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Special Meeting of the Elk River <br />Economic Development Authority <br />Together Elk River Subcommittee <br />Held at the Elk River City Hall <br />Monday, August 21, 2023 <br /> <br /> <br />Members Present: Charlie Blesener, Debbi Rydberg, and Jennifer Wagner <br /> <br />Members Absent: Joanna Arbic <br /> <br />Staff Present: Economic Development Director Brent O’Neil and Economic Development Specialist <br />Joshua Mollan <br /> <br />Guests Present: Molly Nadeau-Peterson <br /> <br /> <br />1. Call Meeting to Order <br /> <br />Pursuant to due call and notice thereof, the meeting of the Elk River Economic Development Authority <br />Together Elk River Subcommittee was called to order at 5:04 p.m. by Jennifer. <br /> <br />2. Consider Agenda <br /> <br />Moved by Debbi and seconded by Charlie to approve the agenda. Motion carried 3-0. <br /> <br />3. Consider Minutes <br /> <br /> Moved by Charlie and seconded by Debbi to approve August 21, 2023, Meeting Minutes. Motion <br />carried 3-0. <br /> <br />4.1 Downtown Banners <br /> <br /> Jennifer introduced Molly Nadeau-Peterson as a prospective member to the committee. <br /> <br /> Josh shared the updated banner drafts. He also shared that ERMU had advised to keep the existing <br />composition of rectangle and triangle infrastructure on the poles. <br /> <br /> The committee provided feedback on the new triangle banner drafts. <br /> <br />4.2 Billboard Update <br /> <br />Josh advised that there was no billboard availability for the month of October, but he had secured billboard <br />time from 11/1-11/28. <br /> <br />The committee suggested looking into securing additional time in December to promote local shopping. <br /> <br />Moved by Debbi and seconded by Charlie to purchase four subsequent weeks of billboard space if <br />available. Motion carried 3-0. <br /> <br />4.3 169 Construction Update, and Letter to the Editor <br /> <br />Josh shared a few of the notes from the most recent MnDOT communications meeting. <br />