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<br /> <br /> <br />MEETING OF THE ELK RIVER <br />DOWNTOWN REDEVELOPMENT PLAN TASKFORCE <br />HELD AT ELK RIVER CITY HALL <br />MONDAY, FEBRUARY 5, 2007 <br /> <br />Members Present: Stewart Wilson, HRA Chair; Louise Kuester, HRA Commissioner; Larry Toth, <br />HRA Commissioner (arrived at 7:00 p.m.); Jean Lieser, HRA Commissioner; Lance <br />Lindberg, Heritage Preservation Commissioner; Dana Anderson, Planning <br />Commissioner; Mike Niziolek, Parks & Recreation Commissioner; Dave <br />Rymanowski, Business Representative (First National Bank); Keith Holme, Business <br />Representative (Kemper Drug); Mark Urista, Business Representative (Coldwell <br />Banker Vision); Molly Nadeau-Peterson, Resident Representative; John Anderson, <br />Resident Representative <br /> <br />Members Absent: Dan Tveite, EDA Commissioner <br /> <br />Staff Present: Community Development Director Scott Clark, Director of Economic <br />Development Catherine Mehelich, Assistant Director of Economic Development <br />Heidi Steinmetz and Planner Chris Leeseberg <br /> <br />Others Present: Stacie Kvilvang of Ehlers & Associates, Inc., Frank Dunbar of Dunbar <br />Development and Mark Moorhouse of Dominium, Inc. <br /> <br />1. Welcome <br />Stacie Kvilvang of Ehlers & Associates welcomed the taskforce members to their fourth meeting. <br />She mentioned that both the developers and the City Engineer Terry Maurer were supposed to <br />attend tonight’s meeting, however Mr. Maurer was asked to attend the City Council meeting instead. <br />Ms. Kvilvang stated that Mr. Maurer will provide background information/discuss MnDOT’s plans <br />for Hwy 10 at the March meeting. <br /> <br />2. Approve January 2, 2007 Minutes/Recap of Last Meeting Including Discussion of Focus <br /> Areas <br />The January 2, 2007 minutes were approved with the following change: Member Dana Anderson’s <br />first name will be added on page two (third paragraph). <br /> <br />Ms. Kvilvang referenced the redevelopment focus area map on display at the front of the room. She <br />stated that the map would change over the course of the taskforce process but that the four focus <br />areas highlighted provide a visual indication of the importance that each area “flow” together to <br />improve the “greater downtown” concept. <br /> <br />She also reiterated that the last meeting represented the “dream” side of the redevelopment spectrum <br />and that tonight’s meeting would represent the “reality” side of the spectrum. <br /> <br />3. Purpose of Meeting <br />Ms. Kvilvang explained that the format of tonight’s meeting was for the taskforce to ask the <br />developers questions about the marketability of the redevelopment area. The developers would not <br />be providing a presentation or development concepts but were in attendance as a resource to the <br />taskforce. <br /> <br /> <br />4. Market Perspective Presentations: Frank Dunbar of Dunbar Development and Mark <br /> <br />