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PRIOR LAKE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT COMMITTEE
JANUARY 22, 1991
MEETING AGENDA
7:00 A.M. - 9:00 A.M.
COUNCIL CHAMBERS, CITY HALL
I. Approve Minutes for January 11, 1991 EDC Workshop
* Attached EDC Workshop Minutes
II. Approve 1990 EDC Annual Report and 1991 Work Proqram
* Attached Report and Work Program
III. Confirm Lunch Date with Dick Underferth and Brad Larson
for January 30, 1991 at 12:00 Noon - Hollvwood Inn
IV. Discuss Potential Senior Housinq Contacts
* Attached Copy of Policy and Letter from Wayne Annis
V. Discuss Meetinq with Citv council on Development
Philosophies
VI. Review Star City Proqram
A. Review Draft of One Year Plan
B. Review Draft of Five Year Program
C. Collect all BRE Interviews
VII. Ad;ournment
ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT COMMITTEE MEETING MINUTES
ANNUAL WORKSHOP
JANUARY 11, 1991
Members present:
Chairman Bob Barsness, Dar Fosse, Ray Lemler,
Dave Miller, Darcy Running, Nat Wisser, J1m
Hill, Bill Packer, Dave Unmacht, Rachel
VanDenBoom, and Kay Schmudlach
I. Approve Minutes of December 11, 1990 EDC Meetinq
MOTION BY JIM HILL, SECONDED BY NAT WISSER, TO APPROVE
THE DECEMBER 11, 1990 EDC MINUTES AS READ. THE MOTION
PASSED UNANIMOUSLY.
II. Review the 1990 Activities
The Economic Development Committee reviewed the draft of
the 1990 Annual Report and made some changes. The
Economic Development Committee also requested that Kay
reduce the volume of the report.
The Economic Development Committee took
break at 8:00 a.m. to have breakfast and
general discussion of economic development
and direction for 1991.
a scheduled
continued a
philosophies
III. strateqic Planninq for 1991 EDC Activities
City Manager Unmacht introduced the purpose of the
Annual Workshop and covered some issues that he felt the
Economic Development Committee should address. The
Economic Development Committee talked generallr about
philosophy of development, their relationship w1th the
City Council, outreach to the community, and providing
the liaison su~port between the businesses and
government that 1S not being accomplished by the Chamber
of Commerce. The Economic Development Committee also
talked about stren9thening their outreach to include the
local media and pr10rities for the 1990's.
Mr. Unmacht asked for a report from Kay on the star City
Program. Kay reported that the state program
representatives would be coming to Prior Lake on Tuesday
to meet with Kay, Dave Unmacht and Bob Barsness. The
two remaining documents identified by the state are the
Business Retention Expansion Interview and the One Year
Work Program. The following people were identified to
conduct the BRE interviews. The One Year Program will
be updated by staff following the meeting with the state
officials.
hOb Barsness
JRachel VanDenBoom
J'Dave Miller
./Ray Lemley
D~rcy Running .It.f./
B1ll Packer,..... '\)Rfl'-
~at Wisser
Dar Fosse
~ Jim Hill
Jere Phillips
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Prior Lake state Bank
Edina Realty
Radermacher's Super Valu
Hollywood Inn
NOREX
Scott Rice Tele~hone
Prior Lake Mach1ne
Rainbow Play Systems
MNTEX
Prior Lake Sanitation
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Following the star City discussion the Economic
Development Committee listed a series of activities they
felt they should be participating in 1991. The issues
listed included the continued implementation of the
Business Office Park study; continuing to work with
possible senior housing development professionals;
providing a vision for our City including a revisitation
with the Prior Lake 2000; working with staff, City
Council, and Planning commission on the Comprehensive
Plan; completing marketing of the vacant office space;
work with Scott County on their Comprehensive Plan
guidin9 them on our roadway improvements; continue to
work w1th Scott County Transportation Coalition and
Scott County Economic Development Coalition; strengthen
the communication with the Chamber; work on a
commercial/retail development tax increment policy and
revisit the revolving loan program; provide outreach to
businesses in the form of public relations; ~rovide
outreach to regional development entities, market1ng our
City; provide outreach to cottage industries to see if
we can locate some of them in our office buildings that
are vacant; provide ongoing sup~ort in the form of
project review; complete and ma1ntain the Star City
Program; and hold some type of business conference with
our local businesses to review the state of affairs for
businesses in Prior Lake.
IV. Prioritization of Activities
The Economic Develo~ment Committee then went through a
process of identifY1ng and fine tuning each of the
activities mentioned, grouping some of them, eliminating
some of them, putting them on a time frame and
designating a person who is responsible for this
activity. The committee did not discuss whether they
would operate in a formal subcommittee system, but did
discuss having subcommittees for some of these
activities. During the course of the year the Economic
Development Committee may choose to identify ad hoc
committees as needed. The prioritization of activities
is included on the attached pages and will be used as a
guide for our work plan for 1991.
V.
Conclusion
The committee discussed in general the direction of the
Economic Development Committee, the need to communicate
better with the City Council, and a positive feeling
towards the direction the City is going in.
The next Economic Development Committee meeting will be
JanUarr 22, 1991. As mentioned previously, the
Econom1c Development Committee has been given
assignments for their star City Program ongoing
maintenance, individuals are requested to have their
interviews completed by January 21, 1991.
The Economic Development Committee concluded at 11:45
a.m.
PRIOR LAKE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT COMMITTEE
FEBRUARY 12, 1991
MEETING AGENDA
7:00 A.M. - 9:00 A.M.
COUNCIL CHAMBERS CITY HALL
I.
Approve Minutes for January 22. 1991 EDC Meetinq
*Attached EDC Meeting Minutes
*Attached Code of Ethics
II.
star city Proqram Submittals
*Attached Copy of One Year Strategy
- Recap BRE Survey
- Update on Community Profile Update
- Meetin9 date for developer contact training
Star C1ty Assessment Survey
III. Business Office Park Implementation
IV. Update on Senior Housinq Contacts
V. Review First Draft of the Commercial/Retail Development
Policy
*Attached First Draft
VI. Chamber Report
VI I . SCEDC
*Draft Bylaws/Joint Powers Agreement
IX.
Other Business
*Dick Underferth Lunch Meeting
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ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT COMMITTEE MEETING MINUTES
JANUARY 22, 1991
Members present:
Chairman Bob Barsness, Jim Hill, Dave Miller,
Darcy Running, Nat Wisser, Ray Lemley, and Kay
Schmudlach
The Economic Development Committee was called to order at 7:00
A.M. by Chairman Barsness.
I. Approve the Minutes for January 11, 1991 EDC Workshop
MOTION BY NAT WISSER, SECONDED BY DAVE MILLER TO APPROVE
THE JANUARY 11, 1991 EDC WORKSHOP MEETING MINUTES AS
PRESENTED. THE MOTION PASSED UNANIMOUSLY.
II. Approve the 1990 EDC Annual Report and the 1991 Work
Proqram
MOTION BY JIM HILL, SECONDED BY DAVE MILLER, TO APPROVE
BOTH REPORTS AS WRITTEN WITH MINOR MODIFICATIONS TO THE
ONE YEAR WORK PROGRAM. THE MOTION PASSED UNANIMOUSLY.
III. Confirm Lunch Date with Dick Underferth and Brad Larson
The lunch date with Dick Underferth and Brad Larson has
not been set as of yet. The January 30 luncheon had to
be cancelled. When Dar Fosse gives me the date Kay will
forward it to all the EDC members.
IV. Discuss Potential Senior Housinq Contacts
Attached is a copy of the policy and letter from Wayne
Annis. The Committee discussed an approach to
contacting Senior housing representatives. Kay
indicated she had been contacted by a John Arkell from
The Cottages. Kay met with him to discuss the
potential sites and the Senior Housing Policy. Nat
Wisser volunteered to follow-up with a phone call to Mr.
Arkell and also a phone call to Bill Kempf from Helgeson
and Associates. Bob Barsness indicated he would call
Jack Nugent to let him know th~t our Senior Housing
Policy has been approved and to determine his level of
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interest with a future project. At the time that we
have a potential developer available, the Committee will
arrange a meeting to walk through the Senior Housing
Policy with them, to discuss our thoughts on where the
development should occur, and the potential for phasing
in a Nursing Home.
v. Discuss Meetinq With city Council and Development
Philosophies
Bob Barsness reported that he had met with Mayor Andren
and the results of the meeting were excellent. Bob
indicated that the Maror and he were open and expressed
their concerns and op1nions of the role of the
Economic Development Committee. Bob reported that the
EDC had provided a liaison with the businesses which
staff has not been successful in doing. He further
indicated that he thought the EDC had brought the right
people together and that in many instances had made a
deal work. Examples of this would be the MNTEX deal,
the Rick Swenson deal and also had weeded out some
problems with Steve Nielson.
Bob indicated that he had spoken to the Mayor regarding
staff's problems in dealing with developers at times.
Bob indicated he thought staff could be extremelr hard
to deal with and that at times we are antagonist1c and
unresponsive.
The Mayor and Bob further discussed whether the EDC
should be discussing housing and the issue of
annexation. Bob indicated that the Council should not
be threatened by the EDC's interest that they are not
doing this as a result of a conflict of interest, but
our concern with housing as housing is the main economic
issue in the City at this time. The Haror had requested
that the EDC consider the Planning Comm1ssion's Code of
Ethics and adopt one of their own. Bob indicated to Kay
that he would like to see a copy of the code and that he
thought it was an excellent idea that we adopt a Code of
Ethics.
As a result of this conversation the EDC discussed
talking to development experts to discuss housing
development philosophies. Kay reported that the
Planning Commission has brought in two different
development company personnel to meet with them at their
Plannin9 Retreat to discuss housing developments. One
being S1enna and the second being Lundgren Brothers.
Kay reported that she would request that the EDC be
invited to attend this meeting and would be sending out
notices if that is acceptable.
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VI. Review star city Proqram
Bob reported that Kay, Dave Unmacht and he had met with
Harry Rosefelt and Joyce Simons with the Minnesota
Department of Trade and Economic Development star City
Pr09ram on January 15, 1991. The meeting was very
~os1tive and the results were that the EDC must amend
1ts One Year strategy and also complete its Business
Retention/Expansion Program. Kar will be redrafting the
One Year strategy and working w1th Bob to submit it
along with the Business Retention/Expansion Program.
Following the submittals of these two documents, the
star City Program officials will be reviewing the
complete program and sending Bill Coleman out to work
with our developer contact group. Following our
training program with Bill Coleman, the EDC development
contact group will be asked to host a meeting with state
officials and private developers to make sure that we
know our economic development policies, procedures and
our ability to work with development personnel.
VII. Other Business
The Economic Development Committee talked' about the
Business Office Park study draft. Kay reported that she
had talked to Greg Foster and encouraged him to attend
the February 4, 1991 City Council meeting. Kay felt
that the Council should hear directly from an industrial
business person that if we do not extend sewer and water
out to that district Mr. Foster will be moving his
business to another town.
Economic Development Committee members are also
encouraged to attend the February 4 City Council
meeting. Kay further indicated that she had a phone
call from Bryce Huemoeller who is representing the B & D
Bar and interested in the downtown redevelopment
project, specifically the Revolving Loan Program. Kay
reported that the program was no longer being
considered. Bob Barsness asked Kay to tell Bryce to
call him directly regarding the elements of the
Revolving Loan Program.
VIII.
Adiournment
The Economic Development Committee meeting adjourned at
8:30 A.M.
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PRIOR LAKE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT COMMITTEE
FEBRUARY 26, 1991
MEETING AGENDA
7:00 A.M. - 9:00 A.M.
COUNCIL CHAMBERS CITY HALL
I. Approve Minutes for Februarv 12. 1991 EDC Meetinq
*Attached EDC Meeting Minutes
II. Approve EDC Code of Ethics
*Attached Code of Ethics
III. Report on star City Proqress
*Marketing Drawing
*Fina1 Amendments to the One Year Plan - Handout
*Attached Self Assessment Survey
*Follow up with Red Flag Businesses
IV.
Report on Meetinq with County Enqineer
Commissioner
V.
Update on Senior Housinq contact~
VI.
Update on Business Office Park Implementation
VII.
Review Draft of Commercial/Retail TIF Polic~
VIII.
Chamber Report
IX.
Report on SCEDC
X.
SCTC Fund Raisinq Subcommittee Report
XI.
Discuss Meetinq with James Company
XII.
Other Business
*Attached article from MN Real Estate Journal
XIII.
Adiournment
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County
ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT COMMITTEE MEETING MINUTES
FEBRUARY l2, 1991
Members present:
Chairman Bob Barsness, Jim Hill,
Nielson, Bill Packer, Darcy Running,
Lemley, Dar Fosse, and Dave Unmacht
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The Economic Development Committee was called to order at 7:10
A.M. by Chairman Barsness.
I. Approve the EDC Minutes for January 22, 1991
1. MOTION BY JIM HILL, SECONDED BY BOB BARSNESS, TO
APPROVE THE JANUARY 22, 1991 EDC MEETING MINUTES AS
PRESENTED. THE MOTION PASSED UNANIMOUSLY.
Dar Fosse stated for the record that he was in
attendance at the January 22, 1991 meeting.
Jim Hill passed out general information
Minnesota Real Estate Journal and from the
Council on housing valuation information.
2. Discussion of Proposed Code of Ethics:
Members discussed the proposed Code of Ethics
distributed from staff. The sample code was from
the Planning Commission Bylaws. Discussion
occurred on the applicability to the EDC and the
importance of disclosing a relationship between a
member and an issue before the discussion. Staff
was directed to rework the Code of Ethics to
incorporate comments presented at the meeting.
from the
Metropolitan
II. Star City Proqram Submittals
Chairman Bob Barsness reported on the results of the
State's review of the City'S submittals. Chairman
Barsness indicated that a marketing presentation and
trainin9 session will be held in the near future.
Discuss10n occurred on the need to organize the
presentation and select people to ~articipate. Chairman
Barsness indicated that he would d1SCUSS this with staff
member Kay Schmudlach.
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III. Business Office Park Implementation
Chairman Barsness highlighted the actions of the City
Council on February 4, 1991. City Manager Unmacht
reviewed the staff meeting which was held on Monday,
Februar~ 11 regarding the distribution of
responslbilities for the remaining work on each task.
Unmacht discussed the timetable for gathering this
information. Discussion occurred on the role of the EDC
and Planning Commission in evaluating information
gathered by staff.
IV. Update on Senior Housinq Contacts
Chairman Barsness initiated a brief discussion on this
item.
V. Review First Draft of the Tax Increment Financinq
Policy
No discussion occurred on this item.
VI. Chamber Report
Chairman Barsness requested that Kay follow
letter to Laurie Hartmann with respect to
Chamber and EDC activities.
up on his
the joint
VII. SCEDO
A discussion of the Scott County
Organization, its agreement and
Chairman Barsness indicated that he
Schmudlach for details.
Economic
details
would
Development
was held.
contact Kay
VIII.
Other Business
Discussion occurred on the Planning Commission Retreat.
City Manager Unmacht reported that information he
received back from the retreat has been positive. Ray
Lemley spent extensive time reviewing his notes from the
meeting. Lemley indicated that the discussion was very
informative and an open discussion occurred between the
Plannin9 Commission, staff and the developers.
Discuss10n occurred on the ~erception of the difficulty
dealing with the City of Pr10r Lake. Some suggestions
on how to work on mending this perception were outlined.
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The general theme was that the City should try to help
find wa~s to make positive things happen instead of
continu1ng the perception of trying to create road
blocks to prevent things from happening. other
suggested ideas for change were also discussed.
Matters of general interest were discussed by members
including the Lake Review Committee Workshop on January
19. Bill Packer discussed the Town Center Business
Association, its purpose, its projects and its structure
with the various subcommittees. A brief discussion
occurred on the Redevelopment Committee and the plans
for the Town Center Association with regard to a
potential redevelopment improvement project.
Discussion occurred on Rainbow Play Systems Proposal.
Dar Fosse updated the members on the meeting between Kay
and Gary. Dar indicated that Gary was reviewing the
code requirements with respect to the proposal by
Rainbow Play Systems.
Jim Hill requested that staff meet with the James
Company to talk about their future plans at the
intersection of County Road 42 and Highway 13.
A brief discussion occurred on the Sign Ordinance Forum
held on Wednesday, February 6, 1991.
IX. Adiournment
The Economic Development Committee meeting adjourned at
8:45 A.M.
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"ETHIC"
ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT COMMITTEE ETHICS
PURPOSE: The purpose of this section is to ~rovide broad
guidelines for the conduct of individual Econom1C Develo~ment
Committee members. Each Economic Development Comm1ttee
member must bear the responsibility of adherence to these
guidelines. In the event a problem presents itself, the
chairperson shall take the initiative to resolve it in a
manner most appropriate.
Economic Development Committee members who have an ongoing or
vested interest with an applicant or parties with si~nificant
interest in an Economic Development Committee d1scussion
shall state the issue and/or relationship. The Economic
Development Committee shall consider the participation of the
individual on a case by case basis.
( 1)
(2)
An Economic Development Committee member's o~inion pertaining
to a function, organization or specific appl1cation shall not
be given to the media unless there is a clear qualification
that the opinion is that of the a member and not that of the
entire Committee. If an Economic Development Committee
member gives or represents the opinion(s) of the Economic
Development Committee those opinion(s) must be approved by a
consensus of the Economic Development Committee and recorded
it its minutes.
(3) Economic Development Committee members shall conduct
themselves as professionals when representing the Committee.
(4) An Economic Development Committee member shall avoid any
appearance of impropriety.
(5) If applicable, an Economic Development Committee member shall
make every attempt to visit the site prior to discussing site
related issues.
1991 STAR CITY SELF-ASSESSMENT SURVEY
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The "Self-Assessment Survey" was designed as a tool to help your organization
decide if any components of your economic development program can benefit from
additional focus.
Prior to a Star City meeting each member of an appropriate organizational
subcommittee should independently complete one survey. Instructions are very
straight forward, please circle one answer per question for each section and
circle one response in the corresponding "Overall Assessment" section. In a
planning meeting, the subcommittee members should compare responses with each
other and discuss their answers with the Star City organization as a whole.
If a majority have not answered each question the same way, the organization
should explore the reasons why and reach a consensus. The organization's
consensus answers should be entered on to a final survey document, a copy of
which is due in the DTED Office by the 15th of Februarj.
The Self-Assessment Survey provides a Star City an unique opportunity to
identify and evaluate where the economic development plan has taken the
community over the past year. This valuable information will provide Star
Cities with a key resource and opportunity to fine tune its 1991 Action Plan
and design successful strategies that are locally beneficial and create jobs
and expanded taxbase.
The Survey Key is as follows:
SPECIFIC ASSESSMENT
A=AGREE
0=0 I SAGREE
NS=NOT SURE
I. TOURISM
A 0 NS 1. The board is involved in setting tourism policy.
A 0 NS 2. A budget has been set to guide policy implementation.
A 0 NS 3. A specific tourism objective has been identified to
improve economic impact on the community.
A 0 NS 4. Measurement indicators have been defined for determining
the success of tourism activities.
A 0 NS 5. The organization has sponsored in-service training for
tourism related businesses.
Tourism Proaram Overall Assessment:
EXCELLENT, GOOD, FAIR, POOR
II. MARKETING MATERIALS
A 0 NS 1. The present promotional material accurately reflects the
present status of the organization.
A 0 NS 2. The Star City organization proactively identifies prospect
opportunities.
A 0 NS 3. The Organization has defined objectives and individuals
have been assigned specific tasks.
A 0 NS 4. Press releases have been effectively used by the commission
to reinforce accomplishments.
MarketinQ Materials Overall Assessment: EXCELLENT, GOOD, FAIR, POOR
II I. BUSINESS RETENTION
A 0 NS 1. Major employers have been surveyed by community leaders.
A 0 NS 2. The organization has attempted to resolve all red flag
issues identified by businesses.
A 0 NS 3. The community has been informed of the results of the
survey.
A 0 NS 4. Survey results have been integrated into the overall
economic development strategy.
A 0 NS 5. A Retail Survey has been completed and information
collected is used to develop target market strategies.
A 0 NS 6. Businesses have been referred to the appropriate service
provider or assisted through workshops.
A 0 NS 7, Business ROUND TABLE discussions have been held.
A 0 NS 8. Businesses are highlighted in regular newspaper/newsletter
articles and business appreciation events held.
Busine~s Retention
Overall Assessment:
EXCELLENT, GOOD, FAIR, POOR
IV. ORGANIZATIONAL DEVELOPMENT
A 0 NS 1. The organization meets on a regular basis.
A 0 NS 2. The membership receives meeting minutes.
A 0 NS 3. New volunteers are regularly recruited.
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ORGANIZATIONAL DEVELOPMENT--cont'd.
A 0 NS 4. The Star City Video is used to provide an initial
orientation for new members.
A 0 NS 5. The organization encourages participation through an Annual
Recognition Program.
A 0 NS 6. Star City Commissioners are actively involved in setting
goals and objectives and the annual evaluation process.
A 0 NS 7. Star City Commissioners are actively involved in carrying
out activities of the Annual Action Plan.
A 0 NS 8. All Star City Commission positions are currently filled.
A 0 NS 9. All major community stakeholders are represented on the
Commission.
A 0 NS 10. Leadership and in-service training is provided to the
Commission.
A 0 NS 11. The Star City Program has a current mission statement.
Oraanilational Devel.
Overall Assessment:
EXCELLENT, GOOD, FAIR, POOR
V. FINANCE
A 0 NS 1. Within the last twelve months the organization provided
deal packaging assistance to a prospective business
assistance.
A 0 NS 2. Formal policies guide decisions.
A 0 NS 3. A Revolving Loan Fund has been established.
A 0 NS 4. Existing loans are current.
A 0 NS 5. A local banker serves on the finance committee.
A 0 NS 6. Within the last twelve months the community has used local,
state or federal funding to assist in financing at least
one local business.
Finance Overall Assessment:
EXCELLENT, GOOD, FAIR, POOR
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VI. MANUFACTURING RECRUITING
A 0 NS 1. Through community analysis, the program is targeted and
defines specific steps on how to achieve objectives.
A 0 NS 2. A budget has been prepared and approved which assures
program will be implementation.
A 0 NS 3. The organization has studied its labor market and has
targeted job creation at a realistic level.
A 0 NS 4. A local educator currently serves on the committee to
assist with the training needs of local businesses.
A 0 NS S. A list of available buildings has been updated within the
last six months.
A 0 NS 6. A response to a prospect can be made within 24 hours.
Manufacturina/Recruitina
Overall Assessment:
EXCELLENT, GOOD, FAIR, POOR
VII. CENTRAL BUSINESS DISTRICT
A 0 NS 1. Program is targeted and defines with specific tasks how to
achieve objectives.
A 0 NS 2. A budget has been prepared and approved which assures
program implementation.
A 0 NS 3. The CBD is served by an organization of property and
business owners.
A 0 NS 4. A CSD Program for facade and other improvements is
operational.
A 0 NS S. A downtown market analysis has been recently completed.
A 0 NS 6. Joint promotions and marketing are undertaken by the
downtown council.
A 0 NS 7. The downtown council sponsors retail training seminars and
workshops.
Central Business District
Overall Assessment:
EXCELLENT, GOOD, FAIR, POOR
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VIII. INFRASTRUCTURE
A D NS 1. Infrastructure adequately meets development needs.
A D NS 2. Organization uses public relations techniques to mitigate
present infrastructure deficits.
A D NS 3. The Star City Organization is aware and informed of the
Capital Improvement Plan.
A D NS 4. The Capital Improvement Plan is coordinated with the
Economic Development Plan.
A D NS S. The Star City organization is aware of the community's
taxing capacity as it relates to paying for current and
future capital expenditures.
Infrastructure Overall Assessment:
EXCELLENT, GOOD, FAIR, POOR
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A city -Jerome;
the land se]er
.JORDAN HAS OPTION
ON INDUSTRIAL PARK
In its efforts to promote economic'
deYe1. r" wnt. the city of Jordan is doina
more than simply matching developm with
land owners.
Jordan, with a population of nearly 2.m.
has become the effective owner of a business
park where planning officials \IIOOJd like 10
see light industrial development.
Recently. the privately owned. non-profit
Jordan ~L t' , wnt Corp. gaye an ellclusiYe
~ to three-year option 10 the recently bm-
cd Jordan Economic Development Authori-
ty. a developmenJ ann of the city. 10 buy lots
in the 42-acre Jordan Industrial Parle The
deal gives Jordan - which has more
ec., ..ic development resources than the
,",u.t^'...: . ,J - a f'M>-1O three-)'l2l' window or
opportunity to stimulate de\'elopment in the
park.
"It seems not many have done this; it's not
like ~ followed a model or anything like
that:' says Jim Parsons. Jordan's director eX
community deYel. r' w t. adding that only .
three or four MinnesoCa cities haYe under-
taken similar . t :..,J.. ''And what we'Ye done
bas irnmediaIcIy b. "' ~ us some dc:finite pros-
pects:' Parsons says he is negotiating with
Ibosc potentia! ~hasers.
The park. which the devel. t ',wnt corpora-
tion sold to the city at 1980 land prices. is on
County Road 9 less than a mile north of U. S.
Higtnwy 169. From oo.vnrown Minneapolis.
the.park is about a S5-minute drive.
John Breimhorst. president of the Jordon
Development Corp.. says the major players
of the corporation simply don't have as much
time as city officials to promoce the park.
"We didn't feel we were doing the promo-
tion eX development in the park justice:'
Breimhorst says. "All eX us have ocher full-
time jobs. We think the city will have more
time to do what needs 10 be done:'
In addition. Parsons says. having the city
own the land makes it easier to set up tall-
increment financing 10 pay for the construc-
tion of roads and other utilities at various sires
in the park.
.~ Car as ~ think. Jordan is a nice area for
industrial development:' Breimhorst says.
"This should make it easier for developers to
I1lO't'e into the area:'
Land in the industrial park is graded and
ready for development. Parsons says. Last
~k. the city sent announcements to 26 p~
spective buyers and developers offering the
land for fT/J95 an acre.
Parsons says the price for the land is low
because of the deal the deveL.......nt ......t'ura-
lion gave the city. and because the city's
Housing and Redevel~t'...wnt Authority p~
vided a loan write~ for the land.
o' The Jordan DeYeI. ~" ~, ,Corp. owned the
., 1md b about 1O)'em. 1b dale. four light in-
dusIriaI users are in the p8It. including I beer
distributor and roofin& manufacturer. -JoIut
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January 11. 1991
"CELEBRATE PRIOR LAKE'S CENTENNIAL - 1991"
ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT COMMITTEE MEETING MINUTES
FEBRUARY 26, 1991
Others Present:
Chairman Bob Barsness, Jim Hill, Ray Lemley,
Dave Unmacht, steve Nielson, Rachel
VanDenBoom, Nat Wisser, Dar Fosse
Jeannie Robbins
Members Present:
The Economic Development Committee was called to order at 7:00
A.M. by Chairman Barsness
I. APPROVE THE EDC MINUTES FOR FEBRUARY l2, 1991
MOTION BY RAY LEMLEY, SECONDED BY NAT WISSER TO APPROVE
THE FEBRUARY l2, 1991 EDC MINUTES AS PRESENTED. THE
MOTION PASSED UNANIMOUSLY.
II. APPROVE EDC CODE OF ETHICS
The Economic Development Committee reviewed the Ethics
Policy as presented or as modified by Staff and they
recommended no changes.
MOTION BY NAT WISSER, SECONDED BY DAR FOSSE TO
APPROVE THE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT COMMITTEE ETHICS
POLICY.
The policy will be forwarded to the City Council for
their review.
III. REPORT ON STAR CITY PROGRESS
l. Kay Schmudlach reported that the Marketing
Presentation was scheduled for March 5, 1991, and
that the Star City Subcommittee was working
diligentlr to put together a fine Marketing
Presentat1on. Star City Subcommittee members
include: Darcy Running as Chair, Bob Barsness, Dave
Unmacht, Kay Schmudlach, and Dar Fosse. The final
amendment to the One Year Plan have not been
prepared but will be done expediently and
distributed to the Economic Development Committee.
Kay Schmudlach highli9hted that a Self Assessment
Survey for the Star C1ty Program had been included
in the packet for the EDC members completion. The
Star Citr Assessment Survey is something that all
Star cit1es are requested to do. Because we are
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not a star City yet, it is not important that we
send it into the state; however, from a staff
~rospective and from a EDC evaluation perspective
1t is a self hel~ tool that will hel~ us evaluate
how we are d01ng on our Econom1C Development
strategies.
2. Kay indicated that there had been one red flag
business when we did the Community Business
Expansion Retention Program Surveys, and this
gentleman Dan Kell is the manager of the Prior Lake
Machines operation. Kay asked the committee how
they would like to address Dan Kell's issues, which
are primarily infrastructure to his building. The
Economic Development Committee discussed this and
talked about other businesses in the Industrial
Park and decided to call a meeting of all property
owners in the current Industrial Park and ~erhaps
ask Greg Foster to host a lunch in his build1ng at
the EDC's cost and have people sit down and talk
about what their needs are and see if there is any
consensus on infrastructure in that area. Kay was
asked to call Greg Foster and talk to him about
this idea. She will be reporting at the next
meeting.
IV. REPORT ON MEETING WITH COUNTY ENGINEER AND COUNTY
COMMISSIONER.
Several members of the Economic Development Committee
attended the meeting with the County Commissioner and
County Engineer and reviewed the County's programs for
com~letion of several major roadways. The County is
hav1ng some problems dealing with the Township as far as
the extension of County Road 21 and it is important that
the City continue to lobby the County to have that
project completed as soon as possible. The county also
discussed their plans for upgrading several other roads,
and included in that discussion was County Road 44,
County Road 42, and Countr Road 21 going North. The
Economic Development Comm1ttee indicated that a possible
program for the Chamber of Commerce would be a
presentation of the County road plan.
V. UPDATE ON SENIOR HOUSING CONTACTS
Nat Wisser indicated that he had talked to Bill
and was interested in setting up a meeting between
and Bill to talk about their pro~osal to the City.
indicated that John Arkell w1th the Cottages
indicated similar interest in Prior Lake. Kay and
will be working with John and Bill to make sure
they do submit proposals to the City.
VI. UPDATE ON BUSINESS OFFICE PARK IMPLEMENTATION
Kempf
staff
Kay
has
Nat
that
Kay reported that the City continues to work on the
internal tasks regarding the Business Office Park study.
The Staff reports are due by March 15, 1991. At that
time, Staff will be jointly evaluating them and
distributing those results to the Planning
commission/Economic Development Committee and
anticipates having them to the council by April 15,
1991.
VII. REVIEW DRAFT OF COMMERCIAL RETAIL TAX INCREMENT POLICY
THIS ITEM WAS TABLED DUE TO LACK OF TIME AND A
SPECIAL GUEST COMING IN LATER IN THE MEETING.
VII. CHAMBER REPORT
Kay reported that the Chamber of Commerce is interested
in jointly sponsoring the Business Summit, the Business
Info-Expo, and the Business Appreciation Golf
Tournament. Kay asked for EDC liaisons to the Chamber
on each one of these tasks. Jere Phillips and Dar Fosse
volunteered to work on the Business Appreciation Golf
Tournament. Bob Barsness agreed to work on the Business
Summit and Rachel Van Den Boom agreed to work on the
Business Info Expo. Kay will be talking to Chamber
members and getting similar community appointments and
setting up future meetings.
IX. REPORT ON SCOTT COUNTY ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT COALITION
Kay has scheduled the Scott County Economic Development
Coalition, proposed Bylaws and Joint Powers Agreement
for the Agenda of March l8, 1991. The City Council will
be asked to approve the Joint Powers Agreement and the
Bylaws at that time when the actual Coalition is
established. Nat Wisser from the Economic Development
Committee and Darcy Running will be asked to attend
those meetings.
X. SCOTT COUNTY COALITION FUND RAISING SUBCOMMITTEE REPORT
Kay requested to have two (2) Economic Development
Committee members who are familiar with local
businesses, review the business list to identify those
businesses which would appear to be approachable as far
as a donation to the Transportation Coalition. Bob
Barsness and Rachel Van Den Boom have volunteered to
work on this committee and a meeting was set up to
review the list. Following the determination of the
list, Kay will be preparing cards and information
packets that will go to each EDC member and they will be
asked to approach four to five businesses to request
donations.
XI. DISCUSS MEETING WITH JAMES COMPANY
Jim Hill agreed to set up a meetin~ with Charlie James
of James Company to talk about the1r future plans for
their vacant land on Commerce Avenue.
XII. OTHER BUSINESS
1. Kay noted that there was an article from the
Minnesota Real Estate Journal attached for the
Economic Development Committee to read.
2.
XIII.
The second item under Other Business was to welcome
the Super Valu representatives, Lyle Fuller,
Marilyn and Lee Rademacher, and Dave Chromy. They
asked them to attend the Economic Development
Committee Meeting to talk a little about where they
are at in their ~roject and to solicit Economic
Development Comm1ttee support. The Super Valu
representatives walked through the historr of
their develo~ment plans with Enivid and ind1cated
that there 1S no longer negotiations going on
between Enivid and Super Value Super Valu has
indicated to the City that they have an option on
the land south of McDonald's and that they are
putting together building plans for that site.
The Super Valu people indicated that they feel
very strongly about being in Prior Lake and that
they intend to work closely with the Rademacher's
to make sure that the store is built to meet their
needs. Following of the exit of the Super Valu
people, the Economic Development Committee
discussed at length the City's commitment to
Enivid and the City's obligation to the process of
the Super Valu project. Economic Development
Committee members stressed to Staff that they must
go through the process very objectively with Super
Valu and hopefully, at the end of it we will have
a store on either site.
3.
Kay introduced Jeannie Robbins and indicated a copy
of her resume and EDC application was attached to
the EDC Agenda. Ms. Robbins was recommended by the
interview committee to fill a vacancy of the EDC.
Motion by Nat Wisser, seconded by Dar Fosse to
recommend approval by the City Council to appoint
Jeannie Robbins to the EDC.
ADJOURNMENT
The meeting was adjourned at 9:30 A.M.
CONSENT AGENDA:
PREPARED BY:
SUBJECT:
DATE:
INTRODUCTION:
BACKGROUND:
DISCUSSION:
RECOMMENDATIONS:
ALTERNATIVES:
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KAY SCHMUDLACH, ASSISTANT CITY MANAGER
CONSIDER APPROVAL OF ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT
COMMITTEE ETHICS POLICY
MARCH l8, 1991
The Economic Development Committee (EDC)
presented the 1990 Annual Report and 1991
Goals to the City Council on February 4, 1991.
The City Council accepted the submitted
reports and requested that the Economic
Development Committee consider adopting a
Ethics Policy to give members guidance on
activities relating to development issues.
The EDC has reviewed the Ethics Policy of the
Planning Commission and modified the ~olicy to
better serve the concerns of the Comm1ttee.
The EDC considered the Ethics Policy on two
separate occasions. At a regular meeting, on
February 12, 1991, the committee reviewed a
draft and made modifications. A motion by Nat
Wisser, seconded by Dar Fosse to a~prove the
Code of Ethics was approved unanlmously on
February 26, 1991.
The Code
submitted
Committee
questions
of Ethics for the EDC is being
to the City Council for approval.
members are available to address
prior to the City council Meeting.
The Economic Development Committee
recommends approval of the Ethics Policy to be
incorporated into their Bylaws.
The city Council may consider the following
alternatives:
1. Approve the Economic Development
Committee's Ethics Policy as drafted.
2.
Amend the
Committee's
adoption.
Economic
Ethics Policy
Development
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3. Denr the Economic Development Committee's
Eth1CS Policy.
Motion to ap~rove the Economic Development
Committee Eth1CS Policy is in order as part of
the Consent Agenda.
"ETHIC"
ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT COMMITTEE ETHICS
PURPOSE: The purpose of this section is to provide broad
guidelines for the conduct of individual Economic Develo~ment
Committee members. Each Economic Development Comm1ttee
member must bear the responsibility of adherence to these
guidelines. In the event a problem presents itself, the
chairperson shall take the initiative to resolve it in a
manner most appropriate.
Economic Development Committee members who have an ongoing or
vested interest with an applicant or parties with si~nificant
interest in an Economic Development Committee d1scussion
shall state the issue and/or relationship. The Economic
Development Committee shall consider the participation of the
individual on a case by case basis.
( 1)
(2)
An Economic Development Committee member's o~inion pertaining
to a function, organization or specific appl1cation shall not
be given to the media unless there is a clear qualification
that the opinion is that of the a member and not that of the
entire Committee. If an Economic Development Committee
member gives or represents the opinion(s) of the Economic
Development Committee those opinion(s) must be approved by a
consensus of the Economic Development Committee and recorded
it its minutes.
(3) Economic Development Committee members shall conduct
themselves as professionals when representing the Committee.
(4) An Economic Development Committee member shall avoid any
appearance of impropriety.
(5) If applicable, an Economic Development Committee member shall
make every attempt to visit the site prior to discussing site
related issues.
BYLAWS
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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 to: (1) serve as a
liaison between City Government and the Business Community, (2)
serve as a contact/resource for new and existing bqsinesses
seeking economic development assistance and information.n prior~'
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ARTICLE 1. NAME
Section A.
Section B.
Section A.
Section B.
Section C.
Name. The legal name of the organization is the
"Prior Lake Economic Development Committee".
Office. The Office of the Prior Lake Economic
Development Committee is at 4629 Dakota street
S.E., P. O. Box 359, Prior Lake, Minnesota 55372.
ARTICLE 2. OFFICERS
Prior Lake Economic
a Chair, Vice-Chair
serve as official
Officers. The Officers of the
Development Committee shall be
and a Secretary. Staff shall
Secretary of the Committee.
Chairman. The Chairman shall preside at all
meetings of the Committee and shall have general
charge of and control over the affairs of the
Committee subject to the other members. At each
meeting, the Chairman shall submit recommendations
and information as she/he may consider proper
concerning the affairs and policies of the
Committee.
Vice-Chairman. The Vice-Chairman shall preside at
all meetings of the Committee in the absence of the
Chairman and shall perform such other duties as may
be assigned by the Committee. In case the Chairman
resigns or is unable to perform duties assigned for
some other reason, the Vice-Chairman shall perform
and be vested with all duties and powers of the
section D.
section E.
Section F.
section G.
Chairman until such time as the Committee shall
select a new Chairman.
Secretarv. The Secretary shall be responsible for
recording and compiling a written summary of all
meetings held by the Committee and such other
functions as may be determined by the committee.
staff The Committee may be assigned staff, who
shall have general supervision over the day-to-day
administrat10n of its policies, pursuant to actions
by the Committee. staff shall perform all dutieo/\bV~\1
and responsibilities assigned by the Committee. \ I
Staff shall serve as Secretary and be responsible I~
for recording and compiling a written summary of fAU
all meetings held by the Committee. staff will.. .
have general supervision over the dar-to-day ~!dftC
administration of the Committee's polic1es and
actions. Staff shall... p. erfo!1U ...Al. . ~~e:y-\ ~.fid ~
responsibil i ~'\~ne4. by/~j).e' co~ee ~Vl/'
Appointment. The Committee shall consist of at)
least five (5) members, but not greater than eleven
(ll) members, appointed by the Prior Lake City
Council for terms of two (2) years, and the City
Manager. Composition of the Committee shall be
representative of the citizens who live and/or work
in Prior Lake. Committee members may serve
additional terms upon approval by the Prior Lake
City Council. The Chairman and Vice-Chairman and
Secretary shall be elected by a majority of the
Committee from among members of the Committee, and
shall hold office for two (2) rears or until their
successors are elected or qual1fied. Staff for the
Committee shall be assigned by the City Manager.
One Ex-officio member shall be appointed to the
Economic Development committee as recommended by
the School District. The person shall be the
official representative of the Prior Lake - Savage
School District #7l9 and provide direct
communication of Economic Development Committee
activities to the School Board.
Vacancies. If the Office of Chairman and/or Vice
Chairman becomes 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. Should a member
resi9n, or otherwise vacate a seat on the
Comm1ttee, Prior Lake City Council shall appoint a
replacement to complete the term.
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Section A.
Section B.
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The following shall occur: An interview Committee
consisting of the Mayor, City Manager and staff
will interview all interested candidates and make a
recommendation to the Prior Lake City Council who
shall appoint a replacement to complete the
remaining term of office.
Call for Resiqnation. 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 meetin~s during a year the Committee shall
direct the Cha1r to send a Call for Resignation, in
the form of a request, to the absent Committee
member, or is not present for three consecutive
regular meetings during a year, the Committee shall
direct staff to send a letter to the member
inquiring of his/her status on the Committee,
including an inquiry into his/her interest in
remaining on the Committee.
ARTICLE 3. MEETINGS
Reqular Meetings. Regular meetings shall be held
on the second Thursday of each month at 5:15 p.m.
at Prior Lake City Hall, 4629 Dakota Street S.E.,
Prior Lake, Minnesota. Regular meetings may be
adjourned 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. Regular meetings may be
rescheduled, cancelled or changed depending upon
unique circumstances and subject to the approval
and consent of both the Chairman and/or
vice-Chairman.
Special Meetinqs. Special Meetings of the
Committee may be called by the Chairman, or two (2)
members of the Committee for the purpose of
transacting any business designated in the call.
Staff may recommend calling a special meeting, but
must receive approval from either the Chairman or
tWQ m~mbers ~ the committee~ .~~ call for a
special meeting may be 4~1~'~<~or to the time
of the proposed meeting to each Committee member~of
the committee at least two (2) days prior to the
special meeting. At such meetings, no business
shall be considered other than as designated in the
call. Such special meetings may be held in
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Section D.
section E.
section A.
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locations other than
meetings.
Quorum for Reqular and Soecial Meetinqs. A
majority of Committee 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 a majority of the Committee
present.
the
place
of
regular
Conduct of Business at Reqular Meetinqs. The
agenda for regular meetings shall include the
following in order of business:
1. Roll Call
1. Call to Order
2. Approval of minutes of previous meeting(s)
3. Old Business
4. Other Business
4. Staff U~date
5. New Bus1ness
5. Adj ournment
Staff shall prepare the agenda and accompany
material and distribute same to the Committee no
later than the Monday prior to the Thursday
meeting. Copies of the agenda and other related
materials shall be given to the Citr Council,
Planning Commission and other 1ndividuals
designated by the Staff or Committee.
votinq. All members of the Committee, including
the city Manager, have equal voting authority. In
addition to a quorum bein~ required for each
meeting of the Committee 1n order to conduct
business, a majority of those members present shall
be required to transact business and approve any
matter before the Committee.
ARTICLE 4. SCOPE OF POWERS AND DUTIES /Q-/
Powers and Duties. The Committee shall act in an /
advisory capacity to the Prior Lake city Councilr'
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 ob~ectives and shall give an accounting
of its actit1vites to the City Council each year in
writing.
The Committee shall perform duties as subscribed in
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Section A.
the Preamble of these Bylaws. In addition, the
:ommittee shall advise the city Council on matters
of development assigned to the Committee. (The
Committee shall report annually in writing to the
City Council on the activities of the Committee.)
Specific powers and duties may be assigned to the
Committee upon approval of Prior Lake City
Council.
Subcommittees. The Committee may provide for such
subcommittees as it deems necessary to implement
the goals and objectives of the Committee and may
delegate such powers and duties to such
subcommittees necessary to carry out its
functions.
ARTICLE 5. AMENDMENTS
Amendments. These Bylaws may be amended at any
meeting of the Committee provided that notice of
such proposed amendments shall be mailed to each
member of the Committee at least two (2) days prior
to such meeting. The amendment of the Bylaws and
the vote required shall be in accordance with that
set forth under the voting provisions of these
Bylaws. The Committee may amend the Bylaws without
City Council approval, however, the City Council
may veto any amendments adopted by the Committee.
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PRIOR LAKE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT COMMITTEE
MARCH 26, 1991
12:00 Noon -2:00 P.M.
COMMUNITY ROOM, CITY HALL
The Economic Development Committee has invited the Chamber of
Commerce to its next meeting to discuss several proposed joint
ventures.
The Chamber of Commerce president Laurie Hartmann has approved
the idea and will be notifying the Chamber Board of the meeting.
The joint meeting is pro~osed to last from 12:00 noon - 1 P.M.
Box lunches will be prov1ded. The agenda will be as follows:
I. Welcome and Introductions
Chairman Barsness / President Laurie Hartmann
II. Discussion of Joint activities
A. star City Awards Ceremony
date
time
location
fOOd/beverage arrangements
ceremony agenda
participants
advertising
coordinators
B. Business Appreciation Golf Tournament
date
location
time
financing
coordinators
C. Business Info - Expo
Date: September l2, 1991
Location: High School, New Gym
time
organization
coordinators
D. Business Summit
concept discussion
III. Summary
Following the joint meeting, the Economic Development Committee
will be discussing the following items:
~ Update on Projects
Super Valu
Dr. Schwantes
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Report on Charlie James
Review list of available commercial lots on Hwy. 13
Report on Greg Foster and Business Office Park
meeting
Adjournment
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APRIL 24, 1991
MEETING AGENDA
7:00 A.M. - 9:00 A.M.
PRIOR LAKE CITY COUNCIL CHAMBERS
Approve Minutes of the ADril 12. 1991 EDC Meetinq
* Attached
Report on star city Open House
* Copy of Agenda Attached
Update on RSVP
Assign Recertification Process to Subcommittee
* Review Attached Star City Assessment
Business Office Park studv
Motion to Approve Recommendations Listed in Council
Agenda Report - Hand out
Update on Senior Housinq Proposals
John Arkell
Bill Kempf
commercial - Industrial TIF Policy
* Attached Third Draft
Discussion of 'Package' Concept
Update on EDC/Chamber Activities
Business Summit
Business Appreciation Golf Tournament - Jerry
Info-Expo - Rachel
Update on city Roadway Proiects
Bloomington Ferry Bridge
County Road l8
VIII.
Discussion on Scot.t ~nunty Transportation Coalition
Fund Raisinq
Distribution of Packet to Solicit contributions
IX.
Update on SCEDC
x.
Update on Meetinqs With Developers/Pro;ect UDdate
Tony Oxborough - James Company (discuss survey)
Bill Pankonian - Burnett Realty.,..
Lyle Fuller - Su~er Valu
Greg Foster - Ra1nbow Play Systems~
Dr. Schwantes - Prior Lake Pet Clinic~
XI.
other Business
XII.
Ad;ournment
* Denotes attachments
ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT COMMITTEE MEETING MINUTES
APRIL 12, 1991
Members present:
Chairman Bob Barsness, Bill Packer, Dar Fosse,
Rachel VanDenboom, Jeannie RObbins, Nat
Wisser, and Dave Unmacht
Others present:
Larry Anderson,
Schmudlach
Deb
Garross
and
Kay
The Economic Development Committee was called to order at 7:00
A.M. by Chairman Barsness.
The Economic Development Committee re9Uested that staff change
the agenda to provide time to d1scuss the Bloomington Ferry
Bridge issue.
I. Bloominqton Ferry Bridqe Update
City Manager Unmacht updated the Economic Development
Committee on the hearing at the Metropolitan Council on
Tuesday, April 9, 1991. Mr. Unmacht reported that the
Metro~olitan Council had accepted the Metropolitan
Counc1l's Staff recommendation to not allow access to
the Bloomington Ferry Bridge from County Road l8/prior
Lake. Mr. Unmacht explained that Prior Lake City Staff
and County Staff had done a presentation and the
presentation went well and the City did get support from
their new Metro Council Representative Bonnie
Featherstone. However the Metropolitan Council did not
agree with our issues and did not decide to accept our
proposal to have a connection to the Bloomington Ferry
Bridge. However the Metropolitan Council did agree to
reconsider this issue in two years and Staff thinks that
this compromise will give us time to build political
support.
II.
staff Presentation of Business Office Park
Followup
Study
Kay introduced the Business Office Park presentation
that would be given shortly. Kay explained that
Assistant City Planner Deb Garross would be leading the
presentation with the discussion of property area by
area and then following Deb, Larry Anderson who would
give an update on the cost estimate for infra structure
put together for each site. Then a summary and a series
of recommendations would be provided by Assistant City
Manager Kay Schmudlach.
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staff did discuss each area and addressed questions.
The EDC did generally support all of staff's
recommendations and did not request any deviation from
those recommendations that would be presented to the
people in the Credit River Industrial Park that
afternoon.
IV. Preparation for April Noon Presentation and April 17
Noon Presentation
staff requested any consideration or any amendments to
the presentation that will be given at noon. The EDC
suggested that staff concentrate on area 5 and provide
some figures for their examinations of the anticipated
cost of the extension of sewer and water. Also they
suggested that staff provide some level of detail on the
grants and loans available to assist financing of the
infrastructure.
v. other Business
There was no other items discussed at this time.
VI. Adiournment
The Economic Development Committee meeting adjourned at
8:20 A.M.
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PRIOR LAKE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT COMMITTEE
MAY 14, 1991
MEETING AGENDA
7:00 A.M. - 9:00 A.M.
PRIOR LAKE CITY COUNCIL CHAMBERS
I. A~prove Minutes of the April 24, 1991 EDC Meetinq
* Attached
II. Report on star City Open House
* Attached Copy of Recertification Process
III. Business Office Park study
Discuss Council Action and Future Action
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IV. Commercial/Industrial TIF Policy
Please refer to the April 23 EDC packet
V. Update on EDC/Chamber Activities
Business Summit
Business Appreciation Golf Tournament
Info/Expo
VI. Report on SCTC Fund Raisinq Efforts
VII. Update SCEDO
VIII.
Economic Development Assistance
Kay Lewis with the Minnesota Extension Office will
be discussing Economic Development Assistance
Programs and Funding available.
IX. Other Business
X. Ad;ounment
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PRIOR LAKE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT COMMITTEE MEETING MINUTES
APRIL 24, 1991
Others Present:
Chairman Bob Barsness, Rachel VanDenBoom, Ray
Lemley, Nat Wisser, Jim Hill, Jeannie.Ro~bins~ D~
Darcy Running, Dar Fosse, and Jere Ph1ll1psJbVVY
Kay Schmudlach and Dave Unmacht
Members Present:
The Economic Development Committee was called to order at 7:00
A.M. by Chairman Bob Barsness.
I. APPROVE THE EDC MINUTES FOR APRIL l2J 1991
Motion by Nat Wisser, seconded by Darcy Running to
approve the April 12, 1991 EDC meeting minutes. The
motion passed unanimously.
II. REPORT ON STAR CITY OPEN HOUSE
Kay updated the EDC on the May 1, 1991 Star City Open
House. A copy of the agenda had been distributed in the
agenda write up. About 45 people have responded to the
invitation so far. Kay will be ordering food
accordingly.
The committee reviewed the Star City Assessment but
didn't spend a great deal of time going throu9h the
document at this time. They anticipate filling 1t out
next year being better qualified as we go through the
Star City Program for a period of time.
The Subcommittee for Star city Re-certification was
formed. That subcommittee included: Darcy Running,
Jeannie Robbins and Dar Fosse. Kay said she would put
together a list of the time frame of when the
re-certification process has to begin and get that to
the subcommittee.
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III. BUSINESS OFFICE PARK STUDY
The EDC discussed the Business Office Park
presentation and complimented staff on their
professionalism. Staff reported that Council had
appeared to be very supportive at the Council Retreat.
Staff anticipates no problem in getting Council to
support the feasibility study to determine the cost of
the extension of utilities.
Bill Packer and Darcy Running indicated to
they had talked to most of the property
property owners generally are supportive
do not know the cost at this time
determine their future support.
the EDC
owners.
although
and that
that
The
they
will
One question regarding a property owner in the building
behind Jerry Grendahl was raised and Kay was asked to
research that.
Bill Packer mentioned that the Town Center Association
will be meeting May 7, 1991, at 7:00 p.m. at the
Hollywood Inn. The speaker will be Dave Unmacht. They
would be discussing the bridge and the Business Office
Park. All members of the EDC are encouraged to attend.
IV. UPDATE ON SENIOR HOUSING PROPOSAL
Kay reported that John Arkell has been in contact with
the City through Ed Tschida our consultant on Tax
Increment Financing. John is anticipating working with
the City on a senior Housing Proposal later this Fall.
Also Bill Kempf from Helgeson & Associates did call and
indicate that they had completed a proposal which Health
Dimensions is reviewing before it is sent to the City,
but there again, that will be coming to the city for
review this Summer.
v. COMMERCIAL AND INDUSTRIAL TIF POLICY
The third draft of the TIF policy was included in the
agenda. Kay was asked by Bob Barsness to send a draft
out to the Council following Dave Unmacht's review to
make sure that we have given them plenty of time to
respond to any changes that they would anticipate before
the Council meeting. The policy will be finalized at
the May 14 EDC meeting, and will be scheduled for the
City Council Agenda May 20.
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VI. UPDATE ON EDC/CHAMBER ACTIVITIES
Kay reported that the Business Summit went very well and
that overall she thinks the EDC and Chamber of Commerce
people like the concept. We should anticipate doing
another summit probably in 3-5 months.
Jere Phillips reported that he and Jerry Spies have been
working on the Business Appreciation Golf Tournament.
They have changed the time of the golf tournament to
1:00 p.m. on July 18. They will be doing a dinner again
and estimate l20 golfers and l50 for dinner. They will
be working with Kay to send out a letter to request
participation and funding for drawings.
Kay reported that Rachel, Bonnie Maxwell and she had met
and discussed the Info-Expo. Kay had met subse9?ently
with Leanne Erickson to work out some of the deta1ls on
the arrangements. Kay and Leanne will be meeting again
in a week to finalize some of the details.
VII. UPDATE ON CITY ROADWAY PROJECTS
Dave Unmacht updated the Committee on the status of the
Bloomington Ferry Bridge. He showed the EDC the
strategy that the City Council has put together for
changing the plans for the Bloomington Ferry Bridge and
Prior Lake's access to that. Updates will be forwarded
to the EDC as they are made public.
Kay reported that no update has been made available on
the County Road l8 project since the last time the EDC
talked about it. Kay and Dave will research that and
continue to keep the EDC up-to-date on that project.
VIII DISCUSSION OF SCOTT COUNTY TRANSPORTATION COALITION
FUND RAIb.L1"lu
Kay distributed a list of all the businesses that Bob,
Rachel and Kay had determined that would be interested
in contributing and also distributed packets of
information. The EDC members went through the list and
identified those businesses that they felt comfortable
contacting regarding a donation. EDC members were asked
to have made the contacts by the next meeting which is
May l4. Checks for contributions can be either sent
directly to the County or can be sent to Kay and she
will forward them to the County.
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IX. UPDATE ON SCOTT COUNTY ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT COALITION
Kay reported that the first meeting of the
would be on Thursday the 25th and that
anticipating a good turnout.
Coalition
they are
X. UPDATE ON MEETINGS WITH DEVELOPERS PROJECTS
Tony Oxboro - James Company
Kay re~orted that she had met with Tony and has talked
with h1m several times on the phone since. Tony is real
excited about working with the city to get that property
sold. The James Company will be working with the City
on a survey for all Home Occupation businesses to see
what it would take for them to move out into some type
of incubator facility.
Bill Pankonin - Burnet Realty
Kay re~orted that she has not been able to get in touch
with h1m at this time.
Lyle Fuller - Super Valu
No progress has been made on that.
Greg Foster - Rainbow Play Systems
No progress has been made on that.
Dr. Schwantes - Prior Lake Pet Clinic
The City has discontinued meeting with Dr. Schwantes, at
his request, since this site will not work.
XI. OTHER BUSINESS
No other business was mentioned.
XI I. ADJOURNMENT
The Committee adjourned the meeting at 9:15 A.M.
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PRIOR LAKE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT COMMITTEE
MAY 28, 1991
MEETING AGENDA
7:00 A.M. - 9:00 A.M.
PRIOR LAKE CITY COUNCIL CHAMBERS
I. Approve Minutes of the Mav l4. 1991 EDC Meetinq
* Attached
II. Update on Business Office Park study
III. Review commercial/Industrial TIF Policy
* Attached
IV. Update on SCEDC
V. Update on SCTC Fund Raisinq Effort
VI. Update on Develoment Pro;ect~
Enivid
Super Valu
Malrony Giles
Senior Housing
VII.
Other Business
VIII.
Ad;ounment
ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT COMMITTEE MEETING MINUTES
MAY 14, 1991
Members present:
Chairman Bob Barsness, Bill Packer, Dar Fosse,
Rachel VanDenboom, Jeannie Robbins, Nat
Wisser, Steve Nielson, Jim Hill, Ray Lemley,
Jere Phillips, and Kay Schmudlach
The Economic Development Committee was called to order at 7:00
A.M. by Chairman Barsness.
I. APPROVE THE EDC MINUTES FOR APRIL 24.. 1991
The minutes were moved and seconded and
unanimously
approved
II. REPORT ON STAR CITY OPEN HOUSE
The Economic Development C...........i ttee discussed the
City Open House and agreed that the Open House
great success and an important moment in Prior
history.
Kay indicated that the re-certification process had been
summarized and attached for the re-certification
subcommittee which includes: Dar Fosse, Darcy Running
and Jeannie Robbins. Kay also handed out a copy of the
re-certification process prepared by the State and gave
it to the subcommittee members in attendance. A
subcommittee meeting of the Star city group is
anticipated for October or November 1991.
Star
was a
Lake's
III. BUSINESS OFFICE PARK STUDY
Staff reported that the Business Office Park Feasibility
Study had been approved by the City Council at the May 6
City Council meeting. The EDC and Chamber of Commerce
were in attendance to support it. The next action as
far as the Business Office Park will be a discussion by
staff of the feasibility study and all the elements that
need to be completed in order to prepare the feasibility
study. Staff will be meeting on Thursday, May 16 to
discuss the time frame and that will be forwarded to the
EDC as soon as possible.
Staff also reported that approval has been 9iven by Don
Schommer and Frank Muelken to do soil bor1ngs on the
Adellman farmsite.
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IV. COMMERCIAL AND INDUSTRIAL TIF POLICY
Kay reported that she had distributed the draft policy
to all the Councilmembers and that Doug Larson had
submitted comments. The EDC reviewed Mr. Larson's
comments and agreed to make some changes. Staff was
asked to make the appropriate changes and send out the
redrafted policy for the next EDC meeting.
V. UPDATE ON EDC/CHAMBER ACTIVITIES
Business Summit
Kay requested the EDC to suggest a future time and topic
for a business summit. Kay will be forwarding the
information to the Chamber of Commerce Board. The
Chamber feels that the first business summit on the
Business Office Park was very successful and would like
to do that again some time this Fall.
Bill Packer mentioned that the Town Center Association
felt that some ty~e of meeting should be held with
developers and bU1lders in town so that staff could
identify the sites left to be developed within developed
areas generally in some residential areas. Kay reported
that on June 18 the City will be hosting a developers
forum and that the purpose of the forum is to discuss
things such as infill. The EDC requested that Kay
encourage Horst or someone from the City to do a brief
presentation specific on infill and identify the sites
that need to be developed.
Business Appreciation Golf Tournament
Jere Phillips reported that progress 'is being made on
the golf tournament and to date no invitations have been
sent out because it's too early.
Info-Expo
Kay re~orted that EDC, Chamber and staff continue to
work w1th Leanne Erickson from the School District
Office to put together the arrangements for Info-Expo
scheduled for September l6.
VI. UPDATE ON SCOTT COUNTY TRANSPORTATION FUND RAISING
EFFORTS
Kay reported that she had gotten a good response from
the EDC members and their assi~ned business people to
contact. The Prior Lake bus1nesses have a goal of
approximately $7,000 to raise and staff anticipates that
they will beat that goal.
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VII. UPDATE ON SCOTT COUNTY ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT COALITION
Kay reported that the Coalition had their first meeting
and that it was an educational meeting in addition to
making some changes to the Joint Powers Agreement of the
SCEDC.
The next meeting for the SCEDC is scheduled for May 15
and at that time the SCEDC will be continuing their
efforts to improve or modify the Joint Powers Agreement
and also evaluating the small business administration
processing.
VIII ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT ASSISTANCE
At approximately 8:20 p.m. Kay Lewis from the Minnesota
Extension Office arrived and was asked to address the
EDC. Kay reported that the University of Minnesota
Services and Teaching Service and Researchin9 functions
and that she provides assistance in the serv1cin9 area.
Kay listed 4 different areas in which the M1nnesota
Extension Service continue to work with businesses for
economic development vitality. Kay listed those 4
different areas and they are:
1. Small business programming
2. Business retention and expansion programs
3.
Project future or doing community service
determine the futures of communities
to
4. Leadership training and publication
Kay went on to get more details of the type of services
that the Extens10n Services that the Extension Service
has provided for a variety of businesses or governmental
entities. Miss Lewis encouraged the EDC, Chamber of
Commerce or staff to use the extension services.
Extension services are provided at a no cost or low cost
for services.
IX. OTHER BUSINESS
There was no other business at this time.
X. ADJOURNMENT
The EDC meeting adjourned at 8:55 a.m.
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HERITAGE
1891
COMMUNITY
1991
CUTJ.31CJJV
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PRIOR LAKE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT COMMITTEE
JUNE ll, 1991
7:00 A.M. - 9:00 A.M.
PRIOR LAKE CITY COUNCIL CHAMBERS
I. Approve May 14 and May 28. 1991 Meetinq Minutes
II. Update on TIF Policy
III. Update on Business Office Park StudV
..-
IV.
Update on SCEDC
V.
Update on Senior Housinq Proposals
VI.
Update on Other proiects
VII.
Discuss Development Tours
VIII.
Picture Takinq (8:l5 A.M.)
IX.
Other Business
x.
Ad;ournment
4629 Dakota 51. 5E, Prior Lake, Minnesota 55372 / Ph. (612) 447-4230 / Fax (612) 447-4245
ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT COMMITTEE MEETING MINUTES
MAY 28, 1991
Members present:
Chairman Bob Barsness, Dar Fosse, Nat Wisser,
steve Nielson, Jim Hill, Dave Unmacht, Kay
Schmudlach, and Ray Lemley
The Economic Development Committee was called to order at 7:00
A.M. by Chairman Barsness.
I. APPROVE THE EDC MINUTES FOR MAY 14. 1991
The minutes were not approved since they have
prepared at this date. Kay indicated that
have the minutes available for the June
meeting.
not
she
11,
been
would
1991
II. UPDATE ON BUSINESS PARK OFFICE PARK STUDY
Kay re~orted that the Engineerin~ Department is
continu1ng to work on the Feasib1lity Study, and
simultaneously Kar is working with Roger Guenette to put
together the deta1ls of the project with the Rainbow
Play Systems. It appears that there may be some
concerns whether Rainbow Play Systems can support this
type of improvement costs. As details become available
they will be provided to the EDC.
III. COMMERCIAL/INDUSTRIAL TIF POLICY
The EDC spent a 9reat deal of time reviewing the
Increment Financ1ng Policy and the integration of
Larson's comments. Kay requested that the EDC
final chan~es and that this would be forwarded to
City Counc11 for the June 3, 1991 Council meeting.
EDC made final comments and requested that a copy
distributed to them prior to the meeting.
Tax
Doug
make
the
The
be
IV. UPDATE ON SCOTT COUNTY ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT COALITION
Kay reported that the Coalition has met twice now and
are in the process of collecting the dues, amending the
Bylaws and establishing subcommittees. Two
subcommittees have been established and ther include: a
Marketing Subcommittee and a Financ1al Review
Subcommittee.
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V. UPDATE ON SCOTT COUNTY TRANSPORTATION COALITION FUND
RAISING EFFORT
Kay reported that Prior Lake has done extremely well on
collecting money from local businesses. The effort has
yielded over $2,000 at this time and sufficient funds
are anticipated for the future. Kay thanked everyone
for their participation and efforts in the fund raising.
VI. UPDATE ON DEVELOPMENT PROJECTS
Enivid and Super Valu: Dave reported that Enivid
continues to work with the Ericksons to secure a grocery
vendor. Meetin~s with the Erickson family who run the
More 4 stores d1d take place on May 24 and it appeared
that the Ericksons were very excited about proceeding
with the project in Prior Lake. Also Kay indicated that
they would be meeting at 2:00 p.m. today with the Super
Valu reps to review some further analysis that staff had
done internally. staff mentioned to the EDC that a task
force of John Fitzgerald and Carol Scott had been
identified to work with staff to monitor their
relationship with Super Value
Mahoney/Giles: Dave reported that the annexation has
been com~leted and that property is currently in the
City lim1ts. We have not received the submittals from
Mahoney/Giles and when we do we will be processing that.
They anticipate having some construction this Fall.
Senior Housinq: Kay reported that she had not heard
from Helgeson & Associates at this time. However, John
Arkell had sent a project pro~osal to staff to see if we
would like to proceed with th1s. Staff forwarded the
letter to the City Council to see if they were
interested in this type of concept, and we are waiting
for their response.
VII. OTHER BUSINESS
There was no other business discussed at this time.
VIII ADJOURNMENT
The EDC meeting adjourned at 8:30 a.m.
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HERITAGE
1891
COMMUNITY
1991
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PRIOR LAKE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT COMMITTEE
JUNE 25, 1991
7:00 A.M. - 9:00 A.M.
PRIOR LAKE CITY COUNCIL CHAMBERS
I. Approve June 11. 1991 Meetinq Minutes
II. Update on Business Office Park study
III. Update on Scott Countv Economic Development Coalition
* Attached Joint Powers Agreement and Bylaws
IV. Update on Other proiects
Super Valu
Enivid
Country Inn
V. Update on Business Appreciation Golf Tournament
VI. Other Business
VII. Adiournment
4629 Dakota 51. 5.E., Prior Lake, Minnesota 55372 / Ph. (612) 447-4230 / Fax (612) 447-4245
ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT COMMITTEE MEETING MINUTES
JUNE 11, 1991
Members present:
Chairman Bob Barsness, Dar Fosse, Nat Wisser,
Darcy Running, Jim Hill, Rachel VanDenBoom,
Bill Packer, Ray Lemley, Jeannie Robbins, Jere
Phillips, and Kay Schmudlach
The Economic Development Committee was called to order at 7:00
A.M. by Chairman Barsness.
I. APPROVE THE EDC MINUTES FOR MAY l4, 1991 AND MAY 28.
1991
Ray Lemley indicated that his name had been left off the
minutes from the May 28 meeting. Kay noted the
correction.
MOTION BY NAT WISSER, SECONDED BY DARCY RUNNING TO
APPROVE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT COMMITTEE MEETING MINUTES
OF MAY 14, 1991 AND MAY 28, 1991. THE MOTION PASSED
UNANIMOUSLY.
II. UPDATE ON TIF POLICY
Kay submitted a new copy of the Tax Increment Financing
Policy for Commercial/Industrial use. The policy was
reviewed and a minor correction made. Kay reported that
the policy would be put on the Council Agenda for the
June 17 meeting with the request for final approval.
MOTION BY RAY LEMLEY, SECONDED BY JIM HILL, TO APPROVE
THE TIF POLICY AS AMENDED. THE MOTION PASSED
UNANIMOUSLY.
Kay requested that the committee designated to review
policies initiate discussion on the next policy and
complete the booklet of financing policies that would be
created with one part being the commercial/Industrial
TIF Policy. Ray and Jim a9reed to meet with Kay in the
near future and also w1th the Planning Intern to
initiate work on this second policy.
III. UPDATE ON BUSINESS OFFICE PARK STUDY
Kay reported that staff had met on
The feasibility study is going well.
several occasions.
We are working on
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a plat and that our consultant, R0ger Guenette, has been
retained to work on some financ1ng options for the
Business Office Park.
IV. UPDATE ON SCOTT COUNTY ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT COALITION
Kay reported that the Coalition had met in May and will
be meeting again on June 19. Nat Wisser indicated that
he had not been invited to the meetings. Kay reported
that she would be including him and Jeannie Robbins on
the agenda for their participation in the future.
V. UPDATE ON SENIOR HOUSING PROPOSALS
Kay reported that John Arkell had submitted an overview
of a proposal which staff has taken and forwarded to the
City Council. The City Council has a variety of
opinions. staff has agreed to contact John Arkell and
invite him in sharing the comments from the Council to
encourage him to proceed, but be very up front about the
fact that there is not universal support for this type
of housing.
Kay also reported that she had recently been contacted
by Bill Kempf from Helgeson & Associates. Mr. Kempf
reported that Helgeson & Associates would not be
providing a proposal for Senior housing this Summer,
perhaps over the Fall but probably not until next year.
The reason for the delay is that Health Dimensions, the
company they would be working with, has been delayed due
to a buyout of another company. Mr. Kempf reiterated
their interest in Prior Lake and their enthusiasm in
coming to Prior Lake in the near future.
The EDC spent a great deal of time talking about a
Market Study and whether we should be doing some
background information to set the stage for the Senior
housin9 proposal. Kay reported that Mr. Arkell and Mr.
Kempf 1ndicated interest in doing a Market Study and
also indicated interest in the City participating in
that. The obvious benefits of participating in the data
is the City's. The drawback to participating is that we
have to ~ay for it and we don't have control over the
informat1on or who completes the study.
Kay was asked to invite Bill Jaffa, Director of Scott
County HRA, to the next meeting to clarify whether there
is a strong need for Senior housing or what type of
Senior housing we should be looking at.
VI. UPDATE ON DEVELOPMENT PROJECTS
Kay reported that the Mahoney/Giles Woodridge Plat was
moving along and staff is reviewing those submittals.
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The Super Valu and Enivid project have not had any
progress recently.
staff continues to work with Greg Foster as part of a
Business Office Park study.
Jere Phillips indicated that he knows a gentleman who
owns and manages a Cashway store in st. Cloud. Jere
said he would contact this person to see if they were
interested in the site in Prior Lake. This gentleman's
name is Dan Cobers.
VII. DEVELOPMENT TOURS
Kay inquired as to whether the EDC would be interested
in doing Development Tours this year. Last year we
skipped due to a lack of interest and a decision to go
every other year. The EDC discussed this and decided
that this would be a good idea. A subcommittee made up
of Dar Fosse, Rachel VanDenBoom, Nat Wisser, and Bob
Barsness will be ~lanning that. The subcommittee will
be meeting some t1me in July to plan the Development
Tours. The tours are tentatively scheduled for the
first week in september.
VIII ADJOURNMENT AND PICTURE TAKING
The EDC meeting adjourned at 8:15 a.m. in order to
congregate by one of the star City signs to have their
picture taken.
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Approved3/5/91
Amended
SCOTT COUNTY ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT COALITION
JOINT POWERS AGREEMENT
This agreement made this day of , 1991 between
the County of Scott, the Scott County Housing and Redevelopment
Authority, and the cities of Shakopee, Prior Lake, Savage, Belle
Plaine, Jordan and New Prague and shall hereinafter be referred to
as the participating bodies.
WHEREAS, the participating bodies are Minnesota municipal
corporations or bona fide governmental entities duly organized and
licensed under the laws of the State of Minnesota; and
WHEREAS, each of the participating bodies desires to work
together to effectively promote economic development in Scott
County; and
WHEREAS, certain financial institutions, developers, and
others share these interests with the participating bodies; and
WHEREAS, the participating bodies historically have had a long
and positive working relationship; and
WHEREAS, there are a limited number of tools available to
attract commercial and industrial prospects to the Scott County
area; and
WHEREAS, each of the participating bodies and others recognize
the significant role that businesses play in contributing to the
economic well being of Scott county; and
WHEREAS, each of the participating bodies and others recognize
that economic activity throughout Scott County will have a positive
spinoff impact on their respective community and or jurisdiction;
and
WHEREAS, each of the respective participating bodies and
others individually lack sufficient financial resources to obtain
in house staff to process and package small business administration
loans for interested business; and
WHEREAS, the Twin cities Metro Development Co. has been
certified by the State of Minnesota to process Small Business
Administration (SBA) 503/504 loan programs; and
WHEREAS, membership within the Twin cities Metro Development
Co. may serve as a revenue source for the Scott county Economic
Development Coalition to promote economic development opportunities
in Scott County; and
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WHEREAS, Minnesota State Statute section 47l.59 allows the
participating bodies to jointly exercise any power common to the
participating bodies or any similar powers.
NOW THEREFORE, the participating parties hereby mutually agree
to the following:
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
Approved by
motion at
4/25/9l SCEDC
Board Mtg.
The participating parties are entering into this
agreement and creating the Scott County Economic
Development Coalition in order to promote economic
development throughout Scott County. Since
development in anyone of the communities and areas
within Scott County affects the other, and since a
coordinated effort by the participating bodies may
have greater impact and yield more benefits, the
participating bodies agree to form this Coalition.
The participating bodies hereby form the Scott
County Economic Development Coalition. Each
participating body shall appoint one representative
to serve on the Board of Directors of the Scott
County Economic Development Coalition.
The Scott County Economic Development Coalition
shall be managed by a Board of Directors consisting
of not less than 7 nor more than l5 Directors.
Scott County Economic Development Coalition
memberships shall be open to additional interested
parties committing to a one time $500.00 membership
fee.
Scott County Economic Development Coalition Board of
Director vacancies other than the position reserved
to each participating body shall be filled by a
majority vote of the Board. Each Director chosen by
the Board of Directors to fill a vacancy shall hold
office until the next election at the annual meeting
and until his/her successor shall be duly elected
and qualified. Each narticinatina body may have two
renresentatives. One renresentative shall be a
renresentative from the Board or Council servinq as
the narticinatina bodv and the other renresentative
mav be either a renresentative from a financial or
develonment institution oneratina with the
narticinatina bodv's ;urisdictional area. The
Countv of Scott mav annoint two renresentatives to
serve on the Board of Directors. One County
reoresentative shall be aooointed bv the Scott
County Board. The Scott County Economic Develonment
Coalition shall have one at larqe Board of Director
nosition to be filled at the nleasure of the Board
of Directors.
6.
Approved by
motion at
5/15/91 SCEDC
Board Mtg.
lO.
ll.
1/
't.he Scott Coun~ Economic Development Coalition
$ all investiaalfe usina anloraanization such as the
~ in cities Metro Development ~o. t~ocess and
facilitate th~ ~~~~l of ~B~ ~~aranteed loans
apply for membership in the Twin cities Metro
Development Co. This action will facilitate
participation in an established effective economic
development organization. The Coalition may engage
in other related economic development activities as
selected by its Board of Directors. Provided,
however, that any activity which requires funds in
excess of those within the collected funds of the
Coalition shall require the approval of the
governing bodies of the participating bodies.
7.
The Scott County Economic Development Coalition
will serve as a vehicle to further economic
development opportunities in Scott County, and to
promote and assist the growth and development of
business concerns in said area; including but not
limited to the development of marketing materials
which will promote economic development
opportunities within Scott County as well as within
the respective participating bodies jurisdiction.
This Joint Powers Agreement shall not limit any of
the participating bodies from pursuing other
marketing efforts.
8.
9.
The participating bodies agree to exchange all
information, data, and reports which any
participating body currently has, which would assist
the Coalition in carrying out its work. Said
information shall be furnished to the Coalition
without charge. The participating bodies shall also
cooperate with each other in every way possible in
carrying out the scope of services.
The Coalition may draw upon the staff of the
participating bodies to perform any necessary work.
Within its budget, the Coalition also may hire
consultants as necessary.
One participating body shall be designated as the
deposi tory of Scott County Economic Development
Coalition funds, by action of the Board of
Directors at their first meeting. The depository
may be changed on an annual basis, by a majority
vote, or at any time if the participating body
which was depository shall cease to be a
participating body. The depository shall keep
track of all funds available and all spent, and
l2.
13.
l4.
l5.
shall not allow expenditures in excess of the
available funds. In the event the Board of
Directors shall desire to exceed the amount of
available funds, the depository shall bring the
limits to their attention. The Board shall then
consul t with the participating bodies and other
members to determine whether or not they are
prepared to provide additional funding.
The Scott County Economic Development Coalition will
abide by and support the bylaws of the Scott County
Economic Development Coalition as attached in
Exhibit A.
This agreement shall remain in effect and shall
govern the Scott County Economic Development
Coalition, subject however to the right of the each
respective participating body and any other
interested body to terminate their participation
with at least a 90 day notice to the Board of
Directors.
Upon termination of this agreement, all finished or
unfinished documents, data, studies, surveys,
drawings, maps, models, photographs, and reports or
other materials prepared by or on behalf of the
Coalition shall be distributed to the participating
bodies as determined by the Board. In the event
that the Board does not distribute the property, or
there is an unsettled dispute as to distribution,
then such undistributed or disputed property shall
become the property of Scott County.
In the event of any claims, suits, judgments and
recoveries which may be asserted, made or may arise
or be had, brought or recovered against the Scott
County Economic Development Coalition in which
adequate funds do not exist within the depository of
the Scott County Economic Development Coalition to
cover any of the foregoing claims, the participating
bodies shall not be liable for anv a~~~_ L~
pro~grtionally s~~=~ in ~ cost of said claims.
Approved by
motion at
5/l5/9l SCEDC
Board Mtg.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF the parties hereto have executed this
agreement on the day of , 1991.
auscjoint
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Approved 5/15/91
Exhibit A
JYLAWS OJ'
SCOTT COUNTY ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT COALITION
ARTICLE I
Offices
The official office of the Scott County Economic Development
Coalition shall be in the City Hall of the City of Prior Lake,
County of Scott, State of Minnesota. The Coalition may have
offices at such other places as the Board of Directors shall from
time to time determine.
ARTICLE II
Purposes
The primary purpose of the Coalition is to serve as a vehicle to
further economic development opportunities in Scott County and to
promote, and assist the growth and development of business
concerns, including small business concerns in said area; to
encourage and assist in the location of new business and industry
in said area; and to contribute to the economic well being of the
area as measured by increased employment, payroll, business volume
and corresponding factors.
ARTICLE III
Membership
3.1} Membership within the Coalition shall be open to any
person who has an interest in promoting economic development in
Scott County. One membership class shall be established. In order
to be in good standing, Coalition members shall be required to
submit a one time membership fee in the amount of $500.00.
3.2} Meetings of members - Each February an annual meeting of
the membership of this Coalition shall be held. The affairs and
business of this Coalition shall be conducted by the Board of
Directors as provided for elsewhere in these Bylaws.
ARTICLE IV
Board of Directors
4.1) General Powers - The property, affairs and business of
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this Coalition shall be managed by the Board of Directors.
4.2) Number - The Coalition shall be managed by a Board of
Directors which shall consist of not less than 7 and no more than
15 Directors.
4.3) Election. Term of Office and Oualifications - All
Directors shall hold office until the next annual meeting and until
their successors shall have been duly elected and qualified or
until their death, resignation or removal. A Director may serve an
unlimited number of consecutive or non-consecutive terms.
4.4) votina Riahts - Each director shall be entitled to one
vote. No director may cast an absentee vote, but written proxies
shall be permitted.
4.5) Oraanization - A chairperson shall be one of the
directors. Said chairperson shall be elected by a majority vote by
the entire Board of Directors. At each meeting of the Board of
Directors, the chairperson of this Coalition or, in his/her
absence, the vice-chairperson shall preside. In the event both the
chairperson and vice-chairperson are absent the Board may by
majority vote appoint any member of the Board to serve as acting
Chairperson to preside at the meeting. The secretary of this
Coalition or, in his/her absence, any person whom the chairperson
shall appoint, shall act as secretary of the meeting and take all
minutes.
4.6) Resianation - Any director of this Coalition may resign
at any time by giving written notice to the Chairperson or to the
secretary. A resignation shall take effect at the time specified
in such notice, unless otherwise stated therein. Acceptance of a
resignation shall not be necessary to make it effective.
4.7) Vacancies - Director vacancies shall be filled by the
authority of the respective organization or participating body in
which the vacancy occurs. Any other vacancy in the Board of
Directors shall be filled by a majority vote of the Board at the
annual meeting or any other time vacancies occur. Each director
chosen by the Board of Directors to fill a vacancy shall hold
office until the next election at the annual meeting and until
his/her successor shall be duly elected and qualified.
4.8) Place of Meetinas - The Board of Directors may hold its
meetings at such place or places as it may from time to time
determine by a majority vote.
4.9) Time of Reaular Meetinqs - The Board of Directors may
hold its meetings at such times as it may from time to time
determine by a majority vote of the members.
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4.10) SDecial Meetinas - Special meetings of the Coalition
may be called by the Chairperson, by any three Directors, or any
five members. The Secretary shall cause a notice of such meeting
to be mailed to all members at their addresses as they appear on
the membership roll book at least ten days, but not more than
thirty days, before the scheduled date of such meeting. Such
notice shall state the date, time, place and purpose of the
meeting, and by whom called.
4.11) Ouorum: Manner of Actina - Except as otherwise provided
by these bylaws, a majority of the total number of directors duly
appointed shall be required to constitute a quorum for the
transaction of business at any meeting. Unless otherwise provided
in the Bylaws, the acts of a majority of the directors present at
any meeting at which a quorum is present shall be the acts of the
Board of Directors. In the absence of a quorum, a majority of the
directors present may adjourn any meeting from time to time until
a quorum be present. The Board of Directors and Coalition shall
conduct all meetings in accordance with Robert's Rules of Order
Revised.
ARTICLE V
Officers
5.1) Number - The officers of this corporation shall be as
follows: Chairperson, Vice-Chair, Secretary and Treasurer, and
such other officers of this Coalition as the Board may designate.
5.2) Election. Term of Office and Oualifications All
officers shall be elected by a majority vote of the members of the
Board of Directors at the annual meeting and shall hold office
until the next annual meeting and until their successors shall have
been duly elected and qualified or until their death, resignation
or removal. An officer may serve an unlimited number of
consecutive or non-consecutive terms.
5.3) Resianations - Any officer may resign at any time by
giving written notice to the Board of Directors, or the
Chairperson. Any such resignation shall take effect at the time
specified therein or upon receipt if no time is specified. Unless
otherwise specified in such resignation, the formal acceptance of
such resignation shall not be necessary to make it effective.
5.4) Duties of Officers - The duties of the officers of this
Coalition shall be as follows:
5.4.1) ChairDerson - Shall preside at meetings of the
Board of Directors; shall see that all orders and resolutions
of the Board are carried into effect; and shall have general
managerial responsibility and authority.
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5.4.2) Yice-Chairperso~ - Shall implement the orders and
resolutions of the Board and shall have the management of the
business affairs of the Coalition in assistance to the
Chairperson. The Vice-Chair shall have all the powers of the
Chairperson in the event of a vacancy or incapacity of the
Chairperson.
5.4.3) Secretarv - Shall keep minutes of all proceedings
of the Board of Directors and shall give proper notice of
meetings to directors.
5.4.4) Treasurer - Shall keep accurate accounts of all
monies, drafts, and checks in the name of and to the credit of
the Coalition in such banks and depositories as a majority of
the whole Board of Directors shall designate from time to
time. He/she shall have the power to endorse or deposit all
notes, checks, and drafts received by the Coalition. He/she
shall disburse the funds of the Coalition as ordered by the
Board of Directors, taking proper vouchers therefor. He/she
shall render to the Chairperson and directors, whenever
required, an account of all transactions as Treasurer.
ARTICLE VI
other Committees
6.1) Committees - The Board of Directors may, by motion,
establish one or more committees and may designate one or more of
the members of this Coalition to serve as members of such
committees. The Board of Directors, by such motion, may also
appoint non-members of this Coalition to serve on such committees.
Such committees shall, if so requested by the Board, provide
recommendations and other action or advice to the Board toward
accomplishment of specific Coalition objectives. To the extent
determined by the Board, a committee may have authority in the
management of the specific business purpose for which the committee
was formed.
ARTICLE VII
Fiscal Year
7.1) Fiscal Year: - The fiscal year of the Coalition shall
begin on the first day of January and end on the last day of
December in each year.
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ARTICLE VIII
Open Meetings
8.1} All meetings of the Board of Directors of this Coalition
shall be open to the public to the extent required for public
bodies under the Open Meetings Law.
ARTICLE IX
Amendments
9.1) Provisions of these Bylaws may be altered, amended or
revised at any regular or special meeting if approved by a majority
of all the members of the Board of Directors present at such duly
noticed meeting.
Certification
The undersigned officer of the Coalition hereby certifies that the
foregoing is a true and correct copy of the Bylaws of the Coalition
duly adopted by the Board of Directors the day of
1991 and currently in effect.
Dated:
Chairperson
aubylaws
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PRIOR LAKE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT COMMITTEE
AUGUST l3, 1991
7:00 A.M. - 9:00 A.M.
PRIOR LAKE CITY COUNCIL CHAMBERS
I.
Approve June 25, 1991 EDC Meetinq Minutes
II.
EDC Reappointments
III.
Update on Business Office Park
IV.
Update on SCEDC
V.
Update on Pro;ects-k
VI.
Info-Expo
VII.
Development Tours
VIII.
star citv Re-certification
IX.
Other Business
x.
Ad;ournment
4629 Dakota 51. 5.E., Prior Lake, Minnesota 55372 / Ph. (612) 447.4230 / Fax (612) 447-4245
ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT COMMITTEE MEETING MINUTES
JUNE 25, 1991
Members present:
Chairman Bob Barsness, Dar Fosse, Nat Wisser,
Darcy Running, Rachel VanDenBoom, Ray Lemley,
Jeannie Robbins, Steve Nielson, and Kay
Schmudlach
The Economic Development Committee was called to order at 7:00
A.M. by Chairman Barsness.
I. ~PPROVE THE EDC MINUTES FOR JUNE 11, 1991
MOTION BY DAR FOSSE, SECONDED BY NAT WISSER, TO APPROVE
THE JUNE 1l, 1991 EDC MEETING MINUTES AS WRITTEN. THE
MOTION PASSED UNANIMOUSLY.
II. UPDATE ON BUSINESS OFFICE PARK STUDY
Kay reported that the Business Office Park Study
continues to be a high priority with city staff. The
Engineerin9 Department has created several
configurat1ons of plats for the ~roposed industrial land
that's used within the City l1mits. Staff will be
reviewing the plats, and puttin9 together a cost
estimate as part of the feasib1lity study. Staff
continues to work with an August time frame in getting
the information to the City Council. Jeannie Robbins
inquired as to whether the Chamber of Commerce had been
updated on the progress of the Business Office Park
Study. Kay reported that she would provide that
information at the next Chamber meeting.
III. UPDATE ON SCEDC
The EDC reviewed the updated Joint Powers Agreement and
Bylaws. Kay updated them on the progress of the group.
MOTION BY NAT WISSER, SECONDED BY DAR FOSSE, TO APPROVE
THE BYLAWS AND JOINT POWERS AGREEMENT AS REVISED. THE
MOTION PASSED UNANIMOUSLY.
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IV. UPDATE ON PROJECTS
Kay reported that we have not received any information
from Super Value Staff will be reviewing their project
as soon as it is submitted to the City. Kay reported
that she had received a call from Kathleen Nye to
indicate that Enivid has signed a sixty day exclusive
contract which will limit their ability to bring in
another grocer except for the Ericksons. The Ericksons
than have sixty days to put together some type of
proposal and to negotiate the lease agreement in an
exclusive environment.
Kay reported that Paul Johnson who is representing D.W.
Hutt, a company out of st. Cloud, has contacted the City
regarding building a Country Inn Hotel on the outdoor
theater site. Kay has met with them and has talked to
them on the phone on several occasions and continues to
provide information to him in order for them to make a
decision.
V. UPDATE ON BUSINESS APPRECIATION GOLF TOURNAMENT
Kay reported that the letters had been sent out, and
that the registration for the ~olf tournament will be
happening through the school d1strict office this year.
VI. OTHER BUSINESS
Bloominqton Ferry Bridge
The EDC discussed the Bloomington Ferry Bridge issue and
requested an update on the breakfast meeting last week.
Kay reported that the issue has not been resolved and
that city staff and Council continue to work on it. The
EDC recommended that the City along with EDC support
circulating a petition of support for our position of
better access.
Infill Issue
Darcy Running requested that Kay continue to work on the
infill issue providing maps and encouragement to all
developers to build on lots that are available and
serviced at this time.
The EDC further discussed meetings and agreed not to
hold any meetings in July. The next meeting will be
August l3, 1991.
VII. ADJOURNMENT
The EDC meeting adjourned at 8:00 a.m.
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ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT COMMITTEE MEETING MINUTES
JUNE 25, 1991
Members present:
Chairman Bob Barsness, Oar Fosse, Nat Wisser,
Darcy Running, Rachel VanDenBoom, Ray Lemley,
Jeannie RObbins, steve Nielson, and Kay
Schmudlach
The Economic Development Committee was called to order at 7:00
A.M. by Chairman Barsness.
I. APPROVE THE EDC MINUTES FOR JUNE 11, 1991
MOTION BY DAR FOSSE, SECONDED BY NAT WISSER, TO APPROVE
THE JUNE 11, 1991 EDC MEETING MINUTES AS WRITTEN. THE
MOTION PASSED UNANIMOUSLY.
II. UPDATE ON BUSINESS OFFICE PARK STUDY
Kay reported that the Business Office Park Study
continues to be a high priority with City staff. The
Engineerin9 Department has created several
configurat1ons of plats for the ~roposed industrial land
that's used within the city l1mits. Staff will be
reviewing the plats, and puttin9 together a cost
estimate as part of the feasib1lity study. Staff
continues to work with an August time frame in getting
the information to the City Council. Jeannie Robbins
inquired as to whether the Chamber of Commerce had been
updated on the progress of the Business Office Park
Study. Kay reported that she would provide that
information at the next Chamber meeting.
III. UPDATE ON SCEDC
The EDC reviewed the updated Joint Powers Agreement and
Bylaws. Kay updated them on the progress of the group.
MOTION BY NAT WISSER, SECONDED BY DAR FOSSE, TO APPROVE
THE BYLAWS AND JOINT POWERS AGREEMENT AS REVISED. THE
MOTION PASSED UNANIMOUSLY.
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IV. UPDATE ON PROJECTS
Kay reported that we have not received any information
from Super Value Staff will be reviewing their project
as soon as it is submitted to the City. Kay reported
that she had received a call from Kathleen Nye to
indicate that Enivid has signed a sixty day exclusive
con~rac~ which will limi~ ~heir abili~y ~o brinq in
another grocer except for the Ericksons. The Ericksons
than have sixty days to put together some type of
proposal and to negotiate the lease agreement in an
exclusive environment.
Kay reported that Paul Johnson who is representing D.W.
Hutt, a company out of st. Cloud, has contacted the City
regarding building a Country Inn Hotel on the outdoor
theater site. Kay has met with them and has talked to
them on the phone on several occasions and continues to
provide information to him in order for them to make a
decision.
v. UPDATE ON BUSINESS APPRECIATION GOLF TOURNAMENT
Kay reported that the letters had been sent out, and
that the registration for the 90lf tournament will be
happening through the school d1strict office this year.
VI. OTHER BUSINESS
Bloominqton Ferry Bridqe
The EDC discussed the Bloomington Ferry Bridge issue and
requested an update on the breakfast meeting last week.
Kay reported that the issue has not been resolved and
that City staff and Council continue to work on it. The
EDC recommended that the City along with EDC support
circulating a petition of support for our position of
better access.
Infill Issue
Darcy Running requested that Kay continue to work on the
infill issue providing maps and encouragement to all
developers to build on lots that are available and
serviced at this time.
The EDC further discussed meetings and agreed not to
hold any meetings in July. The next meeting will be
August 13, 1991.
VII. ADJOURNMENT
The EDC meeting adjourned at 8:00 a.m.
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PRIOR LAKE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT COMMITTEE
AUGUST 27, 1991
7:00 A.M. - 9:00 A.M.
PRIOR LAKE CITY COUNCIL CHAMBERS
I. Approve Auqust 13, 1991 EDC Meetinq Minutes
II. Info-Expo
* Attachment for sign Up Duty
III. ~oint Powers Aqreement for SCEDC
IV. Update on Business Office Park
V. Update on proiects
VI. Star citv Recertification
VII. Follow Up
James Company
Community Center
New Business Questions
Prior Lake American Column
countr Road 2l Progress
Bloom1ngton Ferry Bridge Progress
IX.
other Business
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CM~-tm.bS V ~ ~ t:)~,/
Adiournment
VIII.
4629 Dakota 51. 5E, Prior Lake, Minnesota 55372 / Ph. (612) 447-4230 / Fax (612) 447-4245
ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT COMMITTEE MEETING MINUTES
AUGUST 13, 1991
Members present:
Vice Chairman Rachel VanDenBoom, Nat wisser,
Jeannie Robbins, Jere Phillips, Jim Hill, Bill
Packer, and Kay Schmudlach
The Economic Development Committee was called to order at 7:00
A.M. by Vice Chairman VanDenBoom.
I. APPROVE THE EDC MINUTES FOR JUNE 25, 1991
MOTION BY NAT WISSER, SECONDED BY JEANNIE ROBBINS TO
APPROVE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT COMMITTEE MEETING MINUTES
OF JUNE 25, 1991. THE MOTION PASSED UNANIMOUSLY.
II. EDC REAPPOINTMENTS
Kay Schmudlach reported that three members of the
Economic Development Committee were up for rea~pointment
in July of 1991. They are Dar Fosse, Nat W1sser and
Darcy Running. Kay reported that Nat wisser and Dar
Fosse have indicated interest in reappointment. Darcy
Running has indicated that he will be discontinuing his
membership with the EDC due to conflict with work.
Darcy Running requested that he make the formal request
to the EDC at the next meetin9 and will at that time
submit his letter of resignat1on.
MOTION BY JIM HILL, SECONDED BY RACHEL VANDENBOOM TO
REAPPOINT DAR FOSSE AND NAT WISSER TO THE EDC FOR A TWO
YEAR TERM THAT WILL EXPIRE IN JULY OF 1993. THE MOTION
PASSED UNANIMOUSLY.
The EDC spent several minutes discussing new membership
and requested that Kay call John E~gan from MNTEX to see
if he would be interested in a pos1tion on the EDC. Jim
Hill also asked Kay to research the file to find out
other candidates who have indicated interest in the EDC
and see if there would be likely candidates for these
positions.
III. UPDATE ON BUSINESS OFFICE PARK STUDY
Kay reported that staff continues to work on the
feasibility study for the extension of sewer and water
and public roadways into the existing industrial park
and into the identified area for potential business
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office park. The conclusion of the feasibility study is
anticipated in two weeks. At that time staff will work
with Roger Guenette putting together financial figures
to indicate to the Council what trpe of financial
commitment ther would be assuming 1f they indicate
interest in g01ng ahead. committee members requested to
know what type of figures we will be usin9 for the cost
of the land. Kay reported that we are uS1ng a ball park
figure of $10,000 per acre. The EDC discussed the cost
of land and also the likelihood of the Council
initiating an industrial park with the rather limited
budget restrictions.
Kay reported that she would be asking the Council at one
of the next Council meetings to indicate a date for
workshop, probably the first week in September.
IV. UPDATE ON SCOTT COUNTY ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT COALITION
Kay reported that the Coalition had met several weeks
ago and had spent a 9reat deal of time discussing the
Metropolitan certif1ed Development Company with Bob
Heck. The Coalition has indicated that they would be
willing to support the $5,000 membership fee to the
Certified Development Company, and will be negotiating
that following a formal approval from the board on
August 21. The Coalition has also spent some time with
the Joint Powers revisions. On August 1, 1991 Kay met
with attorneys from the County, the city of Shakopee and
with the Prior Lake attorney to work out the final
details of the Joint Powers Agreement. It is
anticipated that the Joint Powers Agreement will go to
the Council the first meeting in September.
V. UPDATE ON PROJECTS
Kay reported that Enivid, at the last reporting of
a~proximately a week ago, are continuing to negotiate
w1th the Erickson family and it appears to be very close
on the lease arrangement. They are antici~ating a
construction date in1tiating in september of th1s year.
Super Valu similarly is pursuing their project and staff
anticipates that they will submit for preliminary
approval in August.
Kay reported that there are a couple of other projects
that business people have indicated interest in. A
local family is interested in constructing a drive thru
cleaners. Kay indicated to them that a trailer home
setup would not work and they are working with staff to
find and alternate location.
There is also a landscape company that has indicated
interest in locating in Prior Lake.
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VI. INFO-EXPO
Kay reported that they have 32 ~eople signed up with
only 34 spaces available. The s1gn up has gone very
well. The subcommittee will have to meet again to work
out some of the details on the brochure that will be
printed, the publicity and some of the staffing
arrangements. Kay reported that she will be sending out
a sign up sheet for peo~le to work for the Chamber booth
and the the EDC booth w1th the next agendas.
VII. DEVELOPMENT TOURS
The EDC discussed development tours and decided to
postpone them for one year because the Business Office
Park Study is not completed and there isn't a lot else
happening in this area at this time.
VIII.STAR CITY RE-CERTIFICATION
Kay said that she would be calling a subcommittee
meeting of the re-certification to initiate that process
towards the end of this month. There are several items
that need to be updated prior to the end of the year.
These include the Five Year Work Program, the One Year
Strategy, Business Retention, and etc.
IX. OTHER BUSINESS
Jim Hill requested an update on staff's work with the
James Company on building a building for lease of two
smaller businesses. Kay reported that she had not
talked to Tony for some time but would do that.
Kay would also try to work on that list of the cottage
Industries. Jeannie Robbins suggested that we look at
the IGA space for potential for this type of business
and Jim Hill also requested that staff research
community centers and check if there is sunset on the
TIF legislation that would not allow us to construct a
community center using TIF dollars.
Rachel asked Kay to contact Ernie Peacock regarding our
business office park concept and share the map with
him.
Also the committee talked about some out reach type
projects. Kay was asked to put a list together of new
bUS1nesses in town and call EDC members to have them
contact the businesses and ask them 4 or 5 questions on
how they have been treated in the City. One example of
a new business would be Rich Barry the new owner of
Cahots.
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The committee also discussed running a column in the
paper to update people on the actions of the EDC.
Kay also reported that the Council had requested that
from now on agendas for the EDC meetings be published in
the paper.
X. ADJOURNMENT
The next date for the EDC meeting will be August 27,
1991 at 7:00 a.m. The meeting was adjourned at 8:35
a.m.
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PRIOR LAKE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT COMMITTEE
SEPTEMBER lO, 1991
7:00 A.M. - 9:00 A.M.
PRIOR LAKE CITY COUNCIL CHAMBERS
I. Approve Auqust 27, 1991 EDC Meetinq Minutes
II. Confirm Info-Expo Details
III. Update on Pro;ects
Enivid
Super Valu
Hotel
Business Office Park
IV. Other Business
v. Ad;ournment
4629 Dakota St. S.E., Prior Lake, Minnesota 55372 / Ph. (612) 447-4230 / Fax (612) 447-4245
ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT COMMITTEE MEETING MINUTES
AUGUST 27, 1991
Members present:
Chairman Bob
VanDenBoom,
Hill, Bill
Unmacht, Ray
Barsness, Vice Chairman Rachel
Nat Wisser, Jeannie Robbins, Jim
Packer, Steve Nielsen, Dave
Lemley, and Kay Schmudlach
The Economic Development Committee was called to order at 7:00
A.M. by Chairman Bob Barsness.
I. APPROVE THE EDC MINUTES FOR AUGUST l3, 1991
MOTION BY JEANNIE ROBBINS, SECONDED BY JIM
APPROVE THE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT COMMITTEE
MINUTES OF AUGUST 13, 1991 AS WRITTEN. THE
PASSED UNANIMOUSLY.
HILL, TO
MEETING
MOTION
II. INFO-EXPO
Kay passed around the sign up sheet for Info-Expo, and
explained to the committee members that we will need
several workers to help set up the booth and several
workers to staff the booth. The sign up sheet will be
typed and sent out to confirm those assignments prior to
Info-Expo.
III. JOINT POWERS AGREEMENT WITH SCEDC
The revised Joint Powers Agreement has not been
completed by the Shakopee City Attorney, but they will
have it completed prior to the September 18, 1991 SCEDC
meeting. One of the attorneys from either Shako~ee or
Prior Lake will be attending the meeting explain1ng to
the group the reasons for the changes. Basically there
has been a recommendation from the attorneys to change
the Joint Powers Agreement so that the organizational
structure is different than it is today. In practical
application the committee will continue to function as
it currently does.
IV. UPDATE ON BUSINESS OFFICE PARK
Kay updated the committee on the progress that City
staff has been making on the Business Office Park. The
Engineering De~artment has put together final figures
for the extens10n of infrastructure for the existing
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Industrial Park, the new park and both of those
~rojects. staff will be looking at those figures
1nternally this week. A meeting has been set up with
our consultant for September 4, 1991. When Roger
Guenette meets with us we will be giving him the
financials, and he will be putting together several
scenarios on how this project could be financed.
The Council has set up a workshop date of October 9,
1991 to meet with the EDC and the Planning Commission to
talk about the Business Office Park. Staff will be
getting out a detailed outline of the plans for the
workshop prior to that. The EDC will be on the agenda
from 6:30-8:30 p.m.
V. UPDATE ON PROJECTS
Kar updated the committee on the Super Valu and the
En1vid projects. On the Super Valu project Kay reported
that as a result of the editorial in the paper, written
by local grocery store manager Dave Chromy, Kay has been
in contact with the Super Valu Corporation who have
indicated that they will be resubmitting their
preliminary plat information the week of August 26. Up
until that time staff is not in a position to respond to
anything since we have nothing to respond to. However,
Kay's discussion with Lyle Fuller of Super Valu
Corporation, revealed that Lyle had a different
understanding then staff's understanding about several
key issues. Kay asked that Lyle contact some local
people and bring them in so that we can rehash some of
these issues, specifically County Road 23, 170th Street,
Highway 13, and the signal. To date there has been no
contact from Mr. Fuller on the date of that meeting.
The Enivid project appears not to be proceeding as well
as had been anticipated. The Erickson family have
indicated that Prior Lake is not the number one priority
and that they may be backing off their pursuit of that
project. Kathleen Nye has contacted Gateway Wholesale
Corporation who have indicated that they would like to
find a retailer for this spot. Staff, at the request of
Council, is preparing a project update that will be
reported on at the September 3, 1991 City Council
meeting. City Attorney Glenn Kessel is also preparing a
brief on our responsibilities in regards to the
Development Agreement that we have signed with Enivid
Corporation.
VI. STAR CITY RE-CERTIFICATION
Kay reported that committee members, Dar Foss~,. Rachel
VanDenBoom and Darcy Runnin9 will be organ1z1ng and
starting work on our Star C1ty re-certification. The
re-certification necessary for 1992 is amendments to the
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Five Year Plan, to the One Year strategy, and the
Business Retention contacts. Kay will be calling Darcy
Running the Chairman of that Subcommittee to set up a
meeting sometime in the first week in October.
VII. FOLLOW-UP
James Company - Kay has not been in contact with Tony
Oxboro regarding the James Company project.
Community Center - Kay reported she has talked to Roger
about doing some research on using Tax Increment
Financing for a community center.
Prior Lake American Column The committee discussed
whether we should do a column in the paper, an update on
our Economic Development Committee activities. It was
a9reed that prior to the first Monday of the month, Kay
w1ll summarize the activities of the EDC, focus in on
one subject, draft the article, give it to Dave to edit,
fax it to Bob Barsness in order for him to review it and
comment, and then get it to the newspaper to be printed
the first Monday of the month.
County Road 21 Update - Dave reported that he had met
last week with Dick Underferth, county CV&lUUission. Dick
Underferth and Ed Macki are both verr supportive of
County Road 21, and that progress is be1ng made from the
standpoint that the plans continue to be worked on.
However, the township has declined their responsibility
for paying for the road as it goes through the township.
Therefore the County will not proceed until they get at
least the $150,000 to complete the project through the
township. EDC members were encouraged to contact Ed
Macki and Dick Underferth to put some pressure on the
County in order to proceed with this project.
Bloominqton Ferry Bridqe - Dave reported that a staff
person from the Metropolitan Council Planning Department
has been assigned to this project and is in the process
of gathering and evaluating research data. He intends
to contact the City staff of Prior Lake and Shakopee to
discuss the plans and the impact on the area in the near
future. Dave reported that the September 10 deadline
that Bonnie Featherstone had suggested is not realistic,
and that the gentleman from the Metropolitan Council has
indicated that a decision will probably be made more in
October to November. Kay reported that the Chamber of
Commerce will be hosting a meeting on se~tember 18
requesting Bonnie Featherstone to attend to d1SCUSS the
Bloomington Ferry Bridge progress.
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VIII.OTHER BUSINESS
Several items were discussed under other business.
Kay reported that the Prior Lake Christmas party will be
December 14, 1991 at the Chart House. The EDC members
are encouraged to attend.
Kay also reported that Darcy Running has submitted a
letter of resignation to the EDC. After some discussion
there was a MOTION BY NAT WISSER, SECONDED BY RACHEL
VANDENBOOM, TO ACCEPT THE RESIGNATION AND SEND DARCY A
LETTER AND A CARD EXPRESSING OUR CONGRATULATIONS ON HIS
NEW BUSINESS VENTURE. THE MOTION PASSED UNANIMOUSLY.
Kay reported that on September 24 both Dave Unmacht and
Kay will be at a conference. Therefore the EDC will
have to be rescheduled. The EDC will be meeting on the
following dates: September 10 at 7:00 a.m. and October 8
at 7:00 a.m. One of the primary topics at the October 8
meeting will be the results from the City'S internal
study and the information forwarded by Roger Guenette on
the Business Office Park.
Next was a discussion by Ray Lemley on his progress
regarding the hotel. Ray reported that he has met with
several different hotels. They're leaning towards the
Comfort Inn and he has been negotiating with the
representatives from Comfort Inn and the representatives
from the Redwood Falls Bank who owns the property.
After much discussion the EDC encouraged the City to
become involved to make the project work. Kay will be
talking to Rar in the near future re9arding his plans
and how the C1ty can become a player 1n this project.
IX. ADJOURNMENT
MOTION TO ADJOURN BY NAT WISSER. The meeting adjourned
at 8:50 a.m.
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PRIOR LAKE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT COMMITTEE
OCTOBER 8, 1991
7:00 A.M. - 9:00 A.M.
PRIOR LAKE CITY COUNCIL CHAMBERS
I. ~pprove Auqust lO, 1991 EDC Meetinq Minutes
II. Discuss the Business Office Park Plans
III. Update on Pro;ects
Enivid
Su~er Valu
Ra1nbow Play Systems
IV. Other Business
v. Ad;ournment
ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT COMMITTEE MEETING MINUTES
SEPTEMBER 10, 1991
Members present:
Chairman Bob Barsness,
VanDenBoom, Nat wisser,
Robbins, Jere Phillips,
Schmudlach
vice Chair
Oar Fosse,
Jim Hill,
Rachel
Jeannie
and Kay
The Economic Development committee was called to order at 7:00
A.M. by Chairman Barsness.
I. APPROVE THE EDC MINUTES FOR AUGUST 27, 1991
MOTION BY NAT WISSER, SECONDED BY RACHEL VANDENBOOM, TO
APPROVE THE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT COMMITTEE MEETING
MINUTES OF AUGUST 27, 1991. THE MOTION PASSED
UNANIMOUSLY.
II. CONFIRM INFO-EXPO 1991 DETAILS
Kay reported that the Business Expo is proceedin9 very
well. There have been many requests for add1tional
space. The committee discussed the drawings and
recommended that the drawings be held after Expo and the
results published in the ~aper. Kay was asked to call
all the business partic1pants and remind them that
tables will not be provided.
III. UPDATE ON PROJECTS
ENIVID
Kay reported that the City had received a letter from
Kathleen Nye-Reiling requesting an extension to the
Development Agreement. The request has been forwarded
to our Legal Counsel and is being reviewed at this time.
The EDA will be meeting some time at the end of
September or beginnin9 of October to discuss the request
and the action that w1ll have to be taken. Enivid will
have to be notified if the Citr intends to terminate the
agreement. The developers, En1vid, have re9Uested an
extension based on unavoidable delar. Staff 1S of the
opinion that this is not an unavo1dable delay but a
default, and if so, the Development Agreement would
probably be discontinued.
SUPER VALU
Kay reported that the city has received the second draft
of the Preliminary Plat from Super Value Staff has
reviewed it and there are several minor deficiencies.
More importantly there are several major outstanding
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issues that need further discussion. staff is meeting
with city council representatives Fitzgerald and Scott
on Wednesday, September 11, 1991 to discuss the issues
and come up with some type of staff and Council opinion.
The Super Valu representatives will be asked to come in
for a meeting next week to review the Preliminary Plat
requirements.
HOTEL
Ka~ reported that she is unaware of any progress on
th1s. The EDC did request that Kay contact the
gentleman from st. Cloud regarding the hotel project and
forwarded his name to Debbie McGaherty.
BUSINESS OFFICE PARK
Kay reported that staff has made progress on the
Feasibility Study. Staff has met with consultants Roger
Guenette and Ed Tschida on the Business Office Park.
Staff will also be meeting with Frank Muelken to discuss
the Adelman property. The EDC will be introduced to all
the details of the Business Office Park on October 8,
1991, one day prior to the Council, Planning Commission
and EDC Workshop.
IV. OTHER BUSINESS
Nat Wisser brought up Rainbow Play Systems and said that
he had been contacted by Greg Foster regarding some
concerns he had for ex~ansion. Greg has worked with the
City in the past ident1fying the problem, but has not
been able to come up with any concrete plan as to how
to address the outstanding issues. Mr. Foster is in
need of sewer and water in order to expand his
building.
Several other items were discussed. One being the
Bloomington Ferry Bridge Progress. Kay reported that
Bonnie Featherstone has been asked to attend the
se~tember 18, 1991 Chamber of Commerce meeting. As of
th1s date she has not confirmed her attendance but staff
anticipates that she will. The EDC requested Kay to ask
Dave how we should be responding to her attendance at
the meeting. Kay reported that she would talk to Dave
and get an answer back to all the EDC members.
Also the EDC requested an update on countr Road 18. Kay
reported that no progress has been made S1nce the last
meeting. The EDC asked Kay to identify a way in which
the EDC members can effectively facilitate this project.
Kay will discuss it with Dave and get back to the EDC.
Kay was also asked to contact the Town Center
Association to see if they have set up a meeting with
the County officials regarding County Road 21 plans.
V. ADJOURNMENT
The EDC meeting adjourned at 8:30 a.m.
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1991
PRIOR LAKE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT COMMITTEE
OCTOBER 22, 1991
7:00 A.M. - 9:00 A.M.
PRIOR LAKE CITY COUNCIL CHAMBERS
I. Approve October 8, 1991 EDC Meetinq Minutes
CUffJ~K
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II. Discuss the Follow-up for the Business Office Park
Cost Benefit Analysis
III. Update on Pro;ects
Enivid
Super Valu
IV.
V.
VI.
VII.
VIII.
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Discuss Re-certification of Star city Proqram
Update on SCEDC
Discussion of Senior Housinq
Discussion of the EDC Annual Worksho~
Ad;ournment
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ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT COMMITTEE MEETING MINUTES
OCTOBER 8, 1991
Members present:
Chairman Bob Barsness, Nat Wisser, Jim Hill,
Bill Packer, Ray Lemley, Jeannie Robbins, Kay
Schmudlach, and Larry Anderson
The Economic Development Committee was called to order at 7:00
A.M. by Chairman Barsness.
I. APPROVE THE EDC MINUTES FOR SEPTEMBER 10, 1991
MOTION BY JIM HILL, SECONDED BY NAT WISSER TO APPROVE
THE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT COMMITTEE MEETING MINUTES OF
SEPTEMBER lO, 1991. THE MOTION PASSED UNANIMOUSLY.
II. DISCUSS BUSINESS OFFICE PARK PLANS
The Business Office Park Report was distributed by mail
on Friday, October 4, 1991. Committee members have read
the report and requested a summary by City Engineer
Larry Anderson. Larry walked through the four
alternatives identifying the components of each
infrastructure improvement and the cost. Following the
presentation of the maps, the EDC discussed the
alternatives.
One ~f the key concerns was the extension of utility
serv1ce to Rainbow Play Systems. The committee
discussed the cost of extending the utilities to Rainbow
Play Systems without providing services to the entire
existing industrial park. The other option would be for
Rainbow Play systems to relocate into the new Business
Office Park area. The concern with alternative 3 and 4
dealt with the cost of $200 per front foot for property
owners.
The EDC agreed that an informational meeting was
necessary in order to get feed back from the property
owners on whether they want to proceed with this
improvement.
The EDC discussed subsidizing the cost of those
improvements and felt that if the new Business Office
Park is pursued, perhaps the anticipated revenues could
be dedicated to subsidizing the cost of the existing
industrial park utility extension at a future date.
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The EDC discussed alternative one and two in detail.
There was some discussion as to whether an additional
alternative could be developed that would combine the
benefits of alternate one by bringing infrastructure to
the edge of the Business Office Park, but provide a
grading of the sites to further encourage business
development. The utilities would not be extended
through the industrial park at this time but would be
extended at the time that a business comes in.
The EDC spent a great deal of time talking about whether
a partnership between the city and the property owner
could be mutually beneficial. The partnership would
involve the city's commitment of infrastructure to the
site and the property owners commitment of the land.
The propertr is in a trust and the trustee is Frank
Muelken. J1m Hill and Bill Packer discussed whether the
trust could enter into the partnership deriving the same
percentage of profit as their investment out of the
deal. The EDC anticipates proposing this to the City
council and the Planning Commission and staff at the
October lO, 1991 Workshop.
Staff reported that they had anticipated some type of
long term contract whereby we make an up front paYment
plus paYments over the lO or 25 years of the debt. The
EDC felt more comfortable with some type of arrangement
whereby the city would not pay anything until the land
is actually sold to a private developer. Thereby the
city's not becoming a property owner.
The EDC concluded by asking staff to put
cost estimates for the alternatives
identified so that these could be added
and proposed on October lO, 1991.
together some
that they had
to the record
III. UPDATE ON PROJECTS
Kay reported that staff is requesting an EDA meeting on
October 21, 1991 at 6:30 p.m. which will be prior to the
city council meetin9' The EDA will be asked to consider
authorizing Gene Wh1te, Chairman to sign a letter that
will be sent to the EDA which will start the process
for exiting out of the Development Agreement. Staff
anticipates the meeting to be relatively short.
Following the receipt of the letter, the Enivid
representatives have the right to make a presentation to
the EDA either substantiating their claim that they are
not defaulting but have had no progress because of
unavoidable delays; or requesting an extension based on
the desire for the city to continue to have that
development on-site.
Kay further reported that at the Council meeting on
October 7, 1991, the city council had approved the city
entering into a study of transportation infrastructure
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improvements for the proposed Super Valu site. The
study will cost $20,000, the countr has committed up to
$10,000, and the city will be pick1ng up the balance of
$10,000. The developer will not be sharing in the cost
of the study. The study is important and necessary
whether it is done today or five years from now.
However, the Radermacher's First Addition, as the plat
is now referred to, is causing the study to be done at
this time versus five years from now.
The Council asked for several assurances from Super
Valu, and the study initiation is contingent upon these.
The first one is that the property owner, Valley Bank of
Peoria, Illinois, provide an understanding that they
will extend the option which is to expire on December
30, 1991 for at least 90 days. The representative of
the bank was in attendance and has agreed to do that.
The second is information that the Council needs which
is proof that Super Valu, as the corporation purchasing
the land, has entered into an agreement with
Rachermacher's which states that they will sell the land
to Rachermachers.
The third item necessary is a written statement
sars Lee Rachermacher will take responsibility
re1mbursing the city and the county for the cost of
study; if at some point he decides that he will
proceed with the project based on him not wishing
pursue the project.
that
for
the
not
to
IV. OTHER BUSINESS
There was no other business brought up at this time.
V. ADJOURNMENT
The EDC meeting adjourned at 9:10 a.m.
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II.
III.
IV.
V.
VI.
VII.
PRIOR LAKE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT COMMITTEE
NOVEMBER 12, 1991
7:00 A.M. - 9:00 A.M.
PRIOR LAKE CITY COUNCIL CHAMBERS
Approve October 22, 1991 EDC Meeting Minutes
Discuss the Business Office Park Followu~
Update on proiects
Enivid
Super Valu
Discuss Re-certification of star city Proqram
Business Retention Expansion Interviews
Five Year Program
One Year Strategy
Annual Report
Discussion of EDC Annual Worksho~
Other Business
Adiournment
ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT COMMITTEE MEETING MINUTES
OCTOBER 22, 1991
Members present:
Chairman Bob Barsness, Nat
Ray Lemley, Jeannie
VanDenBoom, Jere Phillips,
Fosse, and Kay Schmudlach
wisser, Jim Hill,
Robbins, Rachel
Dave Unmacht, Dar
The Economic Development Committee was called to order at 7:00
A.M. by Chairman Barsness.
I. APPROVE THE EDC MINUTES FOR OCTOBER 8, 1991
MOTION BY JIM HILL, SECONDED BY RAY LEMLEY, TO APPROVE
THE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT COMMITTEE MEETING MINUTES OF
OCTOBER 8, 1991. THE MOTION PASSED UNANIMOUSLY.
II. DISCUSS FOLLOWUP FOR BUSINESS OFFICE PARK
Kay distributed a copy of a study analysis of the
financial impact that proposed future development had
in the northwest and north central municipal utility
area pre~ared for the City of Plymouth by springstad
Corporat1on. Kay suggested we use this as a model for
the Council re~ested cost benefit analysis. At the
workshop the C1ty Council requested that the EDC prepare
this to support their argument for investing in this
proposed development.
The Council also asked that
Rachel VanDenBoom, Jim Hill
County Commissioner Dick
County Road 21 extension.
a committee made
and Lee Andren meet
Underferth to support
up of
with
the
The committee talked further about the cost benefit and
asked Kay to do some research with the state to see if
they had other formulas or other outlines available to
identify all the benefits even those that are not
associated with a cash value. There was a committee
appointed including Jim, Rachel and Jeannie to work with
Kay on this cost benefit analysis. The proposed
deadline for this would be two weeks or by the next EDC
meeting.
Nat Wisser brought up the possible relocation of Greg
Foster's Rainbow Play Systems again and encouraged staff
to meet with Greg to layout the options for him and to
encourage his relocation to the new park. EDC members
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also suggested that we consider using the current
Rainbow Play Systems facilities as the fire station.
III. UPDATE ON PROJECTS
Enivid
Kay reported that on Mondar, October 21, 1991 the EDA
with City council ratif1cation, approved an amended
development agreement with Enivid corporation. What
this means is that the agreement which currently exists
will be extended for a one year period to be reviewed
every six months, and so therefore, when the developer
goes out to market the property they can still market
the available city assistance with the soil correction
problems.
Super Valu
Kay reported that she's still waiting for documentation
from Lyle Fuller to meet the requirements which the City
Council had set. The Council set three criteria that
Super Valu had to meet prior to the city authorizing the
study. There were: l) a letter from Lee Radermacher
guaranteeing to cover the study if he chose not to
pursue the project, 2) a letter of agreement between
Radermacher and Super Valu stating that Super Valu will
sell the land to Radermacher, and 3) an extension to the
o~tion that they currently have on the site. Once the
C1ty receives these documents they will initiate the
traffic study. The study will take approximately 8
weeks. At that time those changes will be applied to
the preliminary plat, and the city will continue to
review it at that time to see if Super Valu will still
be anticipating spring construction.
IV. RE-CERTIFICATION OF STAR CITY
Kay reported that the Star city Subcommittee had met and
were going through the review process. The most
important items to be updated and submitted for
re-certification include the One Year Work Program and
the Five Year study. Kay reported that the Scott County
Economic Development Coalition will be working on some
of the other items for re-certification that need not be
done on an annual basis. Those include the Labor Survey
and the Business Retention Expansion activities. Kay
reported, however, that the EDC may want to take on some
of the responsibilities for the Business Retention
Expansion because it is a local project. Therefore, Kay
will be putting together a list of those businesses to
contact and proceeding with the Business Expansion
Retention Program in November and December.
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v. SCOTT COUNTY ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT COALITION
Kay reported that on October 21, 1991 the City Council
approved the amended Joint Powers Agreement. The items
to be amended on the Joint Powers Agreement were minor
however, clarification was necessary in order for the
Coalition to proceed. Kay reported that the
subcommittees are busy putting together their materials,
including a marketing brochure for the Business
Expansion Subcommittee.
VI. SENIOR HOUSING
Kay requested feed back from the committee regarding the
pursuit of senior housing, two projects surfaced 1) the
current HRA project and possible ex~ansion to a second
building, and 2) the project with B1ll Kempf. Kay was
asked to contact both individuals to see where they are
at with the projects and offer help or guidance.
VII. EDC ANNUAL WORKSHOP
Kay reported that at this time the EDC anticipates a
December or January Workshop, and requested input from
the EDC as to how ther would like to proceed with it
this year. The EDC d1scussed the workshop and agreed
that it is an important function of the EDC. They would
like Kay to schedule an EDC workshop in December and a
followup, possibly a joint EDC/Planning
Commission/City Council Workshop in January as part of
the Council's regular workshop. Kay will discuss this
with City Manager Unmacht and report back to the EDC in
two weeks.
Dar Fosse indicated that one of the topics for the EDC
workshop could be to explore the type of businesses that
would work well in Prior Lake, knowing what our
transportation networks are, knowing what our local
labor sup~ly is, and looking at our regional
opportunit1es.
Another topic for possible discussion at the workshop
could be the City's purchase of the marina. The EDC
discussed this idea and felt that the service is
necessary and may be a good service to provide for our
citizens.
VIII.OTHER BUSINESS
The Chairman, Bob Barsness, requested support of a motion
to support both bond issues.
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MOTION BY RAY LEMLEY, SECONDED BY JIM HILL, TO ENDORSE
BOTH BOND ISSUES. THE MOTION PASSED UNANIMOUSLY.
Kay was requested to draft a paragraph of
support for the bond issues that will be faxed
Barsness. Bob will take it to Jim Ricciolli
Prior Lake American to be placed either through
or through a letter to the editor.
general
to Bob
at the
a column
Attendance:
record to
attendance.
record will
or improved
Bob asked Kay to update the attendance
see who has not met their required 75%
Those who haven't met that attendance
be sent a letter asking for their continued
participation or their resignation.
IX. ADJOURNMENT
The EDC meeting adjourned at 8:30 a.m.
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PRIOR LAKE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT COMMITTEE
NOVEMBER 26, 1991
7:30 A.M. - 9:00 A.M.
PRIOR LAKE CITY COUNCIL CHAMBERS
I. Approve November 12. 1991 EDC Meetinq Minutes
II. Discuss the Update Business Office Park Followup
* Financial Analysis
* Pro/Con Discussion
* Results of the Negotiations
III. Update on Pro;ects
Enivid
Super Valu
Woodridge Estates
Countr Road 21
Bloom1ngton Ferry Bridge
Rainbow Play Systems
IV. Update on Star citv Proqram
. Business Retention Expansion Interviews
* Five Year Program - Attached
* One Year Strategy - Attached
* Annual Report - Attached
V. Formalize EDC Annual Workshop Outline
* Attached
VI. Other Business
VII. Ad;ournment
ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT COMMITTEE MEETING MINUTES
NOVEMBER 12, 1991
Members Present:
Chairman Bob Barsness, Nat wisser, Jim Hill,
Ray Lemley, Rachel VanDenBoom, Dar Fosse, Bill
Packer, and Kay Schmudlach
Jeannie Robbins, Jere Phillips, Steve Neilsen
Members Absent:
The Economic Development Committee was called to order at 7:00
A.M. by Chairman Barsness.
I. APPROVE THE EDC MINUTES FOR OCTOBER 22, 1991
MOTION BY JIM HILL, SECONDED BY RACHEL VANDENBOOM TO
APPROVE THE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT COMMITTEE MEETING
MINUTES OF OCTOBER 22, 1991 AS SUBMITTED. THE MOTION
PASSED UNANIMOUSLY.
II. DISCUSS BUSINESS OFFICE PARK FOLLOWUP
Kay reported to the EDC that as a result of the Council/
EDC/Planning C~~uission Workshop, three action items as
follow up to the Business Office Park discussion were
identified. The first item is the Financial Analysis.
Two weeks ago a meeting with Jim Hill, his son, Ralph
Teschner, Larry Anderson, Bruce Loney, Dave Unmacht, and
Kay Schmudlach was held to review a financial analysis
that was put together by Mr. Hill. Second, the
assumptions used need to be modified, but overall the
analysis is exceptional and will give the Council a good
idea of the private, public partnership. Staff will be
meeting to review the assumptions with Mr. Hill and
will make recommended changes to the committee. The
next meeting for this has been set for November 14, 1991
at 8:30 a.m. The committee plus Bob Barsness and John
Fitzgerald will be meeting to do a final review of the
financial analysis prior to the financial analysis going
back to the Council.
The second item which needs to be completed is a pro/con
analysis of the impact of economic development on Prior
Lake. Councilmembers requested that some type of
document be prepared to identify those intangible
benefits that impact a community. A subcommittee of Jim
Hill, Rachel VanDenBoom, Jeannie Robbins, and Bill
Packer has been created to do this. Kay will draft a
pro/con analysis for discussion on Thursday. On
Thursday, November 14 at 10:00 a.m. the committee will
meet to review and make some revisions. The final item
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is negotiations. John Fitzgerald and Bob Barsness met
with Frank Muelken who represents the Estate to talk
about the City purchasing or obtaining an option on this
~roperty. The subc....&&Uuittee has recommendations that
1nclude purchasing or acquiring an option on the
property. These three things need to be prepared and
put together in a package to go back to the Council by
December 2, 1991. Followin~ the meeting on Thursday,
ho~efully we can have a vis10n on how we want to package
th1s product. The EDC recommended that we introduce
this followup to the EDA prior to the City council. Kay
was asked to inquire as to whether we can do this with
City Manager Unmacht.
County Road 21 Access: Bill Packer reported that the
meeting on October 23, 1991 was held by the Business
Association to talk about the improvements to County
Road 21. Kay re9Uested that Bill talk to Dave about any
type of continu1ng effort to make this development
improvement occur. Bill also mentioned that through a
conversation with Councilmember Larson, he thinks that
we should look into having better signage on 35W in
order to get the traffic going through Pr10r Lake to the
recreational establishments in Scott County. We should
start working on changing those traffic patterns NOW
instead of waiting until County Road 21 is completed.
Kay was asked to look into the approval process for
erecting attraction signs on 35W and the County roads
between 35W and Prior Lake.
III. UPDATE ON PROJECTS
Enivid: Kay reported that Jim O'Meara with Briggs and
Morgan and Glenn Kessel the Citr Attorney are updating
the development agreement. Bas1cally what they're doing
is taking out any reference to Super Market and to the
project value. The new development agreement will be a
more generic document. The understanding by all will
have to be that the increment will be less and the value
put on the City participation will be less because of
the change in tenure. The time clock for the tax
increment project has alreadr been initiated. The
amount of increment generated w1ll be less because we
will only be able to capture it at this point over 6
years versus 8 years. with that understanding, the city
still endorses the development agreement.
Super Valu: Kay reported that at the last council
meeting, Lee Radermacher attended, the Council
renegotiated some requested information from him, and
all parties left feelin9 comfortable with what was
decided. Staff is antic1pating that the traffic study
for Super Valu will be completed by the first of the
year. This will allow the developer to complete their
plans submitted to the city and have a project by spring
of 1992.
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Woodridqe Estates Update: Bill Packer asked Kay to
update the EDC regarding the Metropolitan Council's
decision on Woodridge Estates. Kay had not heard an
update. Staff felt 900d after the last meeting and is
anticipating a posit1ve response from the Metropolitan
Council regarding the extension of urban service to
Woodridge Estates. However, we will not hear until
November 15, once we do hear staff will be reacting
accordingly. If staff makes a negative recommendation,
the option remains open to the city as far as swapping
land out of the urban service area in order to put the
Woodridge Estates in.
IV. DISCUSS RE-CERTIFICATION OF STAR CITY PROGRAM
Business Retention/Expansion Proqram
Kay distributed three documents: one being interview
instructions for doing the Business Retention and
Expansion Program, two being the actual interview
document, and three being the red flag sheets. Each
member of the EDC was asked to take two businesses that
they would contact and do an interview so we can
complete our BRE program. The deadline is the end of
December. Kay has requested that people sign up for
two, take on those two and complete the interviews by
the middle of December. Once everyone signs up, letters
will be sent out indicating that someone will be
contacting them in the next week or so to complete the
interviews.
Five Year Proqram, One Year Strateqy, Annual Report
Kay is drafting these documents and will be sending
those out to the committee prior to the next EDC
meeting. At the December 26, 1991 EDC meeting there
will be a discussion of the Star City Program. Darcy
Runnin~ will be attending the meeting to talk about the
star C1ty Program at that time.
V. DISCUSSION OF EDC ANNUAL WORKSHOP
The EDC discussed where and when they would like to have
the workshop. Kay reported that she had talked to City
Manager Unmacht about combining some efforts with the
City Council's Annual Retreat on January 25, 1992. The
EDC decided that its Annual Workshop meeting should be
separate. The EDC decided to meet on January 9, 1992 at
8:00 to ll:30 a.m. at the Hollywood Inn. The meeting
will include a breakfast. Kay was asked to contact Dave
as to whether he can attend and facilitate this meetin9.
The meeting will have the same format as last time 1n
that we will be talking about our future vision, where
we want to go, and what our priority projects are next
year.
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One item put on the agenda for a workshop was to discuss
our policy on making ~olitical statements i.e. the two
referendums. Bob ind1cated that he had a problem with
the way that we decided to not put an editorial in the
paper supporting the referendums. Two things need to be
talked about, the ~rocess for changing a vote made by
the EDC, and a POl1CY on political statements. Kay was
asked to reference the ethics policy to see if we are
prohibited from doing this type of activity. EDC
members decided that they would like to discuss this
with the City Council to see what their direction is on
that. We will be coming up with an EDC opinion at our
January 9 Workshop and we would like to discuss that
with the Council on January 25.
VI. OTHER BUSINESS
Meetinq Dates
The following schedule will be for the remainder of the
year for the EDC meetings.
There will be an EDC meeting on November 26 from
7:30 to 9:00 a.m. At 9:00 to lO:OO a.m. there will
be a Star City Subcommittee meeting.
On December 10 there will be a regular EDC meeting
from 7:30 to 9:00 a.m.
There will be NO meeting on December 24, 1991.
The next meeting will be January 9, 1992 from 8:00
to 11:30 a.m. at the Hollywood Inn.
There will be NO meeting on January 14.
There will be a Council Workshop on January 25 and
NO meeting on January 28.
This is sub~ect to change if there is an issue that
comes up wh1ch requires attention.
Referendums
The EDC spent a great deal of time talking about the two
referendums that failed to pass at the November 5
election. The committee talked about people's
attitudes towards referendums and why the City has a
difficult time passing them. The committee came up with
several recommended ideas. First they recommended the
Fire Department consider Rainbow Play Systems as a
future location instead of a new hall. Secondly they
recommended that the Citr join in a survey effort with
the school district to f1nd out why the bond issues
failed.
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Promotional Materials
Bob Barsness played a tape and distributed a promotional
document from the City of Le Sueur. The tape is
ap~roximately a $3,000 expense which includes video and
sl1des that are put together to make their economic
develo~ment contact with businesses. The brochure is
someth1ng that they distribute at a charge of $3.00
except for potential businesses. The package is very
impressive and Bob recommended that we consider doing
something like this in the future instead of a slide
presentation.
VII. ADJOURNMENT
The EDC meeting adjourned at 9:10 a.m.
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PRIOR LAKE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT COMMITTEE
DECEMBER 10, 1991
7:30 A.M. - 9:00 A.M.
PRIOR LAKE CITY COUNCIL CHAMBERS
I. Approve November 26, 1991 EDC Meetinq Minutes
II. Business Office Park Worksho9
(Information to be sent out with Workshop meeting
notice. Please bring to the EDC meeting.)
Cover Memo.
positive/Negative Analysis
Business Office Park Proforma
Discuss Details of Workshop
III. star citv Proqram Report
(To be distributed at the meeting.)
Business Retention Expansion Contact List
1991 Annual Report
One Year strategy
Five Year Program
IV. Update on Pro;ects
Enivid
Super Valu
Woodridge Estates
count~ Road 21 /
Bloom1ngton Ferry Bridge
Rainbow Play Systems
V. Other Business
VI. ~diournment
ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT COMMITTEE MEETING MINUTES
NOVEMBER 26, 1991
Members Absent:
Chairman Bob Barsness, Nat wisser, Jim Hill,
Rar Lemley, Rachel VanDenBoom, Dar Fosse, Jere
Ph1llips, Jeannie Robbins, Dave Unmacht, and
Kay Schmudlach
Steve Neilsen and Bill Packer
Members Present:
The Economic Development Committee was called to order at 7:30
A.M. by Chairman Barsness.
I. APPROVE THE EDC MINUTES FOR NOVEMBER 12, 1991
The minutes were corrected as follows:
II, reference to the next EDC meeting
named December instead of November.
page 3, Section
was incorrectly
MOTION BY NAT WISSER, SECONDED BY RAY LEMLEY TO
THE AMENDED ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT COMMITTEE
MINUTES OF NOVEMBER l2, 1991. THE MOTION
UNANIMOUSLY.
APPROVE
MEETING
PASSED
II. DISCUSS BUSINESS OFFICE PARK FOLLOWUP
Kay reported that she had prepared a cover memo and a
positive/negative discussion of the Business Office Park
Development. Along with that Jim Hill has prepared a
proforma that shows the financial application of going
into this Business Office Park Development. These two
items would be attached to the cover memo and sent to
the Council in preparation for a council/EDC/Planning
Commission Workshop. The committee reviewed the memo
and the positive/Negative Impact and made a few comments
or changes but otherwise agreed with the documents.
The committee then discussed the December ll, 1991
Workshop. The December II Workshop is anticipated to be
a workshop in which the EDC will present these documents
to the planning Commission and the city council asking
them to take action or to indicate agreement on an
action plan. Formal action will be taken in January
when the EDA meets and the motion is reaffirmed by the
city council.
The five action steps that the city Council will be
asked to approve are as follows: 1) a meeting with the
property owners of the existing industrial park to share
the results and to inquire as to their interest in
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proceeding with infrastructure extension, 2) finalize
negotiations with the property owner, 3) create a tax
increment plan, 4) further investigate the grant process
and securing state grants for Rainbow Play systems or
another manufacturing company, and 5) get a final
appraisal for Frank Muelken on the purchase of the land.
The EDC agreed with this strategy. Kay was asked to
finalize the cover memo and the pro/con analysis, and
work with Jim Hill on the proforma in order to get it
out to the council in advance of their Workshop.
III. UPDATE ON PROJECTS
Enivid: Kay reported that the Development Agreement has
been drafted and is currently being reviewed by the city
Attorney and the City Manager. staff would anticipate
bringin9 that before the EDA at the same time as the
discuss10n of the Business Office Park, probably in
January. Once the Development Agreement is finalized
the document will go to Kathleen Nye-Reiling so that her
attorneys can review it and sign off prior to the
Council taking action in January.
Super Valu: Kay reported that the transportation study
is in progress. We have, at this time, not taken any
further action as we are waiting for the results of the
traffic study. Super Valu was present at the Chamber of
Commerce meeting and did a presentation and indicated
agreement with city staff on the process that's being
followed.
Woodridqe Estates Update: Kar reported that the
Metropoiitan Council staff has 1ndicated that they will
recommend denial of the extension of the utilities into
Woodridge Estates. Generally the rationale for denying
the extension has been that the supply currently in
Prior Lake exceeds the demand. However, staff would
contend that the supply is not adequate from the platted
side of it because of extenuating circumstances. Staff
will be meeting with the Metropolitan council on Monday,
December 2, 1991 and/or with one of the subcommittees of
the Metropolitan council challenging their
recommendation. Our understanding is that Bonnie
Featherstone is on our side and will be supporting us.
Dave Unmacht requested that someone from the EDC attend
the committee meeting to testify. Bob Barsness
volunteered.
County Road 21: Dave indicated that on December 3 the
County Board is anticipating taking action on the County
Road 21 extension. We should have a result on December
10 as far as whether they will be taking action or not.
At that time Dave will be requesting support from the
EDC on an action plan. Dave said that as far as he
knows, the County Board has the position to take action
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to complete County Road 21 at this time and hopefully
worry about the ~olicy later. If the action is taken in
1992 the complet1on would be made in 1993.
Bloomington Ferry Bridqe: Dave updated the committee.
The Metropolitan Council continues to work on the
Bloomington Ferry Bridge. We anticipate having an
answer back from the Metropolitan council the first part
of the year, probably late January early February. Kay
reported that the Scott County Transportation Coalition
is anticipating having their annual meeting in Prior
Lake because of the recent concern with the access. The
annual meeting will not be scheduled until we have the
final results from the Metropolitan council. The SCTC
is anticipating having the annual meeting sometime in
late February or early March.
IV. UPDATE ON STAR CITY PROGRAM
Kay introduced Gene Goddard who is the new
representative from the state serving as our star city
staff contact person. Gene has been hired to replace
Joyce Simon who is working in a different department in
the State Office of Trade and Economic Development.
Gene will be working with us on are-certification.
Gene introduced himself and described a little bit of
his background.
Business Retention/Expansion Proqram
The EDC watched' the Star City Business Retention/
Expansion interview tape. The committee ran out of time
and decided to have a Star city subcommittee meeting at
a later date and then have the committee report back to
the full committee sometime in December. The Star city
Subcommittee meeting has been set for December 5, 1991
from 8:00 a.m. to lO:OO a.m. At that meeting the
committee will be asked to do several things which are:
1) review the list of the Business Retention/Expansion
interviews that should be held to address the annual
work program, 2) review the 1991 Annual Report, 3)
review the 1992 Work Program, and 4) review the Five
Year Work Program. Kay is asking the committee to try
to focus on several issues before she tries to draft the
documents. The documents will be provided at the
December 10, 1991 EDC meeting.
V. FORMALIZE EDC ANNUAL WORKSHOP OUTLINE,
Attached was an outline for the EDC annual meeting. The
c...""",ittee reviewed it and made no changes.
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VI. OTHER BUSINESS
There were several items brought
that they would like to have
industrial park which is located
in Lakeville. It appears to be
problems.
Someone requested that Dave research tax comparison on
cities with a strong economic development base. Dave
said he would do this prior to the December 11
Workshop.
up. Someone indicated
research done on the
on the west side of 35W
having some financial
VII. ADJOURNMENT
The EDe meeting adjourned at 9:15 a.m.
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