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MINUTES 411 ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT COMMITTEE JANUARY 20, 1994 8 :00 A.M. Present : Tom Goblirsch, Beverly Aplikowski, Mary Miller, Dan McCallum, Jerry Moehnke and Brian Fritsinger. 1 . Oath of Office At 8 :10 a.m. Beverly Aplikowski performed the Oath of Office for the 1994 Economic Development Committee members . 2 . Approval of Minutes The minutes of the December 23 , 1993 meeting were approved with one minor grammatical change . 3 . Election of Officers Ms . Miller moved and Mr. McCallum seconded the motion to elect Arnold Lindberg as chairperson. Motion carried 4-0 . Ms . Miller moved and Mr. Goblirsch seconded the motion to elect Jerry Moehnke as vice-chairperson. Motion carried 4-0 . 4 . Miscellaneous • Ms . Aplikowski updated the Committee about the City Council' s desire to expand the committee to 9 members . This will be approved and the two new members appointed at the January 31, 1994 meeting. Beverly Aplikowski will personally invite the 2 new members to the next meeting. With the change to 9 members, the conference room is not large enough to hold a meeting. Staff should check whether the Ramada or Army Reserve could be used for further meetings . 5 . Introductory Letter/Business Retention Survey Discussion was held in regards to the letter and survey. Ideas debated included: follow-up note with a phone call ; self addressed/stamp envelope; time of week for mailing; heavier paper stock; inserts in water bills; inserts in newsletter. Each letter would be different depending on mailing. It was stressed that the key to success is follow up and following through on all contacts with local businesses . Mr. Moehnke will fine tune the survey for the next meeting and Ms . Aplikowski will make appropriate changes to the letter. 6 Other Ms . Miller will complete the review of the business list . It 411 was requested that staff send minutes out earlier in month. The next meeting will be on February 17 at 8 :00 a.m.