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� t I CENTERVILLE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT COMMITTEE REGULAR MEETING NIINUTES FEBRUARY 1l, 1999 Pursuant to due call and notice thereof, the Centerville Economic Development I Committee did not hold their regular scheduled meeting on Febn.iary 1 l, 1999 due to lack of quorum. Penny Simonson and Lucy Thompson of the Minnesota Design Team were not present due to weather. They would like to reschedule in March. An informal discussion on agenda items was called by Chairperson Tim Rehbine. The discussion was held with those that were present: Chairperson Tim Rehbine, Committe� member Mary Capra, City Council liaison DickTravis, City Administrator Jim March, Economic Development Committee applicant Lori Dorn, secretary Aimee Fairbrother, and residents Wayne LeBlanc and_Norma Essex. The discussion started with a re-cap of the proposed Lloyd Drilling Strip Mall. Jim March informed the group that City Council had decided the lay out of the building was not what the City is looking for, and that he expects to hear more from Lloyd Drilling in the near ' future. � In a brief synopsis of the All - American City Award, Mary Capra stated that although the ' award would give the City a lot of advantages, it could be very costly. Some of the I advantages of the award include: an awareness of civic pride, a tool to bring in new ' residents and businesses, and a way to bring the community together. Some disadvantages I would include: a$275 application fee, a$L0,000 conference expense, lack_of City volunteers, and possible burnout of current volunteers by combining to many projects with � Design Team tasks. � The award process and requirements are very similar to what the City has }ust completed with the visit of the Minnesota Design Team, and basically the City would need to go through the whole "Design Team" process again. Although the initial application is twelve pages long, it is very similar to the Minnesota Design Team application. Mary Capra has contacted Penny Simonson of the Minnesota Design Team in hopes of retrieving a copy of Centerville's application for the Team. If the City chooses to apply for the All-American City Award, this application will be helpfut in many ways. The Business Person and Citizen of the year awards were briefly discussed. Mary Capra went over ideas for changing the form. After much discussion on criteria,_ nominees, active residents, and voting candidates, the group thought that it would be best if the committee could come up with a form and guidelines by the next City Council meeting on February 24, 1999. The guidelines would include a numbered ballot system, in which a11 the ballots could be tracked. The group also liked the idea of giving all committees, and