IEDC Minutes 03-04-2014MINUTES
INDUSTRIAL & ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT COMMITTEE (IEDC)
Tuesday, March 4tn - 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 0 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
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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 8h, 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
Uphoffto 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. Adiournment
BILL TAPPER MOVED TO ADJOURN THE MEETING AT 8:21 A.M. DICK VAN
ALLEN SECONDED THE MOTION. MOTION CARRIED 8 -0.
Recorder: Kerry Burn
Approved: /April 1.,2-01
Attest:
IEDC