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ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT COMMISSION – JULY 23, 2025 8 Council Liaison Rousseau likes that idea. She is always looking for opportunities for people to say how certain things will impact them. Chair Murchie said he would take the agenda and add some detail then the content can be filled in. Senior Planner Fransen said she can put together some initial structure and then she will work with Chair Murchie on that. Council Liaison Rousseau asked if any of the EDC members would like to be a member of the panel. Commissioner Daniels said she can ask the President of Bethel if he is available and would attend. Chair Murchie said that is great. It would be nice to incorporate the EDC into the discussion. Senior Planner Fransen said if there were no further thoughts on the agenda and event content, the discussion should move to outreach and attendance. She asked the Commissioners to review the invitation brought by Commissioner Gronquist. Commissioner Brausen said there should be a phone number on there that people can text or call if they have questions. City Administrator Jagoe said the City doesn’t have a mechanism to receive texts. She thought it would have to be a Survey Monkey registration, or something like that. Chair Murchie asked if we could use a QR code. City Administrator Jagoe said we would have to talk to Senior Communications Coordinator Michlig. Senior Planner Fransen said Staff will follow up on the format for the RSVP. Commissioner Brausen said he will have an invitation with him when he is working at the store because he talks to a lot of business owners. Commissioner Poelzer asked if we want to let people know about money available for the EDA. If we are going to talk about the Gateway grants it would make sense to discuss other monies that are available for businesses and how to access them. Business owners are interested in partnering with grants for funding. If access to the EDA is through the EDC it behooves us to make that information available. City Administrator Jagoe would encourage the EDC to stay with the core themes. We don’t want it to get overwhelming. There are City and Ramsey County resources that we want to share. We can provide a follow up email to share resources or that can be a more focused topic that the EDC can refine the messaging. There isn’t a pot of money for every situation. She wouldn’t want to over-promise what the EDA and the EDC can support. There is definitely value in providing that information, but maybe not at this event.