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INDUSTRIAL & ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT COMMITTEE (IEDC)
Tuesday, January 7'h, 2014 - 7:00 a.m., Bridge Room, Monticello Community Center
Present: Joni Pawelk, Pat Thompson, Bill Tapper, Dan Olson, Jim Johnson, Don Roberts,
Tim O'Connor
Absent: Wayne Elam, Luke Dahlheimer, Rich Harris, Dick Van Allen, Zona Gutzwiller,
Mary Barger, Tara Thurber
Others: Jeff O'Neill, Angela Schumann, Mayor Clint Herbst, Glen Posusta, Marcy
Anderson
1. Call to Order
Joni Pawelk called the meeting to order at 7:00 a.m.
2. Consideration of appointing 2014 IEDC Officers
Don Roberts nominated current Vice Chair Wayne Elam as Chair for 2014. Bill Tapper
had nominated Dick Van Allen as Vice Chair but later withdrew the nomination. Dan
Olson nominated Pat Thompson as Vice Chair. Angela Schumann indicated that she did
not believe that the ordinance limited membership to one representative per business. She
suggested, however, that both Pat Thompson and current IEDC member Tim O'Connor
be appointed to the IEDC to represent Xcel Energy as they may both be in attendance at
IEDC meetings. She noted that the appointment would be contingent upon City Council
confirmation.
DON ROBERTS MOVED TO APPOINT WAYNE ELAM AS CHAIR, ADD PAT
THOMPSON AS A VOTING MEMBER AND APPOINT THOMPSON AS VICE
CHAIR (CONTINGENT UPON REVIEW OF THE ORDINANCE AND APPROVAL
BY THE CITY COUNCIL) AND TO APPOINT STAFF AS SECRETARY FOR THE
2014 IEDC. BILL TAPPER SECONDED THE MOTION. MOTION CARRIED 7 -0.
3. Acceptance of Minutes — December 3. 2013 Meeting Minutes
BILL TAPPER MOVED TO ACCEPT THE DECEMBER 3, 2013 MEETING
MINUTES AS PRESENTED. JIM JOHNSON SECONDED THE MOTION. MOTION
CARRIED 7 -0.
4. Consideration of additional agenda items None
5. Reports
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a. Economic Development Report
reSTOREing Downtown meeting — The reSTOREing Downtown Leadership Team
will meet to provide an update on activities and upcoming initiatives on January 16th at
7:00 AM at the Monticello Community Center.
WSB Market Matching Report — Staff will email the Market Matching report to the
membership.
Planning Commission — Staff outlined recent and upcoming agenda items and
provided information related to the status of the R -4 recommendation, the effort by
FEMA and the DNR to deliniate the floodplain, city videos to be developed by CGI
and current GrowMN! activities.
b. City Council
Staff and Council representatives provided a FiberNet status update and responded to
questions.
c. Chamber of Commerce and Industry
Frostbite Challenge activities are underway and will continue through January 121.
d. TAC
The TAC meeting, which had been scheduled for Thursday, January 9th at 7:30 a.m.
has been cancelled.
Consideration of 2014 IEDC Workulan
Land use, transportation and economic development were again identified as IEDC
objectives for 2014. After a brief review and discussion, the IEDC came to a general
consensus about the workplan.
BILL TAPPER MOVED TO ADOPT THE 2014 WORKPLAN AS DIRECTED BY
THE IEDC. TIM O'CONNOR SECONDED THE MOTION. MOTION CARRIED 7 -0.
Adiournment
BILL TAPPER MOVED TO ADJOURN THE MEETING AT 8:05 A.M. TIM
O'CONNOR SECONDED THE MOTION. MOTION CARRIED 7 -0.
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Recorder: Kerry Burn
Approved: Marc rd, 201
Attest:
Angela 1145,n , Community Development Director