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MINUTES FOR THE EDA MEETING OF JANUARY 3, 2012 Miron called the meeting to order at 7:00 pm. PRESENT: Arcand, Bever, Denaway, Graff, Klein, Puleo, and Miron ABSENT: None STAFF: Bryan Bear, City Administrator Rachel Juba, Planner APPROVAL OF MINUTES FOR THE EDA MEETING OF DECEMBER 12,2011 Klein made motion, Puleo seconded, to approve minutes for the EDA meeting of December 12, 2011. All aye. Motion carried. Denaway made a motion, Puleo seconded, to approve minutes for the City Identity Workshop on December 15, 2011. All aye. Motion carried. UPDATE ON CITY IDENTITY WORKSHOP DECEMBER 15, 2011 AT 7 PM Staff updated the EDA on the December 15, 2011, City Identity Workshop. All the EDA members attended the workshop. The workshop included a presentation to the commissions. Slides were shown of other cities known identities including sports teams, physical features, architectural achievements and many others. There were several discussion topics that arose during the discussion. Some of those topics included: - Equestrian background and other horse operations - Hugo's close vicinity to the Twin Cities - Economic slowdown - Focusing on many things the City does well, instead of one identity - Promotion and marketing of the City The discussion ended with many commissioners asking how we can promote and market the City. The focus of marketing tended to be more toward commercial businesses. Many people agreed that marketing some of the City's benefits could attract new businesses. UPDATE ON LCDA GRANT FOR PETE SAMPAIR'S PROPERTY The Met Council approved a $73,000 LCDA grant for the redevelopment planning of Pete Sampair's property. Staff presented the press release of the grantees. The next step will be to complete grants agreements with the Met Council and Pete Sampair. The grant