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REDA Meeting Minutes — Monday, June 21, 2016 Page 4 President Roe thanked staff for the information update, and noted the directives as requested during tonight's discussion for future iterations of these reports. b. Overview of Economic Development Priorities and Staffmg Capacity President Roe noted this discussion was a result of individual member feedback, and staff tabulation of their individual rankings of priorities for the remainder of 2016 and moving into 2017 for the REDA as detailed in the staff report of today's date. President Roe noted tonight's discussion would proceed to discuss those next steps. Interim Community Development Director Kari Collins deferred to REDA Consultant Janna King with Economic Development Services, Inc, for her update and presentation on the a potential economic development strategy for the REDA. Ms. King's presentation: "Economic Development Strategy," was reviewed, with Ms. King noting that the resources the REDA spent would depend on the priorities they created. Ms. Collins advised that after the presentation, she would comment on 2016 staff capacity and potential economic development priorities for 2017, and staff capacity for those rankings per theme, as outlined in detail in the staff report. Member McGehee, in her expedited review of the materials, opined that many of the priorities appeared to consist of low-hanging fruit, but without any future explanation of what it would entail; and therefore she had ranked many of those items lower not knowing if sufficient safeguards would be in place. Member McGehee further opined that she found an inherent problem with the materials provided to evaluate was not knowing how they would, with one in particular based on requests from developers over the years, but seemingly without a process attached. As he had previously pointed out to Interim Community Development Directar Collins, Member Willmus advised that he ranked high or medium, and only one low item; and suggested at the onset it may help to review those rankings and spend more time talking about them. President Roe stated the rankings could always be revisited, but from his perspective, he had given some things lower priority based on his concern with a process or lack thereof. President Roe noted he felt other things were of more importance to focus on sooner; and opined that just because some represented low-hanging fruit, didn't mean they all needed picked. President Roe noted that all priorities may involve policy decisions by the REDA, and while not indicating not doing any if they were natural improvements, there were other higher priorities; and as a board, the REDA needed to define those