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<br />MINUTES <br />New Brighton Economic Development Commission <br />Regular Meeting – March 18, 2015 <br />7:30 a.m. <br /> <br />Members/Liaisons Present: Chair Paul Zisla, Commissioners, D.L. Beach, Monica Garcia-Perez, <br />Kevin Peck, Al Potter, Mike Murlowski, Bruce Knight, Linda Zelm, and Bob Benke <br /> <br />Members/Liaisons Absent: None. <br /> <br />Staff Present: Janice Gundlach- Assistant Director of Community Assets & Development/Planning <br />Director; Dean Lotter-City Manager; Craig Schlichting-Director of Community Assets & Development <br />Also Present: Mayor Jacobsen, Councilmember Jacobsen, Councilmember Burg, Councilmember <br />Bauman and Councilmember Strub <br />Call to Order <br />Chairperson Zisla called the meeting to order at 7:30 a.m. <br /> <br />Approval of Minutes <br />Motion by Commissioner Zelm seconded by Commissioner Murlowski to approve the minutes from the <br />February 18, 2015 meeting. <br /> <br />Approved 9-0 <br /> <br />Report from Council Liaison <br />Councilmember Jacobsen provided the EDC with an update from the City Council. <br /> <br />Joint Discussion with City Council <br /> <br />City Manager Remarks <br />Lotter reported that the City Council was present this morning to review and discuss four major topic <br />areas the Commission developed during their February meeting. Based on the February meeting and <br />follow-up review with the Chair, staff has revised the topic areas as follows: <br /> <br /> Housing <br /> Business Retention / Promotion <br /> Physical Redevelopment <br /> Placemaking Initiatives <br /> <br />Lotter stated that during the joint session, staff will provide a brief overview of each topic area, to be <br />followed by discussion by the Commission and Council members, with the goal of reaching consensus <br />on where to expend additional efforts in terms of furthering economic development initiatives in the <br />City beyond New Brighton Exchange. Specific initiatives and programs in each topic area have not been <br />fully refined at this point. It is intended the EDC would gather information and continue the discussion <br />during future meetings to help shape what a specific program or initiative might look like. New <br />Brighton Exchange business still needs to be completed, as shown on the 2015 EDC Work Plan <br />outlining topics that are known at this time. In particular, future development on Blocks B and D will <br />require EDC time. As such, it may take the remainder of 2015 (or beyond) to develop other <br />programs/tasks/initiatives, etc. which move one or more the four topic areas listed above forward. <br /> <br />2015 EDC Work Plan Review & Discussion