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Rivers Edge Meeting Minutes for Wednesday, September 12, 2007 The meeting was called to order at 8AM in the Chamber of Commerce Meeting Room. Present: Jim Rudolph, Wendy Simenson, Roger Hebeisen, Dave Rymanowski, Bill Houlton, Donna Busch, Jeff Gongoll, Heidi Steinmetz Treasurers Report: Jim reported that there is $1723.69 in the treasury. Secretary's Report: minutes were Minutes were accepted. (Dave moved, Bill seconded) Old Business: City Update: Heidi told jus that the Jackson Place apartments have been totally rented. It is hoped that the certificate of occupancy will be given out by Oct 1 so residents can move in. None of the Business storefronts have been leased yet in Jackson Place. A grand opening is being scheduled for the end of October. The Bluffs received their certificate of occupancy and tenants and businesses have begun to move in. The Bank of Elk River will be have an open house in honor of their finished remodeling and Jim Simpson's retirement and Pat Dwyer taking over as Bank president Sept 25th Planters to Mums: Meryl will be working on planting Mums soon. Meryl thinks that we need at least 15 more matching flower pots distributed around downtown to look nice. Terry Mauer is the person we need to initiate the discussion about additional pots with. Fall/Halloween Decorating & Events: Donna said she would help coordinate Halloween activities downtown with some of the other businesses. The initial plan is to offer trick or treating downtown on October 31St from 3 or 4 to 7. Ross Dimants from the Park Department told us that we could use the movie screen in the park and show a movie at dusk. We would have to pay for the movie and they would provide the screen. Donna's group will explore that option further. Santa Downtown Saturday, December 15, 2007 from 12 Noon to 3 PM: We are partnering with the Park Department to have Santa downtown in the RiversEdge Commons Park. If need be, the parks dept has heaters that could be used to keep people warm if it is a chilly day. We will once again encourage businesses to have holiday open houses that day. We are looking at getting the animals downtown again and Carolers singing in the streets. New Business: Proposed Main Street Reconfiguration at Park Crosswalk: Terry Mauer was out of town and unable to attend our meeting. He told Wendy that he would be available to attend our October 10th meeting. Heidi indicated that only a few people had attended the informational meetings that were held to explain the project. A discussion ensued that the letter notifying building owners and business owners of the meeting had not gone out to all interested parties. Heidi said that she had given the Public Works department her complete list, and would make sure that that was the list they used. Also, it was thought