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RiverEdge Meeting Minutes Wednesday ~ 13, 2009 The meeting was held at McCoy's Pub and was called to order at 8AM. Present were Fred, Jim, Wendy, Roger, Tony, Sandi, Annie, Stephanie Albin. There is $2,943.66 in the treasury as of today. The minutes from the April 8th meeting were approved as written. City Update from Annie: The roof is being repaired on the Arts Alliance Building. The Current will put our information into the newsletter that goes out quarterly. We need to get them the information by May 17th. The Bluffs has closed their office on the main level because the Bank that owns them is again trying to sell the building as a whole. Banners are being put up on highway 10 light poles. For ArtSoup Banners the Arts Alliance will need to talk to Terry Mauer. The Fast Study is looking at land use around the Commuter train station area and will be looking at how to zone the land in that area. When the study is complete (staff anticipates it will be early June) ,the Downtown Redevelopment committee may start meeting again. Stephanie Albin from ER Park and Rec will be coming to RiversEdge meetings to keep us updated on what is happening with the Downtown Concert Series and other Park activities. There will be a Riverfront Jam concert held downtown in conjunction with the MNSES Bike Race that is being held at Hillside Bike Park. The Concert will be held on July 25th with Big Walter headlining at 7PM. Sponsorships are available for the concert. There is an opportunity for all downtown businesses to go together and have booths and tables set up at the concert as the Banks are not sponsoring this event. The bike race will be held on July 26th. 300 to 500 racers are expected for that race. Riverfront Concert Series is starting June 4ch with Lamont Cranston. Sandi suggested that we have swing dance lessons (she could teach them) at the park prior to an appropriate concert. Businesses are encouraged to have sidewalk sales on Thursday nights before the concerts and stay open on those nights. There will be a classic car show on July 30tH downtown. Chalk it Up lunch concerts will be held downtown the 2°d Wednesday of each month at Rivers Edge Commons Park. The first one will be June 12tH Kidstock will be held at Lions Park on Thursdays during the day. There is a group looking at filming an Indie Film downtown Elk River at McCoy's. Discussion was held as to scheduling Halloween Activities downtown this year. Halloween falls on a Saturday. We decided to schedule downtown trick or treating and the scream contest for Friday, October 30th. Stephanie said that they can share with us the hay bales and pumpkins that they use for their Halloween Activity held at Lions park the Saturday before Halloween (Oct 24th). We need to let her know what we need. We can