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IEDC Agenda 04-01-2014 AGENDA INDUSTRIAL & ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT COMMITTEE (IEDC) Tuesday, April 1st, 2014 - 7 a.m. Bridge Room, Monticello Community Center ________________________________________________________________________________ Members: Joni Pawelk, Wayne Elam, Luke Dahlheimer, Rich Harris, Pat Thompson, Bill Tapper, Dick Van Allen, Dan Olson, Zona Gutzwiller, Jim Johnson, Don Roberts, Mary Barger, Tara Thurber Liaisons: Jeff O’Neill, Angela Schumann, Mayor Clint Herbst, Glen Posusta, Marcy Anderson 1. Call to Order 2. Consideration to appoint 2014 officers 3. Approve Minutes: a. March 4th, 2014, 2013 4. Consideration of adding items to the Agenda 5. Reports: a. Economic Development Report b. City Council c. Chamber of Commerce and Industry d. TAC 6. April Table Topic - Health Care Guests: David Borgert CentraCare Director of Community & Government Relations Mary Ellen Wells Administrator, CentraCare Health- Monticello 7. Adjournment. (8:00am) MINUTES INDUSTRIAL & ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT COMMITTEE (IEDC) Tuesday, March 4th - 7:00 a.m. - Mississippi Room, Monticello Community Center Present: Wayne Elam, Pat Thompson, Bill Tapper, Dick Van Allen, Dan Olson, Tim O’Connor, Mary Barger, Tara Thurber Absent: Joni Pawelk, Luke Dahlheimer, Rich Harris, Zona Gutzwiller, Jim Johnson, Don Roberts Others: Angela Schumann, Jeff O’Neill, Glen Posusta, Marcy Anderson, John Uphoff 1. Call to Order Wayne Elam called the meeting to order at 7:00 a.m. 2. Approval of Minutes – January 7th, 2014 Meeting BILL TAPPER MOVED TO ACCEPT THE JANUARY 7TH, 2014 MEETING MINUTES. PAT THOMPSON SECONDED THE MOTION. MOTION CARRIED 8-0. 3. Consideration of adding items to the agenda None 4. Reports a. Economic Development Report: Staff provided a brief update related to two planning applications (All Elements, Inc. and Shafer Contracting Co., Inc.) which are scheduled as public hearings as part of the March 4th Planning Commission agenda. MARY BARGER MOVED TO RECOMMEND THAT THE PLANNING COMMISSION APPROVE THE PLANNING APPLICATION REQUESTS SUBMITTED BY ALL ELEMENTS, INC. TARA THURBER SECONDED THE MOTION. MOTION CARRIED 8-0. MARY BARGER MOVED TO RECOMMEND THAT THE PLANNING COMMISSION APPROVE THE PLANNING APPLICATION REQUESTS SUBMITTED BY SHAFER CONTRACTING CO., INC. TARA THURBER SECONDED THE MOTION. MOTION CARRIED 8-0. b. IEDC Membership/Business Retention and Report: Committee members were invited to share information related to the current news on the street, business expansion plans on the horizon and networking in the community. c. City Council: Jeff O’Neill provided a FiberNet status update. He noted that in the IEDC Minutes: 3/04/14 2 next month, the City Council would be considering possible changes to FiberNet management. d. Chamber of Commerce and Industry: Marcy Anderson provided a brief Chamber update and reported that the annual Chamber golf tournament is scheduled for May 15th. e. TAC: Staff provided a brief summary of the information provided at the I-94 reconstruction open house conducted by MnDOT on March 3rd. The TAC is scheduled to meet Thursday, May 8th, 2014 at 7:30 a.m. at the Monticello Community Center. 5. Consideration of application for IEDC membership The IEDC reviewed Steve Johnson’s application for IEDC membership. Johnson would represent reSTOREing Downtown as an IEDC member. DAN OLSON MOVED TO RECOMMEND THAT THE CITY COUNCIL APPROVE THE APPOINTMENT OF STEVE JOHNSON TO SERVE A THREE YEAR TERM ON THE IEDC. BILL TAPPER SECONDED THE MOTION. MOTION CARRIED 8-0. 6. March Table Topic – Market Matching Info Tracker and Greater MSP Sales Force Partnership The IEDC reviewed and asked questions about the sales force partnership with Greater MSP and the InfoTracker/OpportunityTracker tool used by WSB representative John Uphoff to document the City’s economic development data. They asked about the number of leads in the Customer Resource Management (CRM) database and requested a monthly report. They also suggested that the Chamber develop a policy related to opportunity tracking. 7. Adjournment BILL TAPPER MOVED TO ADJOURN THE MEETING AT 8:21 A.M. DICK VAN ALLEN SECONDED THE MOTION. MOTION CARRIED 8-0. Recorder: Kerry Burri Approved: Attest: ________________________ IEDC Representative IEDC Agenda: 04/01/14 1 4a. Economic Development Report IEDC Related Council Actions On March 10th, the City Council acted to approve the Conditional Use Permit for All Elements for the 301 Chelsea Road site. Planning Commission previously approved the two requested variances on March 4th. On March 24th, the City Council approved an ordinance amendment and an interim use permit for Shafer Contracting for temporary construction activities associated with the I-94 reconstruction project. The City Council also approved a license agreement with Shafer Contracting as related to a temporary access road for the project. The temporary access will provide a haul route for the project, as well as an emergency access route. In exchange for the use of EDA owned property for this temporary access, Shafer has agreed to stockpile excess granular material they will generate from the I-94 project at the City’s water reservoir property located at 203 Chelsea Road. Shafer estimates that approximately 60,000 cubic yards of material will be generated with a majority of the material coming from the temporary crossovers and widening areas that will be removed when the project is complete in September. The City will have a need for this material for the future Fallon Avenue overpass to build the approaches to the future bridge over I-94. The EDA will consider approval of the same license agreement in April. The agreement must be approved by both Council and the EDA. More information on this item can be found by viewing the City Council agenda item. Planning Commission Agenda The April 1st, 2014 Planning Commission agenda is attached for reference. I-94 Reconstruction Project A business meeting has been arranged by the Monticello Times (in conjunction with MnDOT) for 9:00 AM Friday, March 28th at the Monticello Community Center. The Times has taken the lead in supporting business coordination efforts for communications during construction. FiberNet Monticello Update Staff is working to arrange a “Breakfast with FNM” event. IEDC members and other businesses will be invited to attend this Q & A with new FiberNet General Manager Brian Estrem. This breakfast will be an ideal time to ask questions about the system, recent upgrades, and overall system outlook. Watch for additional information via email in April. Breakfast with the Mayor Staff is finalizing an April date for the Mayor and Administrator to meet with representatives of Walker In-Store. Industry in the News See attached Star Trib article on WSI.