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Rivers Edge Minutes August 11, 2004 411 The meeting was called to order at 8AM at the Elk River Chamber of Commerce Meeting Room. Attending were: Tony Mikols, Heidi Steinmetz, Cliff Lundberg, Mark Urista, Marlys Ellingson, Jeff Gongoll, Wendy Simenson, Vern Hanson(Metro Plains) Secretary's Report: Minutes from the last meeting were approved. Treasurer's Report: $2593.92 Old Business: City Update: Heidi deferred her update so that more time could be spent with MetroPlains. Revitalization Challenges and Solutions: Vern Hanson came to the meeting representing MetroPlains. Vern told us that both projects would be taking place at the same time. During the plan approval process they will resolve potential issues that might come up. MetroPlains Role: MetroPlains is a development company. They will hire a contractor for each development. Vern Hanson is the architect on MetroPlains' staff who will administer the project from start to finish. Each contractor will have a Job Superintendent or Project Manager working under the contractor. There will be a job office or trailer on site. The Job Superintendent will be the first contact for PR for commercial and residential developments. MetroPlains goal is to become a part of downtown. • Once the projects are completed, MetroPlains will retain ownership of the Jackson Square project. The Bluff Block Residential Condos and Business Condos will be sold. The Declarent stays with the units until they are purchased. Four contractors are being considered for the Jackson Block. If all goes as planned, Both projects could start in the spring of 2005 together depending on time of year for start. The proposed parking changes and closure of King to increase the number of parking spots available will take place prior to the start of the Jackson Square Project. First National Bank's Parking lot next to Elk River Meat Market will be made available for general downtown parking for an indefinite period of time. First National will have their employees park elsewhere. Staging and delivery of materials will be site specific. The plan for the Bluff Block is to build the underground parking area first and use that as a staging area. This will increase the time needed to complete the project from 11 to 13 months. Necessary worker vehicles (those containing construction equipment and supplies) will be parked on site. Non essential worker vehicles could be either north of the tracks or south of the tracks but north of 169 west of Jackson. The General Contractor for each site will be responsible for making sure that workers park in the • designated off site parking areas. The General Contractors are who should be notified if workers vehicles are showing up in downtown customer or employee parking areas.