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MEETING OF THE ELK RIVER <br />DOWNTOWN REDEVELOPMENT PLAN TASK FORCE <br />HELD AT ELK RIVER CITY HALL <br />MONDAY, MAY 7, 2007 <br />Members Present: Stewart Wilson, HRA Chair; Louise Kuester, I -IRA Commissioner; Larry <br />Toth, HRA Commissioner; Jean Lieser, I4RA Commissioner; Lance <br />Lindberg, Heritage Preservation Commissioner; Dan Tveite, EDA <br />Commissioner; Dana Anderson, Planning Conunissioner; Nlike Niziolek, <br />Parks & Recreation Representative; Dave Rymanowski, Business <br />Representative (First National Bank); Keith Holixte, Business <br />Representative (Kemper Drug); Marls Urista, Business Representative <br />(Coldwell Banker Vision); John Anderson Resident Representative <br />Members Absent: Molly Nadeau -Peterson, Resident Representative <br />Staff Present: Community Development Director Scott Clark, Director afEconomic <br />Development Catherine MeheUla, Assistant Director of Economic <br />Development Heidi Steinmetz aihci Planner Chris Leeseberg <br />Others Present: Michael Sclhroeder of LHB Architects & Engineers <br />1. Al2prove Mav 7, 2007 Agenda <br />The April 9, 2007 agenda was approved wid one addition.,-'rriade by Task Force member <br />Larry Toth that the Task Force may i :want to co11 nsider. renaming the Redevelopment Plan <br />_............ <br />from "Downtown Redevelopment Plan" ,to something else in order to better describe die <br />redevelopment area since the area is much- anger than the core downtown. It was decided <br />that each small group tvould discuss ne�v naives for die Plan during their visioning exercise. <br />2. Approve April 9 2007: Nfinutes;. <br />..._ <br />The Aoa 9, 2007. minutes were approved with one change on Page 3 from "THE <br />MOTION CARRIED 12 0"_to. "THE MOTION CARRIED 11-1. TASK FORCE <br />............... <br />IvtENIBER DAVE RY1v1ANO%VS1<I OPPOSED." <br />3. Purpose of Mav Th Meeting <br />Half of the. Task Force=inembers indicated that they had a chance to drive or walk die <br />redevelopment.area in preparation of tonight's visioning meeting. As a follow up, Planner <br />Chris Leeseberg.showed and narrated a 4.5-minute video of the redevelopment area. <br />Michael Schroeder of LHB Architects & Engineers summarized the purpose of visioning. <br />He explained that tonight's meeting would be a brainstorming session resulting in rough <br />sketches of Task Force suggested design/land use concepts for the area twenty years from <br />now. <br />Assistant Director of Economic Development Heidi Steinmetz provided an overview of her <br />May 7th Memorandum entitled Visioning Session 1 of 2. She stated that it is important for <br />the Task Force to utilize the Policy Assumptions dated April 9, 2007 as a framework for <br />tonight's visioning session in addition to the Task Force mission statement. She added that <br />tonight's small group discussions will be summarized at die end of the meeting. <br />