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MEETING OF THE ELK RIVER HERITAGE PRESERVATION COMMISSION HELD AT THE ELK RIVER CITY HALL Wednesday, January 10, 2007 Members Present: Lance Lindberg, Kristin Harris, Jeff Gongoll, Kurt Kragness, Molly Peterson, Matt Christiansen and Steve Rohlf Members Absent: Staff Present: Rebecca Haug Others Present: Nick Zerwas 1. Call Meeting to Order Elk River Heritage Preservation Commission was called to order at 6:07 p.m. 2. Consider HPC Agenda Chair Lindberg requested a discussion of the Redevelopment Task Force be added to all future agendas and tonight have the discussion prior to the priority discussion. MOTION BY COMMISSIONER GONGOLL AND SECONDED BY COMMISSIONER KRAGNESS TO AMEND THE AGENDA AS REQUESTED. MOTION CARRIED. 3. Consider December 5, 2006 HPC Minutes Approval of minutes was postponed due to the fact that the Commissioners received them at the beginning of the meeting and haven'. 4. Election of Officers MOTION BY COMMISSIONER GONGOLL AND SECONDED BY COMMISSIONER ROHLF TO HAVE CHAIR LINDBERG REMAIN IN POSITION AND COMMISSIONER PETERSON AS VICE CHAIR. Motion carried. Downtown Redevelopment Task Force Update Commissioners Lindberg and Peterson gave an update on the Downtown Redevelopment Task Force's last meeting. They informed the HPC that a presentation was given my Michael Schroeder, LHB, Inc. Every Commissioner was given a copy of the presentation and encouraged to read through it. Commissioner Peterson highlighted some of the points of the presentation such as "what a downtown should be: a sense of place, utilizing the river, history of the buildings, etc." She also informed the HPC that less parking is actually better because it requires the public to linger, walk and talk through the downtown. Commissioner Gongoll asked who is representing the downtown on the task force. Chair Lindberg informed him that Keith Holme and Dave Romanowski are representing the downtown. Commissioner Peterson informed the HPC that there wasn't time for any discussion after the presentation but there was a lot of focus on Green Space, utilizing holidays such as Christmas, Arbor Day, etc. She also emphasized that redevelopment should take 10-20 years versus the 3-5 years that she feels the City of Elk River did theirs in.