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