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F" Rivers Edge Downtown Business Association Minutes • March 10, 2004 The meeting was called to order at 8AM at the Elk River Chamber of Commerce Meeting Room. Attending were: Tony Mikols (Mikols River Studio and framing), Lance Lindberg (Century 21), Heidi Steinmetz (City of Elk River), Pat Klaers (City of Elk River), Jeff Beahen (Elk River Police Chief), Marlys Ellingson (Elk River Star News), Roger Hebeisen (First National Bank of Elk River), Jeff Gongoll (Elk River Chamber of Commerce) and Wendy Simenson (Kemper Drug). Secretary's Report: The minutes from the last meeting were accepted Treasurer's Report: The Balance is approximately $2152.25. Old Business City Update: Heidi reminded us of the special meeting that the Elk River City Council and HRA are holding on March 17 at 6:30PM at Lions Park Center. This will actually be a working session to get the City Council up to date on progress with the downtown revitalization process. This meeting is open to the public. The next regular HRA meeting will be held Monday April 5, 2004 at the Little Theatre. You can get the agenda for HRA and City Council meetings at the City's Website (http://www.ci.elk- river.mn.us/under government and agendas) on the Friday Prior to the meeting. Lance receives a copy of the packet given to HRA members prior to the meeting. Contact him if you are interested in backround prior to the meeting. City Hall's move date is scheduled for March 22. City Hall will be closed March 26. The April 5th City Council Meeting is scheduled to be held in a work session meeting room at City Hall. Jeff Beahen,Elk River's Police Chief, was invited to the meeting to discuss downtown parking issues. As many of you are aware, the police were monitoring parking in the lot behind Kemper Drug the week of March first through the fifth. They were marking tires and ticketing vehicles that were left in the lot overnight. The result of this monitoring was that 6 commuters are no longer parking there and 2 vehicles that were disabled in the lot have been moved—freeing up 8 spaces for our customers. The lot is no longer being monitored by the police. At this time, business owners and employees will not be ticketed for parking in this lot for longer than 3 hours. In the future, we will be notified in advance that the city is undertaking monitoring parking downtown before they begin. If you have any questions or concerns about this or anything else, the Police Chief is more than happy to talk to Yq you about them. Please call him at his office. If you are interested in freeing up more space for parking downtown, we were told that we can park without permits in the lot across hiway 10 by the railroad tracks. Also, if you see commuters parking in the lots on the river side of highway 10, tell them or leave a note on their cars, that there is commuter parking in the 20 spots on the west end of the lot across highway 10 by the railroad tracks and that they don't need permits to park there. There was some discussion of downtown • businesses coming up with a plan to reward employees who are comfortable parking in the lot by the tracks. If you have any comments on this idea, please talk to Tony.