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MINUTES FOR THE EDA MEETING OF FEBRUARY 8, 2010 EDA President Fran Miron called the meeting to order at 8:40 am. PRESENT: Jan Arcand, Tom Denaway, Jim Bever, Phil Klein, and Fran Miron ABSENT: Mike Granger and Brian Thistle CITY STAFF PRESENT: City Administrator Mike Ericson, Community Development Director Bryan Bear, Associate Planner Rachel Simone, and Shayla Syverson, Economic Development / Parks Intern APPROVAL OF MINUTES FOR THE EDA MEETING OF JANUARY 11, 2010 Klein made motion, Bever seconded, to approve the minutes for the EDA meeting of January 11, 2010. All ayes. Motion carried. HUGO 1 STOP — GAS STATTION The City Administrator introduced the owner of the Hugo 1 Stop, Michael Warner. Mr. Warner is also a resident of Hugo. He stated that he took ownership of the gas station during the foreclosure process. He stated that he has 8 employees and 3 are full time. The business is going good and he has established good working relationships with the adjacent businesses. He stated that he has some concerns with the existing blight in the area and the improvements that will be made to 147th Street and Highway 61 and how it will affect his business. UPDATE ON DOWNTOWN REDEVELOPMENT The CD Director stated that the demolition is complete for Carpenters Steakhouse. He stated that the City provided the property owner a letter declaring the building hazardous to waive the PCA's 10 day approval period. The Anderson's are still discussing the demolition of the antique shop, which is located just north of Carpenters. The antique shop will need to go through the entire approval process that the PCA requires. The Anderson's have not talked about the next steps for either of the properties. UPDATE ON BR&E PROGRAM The Economic Development / Parks Intern gave an update on the BR&E Program. The BR&E Program Task Force Retreat will be held at Hugo City Hall on Monday, February 8, 2010. The U of M Extension Services team will reveal the outcome of the surveys to the Task Force and start small group discussion on the implementation items for the project ideas. The small groups will discuss ways to implement strategies to help businesses in Hugo and to accomplish the main goals from the surveys. There will be a commencement meeting at the beginning of April to showcase the outcomes of the surveys and the project ideas to the businesses. UPDATE ON JANUARY 14, 2010 MIXED USE JOINT WORKSHOP The workshop was with the City Council, Planning Commission and the EDA at Hugo City Hall. The discussion topics at the workshop surrounded the downtown area. The CD Director stated that