HomeMy WebLinkAbout03-17-94 Economic Development Committee Meeting Minutes
March 17, 1994
Army Reserve Center
1 . The meeting was called to order at 8 : 00 a.m.
2 . Present were Terry Nagle, Trygve Egge, Tom Goblirsch,
Steve Freimuth, Mary Miller, Dan McCallum, Jerry
Moehnke, Council Liaison Aplikowski, Community Planning
Coordinator Fritsinger and Thomas Steele . Absent was
Arnold Lindberg. Dorothy Person arrived at 9 : 05 a .m.
3 . Egge moved and Nagle seconded the motion to approve the
February 17, 1994 minutes .
4 . Survey
The committee discussed changing the person filling out
the questionnaire to read "contact person" . Other
changes included changing the word "amended" to
"initiated" and bolding the term "local" to focus on
Arden Hills . Mr. Moehnke will re-work the survey by
Monday. Brian will present a draft to the City Council
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5 . Letter
The letter should include an April 11 date rather than
April 10 . The committee recommended that it be printed
on City letterhead with the survey on the same color
paper minus the logo. The last sentence of the letter
should be eliminated and a thank you should be
included. Ms . Aplikowski will re-work the letter and
have it sent to City Hall next week.
The Committee also discussed including the Mayor' s
signature on the letter.
6 . Business List
It is estimated that there are 250-300 businesses in
Arden Hills . The committee would prefer to send out
too many letters to avoid missing any area businesses .
Staff should keep a generic copy of the letter to send
to new businesses . Ms . Miller then reviewed her work
on the business list .
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The intention is to have City staff do all preparation
411 and mailing of the letters . Mary will contact Tammy
Olson to review possible merging of addresses on
computer.
7 . Goals
The committee briefly discussed its possible goals .
These need to be formalized for the April 21, 1994 City
Council Worksession. Some of the goals discussed were :
1 . Business retention survey.
2 . Business calls based on survey.
3 . Marketing packet/brochure
4 . Business License Fees .
8 . Council Liaison Report
Ms . Aplikowski updated the committee about TCAAP, Ryder
and the McClung Development .
9 . Miscellaneous
Ms . Person gave a brief report about a number of
issues . The committee would like a regular monthly
report from staff on any activities occurring in Arden
• Hills . The next meeting will be on April 21st at 7 : 30
a.m. at Shoreview City Hall . The committee should come
prepared to discuss its goals for the April 21st
Worksession meeting.
Egge moved, seconded by Goblirsch to adjourn the
meeting at 9 : 25 a.m.