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CITY OF PRIOR LAKE, MINNESOTA
TECHNOLOGY VILLAGE BOARD OF DIRECTORS
MEETING MINUTES – March 8, 2016
Phone: 952.447.9813 / Email: drogness@cityofpriorlake.com / www.cityofpriorlake.com
1. Call to Order
The meeting was called to order at 7:32 a.m. in the Little Prior Conference Room at City Hall. Members present: Gerry
Hughes, Dan Stratton and Ken Hedberg. Advisory Committee Member present: David Rech. Staff present: Dan Rogness
and Casey McCabe. Guest present: John Bryant.
2. Approval of Meeting Minutes
a. February 2, 2016
MOTION BY HEDBERG and SECOND BY STRATTON to approve the February 2, 2016 meeting minutes. The
meeting minutes were approved 2-0 with Hughes abstaining.
3. Old Business
a. Program Participant Status – Valde Group
Bryant: attended the meeting to update the board on the status of Valde Group and expressed a desire to
continue in the Technology Village program. Mr. Bryant stated his business needs mentorship and he is now in
a position to begin payment of rental obligations.
Board Members: discussed a repayment schedule to bring Valde Group current on rent payments and directed
staff to communicate the board’s proposal for rent payments with Mr. Bryant.
b. Virtual Program Assigned Contacts
Stratton: spoke with South Metro Federal Credit Union who expressed interest in learning more about the
program. Mr. Stratton also spoke with Gary Meyer at Klein Bank. .
Rech: spoke to Erik Plaisted with Sterling State Bank who is interested to learn more about the program. Mr.
Rech will be dropping off program materials.
Board Members: discussed a Lunch & Learn event for late April. The target audience is local bankers,
accountants and attorneys from the Prior Lake/Savage/Shakopee area. The focus will be a business
collaboration workshop lunch where the board members can discuss how local businesses can support the
growth and success of Technology Village and highlight the program benefits to businesses and their clients.
The April Lunch & Learn event will be a topic of the next Technology Village Board work session. The board
members also recommended a discussion of ‘socializing’ the Technology Village virtual program as a topic at
the next work session.
Hughes: recommended board members begin developing a contact list of local bankers, accountants and
attorneys to attend the event; including Savage and Shakopee businesses.
c. Technology Village Participant Breakfast
McCabe: informed the board that he proposed two participant breakfast meeting dates in March. Due to
participant conflicts it doesn’t appear that either date will work.
Board Members: requested staff propose alternate dates which may work for more participants. Board members
also asked staff to confirm board member availability before finalizing the participant breakfast date.
Hughes: mentioned that Proehl and Frank previously discussed a possible speaker for the breakfast meeting
related to IT protection. Mr. Hughes has another contact who may be available to discuss this topic. Mr. Hughes
will follow up with his contact and provide contact information to staff.
d. Technology Village Phase III Analysis
Board Members: discussed the location quotient questions asked by the Phase III consultant, Jim Greenwood.
Mr. Hedberg gave an update of his meeting with Mr. Greenwood. The board received an update from Mr.
Rogness related to the SBIR workshop at Prior Lake City Hall and discussed an upcoming meeting between
Chad Dill, Mr. Rogness & Mr. Hughes. Mr. Rogness will follow up with Mr. Dill to schedule a meeting.
4. New Business
a. None.
5. Staff Update
a. Technology Village Metric Report – February 2016
Board Members: reviewed the February Technology Village metric report.
b. etaKnowledge LinkedIn Company Page
McCabe: informed the board that etaKnowledge has created a LinkedIn company page named etaKnowledge,
LLC. Mr. McCabe relayed a request from etaKnowledge to help get the word out to attract followers.
c. Action Item Update
Board Members: reviewed the pending Technology Village action items.
d. Board Member Ideas / Recommendations
None.
6. Adjourn
MOTION BY STRATTON and SECOND BY HUGHES to adjourn the meeting. The motion was approved unanimously.
The meeting adjourned at 9:02 a.m.
Submitted by: Casey McCabe