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MINUTES <br /> New Brighton Economic Development Commission <br /> Regular Meeting—January 11, 2005 <br /> 7:00 a.m. <br /> Members/Liaisons Present: Mary Burg, Dennis Flahave (7:25 am), Ken Johnson, John <br /> Kaufhold, Steve Larson, Gary Stang, and Jim Witkowski. <br /> Members/Liaisons Absent: Bob Benke, Gene Delaune, Linda Harmon, M elson and <br /> Maxine Pierson. <br /> Staff Present: Matt Fulton and David Black. <br /> Call to Order <br /> Ken Johnson called the meeting to order at 7:00 a.m. ed <br /> Approval of Minutes <br /> The minutes were not presented for approval, since a uorum w resent. <br /> Northwest Quadrant Report <br /> Corporate User. Black reported that the C has h furt er contacts with Medtronic. Burg <br /> asked whether the City would welcome t pany back if interested; Fulton replied that we <br /> would. Stang asked whether conta I .• e iggest obstacle. Fulton replied that it was; <br /> without full City indemnificatio 1 -• ". wa willing to commit. <br /> Black reported that City apslicatio •r ado ional cleanup funding for the site had been turned <br /> down because we couldn' emonstra . quate "readiness." <br /> 0 <br /> Planning. Black repo tfie that DS as hi . to update the 2002 concept plan. Market research <br /> is being . - • eted now; w' expec to have land use concepts to share with the Commission in <br /> February • : chlton add that we learned from the Medtronic experience that we have a <br /> "gem" of a .te, a• . knowle ill influence our planning for the future. <br /> Fulton reports i that Secure Computing of Roseville, which had been looking for a new location <br /> for expansion aas considering the NWQ, had selected a site near Highway 280 and <br /> University Ave e in St. Paul. <br /> Post office. Black reported that there had been no recent contact with the Postal Service; the <br /> decision process is apparently moving along. A final decision is expected sometime between <br /> August and November 2005. <br /> Black reported that he and Fulton had met the day before with John Ordway and Len Pratt, <br /> developers of the center where the retail portion of the post office is targeted. The developers <br />