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<br />Special Meeting of the Elk River <br />Economic Development Authority <br /> <br />Held at the Elk River City Hall <br />Monday, October 15, 2018 <br /> <br />Members Present: President Dan Tveite, Commissioners Jerry Olsen, Matt Westgaard, <br />Nate Ovall, Jennifer Wagner, and Charlie Blesener <br /> <br />Members Absent: Commissioner Bryan Provo <br /> <br />Staff Present: Economic Development Director Amanda Othoudt, Economic <br />Development Specialist Colleen Eddy, and Records Specialist Katie <br />Porath <br /> <br />1. Call Meeting to Order <br /> <br />Pursuant to due call and notice thereof, the meeting of the Elk River Economic <br />Development Authority was called to order at 4:32 p.m. by President Tveite. <br /> <br />2.1 Review Developed Goals and Strategic Plan <br /> Ms. Othoudt presented the staff report. <br /> <br /> Ms. Othoudt distributed a pamphlet on How to Site your Business in the City of Elk <br />River for the commission to review. It was a document developed in 2001 and the <br />commission was asked if they wanted to re-implement it as a communication tool. <br /> <br /> President Tveite stated a goal of the commission should not just be gathering data <br />from customers but ensuring the process is streamlined and as easy for customers as <br />possible. Perhaps a single point of contact in the city could act as an advocate to <br />shepherd the process through the city departments on their behalf. <br /> <br /> Commissioner Blesener added a flow chart may be helpful to show what we are <br />doing now. The city currently asks the client for their point of contact, shouldn’t the <br />city also provide one point of contact for the client? He also asked if there was a <br />similar pamphlet focused on residential development. <br /> <br />Ms. Othoudt responded that there are flow charts available on our website. She also <br />stated there is currently not a document created for residential development. <br /> <br />Commissioner Westgaard added that residential development included the addition <br />of platting. <br /> <br />Commissioner Blesener asked if the Goals for Year 1 included residential <br />development as well as commercial/industrial development. <br /> <br />President Tveite mentioned there are synergy’s with both residential and commercial <br />development. <br /> <br />