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Rivers Edge Meeting Minutes Wednesday, August 9, 2006 The Meeting was called to order at 8AM at the Elk River Chamber of Commerce meeting room. Tony, Patti, Sharon, Joy, Roger, Wendy, Scott Clark, Peter Kimball were in attendance. Treasurer's Report: There is 4007.31 in our treasury Secretary's Report: The minutes from the last meeting were approved. Old Business: Revitalization plan update: Scott Clark informed us that Heidi had her baby. Patti will take care of sending a card from the group. The Jackson Square block got slowed down because they found that they had to relocate a storm sewer. Scott is still meeting every week on Wednesday at l OAM with all three contractors to continue to anticipate traffic needs and avoid congestion with building traffic downtown. Main Street will be opened as scheduled on August 11th. The fence lines will be moved to give the Bank of Elk River 10 feet and the fence will be moved closer to the Bluff Block. This will make the road less curvy and will allow both groups to do work with out disrupting traffic on a regular basis. We can expect some sporadic 10-15 minute traffic delays. Main Street will be closed as before for a two to three week period in October for utility work. December 1St the utility work should be done. Bruce West is the person taking care of on site considerations for street safety. The Police department is providing traffic control downtown during construction. Scott and Kathy are handling the communication piece, and Bob Ruprecht is overseeing the Building and Engineering. Please contact them if you have a question. Rumors abound -better to ask them for an up to date report on what is happening downtown. The City of Elk River is looking at purchasing the Bumper to Bumper and Creative Genius buildings. They still need to have the buildings appraised. If the City purchases the space the eventual goal is to use the space to provide additional parking for downtown. The HRA approved $2000 for helping us defray the cost of the Street Dance Downtown on August 26th. This will include city services such as blocking off the streets, providing security and portable toilets. The HRA has included another $2000 in its budget for 2007 to help support a celebration downtown next summer -hopefully to coincide with the completion of the Bluffs, Jackson Square, the Park and The Bank of Elk River. Street Dance is scheduled for August 26, 2006. The Bands will play from 5 to Midnight. Fred is out of town until Thursday and will give us more information. Sidewalk sale August 25th and 26th: Wendy is getting banners for the Sidewalk Sale and Street Dance to put up on the side of Kemper Drug and also will help Fred with advertising the events. Businesses will be receiving 10 tickets at $5 each to sell before the Street Dance. Tickets will be $6 at the door. Parking Lot Enforcement Times. Karen (Old Main) Garrett(Diamond City) and Wendy(Kemper Drug) had met to discuss changing the parking lot ordinance. Their recommendations were: 1. No parking in the King Avenue Lot between the hours of 2AM and 6AM except cars with permits, parking in their designated areas.