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Rivers Edge Minutes for September 8, 2004 Present were Pat Klaers, Tony Mikols, Cliff Lundberg, Patti Hipsag, Roger Hebeisen, Wendy Simenson Secretary's Report: Wendy's computer crashed and there were no minutes presented at the meeting. They will be sent out with next months minutes Treasurers Report: Old Business: City Update: HRA voting on the proposed TIF District for the downtown project was delayed. The areas under consideration for a TIF District must be adjacent to each other. (Could be directly across the street). Since Jackson Square and the Bluff Block are not immediately adjacent to each other, HRA had to come up with a plan that would include both areas in one TIF District. The proposal on the table now is to make the TIF District include all of the property from Nadeaus to the Cinema Building on the River Side of Main Street and the Jackson Square property. The HRA will have the opportunity to vote on the TIF district at their October 4, 2004 meeting. If approved, it will then have to go the Elk River City Council for their approval. The development agreement will still have to be approved after the Council votes affirmatively for forming the TIF District. This delay has set the project back 30 to 60 days. . If the development agreement is approved, the City will then form a committee to oversee design of the parking lot on the site of the old city utilities building and King Ave. The committee will be charged with coming up with parking enforcement rules and managing employee parking. Placemats: Tony gave Marlys an 1893 drawing of Elk River. Marlys will talk to businesses to put ads around the border. New Business: Art Soup will be held the Weekend of June 17, 2005. Because of proposed construction downtown, The Elk River Arts Alliance is looking at holding the Festival at Handke Stadium. The majority of downtown businesses found that having the festival downtown was good for business. We are trying to find ways to link the downtown to Handke Stadium so that we can capitalize on the increased traffic to the area during the festival. Some ideas that were put forth were: have classic cars or souped up motorcycles parked along the street in between the two locations, have music in the park—possibly a radio station promotional event, have art displayed along the street, offer shuttle service from downtown to the stadium. If you have any other ideas please share them with Patti Hipsag at the Bead Bag. She will be downtown's liaison to the Art Soup Committee of the Arts Alliance. Scarecrow Contest: We will once again be having a scarecrow decorating contest downtown. This is a great way to kick off the holiday season. All businesses are encouraged to make a • scarecrow and display it downtown. Patti Hipsag will be sending out flyers explaining more about the contest.