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RA1F Rivers Edge Downtown Business Association Minutes • April 14, 2004 The meeting was called to order at 8AM at the Elk River Chamber of Commerce Meeting Room. Attending were: Tony Mikols, Heidi Steinmetz, Pat Klaers, Cliff Lundberg, Marlys Ellingson, Roger Hebeisen, Jeff Gongoll and Wendy Simenson Secretary's Report: The minutes from the last meeting were accepted with the change that the April 5`h, City Council Meeting was held at Lions Park Center. Treasurer's Report: The Balance is $2153.41. Old Business City Update: The Preliminary Development Agreement between MetroPlains and the City of Elk River expired April 5, 2004. The HRA directed city staff to continue negotiations with MetroPlains until the May 3, 2004 HRA meeting. The city is now free to talk to other developers during this time. Funding for the parking lot expansion project behind the brick block(Kemper Drug et al) is tied into the downtown revitalization project. No changes in this lot are anticipated until a formal development agreement has been reached. The City received a$400,000 grant that is earmarked for a portion of the Jackson Block. The Grant came from the Minnesota Department of Employment and Economic Development's Small Cities • Development Program. If the Downtown Revitalization Project does not move forward, the City would be able to request that the grant money still be available for downtown development, however the request must be approved by the State. The City Council has changed how it will address business at its Monday meetings. The first and third Mondays of the month they will hold regular meetings. The second week they will hold work sessions. The next HRA meeting will be held May 3, 2004 in the Elk River City Hall Council Chambers, 13065 Orono Parkway, at 5:00PM. The City of Elk River is holding its annual Clean Up Day on April 24, 2004 from 8AM-12PM at the Public Works Garage, 19000 Proctor Avenue. For a fee, you can drop off fluorescent light bulbs, computers, televisions and other items that you can't normally put in your trash. Contact Rebecca Haug at (763) 635-1068 for a fee schedule. Downtown Directory We now have a comprehensive list of business contact information on the businesses in the downtown area. We will make that available on request to RiversEdge members. There was a request to not include email addresses and fax numbers when giving out the list. Thanks to all who gave us their information. • Placemat Advertising Marlys is working on a prototype for placemats that downtown businesses can buy advertising on. We would then offer the placemats free of charge to non profit groups in the Elk River Area to use