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EDC Minutes February 16, 2018 Page 2 of 5 Motion Carried: 6 Ayes, 0 Nays Vice Chair Dan Larson elected to continue as Vice Chair for another term. There were no other nominees. Motion/Second: Commissioner Breske moved and Commissioner Stevenson seconded the nomination of Dan Larson to serve a second term as Vice Chair of the EDC. Motion Carried: 6 Ayes, 0 Nays Review 2018 EDC Priorities Commissioner Friechels reviewed the 2017 EDC Priorities and explained that the new City website has been completed as well as most of the citywide street & utility improvements. Business Coordinator Beeman provided an update on each of the 2017 priorities and informed the Commission of the City owned lots and redevelopment areas. Friechels suggested adding the City owned lot near the brush pile and Arden Park to the 2018 EDC priorities as a site to monitor for a potential redevelopment area. Commissioner Dennis Farmer suggested adding the monitoring and assisting of citywide housing issues and project & older properties. Commissioner Larson suggested adding the cooperation with multi-family property owners to assist with upgrading their facilities. Commissioner Breske mentioned the new tax laws may already assist owners with multi- family projects. He will check with his accountant and report back to the EDC at a future meeting. Commissioner Teresa Muckala suggested adding the monitoring and exploration of new business categories through trade groups like Medical Alley and identify office vacancies throughout the City with the intend of filling those space with new companies. The last priority from 2017 is to review the business section of the Comprehensive Plan update for 2018. Since both Commissioner Farmer and Muckala are members of the Comprehensive Plan Task Force, it was suggested that they provide updates to the EDC and if any Commissioner has suggestions for the Comp Plan they should have Farmer and Muckala relay those ideas to the Comprehensive Plan Task Force. Beeman will update the 2018 priorities and provide the status of each priority throughout the year. Motion/Second: Commissioner Stevenson moved and Commissioner Muckala seconded the approval of the 2018 EDC Priorities. Motion Carried: 6 Ayes, 0 Nays Review EDC Bylaws Coordinator Beeman provided a background of the EDC Bylaws stating that Section 408.07 of the City Code indicates that the EDC should review its Bylaws annually, and that this should be done at the first regular meeting in February. Although the EDC Bylaws were last amended in 2002 staff is not recommending any changes.