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EDC Minutes May 19, 2020 Page 6 of 8 ----------------------------- either sewer or water and then the other classification primarily are those within a very short distance or within the core area that do not have sewer or water but do have a paved road. He said they can discuss it further in June or July to lay out a plan. 7. School Update Chair Lindholm thanked the City of Pequot Lakes for helping them pull together the oddest of graduation ceremonies ever and he stated the class of 2020 will always have the most unique graduation. He informed the EDC that they are doing a parade and that is how the Police, Fire, Public U Utility and City is involved. He said that after the parade they will come back to the high school to do a driving type of graduation ceremony for the graduates to keep distance and to be safe. He stated that they will also have a live stream on the School District website. He said congratulations to the 2020 graduates. Chair Lindholm also stated that the School District is working with Wold Architects right now to draw plans for the former Echo building. He said the focus of that will be on robotics and engineering and making it a satellite campus those finro programs plus probably the construction program. He said the intent is for the construction students to do the actual construction during the school year next year. He said he thinks it is going to be a fun experience for the kids and we need to watch and see what the kids can do. He stated that they are looking for a fall 2021 use of the facility for the classes but this coming year will be all constructing it and making it happen. 8. Chamber Uadate No update was given. 10. BLAEDC Uqdate Tyler Glynn stated that they have helped obtain financing for New Heritage Architecture and Design with the purchase of the old Pfeiffer building. He stated that his glad they were able to participate in that and it is great for them to have a project that is going forward. He said they are very pleased that they were able to get that done and work with American National Bank and that they were a great partner for them. He thanked everyone that was involved for their help with the project. He stated that since this all started BLAEDC has been deemed essential and it has been challenging to say the least. He stated that they have not Sheila Haverkamp yet therefore it has been trying to keep moving forward and they have been doing the best that they can. He stated that hopefully they are helping enough of the folks in the County with funding requests and he never thought he would know as much about unemployment insurance as he does right now.