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16200 Eagle Creek Avenue S.E.
Prior Lake, MN 55372-1714
MINUTES OF THE LAKE ADVISORY COMMITTEE
November 16, 2004
I. CALL TO ORDER
The Lake Advisory Committee (LAC) Meeting was called to order at 6:00
P.M. Members present: Harry Alcorn, Dan O'Keefe and Donna Mankowski.
Members absent: Marv Mirsch, Brad Beneke
Others present: Jim Petersen; City Council, Larry Poppler; Assistant City
Engineer
II. CONSIDER APPROVAL MEETING MINUTES
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Harry Alcorn made a motion to approve the October minutes, Donna
Mankowski seconded the motion. The minutes were approved as written.
III. OLD BUSINESS
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a. Review the 2005 Agenda and discuss the upcoming meeting with the City
Council
Poppler stated that the joint City Council work session with the LAC and PAC
will be an opportunity for the LAC to receive feedback from the City Council
and discuss the proposed 2005 work plan. The purpose of this agenda item
tonight will be to outline items which the LAC would like to receive feedback.
Petersen added that the presentation should be organized and thought out to
emphasize the LAC's main points.
O'Keefe stated that last meeting we organized the 2005 calendar. The LAC
should receive some feedback on that workplan. Also the LAC should get
some feedback from the City Council on the vision of the LAC and how the
City Council can use the LAC as a tool.
Alcorn asked that Pop pier e-mail the minutes from last meeting, so that
Alcorn can take the calendar items from that meeting and incorporate these
into a presentation. Alcorn added that we should emphasize the three main
objectives of the LAC for 2005 which we discussed last meeting:
1. Support the Council in an advisory capacity
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2. Solicit input from organizations on the lake to determine
key issues from their perspective
3. Educational and marketing of the LAC
O'Keefe and Alcorn will get together to organize the presentation. Alcorn
will complete the graphical presentation and O'Keefe will present to the
City Council.
IV. NEW BUSINESS
a. Winter Use Organizations - This topic will be moved to the January
meeting.
b. Marketing Ideas - Public Relations
Alcorn has suggested that a web camera could be utilized to give a real
time view of the lake with marketing of the LAC and the City on the
web site. The initial cost would be around $1200.00. This could help
promote the lake and the LAC.
Mankowski suggested that a lake link could be added to the City website
to promote activities on the lake.
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Alcorn added that he has created a website which contains links to the
various organizations in Prior Lake. The web address is priorlakemn.net.
Poppler suggested revisiting the idea of a carp contest as a marketing tool.
Alcorn stated that using the organizations and businesses associated with
the lake can be used to help coordinate these marketing efforts.
Petersen added that the bass tournaments are also ways to market.
V. ANNOUNCEMENTS
a. Boat Slips are completed at Watzl's Point - Location changed due to
depth issues.
VI. ADJOURNMENT
THE MEETING WAS ADJOURNED AT 7:00.
Respectfully submitted,
Larry Poppler
Assistant City Engineer
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