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<br /> <br />MEETING OF THE ELK RIVER <br />DOWNTOWN REDEVELOPMENT PLAN TASKFORCE <br />HELD AT THE EMERGENCY OPERATIONS CENTER <br />MONDAY, NOVEMBER 6, 2006 <br /> <br />Members Present: Stewart Wilson, HRA Chair; Louise Kuester, HRA Commissioner; Larry Toth, <br />HRA Commissioner; Jean Lieser, HRA Commissioner; Lance Lindberg, Heritage <br />Preservation Commissioner; Dana Anderson, Planning Commissioner; Mike <br />Niziolek, Parks & Recreation Commissioner; Dan Tveite, EDA Commissioner; <br />Dave Rymanowski, Business Representative – First National Bank; Keith Holme, <br />Business Representative (Kemper Drug); Mark Urista, Business Representative <br />(Coldwell Banker Vision); Molly Nadeau-Peterson, Resident Representative <br /> <br />Staff Present: Community Development Director Scott Clark, Director of Economic <br />Development Catherine Mehelich, Planner Chris Leeseberg and Assistant Director <br />of Economic Development, Heidi Steinmetz <br /> <br />Others Present: Stacie Kvilvang of Ehlers & Associates, Inc. and John Anderson, downtown <br />resident <br /> <br />1. Welcome & Introductions <br />Assistant Director of Economic Development Heidi Steinmetz welcomed the taskforce members to <br />their first meeting. She introduced the staff project team and Stacie Kvilvang of Ehlers & Associates. <br />Ms. Kvilvang will facilitate each meeting and serve as a redevelopment planning expert to City staff. <br />Ms. Steinmetz asked taskforce members to contact her directly with any taskforce issues/concerns <br />between meetings. <br /> <br />Taskforce members introduced themselves and indicated their reason for involvement. <br /> <br />2. Overview & Schedule <br />Ms. Steinmetz reviewed the role of the taskforce, which is to assist in the completion of a <br />redevelopment plan for the greater downtown area that will represent a consensus of the City <br />Council, City boards, commissions, business owners and citizens for future redevelopment actions. <br />She added that the plan will serve as a guiding document for the City Council, City boards, <br />commissions and staff. <br /> <br />Ms. Kvilvang presented taskforce expectations, ground rules, the purpose of visioning and the <br />general schedule/work plan. She provided visual examples of other cities’ redevelopment plans, <br />comparing the plans with final outcomes, which were very similar. <br /> <br />Ms. Kvilvang proceeded to facilitate the taskforce’s selection of a chairperson. It was the consensus <br />of the taskforce that Mark Urista serve as the chairperson. It was understood that the chair will <br />present the final plan to various city commissions/boards. In the event that Mr. Urista is unavailable <br />to attend meetings, the taskforce agreed that Louise Kuester will serve as the vice chair. <br /> <br />3. Redevelopment 101 <br />Staff provided general redevelopment principles to the taskforce. Reasons for redevelopment and <br />barriers to redevelopment were presented. <br /> <br /> <br />4. Taskforce Mission Statement <br />Ms. Steinmetz asked the taskforce to develop a taskforce mission statement to describe the purpose <br /> <br />