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MINUTES FOR THE EDA MEETING OF MAY 21, 2007 EDA President Fran Miron called the meeting to order at 8:30 am. PRESENT: Jan Arcand, Jim Bever, Tom Denaway, Phil Klein, Brian Thistle, and Fran Miron ABSENT: Mike Granger City Administrator Mike Ericson, CD Director Bryan Bear, Associate Planner Rachel Simone APPROVAL OF MINUTES EDA MEETING OF APRIL 16, 2007 Denaway made motion, Bever seconded, to approve the minutes for the EDA meeting of April 16, 2007. All aye. Motion carried. DISCUSSION ON NOR LAKES The City has been notified that Nor Lakes has sold their building to Cenex Harvest States. Cenex plans to close the facility. A Fax was presented from John Gohmann, president of MN Commercial Railway, with concerns that the rail will no longer be used. Mike Ericson introduced Jim Taglia from Nor Lakes to talk about the issue with the EDA. Mr. Taglia gave an overview of what products Nor Lakes make such as liquid lubricants and specialty mining products. He explained that Cenex approached Nor Lakes with a plan to get into the business that Nor Lakes was doing for them. Cenex will be making specialty lubricants in the building and Nor Lakes will be renting out office space in the building. Klein asked if any new employees will be added due to the change. Mr. Taglia stated that there may be a few new employees added because of the change. Miron thanked Mr. Taglia for coming to the EDA meeting and that the City will keep in contact with Mr. Taglia and Mr. Gohmann. The rail is very important to some companies in the Bald Eagle Industrial Park. RED'S SAVOY PIZZA Staff invited the owner of Red's Savoy Pizza, Mike Kinsella, to the EDA meeting to present his new business. Savoy's opened in April and is located in the Festival Foods retail center. The EDA welcomed Mr. Kinsella and his business to the City. Mr. Kinsella was present at the meeting and gave an overview of his business. He stated that he employees 19 people. Bever asked if there were any plans for expansion of Savoy's in Hugo. Mr. Kinsella stated that he would like to expand at a later point.