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MEETING OF THE ELK RIVER DOWNTOWN REDEVELOPMENT PLAN TASKFORCE HELD AT THE EMERGENCY OPERATIONS CENTER MONDAY, NOVEMBER 6, 2006 Members Present: Stewart Wilson, HRA Chair; Louise Kuester, HRA Commissioner; Larry Toth, HRA Commissioner; Jean Lieser, HRA Commissioner; Lance Lindberg, Heritage Preservation Commissioner; Dana Anderson, Planning Commissioner; Mike Niziolek, Parks & Recreation Commissioner; Dan Tveite, EDA Commissioner; Dave Rymanowski, Business Representative - First National Bank; Keith Holme, Business Representative (Kemper Drug); Mark Urista, Business Representative (Coldwell Banker Vision); Molly Nadeau-Peterson, Resident Representative Staff Present: Community Development Director Scott Clark, Director of Economic Development Catherine Mehelich, Planner Chris Leeseberg and Assistant Director of Economic Development, Heidi Steinmetz Others Present: Stacie Kvilvang of Ehlers & Associates, Inc. and John Anderson, downtown resident 1. Welcome & Introductions Assistant Director of Economic Development Heidi Steinmetz welcomed the taskforce members to their Erst meeting. She introduced the staff project team and Stacie Kvilvang of Ehlers & Associates. Ms. Kvilvang will facilitate each meeting and serve as a redevelopment planning expert to City staff. Ms. Steinmetz asked taskforce members to contact her directly with any taskforce issues/ concerns between meetings. Taskforce members introduced themselves and indicated their reason for involvement. 2. Overview & Schedule Ms. Steinmetz reviewed the role of the taskforce, which is to assist in the completion of a redevelopment plan for the greater downtown area that will represent a consensus of the City Council, City boards, commissions, business owners and citizens for future redevelopment actions. She added that the plan will serve as a guiding document for the City Council, City boards, commissions and staff. Ms. Kvilvang presented taskforce expectations, ground rules, the purpose of visioning and the general schedule/work plan. She provided visual examples of other cities' redevelopment plans, comparing the plans with Enal outcomes, which were very similar. Ms. Kvilvang proceeded to facilitate the taskforce's selection of a chairperson. It was the consensus of the taskforce that Mark Urista serve as the chairperson. It was understood that the chair will present the Enal plan to various city commissions/boards. In the event that Mr. Urista is unavailable to attend meetings, the taskforce agreed that Louise Kuester will serve as the vice chair. 3. Redevelopment 101 Staff provided general redevelopment principles to the taskforce. Reasons for redevelopment and barriers to redevelopment were presented.