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<br /> <br /> <br />MEETING OF THE ELK RIVER <br />DOWNTOWN REDEVELOPMENT PLAN TASK FORCE <br />HELD AT ELK RIVER CITY HALL <br />MONDAY, APRIL 9, 2007 <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; Dan Tveite, EDA Commissioner; Dana Anderson, <br />Planning Commissioner; Dave Rymanowski, Business Representative (First <br />National Bank); Keith Holme, Business Representative (Kemper Drug); Mark <br />Urista, Business Representative (Coldwell Banker Vision); Molly Nadeau-Peterson, <br />Resident Representative; John Anderson, Resident Representative <br /> <br />Members Absent: Mike Niziolek, Parks & Recreation Commissioner <br /> <br />Staff Present: Community Development Director Scott Clark and Assistant Director of Economic <br />Development Heidi Steinmetz <br /> <br />Others Present: Stacie Kvilvang of Ehlers & Associates, Inc., Michael Koop of the State Historic <br />Preservation Office and Bonnie McDonald of the Preservation Alliance of <br />Minnesota <br /> <br />1. Approve April 9, 2007 Agenda <br />The April 9, 2007 agenda was approved. <br /> <br />2. Approve March 5, 2007 Minutes <br />The March 5, 2007 minutes were approved. <br /> <br />th <br />3. Recap of Last Meeting & Purpose of April 9 Meeting <br />Ms. Kvilvang provided a recap of the last meeting, which was dedicated to Highway 10 issues. She <br />highlighted Task Force consensus items including: <br /> <br /> Leaving Hwy 10 at grade would be the least detrimental to downtown due to the importance <br />of maintaining a sense of place and image that one is entering the downtown. <br /> It is important for downtown to be accessed from Hwy 10, although recognized that the <br />downtown does not draw or depend on customer traffic from Hwy 10. <br /> North of Hwy 10 downtown is not an extension of the core downtown but that the land <br />uses on the north side should compliment the core downtown. <br /> The natural progression of downtown redevelopment will most likely extend west along <br />Main Street as driven by the market. The group agreed to this but did not agree that <br />redevelopment should extend west. <br /> <br />4. Preservation and Redevelopment <br />Ms. Kvilvang introduced tonight’s guest speakers; Michael Koop of the State Historic Preservation <br />Office and Bonnie McDonald of the Preservation Alliance of Minnesota. Mr. Koop and Ms. <br />McDonald provided the Task Force with a PowerPoint presentation including case studies of other <br />communities that have completed preservation projects while revitalizing their downtowns and <br />financial incentives available to cities to conduct preservation work. <br /> <br /> <br />