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Request for Action To Item Number Economic Development Authority 7.2 Agenda Section Meeting Date Prepared by General Business August 21, 2023 Joshua Mollan, Economic Development Specialist Item Description Reviewed by Beautification Committee and Public Art Committee Brent O’Neil, Economic Development Director Restructuring Reviewed by Cal Portner, City Administrator Action Requested Merge, by motion, the Beautification Committee and Public Art Committee to form a single committee. Background/Discussion The Beautification Committee regularly meets to market and select the City Beautification Award and promote community beautification efforts. The Public Art Committee meets on an as-needed basis to facilitate special projects and provide input on public art installations. It has not met since the unveiling of Slipstream in 2021. Staff has proposed the two committees consider joining together as one and recently a joint meeting of both the Beautification and Public Art Committees was held to discuss the feasibility of combining the two committees. The committee members present felt the two committees share a similar focus and working as one would add elevated purpose and involvement of committee members. Both groups were in favor of joining as one group to conquer the goals of each committee. As both committees have unfilled vacancies, the merging of the two committees and maintaining existing membership would bring the combined membership count to seven: Ryan Hardin, Deb Hjermstad, Melissa McAlpine, Michael Niziolek, Sharon Tracy, Dan Tveite, and Jennifer Wagner The new committee intends to meet monthly. Financial Impact N/A Mission/Policy/Goal Support and recognize public art initiatives and business beautification efforts. Attachments  None The Elk River Vision A welcoming community with revolutionary and spirited resourcefulness, exceptional service, and community engagement that encourages and inspires prosperity. Updated: January 2023