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MINUTES FOR THE EDA MEETING OF MAY 10, 2010 <br />EDA President Fran Miron called the meeting to order at 8:30 am. <br />PRESENT: Jan Arcand, Jim Bever, Tom Denaway, Mike Granger, Phil Klein, Brian Thistle <br />and Fran Miron <br />ABSENT: NONE <br />CITY STAFF PRESENT: City Administrator, Mike Ericson, Community Development <br />Director, Bryan Bear, and Planner, Rachel Simone. <br />APPROVAL OF MINUTES FOR THE EDA MEETING OF APRIL 12, 2010 <br />Denaway made motion, Bever seconded, to approve the minutes for the EDA meeting of April 12, <br />2010. <br />All ayes. Motion carried. <br />HEALTH SOURCE CHIROPRACTIC <br />Staff invited Dr. Erik Carlson from Health Source Chiropractic to the EDA meeting as a new <br />business in Hugo. The business is located in the Victor Gardens South Village retail building. <br />Dr. Carlson stated that their official grand opening would be this June or July. He attended <br />the Hugo Kidz n' Biz Fest and the Spring Savings Show. He stated that community events <br />are important to his business and thanked the City for supporting the events. He is planning <br />on joining the Hugo Business Association. He stated that he wanted to move the business to <br />Hugo because of the growing population and good demographics. The EDA welcome Health <br />Source Chiropractic as a new business in Hugo. <br />DISCUSSION ON BR&E IMPLEMENTATION PROJECTS AND EDA GOALS <br />There were four implementation projects that came out of the BR&E Program. <br />1. Market the City and Businesses <br />2. Create, Coordinate and Encourage Events to have Economic Impact <br />3. Improve Downtown (including Hwy 61 Access) <br />4. Host Business and Breakfast Workshops <br />Staff discussed the implementation projects with the EDA in regards to the 2010 EDA goals. <br />The EDA stated that staff should work with the HBA and encourage them to be a part of the <br />project teams. <br />Klein made a motion, seconded by Denaway, to make a recommendation to the City Council <br />to formally create each project team as a subcommittee of the EDA. <br />All aye. Motion carried. <br />Granger talked about a community message board to help promote business and events. <br />