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ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT COMMISSION – JUNE 25, 2025 8 Commissioner Bonine said he thinks Commissioner Gronquist could look at the survey and clean it up or make it more specific to the event. He will take a stab at the agenda and speakers based off of the previous discussions. Commissioner Polzer said sending a save-the-date way ahead of time, is a good idea. Chair Murchie asked if Commissioner Polzer can brainstorm some ideas for how to get people to attend. Commissioner Polzer confirmed she would do that. Commissioner Bonine asked how much time should he budget for, for the agenda speakers. Chair Murchie asked the business owners in the room what they thought was reasonable. Commissioner Brausen said it should be reasonably short. There should be a Councilmember or the Mayor talk for a few minutes. The Sheriff could take maybe 20 minutes. City Administrator Jagoe asked if Commissioner Bonine should be establishing the agenda for the event. Should he be coordinating speakers and topics. She said it would be good to define a focus topic. Chair Murchie said there are some pieces for this that have been discussed. His hope is for the July meeting there will be a proposal for each of the components. At that time, the entire commission can start to refine the details so coming out of the July meeting, we have a good idea what the event looks like and have a good plan to move forward with. Senior Planner Fransen noted that during the May subcommittee meeting it was mentioned that maybe one of the owners of Flaherty’s or Commissioner Brausen could speak to being an established business owner in Arden Hills. Commissioner Bonine said that if any of the commissioners have any ideas for speakers to send him an email and he will incorporate it for the proposal in July. If it needs to be drilled down further there could be a subcommittee meeting after the July meeting, but before the next scheduled EDC meeting, he could do that. Commissioner Gronquist clarified that she will look at the survey and adjust it to fit this event. She is also happy to make a template save-the-date invitation. Chair Murchie said that some people aren’t going to walk in and do the survey. He though the commission should be thinking about how the EDC can still gather information. Senior Planner Fransen said Commissioner Poelzer had expressed interest in a save-the-date. Commissioner Poelzer said she would be happy to touch base with Commissioner Gronquist. She said she wants to define how this is being advertised. Using the word forum implies that there will be some interaction vs. attending a presentation where you listen. We are the ones who want to listen. Her hope is that we can try to do more than one event. She doesn’t expect the first forum will be an overwhelming success. It may have to build over time.