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INFORMATION RiversEdge January 11, 2012 Meeting Minutes Present: Tanna Anderson (First National Financial) John Stander (Arts Alliance), Tony Mikols (Dares Funeral Home), Frank McCoy (McCoy's Pub), Jeremy Barnhart (City of Elk River Planning), Clay Wilfarht (City of Elk River EDA), Wendy Simenson (Kemper Drug), Deb Rydberg (Elk River Chamber of Commerce), Sandi Yeado (Edward Jones Financial), Neal Gagnon (Bank of Elk River), Tamara Ackerman (Avalon Salon), Annie Deckert (City of Elk River EDA) Meeting was called to order at 2:35PM at the Edward Jones Conference Room in Beautiful Downtown Elk River. Treasurer's report: Neal told us that there is currently $3,093.30 in our bank account. Fred has bills for the holiday newspaper ads and the tree that need to be turned in for payment. First National Bank and The Bank of Elk River will split the cost of the Holiday Flyer that went out in the newspaper. They will need to be invoiced for that amount. Once again we sincerely thank the Bank of Elk River and First National Financial for their support of downtown businesses! Secretary's Report: The minutes were approved as written. City Update: Downtown Task Force: Jeremy Barnhart reported to us that the Downtown Task Force has been reconvened by City Council to help the City plan for future changes coming to the downtown area. The task force will meet monthly to help develop a long range vision for downtown. They will look at the impact of changes to highway 10 on Downtown and adjacent neighborhoods; any redevelopment that could take place downtown; items that need attention downtown; identify problems downtown; identify opportunities to reinvigorate and invest in downtown. The city could have hired an outside consultant to do this work, but preferred to have people who are connected with the downtown make the recommendations. These stakeholders are business owners, property owners, individuals representing various boards and commissions, residents, and council members. The plan is for the task force to come up with a plan that will be presented to the community for comment. The plan would then be presented to the City Council for approval. Jeremy will provide us with a list of people who are serving on the task force. An agenda item will be added to our RiversEdge Agenda each month so that someone from the task force can report back on the group's activities. General Update: The demolition of the buildings next to the meat market took place as planned. The area has been leveled and will be blocked off from parking. It could potentially be used to put parking lot snow but parking will not be allowed on it at this time. Future plans for the area would be for paving for additional parking spots and adding some green space to it to make it aesthetically pleasing. Additionally it could be used as a farmers market location, or a space for a