Laserfiche WebLink
<br />Item No: 7B <br />Meeting Date: January 11, 2016 <br />Type of Business: EDA <br />City Administrator Review: _____ <br /> <br />City of Mounds View Staff Report <br />To: Economic Development Authority <br />From: Desaree Crane, Assistant City Administrator <br />Item Title/Subject: Resolution 16-EDA-289, Appointing Members to the Economic <br />Development Commission (EDC) <br /> <br />Background <br /> <br />The Economic Development Commission (EDC) is comprised of seven members – three <br />business representatives and four resident representatives. The terms are three years. Jim <br />Freichels, Jason Helgemoe, and Gary Stevenson EDC term seats expired on December 31, <br />2015. According to the Mounds View City Code Section 408.03: <br /> <br /> <br />The Commission shall be composed of seven (7) equal voting <br />members, including three (3) business representatives and four <br />(4) residents, appointed by the Authority Board of Commissioners <br />based on the recommendation of the Economic Development <br />Commission, from the applications submitted. Members shall have <br />diverse qualifications with practical experience consisting of, not <br />limited to, but including one (1) of the following areas: economics, <br />finance, accounting, real estate, social services and marketing. <br /> <br />Jim Freichels, Jason Helgemoe, and Gary Stevenson have submitted their applications for <br />reappointment to the EDC. These were the only three applications submitted. <br /> <br /> <br />Discussion <br /> <br />The EDC considered the applications at their December meeting, and recommended to the EDA <br />to reappoint Jim Freichels (business representative – term expiration December 31, 2018), <br />Jason Helgemoe (business representative – term expiration December 31, 2018), and Gary <br />Stevenson (resident representative – term expiration December 31, 2018). <br /> <br />Recommendation <br /> <br />Staff recommends that the EDA consider the EDC recommendations. <br /> <br /> <br />Respectfully submitted, <br /> <br /> <br />________________________ <br />Desaree Crane <br /> <br /> <br /> <br />County