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HomeMy WebLinkAbout09-28-04-04 • City of Lakeville Economic Development Commission Meeting Minutes September 28, 2004 Marion Conference Room, City Hall Members Present: Comms. Brantly, Gehrke, Matasosky, Pogatchnik, Schubert, Tushie, Ex-Officio member City Administrator Steve Mielke .Members Absent: Comms. Miller, Smith, Emond, J. Erickson, Ex-Officio member Todd Bornhauser -Executive Director -Lakeville Area Chamber of Commerce Others Present: Staff present: David Olson, Community & Economic Development Director; Amanda Schwabe, Economic Development Coordinator 1. Call Meeting to Order. Chair Matasosky called the meeting to order at 6:05 p.m. in the Marion Conference Room of City Hall, 20195 Holyoke Avenue, Lakeville, Minnesota. 2. Approve August 24, 2004 Meeting Minutes • Motion 04.10 Comms. Tushie/Pogatchnik moved to approve the minutes of the August 24, 2004 meeting. Motion carried unanimously. 3. Review and discussion of 2005-2007 Strategic Plan Work Session Mr. Olson stated that detailed meeting notes from the August 24, 2004 Work Session on the 2005-2007 Strategic Plan that was facilitated by Todd Rapp from Himle Horner. Included in that information were separate pages that contained the proposed new Vision, Mission, Organizational Definition, and the Significant .Issues and Goals that were identified during the Work Session. The goal for tonight was to go through those four components of the 2005-2007 Strategic Plan for. Economic Development for any necessary additions or modifications and bring therm to a joint work session with the City Council in October. He explained that the next step is to identify desired outcomes from the six identified Significant Issues and Goals. After that, a date for the joint work session with the City Council will be identified to discuss the Significant Issues and. Goals as well as outcomes so as we move forward toward creating a final document the City Council and EDC are both in agreement on. Chair Matasosky asked for comments regarding the proposed Vision, Mission, Organizational Definition, and the Significant Issues and Goals. Economic Development Commission Meeting Minutes September 28, 2004 Comm. Gehrke reminded EDC members that during the Work Session with Todd Rapp a suggestion was made to include a business element to the Vision, but that the group did not come to a resolution during the Work Session. Mr. Olson. stated that a business element was included in the Mission statement. Comm. Pogatchnik requested that the meeting minutes reflect that the EDC was extremely pleased with the Work Session with Todd Rapp of Himle Horner was effective in regards to time, outcomes and cost effectiveness. Comm. Brantly suggested adding "opportunities for" to the Mission. EDC members agreed. The revised mission statement follows: The Economic Development Commission is committed to identifying and managing opportunities for innovative economic growth, which enhance the quality of life and provide balance to the business and residential community. Mr. Olson asked EDC members to return to the Vision to finalize the new wording with the business element included. After additional discussion, EDC members concurred that the new Vision statement should be: • Lakeville is a unique and attractive community where people and families want to live, learn, work and enjoy for their entire .lives and where businesses choose to locate due to an attractive business climate. The EDC then began reviewing the- Significant Issues and Goals and identifying outcomes. Chair Matasosky opened discussion on the Significant Issue of Transportation by reviewing the goals identified at the Work Session: • Advocate for the implementation of a process to develop East-West Corridors • Assure timely completion of 50-60-70 interchanges • Monitor and evaluate efforts to develop a viable transit .plan for Lakeville • Advocate on behalf of business interests with airport and rail planners He continued the discussion by asking staff as to the status of the East-West Corridor Study. Mr. Olson. stated that what is being discussed now at the County level is the possibility of Co. Rd. 70 being designated as a principal arterial. He continued to say that when the East-West Corridor study began about four years ago, Met Council had determined that they would not support another principle arterial south of 494. Sections of Co. Rd. 42 are designated as principle arterial, but nothing 2 Economic Development Commission Meeting Minutes September 28, 2004 • further south than that. The City will be commenting on the Met Council Transportation Systems Plan, which goes along with the framework that was adopted last year. In preliminary talks with the County, they are in support of the principal arterial designation for Co. Rd. 70. Mr. Mielke that the County is attempting to identify east-west corridors for major roadways that could carry a collective sum of vehicles through the East-West Corridor study process. The concept of taking Co. Rd. 70 and making a connection to Co. Rd. 50 just east of Farmington and make it a state highway so that there would be a connection between Wisconsin to I-35. He continued to say that the City of Lakeville has testified in favor of that concept. Chair Matasosky .inquired if the East-West Corridor study is a County Study? Mr. Mielke: stated that the East-West Corridor study is County driven, however the implementation of it is going to take both the County and City to get it done. After additional discussion, the EDC identified and agreed upon the following outcomes: • Secure the necessary remaining funding for CSAH 70 Interchange • Study. and advocate for the designation of CSAH 70 as a Principal Arterial including the development of an access management plan • Assure that development along East-West Corridors. B, C, D provides for the development of these corridors • Completion of a Transit Plan for Lakeville • Development of a new or renovated fixed-base operator facility at Airlake Airport to better serve corporate aircraft • Expansion of the number of properties in the Industrial Park with rail access Mr. Olson reminded EDC members that it is good to identify outcomes that are realistically achievable in the next three-year period. Comm. Schubert stated that outcomes serve as a way to measure our efforts. Chair Matasosky addressed the Significant Issue of Managing Development by .reviewing. the goals identified at the Work Session: • Advocate with the Council and stakeholders for desired, diverse and distinctive commercial development • Monitor development and advise the Council to ensure a balanced tax base and a manageable rate of growth EDC members identified and agreed upon the following outcomes for the Managing Development goal 3 Economic Development Commission Meeting Minutes 3eptember28, 2004 • Completion and approval of a study that determines what a balanced tax base and corresponding land use plan is for the community • Completion and approval of a study to determine the minimum market value of a residential housing unit that generates sufficient City properly taxes to pay for the City services required by the unit • The development of the remainder of Heritage Commons .will be unique and distinctive and result in community identity Chair Matasosky addressed the Significant Issue of Downtown Plan by reviewing the goals identified at the Work Session: • Facilitate an effort to create along-term plan to promote downtown economic viability while retaining its unique and historical characteristics Chair Matasosky stated that the vision has always been to connect Historic Downtown Lakeville with the Heritage Commons commercial development. Mr. Mielke posed a question to the EDC as to the significance of a linkage to Heritage Commons on the future of the Historic Downtown or if it is something else. Comm. Tushie stated that what's been said is that the historic downtown needs to be redeveloped. It needs to be destination uses that make it a viable center. The long-term viability needs to be some sort of connection to the Heritage Commons development so that they can feed off each other. Comm. Brantly asked how the downtown people feel about that? Mr. Olson stated that the downtown business people would like to see it happen; however the residents living along those areas may not. As the residential properties on the fringe of .downtown come available, people are interested in pursuing commercial uses of the properties. Staff's position is that the areas need to be reevaluated. Mr. Mielke explained that when he has talked with downtown people, they seem to realize that they have many tools, but no actual plan identifying what the downtown ought to be. EDC members identified and agreed upon the following outcome for the Downtown Plan goal: • Approval of a plan and implementation strategies for the preservation and expansion of the Downtown i 4 Economic Development Commission Meeting Minutes September28, 2004 • Chair Matasosky addressed the Significant Issue of Affordable Housing by reviewing the goals identified at the Work Session: • Work with the Council to establish an affordable .housing goal for Lakeville • .Help develop a process with other stakeholders to begin to meet the Council's affordable housing goal Comm. Tushie recommended that 10% of all new housing should be affordable. Comm. Tushie stated that the key to affordable housing is to locate it throughout the entire community and not isolate it to one particular area. He continued to say that affordable housing does not tie itself to one demographic group, it is entry-level, family formation, senior, independent senior, senior with assistance etc. Comm. Schubert shared that one advantage the EDC has this time. is that all members recognize that affordable housing is a .need, whereas before perhaps development had not reached to the level that it has and we did. not recognize the need. EDC members .identified and agreed upon the following outcomes for the Affordable Housing goal: . Approval of a goal and implementation strategy for the attainment of affordable housing for persons of all life cycles Chair Matasosky addressed the Significant Issue of Partnerships by reviewing the goals identified at the Work Session: • Improve communication and coordination with other units of government on important community and economic development issues facing Lakeville • Create partnerships with Lakeville Chamber of Commerce, DLBA and other business and development associations on mutual development objectives Mr. Mielke stated that the challenge to this goal would be to get all of the organizations on the same page that :most of them will want to buy into Comm. Brantly shared that the benefit to the particular organization needs to be clearly .identified to get them to buy into something. EDC members identified and agreed upon .the following outcomes for. the Partnerships goaL• • Determine at least one project or issue to partner or work on with ISD 194 and Dakota County • Formerly celebrate successful development partnerships 5 Economic Development Commission Meeting Minutes September28, 2004 • Approval of the plan for preservation and expansion of the Downtown in conjunction with the Downtown Lakeville Business Association • Implementation of joint community marketing efforts with the Chamber of Commerce Chair Matasosky addressed the Significant Issue of Public Communication by reviewing the goals identified at the Work Session: Improve the .awareness and support of Lakeville residents of the importance of C/I development to the tax base and quality of life • Encourage greater citizen input into community and economic development decisions Comm. Pogatchnik stated that the City already does a lot of communication through Cable Channel 16 and the website. Mr. Olson stated that staff would be preparing an Economic Development :Summary on the. last strategic plan that was just completed at the end of 2004, which will be distributed in the first .quarter of 2005. He continued to say that staff is looking into other communication tools including, Cable Channel 16 and the website to distribute the information rather than just mailing them directly to residents. Comm. Pogatchnik explained .that as the City continues to grow, more people are going to want to know what is going on. Chair Matasosky stated that he would like to see a continuation of the Spotlight on Business program. Mr. Olson explained that staff would like to have a discussion regarding how to approach the program now that a significant number of businesses have already been featured. Staff feels that the benefits of the program certainly merit that the program continues and be modified as necessary. After further discussion EDC members identified and agreed upon the following outcomes for the Public Communication goal: • Continuation and refinement of the Spotlight on Business program • Creation and implementation of a program that continues to communicate the benefits of C/I development #o the community 3. Director's Report Mr. Olson stated that plans fora 3,819-square-foot Wendy's in the new Argonne Village development would be presented to the Planning .Commission on Thursday, • September 23rd. He continued to say that Walgreens will be closing on their site in Argonne Village this week and are expecting to begin construction late fall. 6 Economic Development Commission Meeting Minutes September 28, 2004 The City Council accepted bids and awarded a contract for the construction of the Central Maintenance Facility on Cedar Avenue at 179t" Street to CM Construction Company in the amount of $11.1 million at the September 7t" meeting. Mr. Olson also shared that Governor Pawlenty has proclaimed Oct. 18-22"d as Minnesota Manufacturers' Week. The 11t" Annual Lakeville Manufacturers' Appreciation Luncheon will be held on Tuesday, October 19t" at the Lakeville Area Arts Center. Lunch will be served at 12:00 p.m. with a presentation on the history of the Airlake Industrial Park at 1:00 p.m. Staff will be sending out invitations in the coming week. 4. Adjourn The meeting was adjourned at 8:35 p.m. Res ectfuliy submitted by: Attested to: / Amanda Schwabe, R. T. Brantly, Secretary Economic Development Coordinator • 7