05.01 - Economic Development Comm Update

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ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT COMMISSION �-- 2008 ACCOMPLISHMENTS 1. DOWNTOWN PLAN— • Informed the Council of the importance of moving forward with the Downtown Plan • A committee was formed to work on implementation of the plan - Committee members Chuck Marohn, Sheila Haverkamp, Dawn Bittner, Chamber of Commerce Rep, and Mark Jurchen • Exploring financing options • Working on a skeleton plan of implementation to present to the Council 2. INDUSTRIAL PARK EXPANSION • Completed a study on areas available for expansion of the industrial park. • Recommended a future expansion of the industrial park into property owned by the City currently used as the spray irrigation field. 3. FACILITY PLAN— • Recommended to the Council that a facility plan be completed to consider re- locating the spray irrigation facilities or to consider another method of disposing the City's wastewater. • The Council accepted the EDC recommendation and approved moving ahead with the plan by phasing the process over a 1 to 3 year process. 4. ORDINANCES AND SETBACKS AFFECTING INDUSTRIAL PARK • The EDC recommended that the Planning Commission review ordinances, setbacks and lot sizes in relation to the redevelopment of the existing industrial park. 5. BUSINESS RETENTION AND EXPANSION PROGRAM— • EDC is now assisting BLADC with business retention and expansion visits. 6. JOBZ TRANSFER • Recommended that the Council transfer JOBZ acres to Crosslake for Cross-Tech. 7. CONSIDERATION OF HEALTH CARE INDUSTRY • Heard presentations from regarding Health Care trends and discussed the possibility of exploring the Health Care arena as an economic development opportunity for Pequot Lakes. 8. BUSINESS INVENTORY • The EDC organized a business inventory, conducted the inventory and put together a business brochure listing all businesses in Pequot Lakes.