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<br />Item No: 6A <br />Meeting Date: November 23, 2020 <br />Type of Business: EDA <br />City Administrator Review: _____ <br /> <br />City of Mounds View Staff Report <br />To: Economic Development Authority <br />From: Brian Beeman, Assistant City Administrator <br />Item Title/Subject: Resolution 20-EDA-338, Appointing Members to the Economic <br />Development Commission (EDC) <br /> <br />Background <br />The Economic Development Commission (EDC) is comprised of seven members – three business <br />representatives and four resident representatives. The terms are three years. Dennis Farmer (Chair <br />& Resident Representative) and Lisa Marquis’s (Business Representative) EDC term seats expire on <br />December 31, 2020. According to the Mounds View City Code Section 408.03: <br /> <br />The Commission shall be composed of seven (7) equal voting <br />members, including three (3) business representatives and four (4) <br />residents, appointed by the Authority Board of Commissioners based <br />on the recommendation of the Economic Development Commission, <br />from the applications submitted. Members shall have diverse <br />qualifications with practical experience consisting of, not limited to, <br />but including one (1) of the following areas: economics, finance, <br />accounting, real estate, social services and marketing. <br /> <br />This leaves one (1) resident opening and one (1) business representative opening. <br /> <br />Discussion <br />Staff received two (2) applications for the resident representative openings, Dennis Farmer and <br />Donn Lindstrom and two (2) business representative applications from Lisa Marquis and Jeff <br />Moritko. (applications attached). The EDC considered the applications at their November 19th <br />meeting and they are recommending the EDA consider appointing Donn Lindstrom as the resident <br />representatives and Lisa Marquis as the business representative to the EDC. <br /> <br />Recommendation <br />Consider EDA Resolution 20-EDA-338, a resolution appointing members to the Economic <br />Development Commission (EDC). <br /> <br /> <br />Respectfully submitted, <br /> ________________________ <br />Brian Beeman <br />Assistant City Administrator <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br />County