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Rivers Edge Meeting Minutes Wednesday, July 12, 2006 The Meeting was called to order at 3:30 PM at McCoys Pub. Tony Mikols, Chris Knutson, Garrett Jordahl, Karen Attia, Roger Hebeisen, Wendy Simenson, Fred McCoy, Lori Biel, Brad Rolfe, Scott Clark, Heidi Steinmetz, Peter Kimball were in attendance. Treasurer's Report: There is $4004.76 in our treasury Secretary's Report: The minutes from the last meeting were not available to vote on. Old Business: Revitalization plan update: Scott Clark told us that the 3 groups doing construction downtown will be meeting together weekly to assess and coordinate construction vehicles coming in and out of construction sites. At times of increased traffic the police will have staff available to direct traffic. It is expected that some days there maybe in excess of 200 trucks coming in and out. City Staff will be working with construction companies in finding the best locations for truck staging. The northerly fence line that was put around Jackson Square was put up prior to MnDot approval and was put too close to Hwy 10. The fence will be moved in 4 feet from the curb to allow for safe walking along Hwy 10. In 2 weeks, Jackson Square construction will be particularly noisy as there will be lots of trucks, digging and shoring of the property. The City is looking at possibly starting the Park downtown in September. They would work on it for 2 months in the fall and finalize in the spring. It is expected that each building construction project will take 12 to 16 months for completion. Scott was asked about the likelihood of Main Street being reopened prior to the August 11 `h date. He thought that the buildings were going on as scheduled but that they were looking at the possibility of moving up some of the utility work on the street so that the street wouldn't be opened only to be reclosed again with the concomitant needed to retrain all of the drivers to use alternate routes again. Scott indicated that the City would keep Rivers Edge informed of the status of the Main Street reroute. Rivers Edge members discussed that leaving Main Street closed would be detrimental for existing downtown businesses. If you have concerns with the downtown construction or traffic flow and would like to talk to someone at the city about them please contact Cathy Mehelich Phone: 763.635.1041 Fax: 763.635.1090 Email: cmehelich(a~ci.elk-river.mn.us and specify whether you are calling representing your personal concerns or those of the Rivers Edge Group. (Also if you get emails from the Rivers Edge Group that you disagree with, please let us know so that we can better represent downtown businesses.) Marketing Plan: Heidi told us that the coupon flyer was distributed in the Star News on June 28. She passed out copies to the group. Additional copies were made and will be distributed at City Hall, The Chamber of Commerce, Handke Center and other locations. Wendy asked if it would be possible for the HRA's budget for next year to include funding for a similar piece 6 months