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EDC Minutes November 21, 2019 Page 2 of 3 Motion/Second: Commissioner Freichels moved and Commissioner Stevenson seconded the recommendation that Lisa Marquis be appointed to the Business Representative seat. Motion/Second: Commissioner Freichels moved and Commissioner Stevenson seconded the recommendation that Dan Larson and Gary Rundle be appointed to the Resident Representative seats. Resolution 19-EDC-44 Amending the Bylaws Concerning Meeting Dates Chair Farmer informed the Commission that City Hall is no longer open on Fridays and staff is recommending that the EDC amend its Bylaws to be consistent with the City Code in order to allow the EDC more flexibility in setting their meeting dates each year. The current bylaws specify that the EDC shall meet on the third Friday of each month. This seems too restrictive. The City Code states that the regular meetings of the Commission shall be held in accordance with City Ordinance 408.07, Subdivision 2. “The Commission shall hold at least one (1) regular meeting each month at a time which the Commission shall fix by resolution.” Motion/Second: Commissioner Stevenson moved and Commissioner Freichels seconded the motion approving Resolution 19-EDC-44 a resolution amending the EDC Bylaws to be consistent with the City Code. Resolution 19-EDC-45 Establishing Calendar of Meeting Dates for 2020 Chair Farmer reiterated that City Hall is no longer open on Fridays and asked if any Commissioners had any conflicts that would prevent moving the EDC meetings from the third Friday each month at 7:30 a.m. to the third Thursday at 7:30 a.m. After some discussion it was concluded that all current Commissioners can attend on Thursday mornings instead of Fridays. Motion/Second: Commissioner Freichels moved and Commissioner Helgemoe seconded the motion to approve Resolution 19-EDC-45 Establishing the 2020 Calendar Meeting Dates. 7. REPORTS OF STAFF Crossroad Pointe Redevelopment Project Assistant City Administrator, Beeman provided the Commission with an update on the Crossroad Pointe development stating that the development is underway and they expect to have footing completed by the second week of December. Construction will resume in the spring with substantial completion the end of 2020. Beeman informed the Commission that the EDA will be hearing from four developers November 25 who will be presenting their proposals for the Skyline redevelopment site. The proposals are a 96 unit low-income housing project, a 100 unit senior care facility, and two modern temperature controlled storage facilities. The EDA is expected to make a determination on which developer(s) they would like to consider moving forward for a purchase & development agreement. 8. REPORTS OF COMMISSIONERS Comprehensive Task Force Member Dennis Farmer stated that the Task Force has not met for several months and is awaiting comments from the Met-Council. Farmer asked if any of the Commissioners had reports. Hearing none, Farmer moved to the next agenda item.