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HomeMy WebLinkAbout10-24-06-06 City of Lakeville Economic Development Commission Meeting Minutes October 24, 2006 Marion Conference Room, City Hall. Members Present: Comms. Matasosky,' Brantly, Emond., Gehrke, Smith, Schubert, Erickson. Members .Absent: Comms., Tushie, Pogatchnik, Miller, Ex-officio member Chamber of Commerce Executive .Director Todd Bornhauser, Ex-officio member City Administrator Steve Mielke. Others Present: David Olson, Community & Economic. Development birector; Adarn Kienberger, Economic Development Specialist. 1. Call Meeting to Order.. Chair Matasosky called the meeting to order at 5:00 p.m. in the Marion Conference Room of City Hall, 20195 Holyoke Avenue, Lakeville, Minnesota. 2. Approve September 26, 2006 Meeting Minutes Motion 06.13 .Comms.. Emond/Erickson moved to approve the minutes of the September 26, 2006 meeting as presented. Motion carried unanimously. 3. Presentation of new Community and Economic Development website Mr. Kienberger presented the redesigned and expanded Community and Economic Development webpage. to the EDC and described the additional content and usability of the site. Based on suggestions gathered from web design sessions, site selector-feedback and departmental collaboration., the Community and Economic Development Department webpage is now a more comprehensive source for those either seeking to do business or those already doing business in the City of Lakeville. Mr. Kienberger also noted that the City has incorporated www.lakevillebusiness.com as a more direct URL to help businesses navigate quickly the Community and Economic. Development Department's webpage. Postcards will be mailed. aut to the. business community announcing these changes. 4. Update en Proposed Business Telecommunications Technology Task Force • Mr. Olson. gave an update on the status of the. formation of the Business .Telecommunications Technology Task f=orce, He stated that at the City Council Economic Development Commission. Meeting Minutes October 24, 2006. • work session on October 23, 2006, they gave the go ahead to begin the process of forming the Task Force. Mr. Olson asked if .there was a volunteer from the EDC that would be willing to serve on the Task Force as the EDC representative. .Comm. Gehrke responded that he would be willing to volunteer to serve on the Task Force. The EDC discussed telecommunications .and Wi-Fi models being. considered by other cities in the Metro. and acknowledged that Lakeville's Task Force will be focused on serving the business community's needs. 5. Director's Report. Mr. Olson stated that there has been discussion about changing the format of the Airlake Park Newsletter to target it towards the broader Lakeville business community. He added that the Lakeville business. community has. changed. substantially over the past 5-10 years. There would-also likely be a transition from producing the newsletter in a print format to becoming an electronic newsletter so it can better serve the larger .market. Comma. Schubert responded that she likes being able to sign up electronically to receive information and thought. that. it would be a good idea. Mr. Olson also added that this change would likely came about in .the beginning of 2007. Mr. Olson gave an .update on the Downtown Planning. Project and noted that the Downtown Planning Task Force recommended the draft Plan. to the .City. Council at .their .October 17, 2006 meeting.. The draft is available. on thee. City website for everyone to review. Mr. Olson stated that the. next steps for the Downtown Plan would be to have a joint work session. with the City Council, Planning Commission, EDC and Downtown Planning Task Force sometime in mid-November. A final Community Meeting would be held in early December before proceeding to the City Council for final action. Comm. Erickson stated that the next challenge for the Downtown Plan will be implementation. Comm.. Smith .added that funding will likely be the biggest challenge in the implementation stage. • Mr. Olson res onded that mall identifiable successes will be the ke to successfull p s y y starting the implementation stage of the Downtown Plan. 2' Economic Development Commission Meeting Minutes October 24, 2006 Mr. Olson concluded his Director's Report with the September building permit. report and by reminding the EDC members up for re-appointment to submit letters if they wish to be re-appointed to the EDC. 6. Adjourn .The meeting was adjourned at 6:00 p.m. Respectfully submitted by: Attested to: ~ . Adam Kienberger R. T. Brantly; Secre Economic Development Specialist 3