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MEETING OF THE ELK RIVER DOWNTOWN REDEVELOPMENT PLAN TASKFORCE HELD AT ELK RIVER CITY HALL MONDAY, FEBRUARY 5,2007 Members Present: Stewart Wilson, BRA Chair; Louise Kuester, HRA Commissioner; Larry Toth, HRA Commissioner (arrived at 7:00 p.m.); J can Lieser, HRA Commissioner; Lance Lindberg, Heritage Preservation Commissioner; Dana Anderson, Planning Commissioner; 1v1ike Niziolek, Parks & Recreation Commissioner; Dave Rymanowski, Business Representative (First National Bank); Keith Holme, Business Representative (Kemper Drug); Mark Urista, Business Representative (Coldwell Banker Vision); Molly N adeau- Peterson, Resident Representative; J ahn Anderson, Resident Representative Members Absent: Dan Tveite, EDA Commissioner Staff Present: Community Development Director Scott Clark, Director of Economic Development Catherine Mehelicb, Assistant Director of Economic Development Heidi Steinmetz and Planner Chris Leeseberg Others Present: Stacie Kvilvang of Ehlers & Associates, Inc., Frank Dunbar of Dunbar Development and Mark Moorhouse of Dominium, Inc. 1. Welcome Stacie Kvilvang of Ehlers & Associates welcomed the tasHorce members to their fourth meeting. She mentioned that both the developers and the City Engineer Terry Maurer were supposed to attend tonight's meeting, however Mr. Maurer was asked to attend the City Council meeting instead. Ms. Kvilvang stated that Mr. Maurer will provide background in formation/ discuss MnDOT's plans for Hwy 10 at the March meeting. 2. Approve Janua"" 2. 2007 Minutes/Recap of Last Meetinr Including Discussion of Focus Areas The January 2, 2007 minutes were approved with the following change: Member Dana Anderson's first name will be added on page two (third paragraph). Ms. Kvilvang referenced the redevelopment focus area map on display at the front of the room. She stated that the map would change over the course of the tasHorce process but that the four focus areas highlighted provide a visual indication of the importance that each area "flow" together to improve the "greater downtown" concept. She also reiterated that the last meeting represented the "dream" side of the redevelopment spectrum and that tonight's meeting would represent the "reality" side of the spectrum. 3. PUl:pose of Meetinr Ms. Kvilvang explained that the format of tonight's meeting was for the tasHorce to ask the developers questions about the marketability of the redevelopment area. The developers would not be providing a presentation or development concepts but were in attendance as a resource to the taskforce.