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<br />Special Meeting of the Elk River City Council <br />and Planning Commission <br /> <br />Held at the Emergency Operation Center <br />Wednesday, August 12, 2020 <br /> <br /> <br />Council Present: Mayor Dietz, Councilmembers Garrett Christianson, Matt <br />Westgaard, Nate Ovall (4:09 p.m.), and Jennifer Wagner <br /> <br />Commission Present: Chair Jill Larson-Vito, Commissioners Perry Beise, Alexander <br />Feinstein, Eric Johnson, and Brad Thiel <br /> <br />Members Absent: Commissioner Roberg Rydberg and John Jordan <br /> <br />City Staff Present: Planning Manager Zack Carlton, Senior Planner Chris Leeseberg, and <br />Planning Administrative Assistant/Recording Secretary Jennifer <br />Green <br /> <br />Others Present: Houseal Lavigne Planning Firm – Chicago; <br />Brandon Nolan, AICP, Project Manager; Jackie Wells, AICP, Planner <br />II, and Kristen Weismantle, Planner <br /> <br /> HR Green - Tim Thoreen, PMP <br /> <br />1. Call Meeting to Order <br /> <br />Pursuant to due call and notice thereof, the meeting was called to order at 4:04 p.m. <br /> <br />2. Comprehensive Plan <br /> <br />Mr. Carlton introduce the firm Houseal Lavigne and its members present, along with <br />Mr. Thoreen from HR Green for traffic operations. <br /> <br />Mr. Nolan presented a PowerPoint Presentation outlining the overall framework to <br />this project: <br />Project Initiation <br /> Public Participation Program <br /> Community Vision/Goals/Policies <br /> City-wide Framework Plans and Web Meetings <br /> Comprehensive Plan Document and Adoption <br /> <br />He explained the emphasis and priority will be on businesses, with a business focus <br />group. He provided the website Hla.fyi/elkriver to use to as a tool for public <br />outreach during the planning process and will post all news and events on that site. <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br />