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Home My WebLink About04-24-01-01 Ewnomic Development Commission Meeting Minutes - April 24, 2001 City of Lakeville Economic Development Commission Meeting Minutes April 24, 2001 5:00 p.m. Water Treatment Facility Conference Room Members Present: Vogel, Emond, Tushie, Pogatchnik, Brantly, Matasosky, Schubert, , ex-officio member Bornhauser. Members Absent: Miller, excused, alternate member Erickson excused. Others Present: Mayor Bob Johnson; Robert Erickson, City Administrator; Arlyn trussing, Community & Economic Development Director; Ann Flad, Economic Development Coordinator. 1. Call Meeting to Order. Chair Vogel called the meeting to order at 5:19 p.m. in the conference room of the Water Treatment Facility, 18400 Ipava Avenue, Lakeville. Chair Vogel indicated that the agenda would be revised to address item number three - Strategic Planning first. 3. Strategic Planning: • Chair Vogel indicated that the purpose of the strategic planning session was to identify the vision, mission, and issues for 2002-2003 as consistent with the City Council's priorities. City Administrator/EDC ex-officio member Bob Erickson provided the EDC with a historical perspective on the EDC. History & Charge of the Economic Development Commission Highlights of the EDC's history include the following: • '84 the EDC was started as a requirement to be a Star City • '90 Direction started by EDC members • '90-'91 Council hires first EDC Director • '92 First Strategic Growth Task Force sets Economic Development goals including fiscal impact analysis • '93 First Economic Development Specialist is hired • '95 Second Strategic Growth Task Force • '96 First Marketing Plan Developed • '97 First EDC Strategic Plan adopted by Council • '99-'00 Second EDC Plan adopted • '99 EDC starts to act at subcommittee level • '01 New Council; Chamber increases involvement • EDC has authority to utilize funding once budget is approved by the City Council • Serve at pleasure of Council to work toward common goals Make annual report of progresslaccomplishments with ongoing regular communication • Should be creative-innovative as well as objective in promoting Council's goals 1 G:1AFIad\Econdev projects\EDC52001 mtgs14Apri11042401 minutes.doc Economic Development Commission Meeting Minutes April 24, 2001 • Make pro-active recommendations to the Council for special projects or interests - infrastructure -strategies • City Issues Mayor Bob Johnson presented the priorities identified by the City Council at their 2001 planning retreat. From the eight priorities, the EDC identified the following issues as relevant to Economic Development: • Property Tax a.) New growth of commercial-retail tax base b.) Broaden tax base by use of high tech opportunities • Transportation a.) Interchange priorities: 60-70-50 b.) Strategic Placement of major east-west corridor c.) County and City CIP Implementation • Communication a.) Media tools to spur commercial growth b.) Blend amenities with economic impacts of community development c.) Communicate economic development successes • Growth a.) Provide balance in the community b.) Pace of growth relative to infrastructure, schools, taxes, transportation, etc. c.) Provide affordable housing stock d.) Downtown viability-vitality • Vision: (What would the EDC like to be like?) • Creative and innovative • Credible • Facilitate change -ideas • Outcomes to provide lasting impact • Provide better community • Promoters rather than policy makers • Builder of relationships between business and residents • Successful facilitators of council initiatives • Anticipate difficulty city issues and develop proactive solutions • Identify issues before they become a problem • Aggressive innovation Strengths of Lakeville Diversity of EDC members' backgrounds Infrastructure needs relative to resources Available land for growth Retail growth beginning Past planning (Gateway, Heritage) Freeway corridor Southern Gateway to the Metro Proximity to both metro areas • Weaknesses of Lakeville High Tech infrastructure Deficient airport runway Page 2 of 4 Economic Development Commission ~ Meeting Minutes April 24, 2001 Shortage of affordable housing Current lack of retail • I-35 is an outdated road design Opportunities New growth On retail cusp In the center of any east-west corridor Threats Urban sprawl Regional government Public opinion against development Tax base growth outpaced by development Increasing land prices causes growth cap Existing Mission Statement The Economic Development Commission is committed to programs and policies which enhance the quality of the business and residential community. Lakeville is a great place to grow a business! Proposed Vision Statement The Economic Development Commission is committed to innovative economic growth which enhances the quality of and provides balance to the business and residential • community. Chair Vogel indicated that the next EDC meeting would focus on using the City Council's priorities to determine the critical issues for the EDC. Strategic goals and objectives can then be determined. The next meeting will be held on May 22, 2001 at City Hall in the new Community and Economic Development Conference Room at 5:00 p.m. 2. Approval of March 27, 2009 minutes Motion 01.16 Comms. Emond/Matasosky moved to approve the minutes of the March 27, 2001 meeting minutes. Motion carried unanimously. 4. Status update on Strategic Plan items A.) HRILabor Force Committee Ms. Flad indicated that the HR/Labor Force Committee met on April 12, 2001 in the conference room at 7:30 a.m. at Ryt-Way Industries. The committee heard a presentation by a NationJobs representative on their ability to • create a Lakeville page on their web site if at least ten businesses subscribe to NationJobs. Ryt-Way Industries presented information on the steps and considerations involved in developing an independent web site for posting job openings. Using the existing service of Manufacturing Technology of Minnesota's web site "Makelt.com" was also discussed. Airlake Development's web site could also be structured to accommodate Page 3 of 4 Ewnomic Development Commission x Meeting Minutes April 24, 2001 a jobs page. Committee members concluded that use of a web site that is already designed to post job openings would be preferable to creation of an independent one or to • creation of one on the Airlake Development site because the start-up and maintenance is handled by the host organization. Ms. Flad indicated that committee members questioned why other cities were able to provide links to web sites and to the Chamber of Commerce when the city's policy does not allow links to private entities on the web site as the city does not endorse individual businesses. Ms. Flad indicated that Sue Palm, the City's Public Information Specialist, has researched other city's policies about providing links to businesses or job sites on the city's official web site. A memo from Ms. Palm indicated that only one city in the region, Robbinsdale, allowed links to private businesses or job sites. Additionally, Ms. Palm's research revealed that the City could not judge a web site based on its content because of First Amendment issues. Currently Bloomington and Eagan are the only cities in the region with a policy on this issue. Both cities' policies do not allow links to any private web sites. Links can be provided to governmental units and organizations of which the City is a member, thus the Lakeville Area Chamber of Commerce is linked to the City's web site. The Chamber's web site could accommodate a link to a site on which Lakeville businesses post their job openings. Committee members will meet again on May 17, 2001 at Ryt-Way Industries at 7:30 a.m. B.) High Tech Subcommittee Ms. Flad indicated that the High Tech Subcommittee met and has provided survey revisions • to consultant David MacKenzie. A list of a-mail addresses for businesses in the Airlake Park, Fairfield Campus, McStop Area and Miller Theater area is being compiled. The revised survey will be e-mailed to those businesses by the end of April in order to gather a baseline of information on businesses current telecommunications uses and future needs. 5. Status update on Metropolitan Airports Commission correspondence. Ms. Flad indicated a letter from Mayor Johnson was sent to MAC Chair Charles Nelson and MAC Executive Director Jeff Hamiel on Monday, April 23, 2001 requesting assistance in addressing concerns at Airlake Airport. No response has been received yet. 6. Adjourn. The meeting was adjourned at 8:19 p.m. Respectfully submitted by: Attested to: Ann Flad, Recording Secretary R.T. Brantly, Secretary • Page 4 of 4