. BOX 359 PRIOR LAKE, MINNESOTA 55372 The Survey Subcommittee will have tabulated results of the Business Survey by the March 22nd meeting. The list of Community Organizations has been completed by Barb Prindle. Its availability will be mentioned in the next "Business Briefs" column, as will the availability of the Business List compiled by the Subcommittee. Questions for the citizen survey are being worked on by the Small Business Institute Team and should be available for review in two weeks. At 5:37 P.M., Chairman Jim Hill introduced Paul Dahlberg of the Governor's Design Team, who presented a "rough draft" of the Team's findings to date. Mr. Dahlberg outlined 6 regional maps locating Prior Lake in relation to the metro area and then came down a notch to the "core area" of Prior Lake. Ideas on the downtown and links to other shopping areas were discussed with Co~nittee expressing a need to provide more detail on what businesses might be successful in Prior Lake. Other basic ideas by the Team included: a community center, retail/restaurant/arts complex where the emergency burn site is now, better signage, and better integration of Lakefront Park with the down town. Discussion of the Design Team's preliminary plan continued until 6:45 P.M. Chairman Hill then closed the comment period by scheduling the Design Team's Public Meeting for Thursday, March 8, 1984 at 7:30 P.M. at City Hall Council Chambers. This, he said, would take the place of the Committee's regularly scheduled 5:00 P.M. meeting normally scheduled for that time. The meeting was adjourned at 6:50 P.M. by voice vote of the Committee. Submitted by: Mark E. Nagel, Acting Recorder CITY OF PRIOR LAKE Planning Subcommittee Meeting Minutes March 1, 1984 - 3:00 P.M. to 4:30 P.M. Present: Mike McGuire, Horst Graser, Charles Tooker, Mark Nagel~ Jim Hill, and Mark Stromwall Charles Tooker presented the 1977 drawing of the City's original downtown redevelopment plan. Key elements included a "loop" around the City center with parking on the periphery. The intent was to create a downtown mall and pull in Lakefront Park to make it a viable part of the downtown area. After the plans were drawn, the next steps were: 1) a marketing study and plan, 2) business attraction and expansion of the existing business base, and 3) development. A public meeting with some very negative comments made by the business community seemed to derail the project. Mark Nagel outlined the preliminary findings of the Design Team, which shifted the focus to the new County Road 21 and includes Gateway Center and Brooksville Mall linkages. Problems with the Design Team concept were two - first, the community center location would have to be merged with the new City Hall and, second, the legal ramifications of retail business on the lake. It was decided that the Planning Subcommittee should await the final report by the Design Team and then meet to discuss an update of the 1977 plan by Charles Tooker. Also, recommendations of the Design Team that could be immediately implemented by the City will be looked into. The end result will be an updated plan and an implementation plan. (612) 447-4230 4629 DAKOTA STREET S.E. P.O. BOX 359 PRIOR LAKE, MINNESOTA 55,172 CITY OF PRIOR LAKE MINUTES PRIOR LAKE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT COMMITTEE MEETING MARCH 8, 1984 The entire meeting of the Economic Development Committee was devoted to the Governor's Design Team presentation of their results. Chairman Jim Hill opened the meeting at 7:45 P.M. by outlining the goals and objectives of the Committee sponsored Design Team study. Mr. Hill noted that this study was a starting point to come to a consensus on what to do about Prior Lake's future and that the key would be program implementation. Mr. Hill said that the Committee thanked the Design Team for their efforts on the City's behalf and reminded those citizens present that, except for mileage and printing, all services were free. Mr. Dahlberg began his presentation to the 43 people present by introducing each member of the Design Team and reviewing the work that was involved in bringing the ideas to concrete design and planning suggestions for Prior Lake. Mr. Dahlberg organized the presentation into 3 distinct areas: 1) regional, 2) the business district and 3) the downtown core. The idea is to gradually narrow the perspective of study for Prior Lake to focus on the downtown. The main regional aspects are the new 12/21 County Road that will provide a direct link to I 35 and the development of the regional park system. Also proposed was: 1) location of the industrial park on 21 to take advantage of improved roads, 2) reservation development is a reality and steps should be taken to resolve differences and plan for long - range orderly development, and 3) con- centrate on making Brooksville Mall a regional "specialty" center. John Cravender then went through Design Team recommendations for the commercial area. Basically, links between the mall, center, and downtown can be made by trails along 13 and Franklin Trail with signage to promote this accessibility. Identity/image improvements, through better signage and landscaping, to announce you are entering the business district. The mall area was given considerable attention and a traffic study is recommended for the area. Attention was also given to elevating the "wagon wheel" bridge to allow boat access to both sides of the lake, along with an expansion of the marina to provide more use of available recreation opportunities. Finally, Lakefront Park was integrated into the downtown core with a connection from the lake to the pond allowing for boat access almost downtown. Tim Sessions reviewed Design Team suggestions for the downtown. The primary focus is to maintain the downtown as the center of Prior Lake as a combination of civic, business, and residential uses. The new "civic center" included a fountain, community center, and walkways. There should be something at new center of town (Main Street and 21) to indicate such status. A vertical element, (612) 447-4230 4629 DAKOTA STREET S.E. P.O. BOX 359 PRIOR LAKE, MINNESOTA 553]'2 such as a statue, clock tower, et al., should be included to give a sense as to where downtown is to the passerby. Finally, it was recommended that County Road 21 be made into a parkway and a dinner theatre/retail space be constructed near Lakefront Park to "draw" it closer to downtown. John Gravender summarized the incremental steps to implementing these Design Team suggestions into "8 action items": 1.) Review and prioritize, based on local needs and politics, the Design Team report suggestions. 2.) Implement parkway system immediately. 3.) Consider hiring a traffic planning consultant to devise a better system for the business area. 4.) Seek private development interest/begin the acquistion of downtown properly. 5.) Begin planning an industrial park. 6.) Consider hiring a landscape architect. 7.) Study feasibility of community center south of City Hall. 8.) Encourage continued citizen participation on development issues. After a question and answer period, Chairman Jim Hill thanked the Design Team again and encouraged everyone to attend the regular Economic Development Committee sessions. Chairman Hill adjourned the meeting at 9:50 P.M. and thanked all citizens for coming. Submitted by: Mark E. Nagel, Acting Recorder CITY OF PRIOR LAKE PRIOR LAKE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT COMMITTEE Agenda March 22, 1984 5:00 PM Prior Lake City Hall Upstairs Conference Room CALL TO ORDER 1. Minutes of February 23rd and March 8th 2. Recap Governor's Design Team Visit 3. Small Business Institute's Citizen Survey-final approval 4. Consideration of Business Survey Summary 5. Approval Promotional Brochure Design 6. Subcommittee Reports a. Special Events - "Lakefront Days" b. Business Development - Business Contacts c. Survey - Community Organizations List d. Planning - Set next meeting 7. City Manager/Staff Report 8. New Business 9. Schedule next meeting 10. Adjournment (612) 447-4230 4629 DAKOTA STREET S.E. P.O. BOX 359 PRIOR LAKE, MINNESOTA 55372 CITY OF PRIOR LAKE MINUTES PRIOR LAKE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT COMMITTEE March 22, 1984 The March 22nd meeting of the Prior Lake Economic Develoment Committee was called to order by Chairman Hill at 5:10 PM. MEMBERS PRESENT: Jim Hill, Bob Barsness, Barb Prindle, Lidy Flom, Mike Babcock, Mark Stromwall, Don Schussler Gary Gibbish, Ex-Officio Member Mike McGuire, Administrative'~ Assistant Kris McCormick, and Staff Member Mark Nagel. MEMBERS ABSENT: None The minutes of February 23rd and March 8th were read and unaminous- ly approved by voice vote of the Committee. New member Lidy Flom was introduced and welcomed to the Committee by Chairman Hill. The first item on the agenda was a recap of the Governor's Design Team public meeting on March 8th. After a short summary by Chairman Hill, discussion followed with the consensus being a need to integrate the Design Team recommendations with City Plans and develop an implementation schedule. Planning Sub- committee was assigned this task by the full Committee. Mark Stromwall will talk to the County Highway Department about the Design Team's "parkway" concept. Once it can determined what the implementation schedule will be, another public meeting will be set. City Manager McGuire invited the Committee to the March 26th City Council Meeting regarding "Economic Development Tools", since some of these "tools" were recommended for use in Prior Lake by the Design Team. Staff Member Nagel reviewed the citizen survey being administered through the Small Business Institute. Nagel reviewed the implemen- tation schedule with the Committee and noted that the "pre-test" has already been sent to 200 Prior Lake households. The final survey will be sent around March 29th, so Committee Members were asked to review the questions and call him with any revisions by that date. Bob Barsness suggested revisions to questions #1 and #2 and will be made on the final survey form. (612) 447-4230 4629 DAKOTA STREET S.E. P.O. BOX 359 PRIOR LAKE, MINNESOTA 55372 Staff Member Nagel said that the results of the "Business Survey" were complete, but had yet to be typed. The report and summary of results will be presented at the next Committee meeting. Nagel did briefly note the characteristics of a "typical" Prior Lake business - locally - owned, employs 3 full-time and 3 part-time employees, has been in business less than 3 years, is a retail/srvice business, and leases 2,500 square feet of space. More on the survey design and results was tabled until the April 12th meeting. Agenda item ~5 was concept approval of the design for the promotional brochure, Staffmember Nagel explained that pictures need to be taken and advertising needs to be sold, but that the information will be aswritten. The brochure will use blue, green, and white with a special 4 -page insert for "LAKEFRONT DAYS", which will/can be pulled out for mailing. This brochure will be mailed to every household in Prior Lake in late May by the Prior Lake American. Additional copies will cost $.35 and can be updated annually. City Manager McGuire will distribute a copy to City Staff for changes. Nagel asked that the brochure "mock-ups" be returned to him by March 29th with each members comments and picture suggestions. The Committee by voice vote gave approval to the concept. The first Sub-committee report was from the Special Events Sub-committee relative to "LAKEFRONT DAYS" Gary Gibbish reviewed progress to date, a confirmed schedule of activities and 9 booths and noted that he will make the presentation to City Council for final approval on March 26th. Discussion ensued on the method of accounting and it was decided that it would be "run" through the City System rather than set up a seperate account for "LAKEFRONT DAYS". On a motion from Gary Gibbish and a second by Mike Babcock, the Sub-committee will be al- located $4,000.00 from the Committee's budget to sponsor "LAKEFRONT DAYS" and all proceeds will be deposited with the City to offset costs. The Business Development Subcommittee has made contact with all businesses indicating an interest in low-interest loans for commercial rehabilitation. Two businesses are interested, but this will not be enough to issue a commercial rehab bond for the program. Bob Barsness suggested that the next "Business Survey" word the question to indicate more information on the program. Barb Prindle reported that the Survey Sub-committee has completed the list of "Community Organizations" and it is attached. Chairman Hill said that it's availability should be included in the promotional brochure and will be advertised in his monthly "Business Briefs" column. Chairman Hill noted that the minutes of the last Planning Sub- committee meeting were attached for Committee review. Chairman Hill noted that he spoke at the Council Workshop in early March and asked that a "master list" of workshop topics be distributed. Chairman Hill handed out 1984 Goals/Objectives and the Committee to review them for discussion on April 12th. PAGE 2 Under "New Business", Gary Gibbish reported that a Prior Lake group is beginning to collect pledges/donations to construct a youth center. The next meeting of the Prior Lake Economic Development Committee was scheduled for Thursday, April 12, 1984 at 5:00 PM in the Upstairs Conference Room at Prior Lake City Hall. The meeting was adjourned at 6:37 PM by voice vote of the Committee. Submitted by: Mark E. Nagel Acting Recorder MEN/jkm CITY OF PRIOR LAKE TO: FROM: RE: DATE: MEMORANDUM Prior Lake Economic Development Committee Mark Nagel, Staff Kris McCormick, A.A. to the City Manager 1984 Business Survey March 22, 1984 PURPOSE The Business Survey was intended to accomplish the Committee's Objective #2.3 - "Formulate and conduct an annual business survey". Assigned to the Committee's Survey Sub-committee, the purposes of the survey were as follows: o To obtain data on the Prior Lake business community. To assist the Prior Lake Economic Development Committee in under- standing the problems and needs of the Prior Lake Business Community. To assist the Prior Lake Economic Development Committee in deter- mining its annual "Work Plan" Based on these overall purposes, the information gained from the Business Survey will be used by the Prior Lake Economic Development Committee to: 1)compile/update a "Business List", which will contain the business name, address, and phone number of every business in Prior Lake. 2)provide information for Prior Lake Economic Development Committee publications, such as the "Community Profile" and planned promotional brochure. 3)provide labor market data necessary for most federal and state grant applications. 4)identify areas Prior Lake businesses need assistance or information. 5)identify specific programs, sponsored by the Committee, to meet the needs of local employers. DESIGN The responsibility for the Business Survey was assigned to the Survey Sub-committee in October, 1983. Early in the process, the Sub-committee sought and received the backing of the Prior Lake Chamber of Commerce to assist in conducting the study. Since most businesses were familiar with the Chamber, it was felt that if the survey were mailed out under the Chamber's letterhead, the response rate would be higher. (612) 447-4230 4629 DAKOTA STREET S.E. P.O. BOX 359 PRIOR LAKE, MINNESOTA 55372 The questionnaire was approved by the Chamber and the Economic Develop- ment Committee in mid-November, 1983. The Sub-committee, utilizing the total sample survey technique, mailed surveys to approximately 200 Prior Lake employers in December, 1983. Initial response to the 3-page survey was about 20%, so Staff made telephone calls in mid-December, 1983 to increase the response rate of the survey to aproximately 40%. While it is difficult to determine if this is a statistically "representative" sample, the survey did elicit a response rate considerably higher than the normal 20% to 25% rate after quoted for "mail-back" questionnaires. The "mail-back" survey was used by the Sub-committee because: 1)It was inexpensive. 2)Could be completed in a relatively short period of time. 3)Allowed respondents confidentiality and anonymity. 4)Gave each employer time to complete the survey, which would hopefully lead to more open and carefully considered answers. SURVEY RESULTS From the questionnaires returned, the following profile Of a "typical" Prior Lake business emerges: - retail or service business - employs 3 full-time and 3 part-time people - business owner lives in Prior Lake as do 75% of the employees working for him or her - in business 3 years or less - leases approximately 2,500 square feet of space - located here because it is close to the owner's residence and to serve local needs - has no difficulty in attracting skilled and unskilled labor - opened Monday through Friday Occupational distribution in Prior Lake can be considered to be very diversified. 24% are classified as service/general/unskilled labor, 20% are employed in professional/technical/managerial jobs, 17% are in sales, and 15% perform clerical tasks. While the survey is indicative only of those people employed by Prior Lake businesses, it can be concluded that the City's economy is not dependent on jobs in any one occupational category. Interestingly, 20% of these employers responding to the survey are considering expansion of their existing business. Most will add 2 to 3 full-time employees or 1 to 2 part-time employees in the next 2 years. Although these are not large numbers of new jobs, it is important to note that, relative to the average of 6 employees per Prior Lake employer, these gains are significant. Contrary to popular opinion, then, the business community does appear to be experiencing slow, steady growth However, a key will be to keep these expanding firms in Prior Lake, as 20% of businesses answering the survey were also considering relocation. In rsponding to the question on what the Chamber and the Committee can do for the Prior Lake business community, the predominant answers were requests for assistance in the areas of sales promotion and advertising and market information. While specifics need to be addressed the Committee is attempting to promote the community by developing a promotinal brochure, encouraging new businesses to move here, and making contacts with state and federal development departments. Marketing data is now available and will be advertised in the "Business Briefs" column written by the Chairman. However, specific programs for individual businesses, such as seminars and meetings, are available through the Small Business Development Center and SCORE and can be tailored to Prior Lake needs. The Chamber and the Committee could work to sponsor such programs. Several businesses also expressed interest in a low-interest loan program for interior/exterior renovations. There are several commerical rehabilitation programs that are currently being reviewed by the Committee to meet this need, including a telephone survey to find out what kind of program is desired by businesses. The main theme of the two open-ended questions was the antagonism felt by the business community toward City Hall. In general, businesses view the City as an opponent, someone to fight against, not as someone to work with. Some compromise needs to be made for the overall benefit of both and to give cohesiveness to the community. Serveral businesses also spoke out on the lack of unity on business - related issues as a problem. Some measure of cohesiveness between the City and the Business community was seen as necessary to insure people receive a favorably first impression of Prior Lake. CONCLUSION The survey is a start to the Chamber and the Economic Development Committee "building a bridge" to Prior lake businesses. With the information gathered we can begin to implement the programs listed previously in the "PURPOSES" section and address the problems and con- cerns uncovered. We hope to do the survey on an annual basis in order to gauge the progress we are making toward achieving our goals and objectives. CITY OF PRIOR LAKE PRIOR LAKE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT COMMITTEE Agenda April 12, 1984 5:00 PM Prior Lake City Hall Upstairs Conference Room CALL TO ORDER 1. Minutes of March 22, 1984 - submitted for approval 2. Discussion of Economic Impact of Horse Racetrack on Prior Lake 3. 1984 Goals & Objectives 4. Business Survey Results 5. Governor's Design Team Student Project 6. Other Business a. City Manager's Report b. Staff's Report c. Schedule Next Meeting 7. New Business 8. Adjournment (612) 447-4230 4629 DAKOTA STREET S.E. P.O. BOX 359 PRIOR LAKE, MINNESOTA 55372 CITY OF PRIOR LAKE MINUTES PRIOR LAKE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT COMMITTEE April 12, 1984 The April 12th meeting of the Prior Lake Economic Development Committee was called to order by Chairman Hill at 5:00 P,M. in the upstairs Con- ference Room at City Hall. MEMBERS PRESENT: Jim Hill, Barb Prindle, Lidy Flom, Mike Babcock, Bob Barsness, Gary Gibbish, Ex-Officio Member Mike McGuire, Administrative Assistant Kris McCormick, and Staff Member Mark Nagel. MEMBERS ABSENT: Mark Stromwall (vacation), Don Schussler (business trip). The minutes of March 22nd were read and unanimously approved by voice vote of the Committee. Bob Barsness, on behalf of Prior Lake Rotary, thanked Chairman Hill for his efforts to disseminate the Design Team Study results to the Prior Lake community. The second order of business was to discuss the economic impact of the race track on Prior Lake. Mike McGuire outlined the 4 areas to concentrate on during Committee discussion from his memo of April 5th. Mark Nagel added a short memo containing summary information on the new track as a basis for a more focused discussion. The comments on the impact of the race track as follows: 1.) According to the E.I.S. submitted by the City of Shakopee, the economic impact will be minimal. Does the developer have any other information on impact on cities other than Shakopee. 2.) Access to Prior Lake via County Road 21 will be a key to capturing some "spin-off" benefits. It is estimated that 16% of the race track traffic will come across County Road 42. We should have a sign at the intersection of 42 and 13 to direct traffic south into Prior Lake. (612) 447-4230 4629 DAKOTA STREET S.E. P.O. BOX 359 PRIOR LAKE, MINNESOTA 55372 3.) How many of the full-time workers will want housing and want it in Prior Lake? Prior Lake should see some additional expansion in both the single family and rental housing markets. Do the developers have any estimates as to how many of their employees will need housing and the types? 4.) Resort type hotel on Prior Lake - must be a well designed, top quality hotel that will ~be an asset to the community. 5.) Rural Prior Lake will see increased demand for farm acreage for horse breeding and stables - it is estimated that this will affect acreage within 20 miles of Prior Lake with overall effect of upgrading the farms. 6.) The racetrack is designed to be a "self-contained" facility, which means that the developers will more than likely be trying to hold some of that "spin-off" benefit for their other property. 7.) What will be the economic impact? Most likely it will be "secondary", that is, exipting businesses in Prior Lake that are successful bidders for service contracts will grow. They, in turn, wilI spend more money in Prior Lake. 8.) Other businesses that may work include a campground and the dinner/theatre concept proposed by the Design Team. Developers could be contacted regarding such a possibility. 9.) Summary comments: a.) We need more information from the developers, if they have it. b.) We need to study other racetrack to get an idea of the impact - survey or library research. c.) We need to consider a marketing consultant to study what businesses we could reasonably expect to attract. d.) We need to encourage the developers to use local sub contractors, suppliers, and service companies. With those comments in mind, Chairman Hill directed Mark Nagel to submit a memo to City Council from the Economic Development Committee summarizing o'~ur discussion. Chairman Hill asked that Mark Nagel memo each member on the April 23rd Workshop on the economic impact of the racetrack. Chairman Hill recommended that all members attend the meeting instead of the Committee's April 26th meeting to further discuss the matter. Discussion of the 1984-5 Goals and Objectives of the Committee, running from 6/84 to 6/85, was completed. Chairman Hill will compile and hand out at the next meeting. Mark Nagel presented the Business Survey results for Committee review noting that the Prior Lake economy is very diversified and that, while retail business may not be doing well, the overall economy is showing growth. Nagel did caution that this is, by no means, a scientific study. Chairman Hill directed Mark Nagel to contact the Prior Lake American to do a story on the results. Mark Nagel then presented a memo regarding follow-up study on the Design Team recommendations by 2 University of Minnesota students. Dan Williamson, an architectural student from Prior Lake, will focus on the "civic core" concept and Chris Doyle, a landscape architect student from Mendota Heights, will do the signage plan and landscape design for the "parkway" and to in- tegrate Gateway Center, downtown, and Brooksville Mall. They will, ten- tatively, present preliminaries to the Committee on May 10th and final drawings on May 24th at a public meeting. They are also asking to assist them financially in putting together the project. On motion by Gary Gibbish and seconded by Bob Barsness, the Committee voted unanimously to approve the work on the Design Team recommendations and authorized $200 to help the students with personal expenses, as long as proper invoices can be produced. City Manager Mike McGui~e noted that "Freddie's-on-the-Lake" had been bought by John Schumacher, owner of Schumacher's New Prague Hotel. Now called "Big Cully's", extensive remodeling is planned to take advantage of the location. It was suggested that a letter from the Mayor be sent and/or mention of the new business be made in the "Business Briefs" column. Mark Nagel passed out an updated Committee membership list and asked that any mistakes be called to his attention. Chairman Hill asked that members attend the April 23rd City Council Workshop at 7:30 P.M. in the City Council Chambers. Therefore, the regularly sched- uled meeting of April 26th will not be held. The next meeting of the Prior Lake Economic Development Committee was sched- uled for May 10, 1984 at 5:00 P.M. in the upstairs Conference Room at Prior Lak~ City Hall. The meeting was adjourned at 6:32 P.M. by voice vote of the Committee. Submitted by: Mark E. Nagel, Acting Recorder TO: FROM: RE: DATE: CITY OF PRIOR LAKE MEMORANDUM Economic Development ~mittee Mark E. Nagel, Staff Racetrack Impact April 11, 1984 Prior Lake City Council has asked the Committee to discuss the economic impact on Prior Lake of the new racetrack. We are to then formulate a list and pass them on to the City Council for their April 23rd Wrokshop on the subject. I have attached a fact sheet and a shore descriptive article to help focus our discussion, but there is little available infor- mation on what they expect to "Spin-Off" the new racetrack. Perhaps, we may be better off recommending that (1)Whatever information the developers have pertaining to the economic impact be forwarded to us and (2)That a consultant be retained to review the potential impact and ways to capitalize on it. I should add that "economic impact" should include some discussion of the ef- fect on Prior Lake's rental and single-family housing markets. (612) 447-4230 4629 DAKOTA STREET S.E. P.O. BOX 359 PRIOR LAKE, MINNESOTA 553]'2 CITY OF PRIOR LAKE TO: FROM: RE: DATE: MEMORANDUM Prior Lake City Council Prior Lake Economic Development Committee Racetrack's Economic Impact April 13, 1984 Thank you for allowing us the opportunity to provide comments re- lative to the above referenced subject. We hope our comments will prove useful to you during your April 23rd Workshop on the new track. The Committee considered, as a group, the five (5) questions, directed by a City Manager Memo dated April 2nd, during our regularly scheduled meeting of April 12th. We began by studying whether or not the overall impact will be positive. After noting that increased traffic will bring some additional "wear and tear" on City streets and more use of the police and emergency squads, it was the consensus that the positives will outweigh the negatives. But, what type of growth and how much can be expected? The Committee first looked at the potential impact on the housing market. It is our understanding that there will be 400 full-time, year-round workers and 600-800 part-time, temporary, and/or seasonal employees of the track. A certain percentage of the 400 people will want to move to Scott County and Prior Lake should be able to gain a considerable share these full-time employees desiring a new home. The rental housing market should also see growth. How much and what approach should be taken to get 'these people to buy or rent housing in Prior Lake should be examined, perhaps by a consul- tant. With 10,500 peopl~ daily and a number of temporary employees, there could be a need for a hotel. The amenity of a lake suggests that a resort type hotel, along the lines of a Radisson Arrowhead, could do well in Prior Lake. It would do well in the summer, and it could do well in the winter - cross county skiing, ice fishing, and/or conference center. It would, of course, need to be a well -designed hotel that would be integrated with the surrounding terrain. The Committee suggested that City Staff study/recommend possible sites (612) 447-4230 4629 DAKOTA STREET S.E. P.O. BOX 359 PRIOR LAKE, MINNESOTA 55372 nd design criteria. Then, developers that might be interested hould be contacted as soon as possible. As for economic impact on local business, it is difficult to make substantive recommentations. Except for the facts that about 20% of the racetrack traffic will be moving along County Road 42 and Highway 13 and that the E.I.S. indicates that "spin-off" will be minimal; there is little data to make any reasonable projections. We would recommend that the racetrack developers be contacted for any information they could provide and that other racetracks, or cities, be studied to see what impacts occurred on the surrounding commu- nity. Also, we understand that the developers are planning a "self-con- tained'' facility with its own restaurants; therefore, we feel that new growth could be in the "secondary" markets, that is, growth will be concentrated in existing firms ra- ther than new business development. It is reasonable to expect that the racetrack will be utilizing refuse collection, plumbers, electricans, cleaners, food and other services on a regular, contract basis. Thus, existing businesses will need to add full and part-time employees to handle the increased business or add more equipment. This, in turn, means that the local companies getting contracts will purchase more material from other area businesses. The economic benefits will be indirect and a function of how well existing Prior Lake businesses compete for whatever contracts/subcontracts the racetrack may make available. The City should join with other Scott County cities in asking the developers to use local firms at the racetrack, as City support was certainly a positive factor in their successful effort to get the racetrack. It may be that an economic student could do a thesis studying the anticipated dollar amounts "indirect economic benefit" As for what new business development may occur, it may be that rural Prior Lake will see farm acreage used for horse barns and breeding. A city campground, as an interim land use, may work well in the summer; swimming, boating, and other lake activities are readily available, as well as Valley Fair, Bingo, etc. for family outings. The dinner theatre concept suggested by the Design Team might now be feasible- perhaps contact Chanhassen? We suggest that more marketing data be obtained on what could happen and what businesses, if any, should be sought. Again, a consultant might help here, but certaintly a siqn at County Road 42 and Highway 13 pointing the way to the~ Prior Lake bus,nests 'is a minimum to encourage use of our restaurants, gas stations, retail stores, etc. The Committee has shifted its April 26th meeting to your April 23rd Workshop to provide further input and answer any questions. Thank you, again, for asking for our comments. JH/jkm CITY OF PRIOR LAKE PRIOR LAKE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT COMMITTEE Agenda May 10, 1984 5:15 PM Prior Lake City Hall Upstairs Conference Room 3. 4. 5. Minutes of April 12~ 1984. Attached for approval Governor's Design Team Student Project Presentation Participation in Minnesota Star Cities Conference 1984 Goals and Objectives Other Business a. City Manager's Report b. Staff Report c. Schedule Next Meeting New Business Adjournment (612) 447-4230 4629 DAKOTA STREET S.E. P.O. BOX 359 PRIOR LAKE, MINNESOTA 55372 MINUTES Prior Lake Economic Development Committee May 10, 1984 The May 10th meeting of the Prior Lake Economic Development Committee was called to order by Chairman Hill at 5:18 P.M. in the upstairs Conference Room at Prior Lake City Hall. MEMBERS PRESENT: Dim Hill, Barb Prindle, Gary Gibbish, Lidy Flom, Don Schussler, Bob Barsness, Staff Member Mark Nagle. MEMBERS ABSENT: Mark Stromwall, Mike Babcock and Ex-Officer Member Mike McGuire. The minutes of April 12, 1984 were read and unanimously approved by voice vote of the Committee. Chairman Hill read a letter from the school district senior high school principal, Fred Blaisdell, regarding signage to indicate the location of the high school in any design plans the Committee formulates. Chairman Hill said that he has completed a listing of 1984 goals and objectives and that they will be discussed at the first meeting in Oune. Since the Committee began in 3une, 1983, it was decided that annual goals and objectives would be formulated each 3une for presentation to City Council. It was decided that participation at the Minnesota Star Cities Conference on May 15 - 17, 1984 was necessary to make a final decision on program participation. Staff member Nagel will attend and Committee members will call him, lif they wish to attend, before May 14th. Staff member Nagel passed out a copy of the citizen survey completed by the Smal~l Business Institute Team. The 20 - page report showed that approximately three-fourths of the people surveyed were interested in new industry moving into Prior Lake and also felt that a strong effort should be made to get them here. The survey also showed the types of businesses people wanted and did not want, what items they shopped for in Prior Lake and where they did their shopping. Interestingly, most people shop between 1 P.M. and 3 P.M. on both Saturday and Sunday and did not feel that prices and selection were competitive with the shopping malls. However, it did seem that residents would prefer to do business in Prior all things being equal. Staff member Nagel will be attending the team presentation on Tuesday, May 15, 1984 at 5:30 PM at the College of St. Thomas. Committee Chair- man Hill and Lidy Flom will attend, if schedules permit. Copies will be made to pass out at the next meeting of the complete report. The final item on the agenda was the presentation by students from the Governor's Design Team. Dan Williamson presented drawings on the "civic core" identified in the original Design Team report, including a site maps and site analysis. Included in the site analysis was a civic center, with a small auditorium, classrooms and an exhibit area, a natural amphi- theater, for the hockey rink for basketball, bands, etc.. a small man- made "lake" and a picnic pavilion. Chris Doyle discussed 6 conceptual drawings of integrated "public" signing for the City and downtown land- scapes. He also, briefly, asked the Committee for their ideas on the County road 12/21 "parkway" design. The Committee suggested that a plan be designed with minimal change to the present configuration of space. That is a low cost design for the space that does not include demolition of any of the buildings presently in the area. A series of overlays were suggested to take the Committee from the existing layout to what it could look like in the future. A phase approach is necessary to deal with the financial constraints of such an undertaking. It was decided by the Committee to have a Public Meeting on Thursday, May 24, 1984 at 7:30 P.M; in Council Chambers for a public discussion on these plans and a final presentation on Thursday, 3une 7, 1984 at 7:30 P.M. in the same place. The next scheduled meeting of the Prior Lake Economic Development Committee will be on May 24, 1984 at 7:30 P.M. in the Council Chambers, ~rior Lake City Hall for the student team presentation. Therefore, this will take the place of a regularly scheduled meeting. The meeting was adjourned at 7:06 P.M. by voice vote of the Committee. .. Submitted by: Mark E. Nagel Acting Recorder CITY OF PRIOR LAKE MINUTES Prior Lake Economic Development Committee May 24, 1984 Chairman Jim Hill called the Town M~eting to order at 7:50 PM in the City Hall Council Chambers. The Town Meeting was devoted to a discussion of the "civic core", downtown, and public signage ideas first shown in the Governor ' s Design Team Study. Students frc~ the Governor ' s Design Team have elaborated on the report' s recc~mendation providing detailed drawings of the "civic core" and downtown and outlining ways to tie the 3 cc~mercial areas together. Public signage design ideas were also presented. The students, Dan Williamson and Chris Doyle, showed 2 concepts, each with 3 phases that progressed from inexpensice to expensive. No existing building would need to be moved in the first 2 phases for the "civic core" proposal to be implemented. The same progression was discussed for downtown. There was much discussion on the proposed civic/community center and what should be in it. It was agreed that such a center was a good idea and placement should be tied in with both City Hall and the Cc~nercial area. The "new" downtown center intersection of County Road 21 and Main Street was the subject of much concern. The citizens felt that something was needed to slow the traffic down and make them turn into Prior Lake to shop - it must be a "people-oriented" intersection. Suggestions included making the intersection cobblestone, crosswalks, landscaping and an information/bulletin board kiosk. Mayor Johnson said that the parkway concept has been discussed with the County and they are receptive to our ideas. Mayor Johnson indicated that the Prior Lake Economic Development Con~nittee will be reviewing the final drawnings before they are approved. Citizens expressed difficulty in finding Prior Lake Streets. The Design Team suggested a series of "location" signs that would use the City symbol and point to the neighborhood. Once safely in the neighborhood an "informational" sign - directory - would allow them to find the street. Residents could simply say "turn off at the sign for Candy Cove" instead of giving complex directions. There would, of course, be signage for downtown, Gateway Center and Brooksville Mall as well. (612) 447-4230 4629 DAKOTA STREET S.E. P.O. BOX 359 PRIOR LAKE, MINNESOTA 55372 Minutes Prior Lake Econcmic Development Cc~nittee Page 2 To tie in the Co~nercial areas, the traffic lights, as planned, will serve to slow cars down, signage will direct them to each area, and lighting/landscaping could be used along Highway 13 to make it seem like one large commercial center. Econc~ic Development Cc~mittee Members in attendance were: Jim Hill, Lidy Flem, and Barb Prindle There were a total of 7 other citizens at the meeting. Jim Hill adjourned the n~eting at 9:40 PM Submitted by: Mark Nagel Acting Recorder CITY OF PRIOR LAKE MINUTES PRIOR LAKE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT COMMITTEE June 7, 1984 The June 7th meeting of the Prior Lake Economic Development Committee was called to order by Chairman Hill at 5:30 PM in the Upstairs Conference Room at Prior Lake City Hall. MEMBERS PRESENT: MEMBERS ABSENT: Bob Barsness, Mark Stromwall, Jim Hill, Gary Gibbish, Lidy Flom, City Manager Mike McGuire, and Staff Member Mark Nagel. Barb Prindle, Don Schussler and Mike Babcock. The minutes of May 10, 1984 and May 24, 1984 were unanimously approved by voice vote of the Committee. After discussion, the 1984 Goals/Objectives of the Prior Lake Economic Development Committee were approved unanimously on motion by Bob Barsness and second by Mark Stromwall. These goals and objectives will be imple- mented during the June, 1984 to June 1985 program year by the Economic Development Committee. Chairman Hill asked Staff Member Mark Nagel to compile a list of accomplishments for the Committee's first program year and present them at the next meeting. Chairman Hill passed out attendance records for the 1983-84 year and opened discussion on an attendance policy for the Committee. After much discus- sion, it was decided that all members must be present at 75~ of the Committee meetings or resign. The meeting time will remain at 5:15 PM and regular meetings will be the second Thursday of each month with an adjourned regular meeting to be held on the fourth Thursday if necessary. Staff Member Nagel was directed to develop draft by-laws for the Economic Development Committee for the July meeting. City Manager McGuire reported on the industrial park on County Road 21. He said that a renegotiation of the option under the present terms, has been completed and that we had until September 1, 1984 to obtain firm commitments from industrial prospects. If we do not have an industry by then, the City may authorize an expenditure to extend the option~ if pFospects for development appear to be positive. City Council would consider an invest- ment, if an industry will make a firm, written commitment to enter into a developer's agreement. Staff Member Mark Nagel reported that much of his time has been devoted to Lakefront Days. Gary Gibbish summarized the list of events and boothes and expected total costs to be about $4,000.00 not including the 3,500 copies (612) 447-4230 4629 DAKOTA STREET S.E. P.O. BOX 359 PRIOR LAKE, MINNESOTA 55372 of the "Prior Lake Profile" purchased by the City. Staff Member Nagel noted that the promotional brochure was not complete and available. At 6:00 PM, the Committee was joined by guests Paul Dahlberg, Lisa Winkelman, Peggy Sand, Dan Williamson, and Chris Doyle of the Governor's Design Team. Discussion centered on the Team's scale model of the "city block" - the area directly behind City Hall bounded by the downtown and County Road 21. Time was also spend reviewing the landscaping for the downtown and County Road 21, as well as public signage. The Committee concluded that: (1)another public meeting be scheduled to have the Design Team show their model and final drawings, and (2)a meeting be set up with Mark Nagel, Chris Doyle, Larry Anderson and 3im Norton of 0SM and Associates to coordinate/integrate the Design Team's suggestions with the preliminary landscaping drawings Mr. Norton was doing for the City. Staff Member Nagel was asked to set up the meeting for Wednesday, 3une 13th. The next scheduled meeting of the Prior Lake Economic Development Committee was set for Thursday, June 28, 1984 at 5:15 PM in the Upstairs Conference Room at Prior Lake City Hall. The meeting was adjourned at 6:58 PM by voice vote of the Committee. Submitted by: Mark Nagel Acting Recorder CITY OF PRIOR LAKE PRIOR LAKE ~O0NOMIC DEVELOPMenT C(~T~T~EE ~enda Thursday, June 28, 1984 5:15 PM Prior Lake City Hall Upstairs Conference Roc~ CALL TO ORDER 1. Minutes of June 7th Submitted for Approval 2. Memo on 1983-84 Program Year Accomplishments 3. Draft of Cc~nittee By-Laws 4. Lakefront Days Wrap-up 5. Other Business a. City Manager's Report b. Staff Report c. Schedule Next Meeting 6. New Business (612) 447-4230 4629 DAKOTA STREET S.E. P.O. BOX 359 PRIOR LAKE, MINNESOTA 55372 CITY OF PRIOR LAKE MINUTES PRIOR LAKE ~CONC~IC DEVELOPM~qT CC~9~I~ June 28, 1984 The June 28th meeting of the Prior Lake Economic Developmkent Co~nittee was called to order by Chairman Hill at 5:17 PM in the Upstairs Confer- ence Room at Prior Lake City Hall. Lidy Flom, Jim Hill, Gary Gibbish, Mark Stromwall, Don Schussler, Mike Babcock, Barb Prindle, City Manager Mike McGuire, City Intern Marty Schmitz, and Staff Member Mark Nagel. Bob Barsness The minutes of June 7, 1984 were unanimously approved by voice vote. Staff Member Nagel noted that the Co~aittee should be proud of its accor~plishments during its first year and thanked the members for their support to date. Chairman Hill recommended that City Manager McGuire pass a copy along to each m~mber of City Council. The next item on the agenda was discussion of the Con~nittee by-laws. The following changes are to be made: Preamble - Put Committee purposes from the Work Plan in the Preamble. Article 2, Section F - Terms are to be 2 years, not 3 years and a~l terms are to be staggered. Gary Gibbish, Lidy Flom, Mike Babcock, and Don Schussler will serve 1 year and Jim Hill, Mark Stromwall, Barb Prindle, and Bob Barsness will serve 2 years. Sentence to be added that will say, in effect, "co~position of cc~mittee should be representative of the people who live ~nd work in the cc~i~y", s~ff'wil~'b~ assigned, rather than appointed, by the City Manager. City Manager McGuire asked Committee members whether or not they would like compensation for these meetings. After some discussion, the consensus of the Con~nittee was that no compensation for attendance was necessary. Staff member Nagel was directed to make the changes to the by-laws as discussed and bring it back to the Cc~xnittee for approval at the next meeting. (612) 447-4230 4629 DAKOTA STREET S.E. P.O. BOX 359 PRIOR LAKE, MINNESOTA 55372 Minutes Economic Development Con~ittee June 28, 1984 Page Two The "LAKEFRONT DAYS" wrap-up was next on the agenda with the following insights provided: Publicity was felt to be adequate, but we should start earlier. A large tent is needed for rain showers and as a place to sit down. Booths could then surround the entertainment area. More games and rides are needed for the kids. It should be held Saturday and Sunday rather than Friday and Saturday. Should be taken over by a cc~nittee set up of the different cc~munity organizations with a rotating chairperson. Should be complete with a kick-off dinner honoring the chairperson and con, nit- tee. It was suggested that a Special Events Subco~nittee Meeting be held soon to wrap-up all other comments from the people who had booths or were responsible for events. In Other Business, City Manager McGuire discussed a market research proposal for the 2 industrial parks by the firm of Maxfield & Solcmonson. Mr. McGuire said that the consultant proposed tow alternatives - #1, If Maxfield and Solomonson does all the work, it will cost $12,710 and #2, if the Cc~mittee works 90 hours, it will cost $5,280.00. Cc~nittee members expressed reservations about the time cc~ni~nt and the dif- ficulty in understanding the assigned tasks. The Co~r~ittee recc~m~nded that the City Council accept Alternative #2 at $5,280.00 with the Co~xnittee members and staff providing 90 hours of assistance to the consultant. Staff M~mber Nagel was asked to invite Mr. Solomonson to the next meeting to begin the orientation session pending the City Council's approval of the contract. Staff M~mber Nagel read a letter from the Prior Lake Rotary Club request- ing that their $215.00 bill to the Committee for "LAKEFRONT DAYS" be waived because of low profits. The Cc~nittee unanimously denied the request because Rotary made more money than any other organization. Staff Member Nagel was directed to write a letter to the Prior Lake Rotary informing them of the Cc~nittee decision. The next scheduled meeting of the Prior Lake Econc~ic Development Committee was set for Thursday, July 12, 1984 at 5:15 PM in the Upstairs Conference Roc~ at Prior Lake City Hall. There being no other business, the meeting was adjourned at 6:46 PM by voice vote of the Cc~nittee. DRAFT BYLAWS OF PRIOR LAKE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT COMMITTEE PREAMBLE The Prior Lake Economic Development Committee was created in May, 1983 by an act of the Prior Lake City Council and given the responsibility of advising City Council on matters relating to the economic well- being of the city. ARTICLE 1. NAME Section A. Name. The legal name of the organization is the "Prior Lake Economic Development Committee." Section B. Office. The Office of the Prior Lake Economic Develop- ment Committee is at 4629 Dakota Street S.E., P.O. Box 359, Prior Lake, Minnesota 55372. ARTICLE 2. OFFICERS Section A. Officers. The Officers of the Prior Lake Economic Develop- ment Committee shall be a Chair, a Vice-Chair, and a Secretary. Section B. Chair. The Chair shall preside at ali meetings of the Committee and shall have general charge of and control over the af- fairs of the Committee subject to the other members. At each meeting, the Chair shall submit recommendations and information as she/he may consider proper concerning the affairs and policies of the Committee. Section C. Vice-Chair. The Vice-Chair shall preside at ail meetings of teh Committee in th- absence of the Chair and shall perform such other duties as may be assigned by the Committee. In case the Chair resigns or is unable to perform duties assigned for some other reason, the Vice-Chair shall perform and be vested with all duties and powers of the Chair until such time as the Committee shall select a new Chair. Section D. Secretary. The Secretary shall be responsible for recor- ding and compiling a written summary of ail meetings held by the Committee and such other functions as may be determined by the Committee. Section E. Staff. The Committee may be assigned staff, who shall have general supervision over the day-to-day administration of its policies, pursuant to actions by the Committee. Staff shall perform ail duties and responsibilities assigned by the Committee. Section F. Appointment. The Committee shall consist of eight (8) members, appointed by the Prior Lake City Council for terms of three (3) years, and the City Manager. Committee members may serve additional terms upon approval by the Prior Lake City Council. The Chair, Vice-Chair, and Secretary shall be elected by a majority of the Committee from among members of the Committee, and shall hold office for three (3) years or until their successors are elected or qualified. Staff shall be appointed by the City Manager. Section G. Vacancies. Should the office of Chair, Vice-Chair, and/ or Secretary become vacant, the Committee shall elect a successor from its membership at the next regular meeting, and such election shall be for the unexpired term of said office. Section H. Call for Resignation. It shall be the duty of each Committee member to actively participate in the affairs of the Committee and to attend its regular and special meetings. In the event that a Committee member is not present for 75% of the regular meetings during a year, the Committee shall direct the Chair to send a Call for Resignation, in the form of a reguest, to the absent Committee member. ARTICLE 3. MEETINGS Section A. Regular Meetings. Regular meetings shall be held without notice on the second Thursday of each month at 5:15 PM at Prior Lake City Hall, 4629 Dakota Street S.E., Prior Lake, Minnesota. Regular meetings may be ad3ourned to the fourth Thursday of each month upon approval by the majority of the Committee. In the event that such a date shall fall on a legal holiday, the meeting shall be held on the next succeeding day. Section B. Special Meetings. Special Meetings of the Committee may be called by the Chair, or two (2) members of the Committee for the purpose of transacting any business designated in the call. The call for a special meeting may be delivered prior to the time of the pro- posed meeting to each Committee member or may be mailed to the busi- ness or home address of each member of the Committee at least two (2) days prior to such special meeting. At such special meetings, no business shall ~ considered other than as designated in the call. Such special meetings may be held in locations other than the place of regular meetings. Section C. Quorum for Regular and Special Meetings. Five (5) Comm- ittee members shall constitute a quorum for the purpose of conducting its business, but a smaller number may adjourn from time to time until a quorum is obtained. When a quorum is in attendance, action may be taken by the Committee upon a vote of ma3ority of the Committee present. Section D. Conduct of Business at Regular Meetings. The Agenda for reguIar meetings shall incIude the following in order of business: 1. Roi1 Call 2. Approval of minutes of previous meeting (s) 3. Old business 4. Other business 5. New business 6. Adjournment Section E. Voting. In addition to a quorum being reguired for each meeting of the Committee in order to conduct business, a majority of those members present shall be required to transact business and app- rove any matter before the Committee, except that a different vote shall be required on the following matters: Majority Present. In order to approve financial requests/ payments to Prior Lake City Council or City Manager, enter into a program contracts upon approval of Prior Lake City Council or City Manager, or approve the budget shall be by vote of approval of a majority of members present. The vote shall be by roll call and the yeas and nays shall be entered in the minutes of such meetings. Majority of Membership. In order to amend the By-Laws, there shall be a vote of not less than five (5) members of the Committee who vote their approval. The vote shall be by roll call and the yeas and nays shall be entered in the minutes of such meetings. ARTICLE 4. SCOPE OF POWERS AND DUTIES Section A. Powers and Duties. The Committee shall act in an advisory capacity to the Prior Lake City Council and shall advise the City Council on matters of development assigned to the Committee. The Committee shall outline its duties in the form of goals and objectives and shall give an accounting of its activities to City Council each year in writing. Specific powers and duties may be assigned to the Committee upon approval of Prior Lake City Council. Section B. Subcommittees. The Committee may provide for such sub- committees as it deems necessary to implement the goals and objectives of the Committee and may delegate such powers and dutues so such sub- committees necessary to carry out its functions. ARTICLE 5. AMENDMENTS Section A. These By-Laws may be amended at any meeting of the Committee provided that notice of such proposed amendment shall be mailed to each member of the Committee at least two (2) days prior to such meeting. The amendment of the By-Laws and the vote required $hall be in accordance with that set forth under the voting provisions of these By-Laws. CITY OF PRIOR LAKE PRIOR LAKE t~ODNCI4IC DEVELOPME2~ ~TTEE Thursday, July 12, 1984 5:15 PM Prior Lake City Hall Upstairs Conference Room C~s.T.T. TO ORDER Minutes of Previous Meeting - Su~nit~d for Approval Approval of Prior Lake Econc~ic Develo~nent C~,tdttee By-Lu~s Orientation for Industrial Park Marketing Study - Gary Solcmonson Other Business a. Schedule Next Meeting New Business Adjournment *Session will last 1% hours maximum (612) 447-4230 4629 DAKOTA STREET S.E. P.O. BOX 359 PRIOR LAKE, MINNESOTA 55372 CITY OF PRIOR LAKE MINUTES PRIOR LAKE ~CONC~IC DEVELOPM~qT July 12, 1984 The July 12th meeting of the Prior Lake Economic Development Co~nittee was called to order by Chairman Hill at 5:15 PM in the Upstairs Conference Room of the Prior Lake City Hall. Mike Babcock, Lidy Flom, Jim Hill, Gary Gibbish, Mark Stromwall, Barb Prindle, Don Schussler, Bob Barsness, City Manager Mike M~Guire, City Intern Marty Schmitz, and Staff Member Mark Nagel. M~4BERS~: None. The Minutes of June 28, 1984 were read and approved unanimously by voice vote of the Committee. The By-Laws for the Prior Lake Economic Development Cc~nittee were read and discussed. They were unanimously approved by voice vote of the Committee. Chairman Hill requested City Manager McGuire to forward the By-Laws to the Prior Lake City Council for their review and approval. Mr. Gary Solomonson, Maxfield and Solomonson, Inc., was introduced to the Con~nittee m~mbers. Mr. Solomonson will be conducting the market research analysis for the 2 industrial parks over the next two months with the assis- tance of the Committee. After each Committee m~aber was introduced, Mr. Solcmonson detailed the goals and objectives f the study and explained that each Committee member can expect to be responsible for 3 assignments over the next 60 days. The research assignment consist primarily of phone work and data research that can be completed in one or two hours. Mr. Solomonson then outlined 9 research assignments for the Committee members and asked each to choose one based on their experience and possible time conmtitr~nt. "The Prior Lake Economic Development C~,,~ttee Project List" with due dates is attached, as a part of these minutes. Mr. Solcmonson asked that each Cc~mittee member be on the watch for any business news, either locally or metro-wide, that may pertain to the study. Mr. Solomonson also noted that Mr. Tcm Jolis of Mason City, Iowa, will be assisting the firm on the study as an industrial park consultant. (612)447-4230 4629 DAKOTA STREET S.E. P.O. BOX 359 PRIOR LAKE, MINNESOTA 55372 Economic Development Con~ittee Mintues July 12, 1984 Page Two As work is completed by Con~ttee members, it can be dropped off at Prior Lake City Hall with either City Intern Schmitz or Staff Me_~ber Nagel. The next scheduled meeting of the Prior Lake Econc~ic Development Cc~nittee was set for Thursday, July 26, 1984 at 5:15 PM in the Upstairs Conference Room of Prior Lake City Hall. There being no other business, the meeting was adjourned at 6:25 PM by voice vote of the Committee. Submitted by: Mark Nagel Acting Recording Secretary CITY OF PRIOR LAKE PRIOR LAKE ~CONOMIC DEVELOPMENT C~4~ITI~E Thursday, July 26, 1984 5:00 PM Prior Lake City Hall Upstairs Conference Roau CALL TO ORDER 1. Minutes of July 12, 1984 Suk~itted for Approval 2. 1984 - 1985 Subcc~ittee Assignments and Budget 3. Lakefront Days Balance Sheet (F~o to be passed out at meeting) 4. Industrial Park Study 5. Other Business a. Staff Report b. Schedule Next Maeting 6. New Business 7. Adjournment (612) 447-4230 4629 DAKOTA STREET S.E. P.O. BOX 359 PRIOR LAKE, MINNESOTA 55372 CITY OF PRIOR LAKE MINUTES Prior Lake Economic Development Committee July 26, 1984 The July 26th meeting of the Prior Lake Economic Development Committee was called to order by Chairman Hill at 5:20 PM in the Upstairs Conference Room of the Prior Lake City Hall. MEMBERS PRESENT: MEMBERS ABSENT: Bob Barsness, Don Schussler, Lidy Flom, Barb Prindle, Jim Hill, City Intern Marty Schmitz, and Staff Member Mark Nagel. Mike Babcock, Gary Gibbish, Mark Stromwall (excused), and City Manager Mike McGuire. The minutes of July 12, 1984 were read and approved unanimously by voice vote of the Committee. Chairman Hill handed out Subcommittee assignments and tasks for the 1984-85 program year. Responsibilities of each Committee member were reviewed by Chairman Hill. It was also decided to allow citizens to join the Subcommittees, if they wanted to participate, and an invitation to any concerned citizen to join will be published in the next "Business Briefs" Chairman Hill asked that copies of the assignments be mailed to absent members. The 1985 budget was the next topic. Staff Member Nagel explained that the Committee's budget is part of the City's General Government category. It was recommended by the Committee that the 1984 budget of $20,000.00 remain the same for 1985. Staff Member Nagel was directed to convey the Committee request of $20,000.00 for 1985 to the City Finance Director and to prepare a breakdown of expenses to date for 1984. Staff Member Nagel opened discussion on Lakefront Day by passing out a Balance Sheet, which indicated a deficit of about $2,400.00 for the event. It was decided to follow these steps in working on the 2nd annual Lakefront Days: Set a Special Event Subcommittee Meeting to review Lakefront Days. Contact organizations for a meeting on plusses and minuses. (612) 447-4230 4629 DAKOTA STREET S.E. P.O. BOX 359 PRIOR LAKE, MINNESOTA 55372 Prior Lake Economic Development Committee Minutes July 26, 1984 Page Two 2.a. Have a set agenda. 2.b. Meeting notice should go out a month in advance with phone calls to remind organizations and to emphasize that they come prepared. 2.c. Rotary may be willing to sponsor it next year with John Kalton as Chair. 2.d. Profit sharing should be suggested. Publish organizational meeting in the newspaper to get interested citizens to come out. The Special Events Subcommittee will meet in early September to set this process in motion. Each Committee member updated their progress on their part of the industrial park study. Staff Member Nagel passed out copies of the assignment list and due dates. Under Other Business, Staff Member Nagel reported on new business contacts, County Road 21 an OMNI loan application for Carol's Furniture, and three new businesses for the Brooksville Center. Staff Memeber Nagel also brought up the following for discussion and decision: The Committee unanimously approved by voice vote application to participate in the "Minnesota Star City for Economic Development" program and directed Staff Member Nagel to write a letter to Jim Lushine, State of Minnesota Department of Energy and Economic Development indicating the Committee's desire to participate. The Committee unanimously approved by voice vote payment of $53.56 to Chris Doyle for expenses related to his student project, on behalf of the Committee, on a downtown park. It was noted that the Slim-n-Trim had closed with the space now rented to Bumber-to-Bumber Auto Parts. Under New Business, Staff Member Nagel was directed to prepare a list of steps to complete a T.I.F. District, write short summaries of programs available for economic development, and prepare a "Developers Guide", which would be a checklist of steps for new business owners to follow to meet various City requirements. Prior Lake Economic Development Committee Minutes July 26, 1984 Page Three The next scheduled meeting of the Prior Lake Economic Develop- ment Committee was set for Thursday, August 23, 1984 at 5:15 PM in the Upstairs Conference Room at Prior Lake City Hall. There being no other business, the meeting was at 6:35 PM by voice vote of the Committee. adjourned Submitted by: Mark Nagel Acting Recording Secretary MEN/jkm CITY OF PRIOR LAKE CALL TO ORDER 1. 2. 3. PRIOR LAKE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT COMMITTEE Agenda Thursday, August 25, 1984 5:15 PM Prior Lake City Hall Upstairs Conference Room Minutes of July 26, 1984 - Submitted for approval 1984 Budget Update - Memo on Current Status Prior Lake Economic Development Committee - Review of City Council Revisions Industrial Park Progress Report - Gary Solomonson Other Business a. City Manager Report b. Staff Report c. Schedule Next Meeting New Business Adjournment (612) 447-4230 4629 DAKOTA STREET S.E. P.O. BOX 359 PRIOR LAKE, MINNESOTA 55372 CITY OF PRIOR LAKE MINUTES Prior Lake Economic Development Committee August 23, 1984 The August 23, 1984 meeting of the Prior Lake Economic Development Committee was called order by Chairman Hill at 5:17 PM in the Upstairs Conference Room of the Prior Lake City Hall. bfl~4BERS PRESENT: ~BERS ABSENT: Lidy Flom, Barb Prindle, Jim Hill, Gary Gibbish, Mark Stromwall, City Manager McGuire, City Intern Marty Schmitz, and Staff Member Mark Nagel. Also present was Consultant Gary Solomonson, Maxfield & Solomonson, Inc. biike Babcock, Bob Barsness and Don Schussler. The following corrections are to be made to the minutes of July 26, 1984. Page 1, Line 9, REWORD City Manager Mike McGuire (excused) under ~E~BERS ABSENT. With corrections noted and recorded, the minutes of July 26, 1984 were read and unanimously approved by voice vote of the Committee. The first item on the agenda was a discussion on the status of 1984 and 1985 Committee budgets. City Manager McGuire noted that $20,000.00 was in the 1985 City Budget for Committee activities - approximately 6oM of that amount was for staff leaving $8,000.00 for various Committee programs. The memo from staff on the 1984 budget expenditures to date was discussed. Staff noted that the Committee will expend its remaining funds on staff salaries and the consultant. City Manager McGuire noted that the money made by the Committee on Lakefront Days would offset some of the expenses, so expenses may actually be about $1,600.00 less than the $13,300.00. He commented that the Committee should still stay within the approved budget. The next item involved a review of the By-Laws revisions by City Council. Staff passed out a re-draft based on City Council's comments. City Manager McGuire said more changes may be made, so suggested the Committee table this item. Staff's re-draft will be taken back to City Council for further work. The Committee moved to "Other Business" next and began with a Staff Report. Staff reported the following items. (612) 447-4230 4629 DAKOTA STREET S.E. P.O. BOX 359 PRIOR LAKE, MINNESOTA 55372 MINUTES Prior Lake Economic Development Committee August 23, 1984 Page Two Letter written to begin work on the "Minnesota Star City for Economic Development Program". County Commissioners have approved the location of a License Bureau in Prior Lake. It will be in either - Water's Edge Office Plaza or Brooksville Center. Brooksville Center has apparently been sold, but no word on who the buyer is. Carol's Furniture was turned down by the OMNI Program. Not enough jobs for the money requeested was given as the reason. It appears we will have the use of an SBI team in Fall to draft a "generic" marketing plan. "Business Briefs" column was in the 8/15/84 Prior Lake American. New Business openings: Video Update in the Brooksville Center, Wayzata's Children's Shop is opening its second store in Brooks- ville Center, Prior Place Bowling Center and Quality Auto Parts (next to Tom Thumb). Minnesota Community Improvement Program workbook is being written for the October 1st deadline. City Manager McGuire reported on the new computer system and its possible application to Committee activities. City staff visited the two computer firms in the running and a final decision will be made soon. Chairman Hill then asked Gary Solomonson to update the Committee on progress to date. Mr. Solomonson noted the following: He has prioritized promotional brochure examples for the Committee. Radisson is still interested in a Prior Lake location, but a developer will need to be found. He has noted a change from the traditional industrial park to a "business campus", which competes with more expensive office space. This new office/warehouse space charges $8.50 per square foot and less than $4.00 per square foot for storage. Average office supace cost is $10.50 per square foot. A strong rend toward aesthetic industrial design and strong environmental qualities has been discerned in business location, because of its preceived positive effects on employee morale. Companies that locate in Prior Lake could include a high-tech R D, consultants, and training centers. A meeting is being set up with the State of Minnesota Department of Energy and Economic Development to discuss business "incubator" space. Tapes for 6 Star Cities promotional videos will be given to the Committee to review. Also~ the final report will include parts: (1)text, (2)file box/brochures catalogue, and (3)slides. Revised work schedule is as follows: 9/1J/84 - Presentation to Committee 9/24/84 - Presentation to City Council MINUTES Prior Lake Economic Development Committee August 23, 1984 Page Three Option extension will be necessary through October 15, 1984. Draft report will be available by 9/1~/84 for the Committee to review and comment on. 8. Staff will memo both City Council and the Committee on the new time frame. 9. Mr. Solomonson has spent time developing a logo and theme for Prior Lake. 10. "Business Fair" idea is being looked at for Prior Lake. Under "New Business", Chairman Hill brought up the status of T.I.F. Districts. City Manager McGuire said that a meeting on that subject regarding the G & E Industrial Park will be set for the last week in August. The next scheduled meeting of the Prior Lake Economic Development Committee was set for Thursday~ September 1~ 1984 in the Upstairs Conference Room at Prior Lake City Hall. There being no other business~ the meeting was adjourned at 6:29 PM by voice vote of the Committee. Submitted by: Mark Nagel Acting Recording Secretary MEN/jkm CITY OF PRIOR LAKE MINUTES PRIOR LAKE ~CONOMIC DEVELOPM~qT CC~Jv~T~EE September 13, 1984 The September 13, 1984 meeting of the Prior Lake Econc~ic Development Ccm~nittee was called to order by Chairman Hill at 5:20 PM in the City Council Chambers of the Prior Lake City Hall. Lidy Flom, Barb Prindle, Jim Hill, Mark Stromwall, Mike Babcock, Bob Barsness, Don Schussler, City Manager Mike McGuire, City Intern Marty Schmitz, and Staff Member Mark Nagel. Also present was Consultant Gary Solomonson, Maxfieldand Solomonson, Inc. Gary Gibbish Prior to turning the meeting over to Gary Solomonson for a presentation of his industrial park study findings, Chairman Hill noted the following: The next meeting will be the Prior Lake City Council Workshop on the evening of September 24, 1984 at 7:30 PM in the Council Chambers. There will be no scheduled meeting on September 27th of the Co~ttee. The next reqularly scheduled meeting of the F~onomic Development Corm~ittee will be October llth at the usual time and place. Chairman Hill prefaced Mr. Solomonson's report by saying that the general intent of the study was to answer the question. Does Prior Lake have any potential for industrial growth? If so, then where is that potential? Mr. Solomonson began by updating the Cc~ttee on negotiations with the Radisson Hotel. The Radisson people definitely were interested in Prior Lake and suggested contacting Appletree Development, a division of Ellerbe, Inc. - to talk to as a developer. Mr. Solomonson will talk to Wells Fargo to finance any project. Mr. Solomonson also said that once the study is complete, he would like to follow-up on the implementation by allocating about 2 hours a week to this purpose at no charge. Mr. Solomonson then reviewed the outline (attached) with the Cc~mittee. The Conm~ttee reco~nended putting II.C. - Business List in the appendices, but keeping the sun~naries of the business survey, citizen survey, and design study in the main part of the study, because of its interest to (612) 447-4230 4629 DAKOTA STREET S.E. P.O. BOX 359 PRIOR LAKE, MINNESOTA 55372 potential developers. Mark Stromwall suggested that Mr. Solor~Dnson prepare an Executive ~ of 4 to 5 pages due to the apparent length of the report. Mr. Solom~nson will add that to the report. Much discussion also ensued over the definition of a "business incubator" and its possible implementation in Prior Lake. Staff member Mark Nagel will pick up copies of the draft for distribution to the Con~nittee and City Council on Wednesday, September 19th or Thursday, September 20th. Chairman Hill closed the meeting by reminding everyone of the next two meetings. The meeting of the Prior Lake Economic Development Co~ttee was adjourned by voice vote of the members at 6:23 PM. Submitted by: Mark E. Nagel Recording Secretary Maxfidd& $olomonson PRIOR LAKE NEW BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT MARKET STUDY Cover Letter Acknowledgements Table of Contents I. Purpose and Scope of Study Be Market Review and Analysis: Market Review and Analysis: Existing Industrial Park Planned Business Park C. Market Review and Analysis: Planned New Downtown Area D. Development and Marketing Concept Recommendations E. Identification of Potential Target Markets for the Three Areas F. Procedural Recommendations II. Prior Lake Community Profile A. Demographic Profile 2. 3. 4. 5. Population Households Economic Real Estate Profile and Values Growth Projections Maxileld & Solomonson, Inc./620 Kickernick Building 430 First Avenue North/Minneapolis MN 55401/Phone (612) 338-0012 Page Two B. Industry Profile C. Prior Lake Business Listings D. Summary of 1984 Business Survey Ee Fe Summary of Small Business Institute Project Summary of Prior Lake Desig(n Study III. Prior Lake Survey: Existing and Planned A. Heavy Industrial B. Light Industrial C. Office/Manufacturing D. Office/Warehouse E. Retail/Warehouse IV. F. Office Retail Competitive Market Area Survey: Existing and Planned A. Heavy Industrial B. Light Industrial C. Office/Manufacturing D. Office/Warehouse Ee Retail/Warehouse F. Office Retail Page Three Ve VI. Vll~, IX. G. Summary of NAIOP Industrial Space Update H. Summary of Metropolitan Council Update Summary of Findings of II, III, and IV Summary of Findings for Existing Industrial Park Sqmmary of Findings for .Planne, d ~~l-Park p-, ' Conclusions and Recommendations A. Existing Industrial Park 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. Target Markets Product Definition Price Considerations Terms Marketing Considerations Procedural Considerations B. Planned ~ Park 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. Target Markets Product Definition Price Considerations Terms Marketing Considerations Procedural Considerations C. Planned New Downtown Area 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. Target Markets Product Definition Price Considerations Terms Marketing Considerations Procedural Considerations Page Four D. ~ Business Incubator E. Resort-Conference Hotel F. Magnet Business Development Plan 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. Target Markets Product Definition Price Considerations Terms Marketing Considerations Procedural Considerations G. Prior Lake Industrial/Commercial Site Selection Handbook H. Market Positioning: Planned laa~Eiaj~q=t~ Park I. Promotional Concepts: Planned Ja~t~44~ie~Park J. Image Development for Prior Lake K. Strategy for Existing Business Development and Impact on Planned Industrial Park CITY OF PRIOR LAKE PRIOR LAKE ~CONf~4IC DEVELOPM~ ~T~EE Agenda October, 11, 1984 5:15 PM Prior Lake City Hall Upstairs Conference Rocm Call to order 1. Minutes of August 23, 1984 and September 13, 1984 Submitted for Approval. 2. Industrial Park Study 3. Lakefront Days Planning cu~,~,~ttee - Report by Gary Gibbish 4. Minnesota C~,,~t~nity Improvement Program 5. Other Business a. City Manager's Report b. Staff Report c. Schedule Next Meeting 6. New Business 7. Adjournment (612) 447-4230 4629 DAKOTA STREET S.E. P.O. BOX 359 PRIOR LAKE, MINNESOTA 553]'2 CITY OF PRIOR LAKE MINUTES PRIOR LAKE ~OONCFiIC DEVELO~ October 11, 1984 The October 11, 1984 meeting of the Prior Lake Economic Development Co~nittee was called to order by Chairman Hill at 5:22 PM in the Upstairs Conference Room of the Prior Lake City Hall. Mike Babcock, Lidy Flora, Gary Gibbish, Bob Barsness, Jim Hill, Mark Stromwall, City Intern Marty Schmitz, City Manager Mike McGuire, and Staff Memeber Mark Nagel. Barb Prindle and Don Schussler. Chairman Hill noted that all Conm~ittee m~mbers who attended the Prior Lake City Council Workshop on the evening of September 24th will be given credit for an extra meeting. Members receiving credit are Jim Hill, Barb Prindle, Lidy Flcm and Bob Barsness. The minutes of August 23, 1984 and September 13, 1984 were read and unaminously approved byvoice vote of the Con~nittee. City Manager McGuire passed out a memorandum to the Conm~ittee members regarding the option on the Visions VIII property. Basically, the memorandum concludes that the option should not be extended, but that a separate task force be set up to study the findings of the Maxfield & Solcmonson, Inc. report. The Committee recomnended that Jim Hill and Lidy Flc~ represent the Economic Development Committee on the proposed Task Force. City Manager McGuire said he would inform the Mayor of the Cc~rmittee's recommendation. He then added that the Conraittee was directed by the City Council to continue to work on the business institute and hotel/motel complex ideas with Mr. Solomonson. Staff member Nagel reported that Mr. Solomonson hoped to have the study completed in final form byearly next week. Gary Gibbish reported that planning for the 1985 Lakefront Days festivi- ties were under way. About 25 people showed up for the meeting on September 18th to start the process for the event tentatively set to be held on Saturday, July 13 and Sunday, July 14, 1985. Another organi- zational meeting has been set for October 16, 1984 at 7:00 PM in Prior Lake City Council Chambers. All organizations have been invited to this meeting by letter, so final dates for the 1985 Lakefront Days can be set. (612) 447-4230 4629 DAKOTA STREET S.E. P.O. BOX 359 PRIOR LAKE, MINNESOTA 55372 Bob Barsness said that the workbook for the Minnesota Cc~munity Improve- ment Program was turned into the State of Minnesota on October 1, 1984 and the site visit took place on October 9th. Bob Barsness said that the Conxnittee would be informed the week of October 15th of the results. If the Committee receives an award, Jim Hill, Bob Barsness, and Lidy Flom will attend the award presentation on October 25th - "C~,,mm%ity Recog- nition Day" in St. Cloud. City Manager McGuire reported that the Capital Improvement Plan would be discussed during a Prior Lake City Council Workshop on October 22, 1984. It was suggested that the Co~ittee review the preliminary Capital Improvements Plan and provide their input. Mike McGuire also noted that County Road 21 work has begun, although the Muelken Oil Cc~pany situation has not yet been resolved. Finally, he noted that some interest has been expressed in a downtown shopping center by local developers, but nothing firm has been proposed yet. Staff Member Mark Nagel reported on the following items: Latest "Business Briefs" is complete and should be published in the next couple of weeks in the Prior Lake American. T.I.F. work to establish the G. & E. Industrial Park District has been started. Ed Tschida of Professional Planning and Development C~mpany will assist in setting up the District. To date, there are three projects tentatively scheduled for development: $564,000.00, 8 unit building primarily for storage/warehousing - construction to start in 1984. An addition to the Scott-Rice Telephone Company Building. Muelken Oil Company - bulk storage tanks/office. The increment, along with assessments, will be used to pay an estimated $650,000.00 in public improvements. Staff is assisting in the preparation of an I.R.D.B. application for 10,000 square foot professional building that will have a branch of the Prior Lake State Bank and Medical Clinic. Estmated market value is $900,000.00 and it will bring 27 new jobs to the conm~3nity. Nell Boderman, an Edina C.P.A. has purchased the Brooksville Center. Mr. Boderman is having KKE Architects prepare plans with inside work to be done this winter and outside improvements scheduled for 1985-86. Mr. Boderman will be meeting with the tenants to go over proposed plans on Tuesday, October 16, 1984 at 7:00 PM. The new "Partners in Fitness" business has opened on Dakota Street - Staff spent time with the new owners finding a suitable location and providing information on the availability and cost of existing rental space. Hobson's Choice, a retail pet food outlet, is now open in Franklin Trail Office Condc~ini~ns. Finally, Main Street Video has relocated in the space next to OK Hardware. The next scheduled meeting of the Prior Lake Economic Development Cc~it- tee was set for Thursday, Noven%ber 8, 1984 in the Upstairs Conference Room at the Prior Lake City Hall. There being no New Business, the meeting was adjourned at 6:20 PM by a voice vote of the Committee. Submitted by: Mark Nagel, Acting Recording Secretary CITY OF PRIOR LAKE PRIOR LAKE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT COMMITTEE Agenda November 8, 1984 5:15 Prior Lake City Hall Upstairs Conference Room CALL TO ORDER btinutes of October 11, 1984. Presentation of btinnesota Bob Barsness Status of Marketing Study Subcommittee Reports Other Business 5.1 Staff Report 5.2 City Manager's Report 5.3 Schedule Next Meeting New Business 7. Adjournment Submitted for approval. Community Improvement Program Award (612) 447-4230 4629 DAKOTA STREET S.E. P.O. BOX 359 PRIOR LAKE, MINNESOTA 55372 CITY OF PRIOR LAKE Prior Lake Economic Development Committee November 8, 1984 The November 8, 1984 meeting of the Prior Lake Economic Development Committee was called to order at 5:18 PM in the Upstairs Conference Room of the Prior Lake City Hall. Mike Babcock, Don Schussler, Mark Stromwall, Lidy Flora, Bob Barsness, City Manager Mike McGuire, City Intern Marty Schmitz, Planning Consultant Charles Tooker, and Staff Member Mark Nagel. Barb Prindle, Gary Gibbish (excused) and Jim Hill (excused). The minutes of October 11, 1984 were read and unanimously approved by voice vote of the Comittee. Bob Barsness was present to show the Committee the Minnesota Commmity Improvement Program award won by the Con~ittee for its economic/coam~nity development work. The award was presented on October 25, 1984 by Governor Perpich in St. Cloud. The City of Prior Lake was one of seven, out of 45 competing cities, that won an award. City Manager McGuire said that Jim Hill and Bob Barsness are scheduled to present the award to the Prior Lake City Council on Monday, November 19, 1984. Staff Member Nagel updated the Committee on the status of the marketing study. It was the consensus of the Committee to have it available as soon as possible, so that the Task Force can begin to review his findings. City Manager McGuire noted that the option had been extended until January 31, 1985 to give the Task Force time to make its recon~endation. From the Subcomaittees the following items were noted: (1)The next Lakefront Days meeting is set for November 13, 1984 in the Upstairs Conference Room at Prior Lake City Hall at 7:00 PM, (2)The Prior Lake Chamber of Commerce will sponsor a "Business Appreciation Happy Hour" at the V.F.W. on Friday, November 16, 1984 from 5:30 PM to 7:30 PM for $7.50. Members of the Conm%ittee agreed that it was good to seen another organization take over an event started by the Committee, and (3)The City of Prior Lake was mentioned in a recent MINNEAPOLIS TRIBUNE article concerning the Governor's Design Team. (612) 447-4230 4629 DAKOTA STREET S.E. P.O. BOX 359 PRIOR LAKE, MINNESOTA 55372 Under Other Business, Staff reported on the following items of interest. Committee members were given an article from ~ ~ Bus,ss regarding Prior Lake's consideration of a small business incubator" . II. The St. Thomas Small Business Development Center will work with the Committee on a "generic" marketing program beginning next Spring. III. The City of Prior Lake received $700,000.00 in I.D.R.B. capacity from the City of Richfiled to make available for a new banking/medical facility. Construction will begin in January, 1985 and be completed in May, 1985 and will add 27 new jobs to the co~m~mity. IV® Tax Increment Financing proposal is being prepared for "G & E Industrial Park" and should be ready for presentation at the next Committee Meeting. Staff met with Neil Boderman, the new owner of Brooksville Center, regarding future plans. Mr. Boderman, who owns shopping centers in Roseville, and West St. Paul, has renamed it "Priordale Mall" and plans $500,000.00 in renovations. A new heating/cooling system has been installed and inside work is expected to begin later this month. VI. Main Street Hair Company in opening their third outlet in Priordale Mall on November 6th. City Manager McGuire reported that the new computer system is being installed at City Hall and an orientation session for Committee members will be held on Monday, November 26, 1984 at 7:30 PM. The Economic Development Committee By-Laws were approved by the Prior Lake City Council and copies of the final draft will be given to the Committee at the next meeting. The next scheduled meeting of the Prior Lake Economic Development Committee was set for Thursday, December 13, 1984 at 5:15 PM in the Upstairs Conference Room at the Prior Lake City Hall. There being no new business, the meeting was adjourned at 6:08 PM by a voice vote of the Committee. Submitted by: Mark E. Nagel ~ting Recording Secretary CITY OF PRIOR LAKE FEIEH IAKE E(~I3ViIC ~ ~TIEE Agenda Wednesday, Deeen/)er 12, 1984 5~15 ~ Prior ~ke ~ty ~11 ~stairs ~nference ~ Minutes of Previous Meeting Update on Gary Solcrnonson Study 'q)evelopment Potential for New Business Par k" 3. Tax Iner~nent District - G & E Industrial Park by Ed Tehida 4. Staff Reports a) City 1Vhnager on City Hal 1 Inlurova~ents b) 1Vhrk Nagle on Staff Replaea~ents 5. Sub-~md ttee Review 6. Next Meeting - January 10, 1985 @ 5:15 PM (612) 447-4230 4629 DAKOTA STREET S.E. P.O. BOX 359 PRIOR LAKE, MINNESOTA 55372 CITY OF PRIOR LAKE MINUTES OF THE PRIOR LAKE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT COMMITTEE December 13, 1984 Chairman Hill called the meeting to order at 5:15 PM in the Upstairs Conference room of Prior Lake City Hall. MEMBERS PRESENT: Jim Hill, Lidy Flom, Bob Barsness and Mike McGuire MEMBERS ABSENT: Mike Babcock, Don Schussier, Mark Stromwall, Barb Prindle and Gary Gibbish ALSO PRESENT: Intern Marty Schmitz, Consultant Charles Tooker, Staff Member Mark Nagel Chairman Hill asked for comments on the meeting of November 8, 1984. Motion by Barsness, seconded by Flom to approve the minutes of November 8, 1984 as presented. A.P.I.F motion carried. Member McGuire reviewed the current status of the Solomonson Study 'Development Potential for New Business Park" which is currently six months overdue. General discussion indicated that a published report prior to the regular meeting on January 10, 1985 is probably optimistic. Chairman Hill introduced Ed Tchida of Professional Planning and Development Company, Inc. of Mankato Minnesota, to review his draft reports on Municipal Development District #1, and Tax Increment Financing District #1. Mr. Tchida began with a review of the concept of the Tax Increment Financing relating it to G&E Industrial Park. Considerable time was spent in a review of the effect such a district would have on Prior Lake with regard to the Fiscal Disparities Act. While the City needs some time to review the proposal, Mr. Tchida indicated that pending investments in the area, suggest that a decision will need to be made early in 1985. Mike McGuire was asked to review the most recent proposal by Close Associates regarding further updating of City Hall. He said that the Council has asked for more refined estimates of an expansion of 1800 square feet on two levels. Mark Nagel announced that the new director of Scott County Housing and Redevelopment Authority is Don Levens who is currently employed by St. Paul Housing and Redevelopment Authority. His first day on the job will be January 14, 1985 and his previous background strongly emphasizes on Economic Development. Those members present asked that a resume be mailed prior to the next meeting. (612) 447-4230 4629 DAKOTA STREET S.E. P.O. BOX 359 PRIOR LAKE, MINNESOTA 55372 The Committee reviewed the proposed 1985 Budget submitted by Lakefront Days Subcommittee. Motion by Barsness, seconded by Hill to approve the 1985 Lakefront Days Budget as submitted. A.P.I.F. motion carried. The Committee discussed the possibility of establishing a Tax Increment District downtown to capitalize on the structure now being built by Gary Gibbish. Bob Barsness indicated that he would explore the possibility with Member Gibbish. Motion to adjourn at 6:45 PM. A.P.I.F. motion carried. Submitted by: Charles Tooker Acting Recording Secretary