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CITE OF LAKEVILL
ECONOMTC.i3~VELOPMENT C~3MMI~STO#2~t MEETING MINUTES
SEP'I'E1vIBEdt 27, "1.,994 .
The meeting was called to order b}~ Chairman Tushi~at 7:12 P,LEVI. at City HAIL
RoII call of iltemtiers was taken Present Brandy, D.etjen, F~nond, Erickson, Krejci;:
Matasosky, pogatChrtik; Tushis,,Vo~eJ'. ikbsent;.rt~tre' ~ " "
Also present Cindy Johnson, Lakevilje Cham6br o€Conunerce;•Michael Sobota, Director
of ComiriunitX,& Ecgnomic Development, Carol Crr~',.Economic Development.
Specialist:..
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94:09" Motion by Matasosky. seconded by Emond to approve m=notes of?uly 25, 1994 EDC
meeting. Roll call was;taken oq the motion. Ayes. Unanimous.
Projects ntad .~t'svi4ies"Uudate
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' ~obota updated.th~ cotnrriiasion on the grading oi'Fairfield Business"Campus;; Trunk
'funds and the sale of
bonds will finance the grading. Future tai increment~funds•generated
by private construction of buildings will be used tp payof~'the bonds. '
New Morning Windows has signed a Letter o$~nisnt to locate zhe,r SS~QXJq,aquare foot
headquarters building in the Fairfield Business ~Rtgpus+" A fin$i'~development:~ntraet is
' scheduled-for March 1, 1'995. At that point, the.CitSy.would approve a contracifor utility
and su~ee, tnfrastnrr,~ure•inapi-ovements vo the bite and business ca'rnpus: Additionally, the
Department ofTrale antf;~c'anonrio`D1e4elpp4Cp;~nt has 4ssisted New lklornin~l?Vindows
with supplertiental'fin~ncing througlL`oiiie oftE~ ~t~te's~ptograms.
Sobota gave the commission an update on Century Refining and Stampings of
Minnesota projects, both of which have been approved by the City Council.
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Parker Hannifin, protect `Fias broken ground fora 19,107 sf warehse e~panaion in ti. "
Ai~ltllge tndustnai' Park. , ~ . ` ~ `~~e , ,
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Jack Matasosky provided the commission with an update op~P~'tmovldgd PCbdurts. The
business has sent sample products to-potential customers andethe project is moving along ,x.
well. "
Twq ~;inesses wisl~ci reloca4e have nSerf`with staff regarding the development of the
Fairtield`Busis ~aiipus. $obota`provided the corrunission an overview of both
businesses
• Winsor Plaza Expansion project is being re-bid due to the fact that the lowest bid
received was substantially higher than the original project estimate.
Matasosky provided the commission with an update regarding the RTClAirlake Group
land. A court hearing has been scheduled for October 5. Final resolution may take place
on October 5. If not, this will delay the development of Airlake Industrial Park for an
undetermined length of time.
Seat. 14 Worksession
Commission reviewed the work session before the City Council on Sept. 14. Discussion
about the proposed 1995 budget took place and all agreed that the plan was an ambitious
program and that not all of the action plans could realistically take place as planned in
1995.
Strategic Workolao
The Chamber of Commerce wishes to provide feedback regazding the EDC strategic work
plan. Oct. 25 and 26, 1994, have been chosen as dates to hold informational meetings
with business. Tushie stated that representatives from the teams should speak about their
• plans at these sessions. Matasosky added that the chamber should be given an opportunity
to provide expertise and assistance in implementing the strategic work plans. Cindy
Johnson went on to explain that a cover letter and copies of the draft strategic plans would
be sent to selected businesses and any input would be brought back to the whole
commission. Discussion regarding the format of the informational meetings took place.
Vogel pointed out that the communication workplan was important and should be
discussed at both of the scheduled chamber informational meetings. It was also discussed
that team members would be in a better position to discuss their specific workplans.
Turning to the strategic work plan, Brantly stated that the commission needed to be able
to track progress and keep the Council informed about successes. Sobota explained that
the process the commission has undergone shows the efforts already performed in 1994.
He suggested that the commission Look at the strategic work plans that call for consultants
and funding and begin the Request for Proposal (RFP) process. This would involve
asking questions, interviewing consultants and assist in defining on the front end what the
commission wants to accomplish.
Vogel added that the commission needs to determine and prioritize the "footings and
foundations" in 1995. Specifically, the teams would gather information initially and
implement action plans after strategies and priorities are in place. Sobota and Graff will
take some of the issues planned for 1995 and come back to the conunission with steps to
. carry out each action plan. Graff stated that draft action plan steps were drafted, and with
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• additional fine-tuning, the steps would be presented to the commission at the next
meeting.
Tushie stated that the more information that staff could provide would be helpful to the
commission in determining priorities. He suggested a schematic including a more detailed
workplan, timeline and budget be available to the commission by the next meeting in order
to assist the prioritizing process. It was also suggested that after the chamber information
meetings, input received would be discussed at the next EDC meeting when priorities
were discussed. It was determined that since the chamber information meetings were
scheduled for the same week as the next regularly scheduled EDC meeting, the
commission would move the next meeting date to November 1 at 7:00 P.M.
Other business. J. Erickson asked staff about the development guide and whether the
information was being provided to businesses. Sobota stated that when any business visits
City Hall to discuss a possible development project, staff provides a development guide.
J. Erickson suggested that the Building Inspection Department might also be a good place
to have copies of the guide available. Staff will provide copies of the development guide
to the Inspections Department to be given to businesses who come in for building permits.
Discussion took place among members on assisting city staff with improving customer
service and improving communications with businesses. A suggestion was made that staff
• be trained to ask questions of customers and not assume the customer is knowledgeable
about the process. Being proactive and not reactive to customer needs could improve
relationships and communications between the City and business.
Meeting adjourned at 8: 47 P,M.
Respectfully submitted:
Carol Graff, Reco d' g Secretary
Robert Brandy, Secretary
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