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ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY MEETING MINUTES
September 19, 2018
6:30 p.m.
Pursuant to due call and notice thereof, the City of Centerville held a scheduled Economic
Development Authority meeting of September 19, 2018 at City Hall, 1880 Main Street.
PRESENT: Jeff Hanzal
Jim Weatherhead
Mayor Paar
Council Member Steve King
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ABSENT: Gary Spanier
STAFF: City Administrator Mark Statz
I. CALL TO ORDER
1. Administrator Statz administered the Oath of Office for President Hanzal and
Commission Member Weatherhead.
2. President Hanzal called the meeting to order at 6:30 p.m.
II. APPROVAL OF AGENDA
No changes to the Agenda were made.
Motion by Commission Member Weatherhead, seconded by Commission Member King to
approve the agenda as presented. All in favor. Motion carried.
III. APPROVAL OF MINUTES
No changes to the Minutes for the August 27, 2018 meeting were made.
Motion by Commission Member Weatherhead, seconded by Commission Member Paar to
approve the Minutes of the August 27, 2018 Meeting as presented. All in favor. Motion
carried.
IV. BILLS AND COMMUNICATIONS
1. Bills
(a) None
V. REPORTS
City of Centerville
EDA Meeting Minutes
September 19,2018
1. Ms. Kathleen Duchene—Open to Business
Administrator Statz Introduced Ms. Kathleen DuChene, from Open to Business, a non-profit
which assists businesses, with remodels, additions, start-up, business planning and the like,
through direct consultation, connecting them with various resources, or via gap financing.
Ms. Duchene gave a presentation on her organization and invited the board to partner with her to
help local businesses grow. The board thanked Ms. Duchene for her work and felt strongly that
future partnerships would come from Centerville businesses.
No official action was taken.
2. Ms. Jacquel Hajder—Anoka County Regional Economic Development
Administrator Statz introduced Ms. Jacquel Hajder, from Anoka County Regional Economic
Development. She is a new hire of the county, to lead the Regional Economic Development
group that has been meeting for about a year now.
Ms. Hajder explained her role and what types of things she can help the city with, including,
responding to RFPs, preparing promotional materials, representing at regional and state-wide
conferences and help with re-branding.
The board thanked Ms. Hajder for her work and encouraged her to keep in touch with city staff
to assist with growing the city's business community.
No official action was taken
VI. OLD BUSINESS
1. Goal Setting Discussion
Administrator Statz stated that he wished to have the board weigh in on some of the items he had
outlined for potential goals of the EDA. After much discussion, all of the goals outlined were
found to be worthy of the board's time and energy. In fact, the board made note that, even after
ranking the goals, in order of importance, they felt strongly that all of the items must be priorities
in the near future.
The average ranking of each of the goals by each member of the board, ended with the following
list of priorities, from most important to least:
1. City Owned Property
2. Downtown/Waterfront Plan
3. Rebranding
4. Loan/Grant Program
5. Private Development/Redevelopment Sites
6. Modernization/City Hall Renovation
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7. Code Compliance (comm/industrial)
This agenda item was meant simply as a way to gain general guidance from the commission and
does not represent any formal action.
VII. NEW BUSINESS
1. Resolution #EDA 18-06 Changing date of November Regular Meeting
Administrator Statz explained that the regularly scheduled November meeting would fall on the
night before Thanksgiving. After some discussion it was decided that combining the November
and December meetings would work best to avoid conflict with the Holidays. Therefore, the
November and December regular meetings would be canceled and a special meeting would be
held on Wednesday, December 5, 2018 at 6:30 PM.
Motion by Commission Member Weatherhead, seconded by Commission Member Paar to
Adopt Resolution #EDA 18-06, Canceling the regularly scheduled November and
December meetings, and scheduling a special meeting for December 5, 2018 at 6:30 p.m. at
City Hall. All in favor. Motion carried.
VIII. ADJOURNMENT
Motion by Commission Member King, seconded by Commission Member Paar to Adiourn
the EDA meeting of September 19, 2018 at 9:07 p.m. All in favor. Motion carried.
Respectfully submitted by EDA Secretary, Teresa Bender
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