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EDC Minutes February 18, 2020 Page 5 of 8 ----------------------------- probably be May or June. Discussion ensued about rewarding or incentivizing the students. Chair Lindholm explained that they do have service requirements and internship requirements so it could fall into one of those camps for the right kid depending on how that project came together. He did talk about how student's lives change really fast and they may not be able to commit to something for three years. Commissioner Rieck thought it would be helpful to have someone who has accessibility issues. She has an individual she could ask. They also discussed someone that is in a wheel chair and Commissioner Holley suggested Mary Lou Skalrud who is very involved with the Legion and shops in the local stores. She will contact Ms. Skalrud. Tyler Glynn suggested taking one person from each one of the buckets and then take five community members since they are looking at community members at large. He asked if they get someone from the EDC, City Council, City Staff, School Board or are you looking for a specific person if so he suggested they get specific on that as well. He said to think about how many people from each one of these buckets they are looking for. Discussion ensued about having a diverse group of people to be on the Advocacy Group. They discussed a local resident Lemetria who Chair Lindholm will contact. Commissioner Lubke will contact a Food Shelf Board Member. Commissioner Holley will contact an individual from Wells Fargo and states that she is very personable and lives in Pequot Lakes. Chair Lindholm said that from the School District they have Alison Falenschek, Equity Coordinator, who he thinks would be a good fit. He said it makes sense since her job is to be advocating. He stated if we needed another School member he would advocate for a Board Member. Council Member Pederson stated that for the City he sees Nancy Malecha as more of an informational contact and he would like to see someone with a voice of the community. He thought it should be somebody who is already involved in engaging on raising the bar for the community because they have made the commitment of their time to be involved in it. He suggested looking for someone that is volunteering their time. Chair Lindholm will contact Ms. Malecha to ask the commissions for someone to represent the City. Katie Wassermann stated that she was an outsider coming in and she may have some good perspective for them. She expressed her interest on being on the Advocacy Group. She also said that she is one of the faces people see when they come into town and she receives feedback from visitors quite often. She said she is very passionate about this topic. Commissioner Rieck said she would be interested in being on the team as EDC Member and a business owner.