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Downtown Redevelopment Plan Task Force Minutes Page 5 March 5, 2007 ------------------------------------------ likely extend west along Main Street as driven by the market. More details of the small group discussion are attached. 6. Photo “Homework” Summary Assistant Director of Economic Development Heidi Steinmetz stated that the photo summary provided tonight is meant to generate ideas in preparation for next month’s first visioning meeting but that the photos will be used as references to assist the Task Force in transferring ideas to paper. The summary included groupings of similar photos taken by members during the month of January. Many members explained to the group why each photo was taken. Member Wilson expressed concern that the summary only included Elk River photos and that he understood the assignment was meant to obtain photos outside of Elk River. Ms. Steinmetz stated that he understood the assignment correctly and that the rest of the photos would definitely be used during the visioning process. 7. Next Steps Ms. Kvilvang stated that the Task Force would be breaking into two visioning groups at next month’s meeting on April 9th, which will be facilitated by Michael Schroeder of LHB Architects and Engineers and Planner Chris Leeseberg. Ms. Mehelich reminded the group that there is an EDA meeting prior to the Task Force meeting so the Task Force meeting would begin at 6:30pm. 8. Final Comments Ms. Kvilvang asked each Task Force member to talk about his/her reactions to tonight’s presentation. The comments are listed below:  Dave Rymanowksi: It doesn’t “pay” to spend $21 million on Hwy 10 if the Level of Service will remain an “F”.  John Anderson: concurred with Mr. Rymanowski  Stewart Wilson:  Jean Lieser: Any improvements to Hwy 10 are “out there a ways.”  Molly Nadeau: MnDOT doesn’t seem to be under any pressure to improve Hwy 10.  Keith Holme: The north and south sides of Hwy 10 should be developed separately. We need to wait to redevelop further west along Main Street until there is a market for it. We need to make sure we maintain a nice buffer between the commercial and the residential located along Main Street.  Larry Toth: Redevelopment along Main Street should not extend futher than Lowell Avenue.  Dana Anderson: It is time for the City to make some tough decisions regarding Hwy 10 traffic downtown and we need to come up with some better land uses to alleviate those transportation issues.  Lance Lindberg: There is no easy answer for dealing with Hwy 10.  Dan Tveite: We need to figure out the best land uses for north and south of Hwy 10. The natural progression for redevelopment in the area is to extend west along Main Street and we need to make sure we maintain good transitions.  Louise Kuester: The Task Force has really changed its focus regarding the north and south sides of Hwy 10. It is odd that we’ve never talked about the railroad because it is just as much of any issue as Hwy 10. We need to be proactive with Hwy 10. Submitted by,