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EDC Minutes <br /> August 20, 2019 <br /> Page 3 of 4 <br /> ----------------------------- <br /> Discussion ensued regarding the overlay concepts, community interest, the <br /> potential of property taxes increasing, and ICS obtaining funding sources. <br /> COMMISSIONER LELWICA MOVED TO RECOMMEND THE CITY COUNCIL <br /> CONSIDER A PROPOSAL FROM ICS CONSULTING AT THEIR SEPTEMBER <br /> COUNCIL MEETING. COMMISSIONER RIECK SECONDED THE MOTION. <br /> MOTION CARRIED 6-0. <br /> 6. 2019 Work Plan Proiects Priorities <br /> Nancy Malecha stated there are several items the EDC defined as project <br /> priorities for 2019 and she is checking in on how these items are progressing. <br /> She reminded the EDC of the following five priorities. <br /> a. Marketing of the Heart of the Good Life Development <br /> b. Work with the HRA on housing issues. <br /> Ms. Malecha said the housing priority is moving along well. She is working <br /> with the Workforce Housing Task Force and on the Small Cities Development <br /> Program application with the Brainerd/Crow Wing County HRAs. <br /> c. Business Park Infill Educational Plan <br /> Ms. Malecha said this is an educational plan lead by Mark Jurchen and <br /> Tommy Woog to inform private property owners of their ability to subdivide <br /> their parcels. <br /> d. Work with telecommunication companies to expand fiber optic infrastructure. <br /> Ms. Malecha reached out to TDS Telecom about the Rasmussen Road <br /> Project and that it would be a good time to install fiber optic infrastructure <br /> from the business park to the downtown area. <br /> Discussion ensued about the benefits of fiber optic infrastructure. <br /> e. Intercultural Development Inventory Assessment Work Plan. <br /> Chair Lindholm said there is an opportunity from Region 5 to get other entities <br /> from the community involved for this. He stated it would entail getting a team <br /> of people involved from multiple entities to develop steps to be a welcoming <br /> community and this is just an assessment and not a work plan. <br /> Commissioners Rieck and Holley stated this is something the EDC should <br /> work on in a couple of months. <br /> 7. Intelliqent Communitv Forum Assessment <br />