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HomeMy WebLinkAbout2006.12.18 EDA Packet AGENDA CITY OF HUGO ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY MEETING MONDAY, DECEMBER 18, 2006- 8:30 AM HUGO CITY HALL 8:30 am 1. Call to Order 8:31 am 2. Roll Call 8:32 am 3. Approval of Minutes EDA Meeting of November 20, 2006 8:35 am 4. Update and Discussion on TIF District • TIF District Subcommittee • Egg Lake Development 9:15 am 5. Comprehensive Plan Update for 2008 9:50 am 6. Discussion on Washington County and its Communities Comprehensive Economic Development Strategy 10:10 am 7. Discussion on 2007 Goals 10:30 am 8. Adjournment BACKGROUND MEMO FOR THE EDA MEETING OF Monday, December 18, 2006 1. Approval of Minutes EDA meeting of November 20, 2006 City staff recommends that the EDA approve the minutes for the November 20, 2006 EDA meeting as presented. 2. Update and Discussion on TIF District As you know the City is getting closer to establishing a Tax Increment Financing (TIF) District. The TIF subcommittee is now meeting on a regular basis again to help piece together some details for the TIF District. They last met on Thursday, December 7, 2006 to talk about a strategy for the subcommittee. Earlier on in the process the EDA talked about what kind of developments they would like to see come into the Downtown. At the EDA meeting staff would like to have a discussion with the EDA on what they would like to see for development on the City owned property across City Hall along Egg Lake. Staff would like some direction to send developers to put a project together for that area. Staff recommends that the EDA discuss what they would like to see there and give direction to staff. 3. Comprehensive Plan Update for 2008 In January staff would like to get the City Council, Planning Commission, EDA, and Parks Commission together for a kick off meeting to talk about the comprehensive plan update process. Staff will give an update on the process at the meeting. 4. Discussion on Washington County and its Communities Comprehensive Economic Development Strategy Washington County has provided the City with a draft proposal for a comprehensive economic development strategy for the County and its communities. The proposal is suggesting that there be a partnership with the County and its cities to work together on appropriate economic growth within the County. There was a meeting on November 30, 2006 to talk about the economic development strategy between Washington County and its communities. Washington County would like to set up a work group for this that includes a City designee that will represent the City. The EDA should decide on who they would like to appoint for this work group 5. Discussion on 2007 Goals Attached are the City Council goals for 2006 and the on going priorities for the City. In January there will be a City Council workshop to establish the 2007 City goals. Staff would like the EDA to discuss what they see as important goals for the City in 2007. MINUTES FOR THE EDA MEETING OF NOVEMBER 20, 2006 EDA President Fran Miron called the meeting to order at 8- 0 am, ,PPRESENT: Jan Arcand, Jim Bever, Tom DenawayPhil Klein, an ran Miron, City Administrator Mike Ericson, CD Director Bryan Bear, CD Intern achel Simone ABSENT: Mike Granger and Brian Thistle APPROVAL OF MINUTES EDA MEETING OF OCTOBER 16, 2006 Arcand made motion, Denaway seconded, to approve the minutes for the EDA meeting of October 16, 2006 as presented. All aye. Motion Carried. KIDZ PLACE CHILD CARE CENTER Dragonfly Group has started construction of a child care center called Kidz Place located at 5448 140th Street. The building will total approximately 8,200 square feet with a fenced in play area in the back portion of the site. The building will also include leased office space on the east side of the building. Staff has invited the representatives from Kidz Place Child Care Center to come talk to the EDA about the daycare and give details about their business plan. CD Intern gave background of Kidz Place Child Care Center. The president of the company Deanna Hudella, gave a presentation on the business plan for Kidz Place. They are planning on opening in March of 2007 and will employ 13 people by the time they are completely full for enrollment. The child care center will be able to take in 103 children. The EDA welcomed Kidz Place as a business in the community. UPDATE ON HUGO MANUFACTURERS LETTER FROM THE MAYOR AND THE HUGO BUSINESS ASSOCIATION (HBA) As directed by the EDA at its October 16, 2006 meeting a letter was sent out from the Mayor and the Hugo Business Association to thank the manufacturing businesses in the City for providing great jobs to the community. In the letter staff also asked for a business profile from each manufacturer so we can find out exactly what the business is. CD Intern gave an update on the letters that were sent out and that the City has received two business profiles, one from Intro Tech and the other from Schwieters. Staff also sent out a"Thank You" letter to Wilson Tool for giving the EDA an opportunity to tour the company and find out more about what Wilson Tool is about. DISCUSSION ON HUGO BUSINESS ASSOCIATION (HBA) MEMBERSHIP Staff invited representatives from the HBA to discuss the membership and goals of the association. City Administrator introduced the topic, talked about the City of Hugo joining the HBA, and that the City would help out with anything that the HBA may need to help them grow. He also stated that when they finish their website there will be a link on the City website for the HBA. EDA member and HBA president, Phil Klein, introduced Mike Gainer, HBA Vice- President, and Lois Melamed, HBA member to the EDA. They talked about how the HBA is growing, that they are looking for a location for an office, and that they are looking into becoming a chamber. Mr. Melamed stated that there is some room in the Citizen Newspaper office for the HBA until they find a permanent location. Bever made motion, Denaway seconded,to for the City of Hugo to take membership in the Hugo Business Association. All aye. Motion Carried. UPDATE AND DISCUSSION ON TIF DISTRICT Staff has been working closely with Paul Steinman of Springsted and Mary Ippel on the calculations to establish a TIF District. Staff has attached a map of the proposed TIF District that highlights the buildings that meet and do not meet the required 15% code deficiency threshold determined by building inspections and a map of the coverage test results. Also, the building department has completed a number of assumptions about the buildings the city has not inspected and if they would qualify for a TIF district or not. As we are coming to completion of establishing a TIF District staff would like to have the TIF Subcommittee meet on a regular basis again. CD Intern gave updates on the coverage and building inspection tests that the City must meet qualify for a TIF District. CD Director gave and update on the building inspections and that he feels we have enough information to know that the proposed district will qualify and that the boundaries will probably stay the same. He also talked about the time line and that the TIF sub-committee should meet as soon as possible to make some more decisions about the financing and development they would like to see. Klein asked about what properties we would want to start with for redevelopment. CD Director stated that Kidz Place is already being redeveloped and the next important ones in his mind are the End Zone property, the properties across from City Hall, and where the County Road 8 and Highway 61 meet. Bever asked about the coverage test on the Lavalle Parcel. CD Director talked about how the new County road and the ditch will be counted as improvements to the property for the coverage test. Arcand asked if the City heard anything about the Carpenters restaurant redeveloping when the TIF monies are available. CD Director stated that Mike Anderson has been contacted by developers and that if the property would redevelop it would probably need TIF monies. He also stated that at the next meeting maybe we should talk about developments qualify for TIF monies and the application process. Denaway stated that now that we are close to having a TIF District we need to start thinking about a project for redevelopment and get developers in to talk about what we what to develop for our downtown. Klein asked when the TIF subcommittee meets if staff could let the EDA know what was talked about and decisions that were made at the meeting. Arcand asked if developers were coming wanting to develop a restaurant. CD Director stated that we have had some developers wanting to develop restaurants. UPDATE ON COUNTY ROAD 8/14 PROJECT As you know the County Road 8/14 project is nearing completion, with the only details left being the street lights and landscaping. The street lights are currently being installed and the landscaping will be completed in the spring of 2007. City Administrator updated the EDA on the completion of construction for County road 8/14 and that street lights and landscaping are the only details left. He stated that the completion of the County road was important to Festival Foods owners and that it was done ahead of schedule and under budget. Bever stated that he was on the landscape committee and he was very pleased with how the landscape plan turned out. Klein asked about Lino Lakes project for the County road. CD Director stated that the project will be constructed in a couple of years and that is more difficult than they expected. DISCUSSION ON HEAVY INDUSTRIAL PARK IN HUGO At the September 18, 2006 EDA meeting there was discussion on if Hugo should consider a location for a heavy industrial park in the City. Staff attached a land use and zoning map in the packet for discussion on where this location could be. CD intern gave background on the topic. CD Director stated that we should talk about this when we do the comprehensive plan update. Staff will get the Council and Commissions together to talk about the update sometime in January. DISCUSSION ON WASHINGTON COUNTY AND ITS COMMUNITIES COMPREHENSIVE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT STRATEGY Washington County has provided the City with a draft proposal for a comprehensive economic development strategy for the County and its communities. The proposal is suggesting that there be a partnership with the County and its cities to work together on appropriate economic growth within the County. Staff attached the draft proposal for the EDA to review and comment. ADJOURNMENT Arcand made motion, Denaway seconded to adjourn the meeting at 10:20 am All aye. Motion carried. City of Hugo, Minnesota Tax Increment Financing(Redevelopment) District No. and Tax Increment Financing Policy Preliminary Time Schedule for Approval y November/December 2006 Complete building inspections of primes within proposed boundaries of District 3 a November/December 2006 Analyze blight findings, i,i` a final determiria of District boundaries November/December 2006 TIF Subcommittee meeting to review boundaries, di§Wss timeline and process December 2006 [)raft TIF Plan and Tf {SCJ ) January8,2007 Ci Ancil calls ty ieanng 11 for the TIF Plan to be held on March 19,2007 ;. (Resolut l)!g, by Briggs&Morgan) January 2007 , 111FSubcommittee meeting—discuss what primary components should =` be iricWed in""TIF Policy February,27 " Council worksession to review draft TIF Plan and draft TIF Policy On/Befog fpruary 4,2007 County Commissioner receives notification letter a� iU 30 days prior to publication of notice of public hearing z � (Sent by SPRINGSTED) N ? 1Pt On/Before February 15 , County and School District receive impact letters&draft TIF plan 30 days prior to public hearing (Sent by SPRINGSTED) February 19, 2007 Economic Development Authority reviews TIF documents and TIF Policy, makes recommendation to Council February 28, 2007 City Planning Commission reviews TIF documents (TIF documents provided by SPRINGSTED) (Resolution provided by Briggs and Morgan) 12/6/2006 March 5, 2007 City Council reviews TIF documents and Policy March 7, 2007 Publication of notice of public hearing Deadline: March 1, 2007 10-30 days prior to public hearing (Arrangements made by SPRINGSTED) March 19, 2007 City Council holds public hearing,and adopts resolutions establishing TIF District, passes resolution approving TIF Policy (Resolution provided by Briggs and Morgan) After March 19, 2007 State filing and request for co m tification for the TIF District (Completed by SPRINGSTED a z� 9 ue A1� ,., . rcrc p` r. 12/6/2006 ---:-Original Message----- From: Jim Schug [mailto:Jim.Schug@co.washington.mn.us] Sent: Friday, December 01, 2006 4:21 PM To: chip@ci.forest-lake.mn.us; mericson@ci.hugo.mn.us; craig.waldron@ci.oakdale.mn.us; Ihansen@ci.stillwater.mn.us; Gridley, Clinton; rschroeder@cottage-grove.org; Ibodahl@newportmn.com Cc: Jim Schug; Molly O'Rourke Subject: Economic Development Meeting Colleagues, At last evening's meeting of the cities and county to discuss the draft proposal for formulating an economic development strategy for Washington County, a decision was made by those in attendance to create a work group of city and county elected officials and staff to develop a proposal based on the draft document to bring back to the full group for a decision in 2007. It was agreed that the county will develop a response to the cities' proposal in advance of the meeting of the work group. The first task of the work group will then be to develop an agreement between the county and cities on the goals of an economic development strategy. It was decided that each participating city would designate one member to this work group, either an elected official or appointed staff member, and the county would designate a commissioner and staff member and would also convene the first meeting in January 2007. 1 am writing to request that each city provide me with the name and email address of the city's designee to this work group by December 22. Once we have the membership set, we will find a date, time and location for the first meeting. Please let me know if you have any questions. Jim Schug Jim Schug, County Administrator Washington County Government Center 14949 62nd St. N., P.O. Box 6 Stillwater, MN 55082-0006 Tel. 651 430.6002 Fax 651 430.6017 e-mail: Jim.Schug@co.washington.mn.us 2 DRAFT PROPOSAL Proposal for the Formulation of a Comprehensive Economic Development Strategy for Washington County and Its Communities Background: It is being suggested that Washington County and its respective cities move forward with a new strategic, economic development plan. Washington County, in cooperation with its local cities, needs to consider expanding its strategic role in economic development. Competition from northwest Wisconsin, other Minnesota cities and even internationally makes it critical that Washington County work cooperatively with its cities to be able to attract the best job creators for our citizens. Currently, cities in the County pursue various levels of economic development without an appropriate, supportive County program to assist the cities with their respective efforts. This can lead to sub-optimal effort when a comprehensive economic approach is not implemented; which in turn, produces mixed results for different areas in Washington County. Thus, due to ongoing direct and indirect financial involvement, the County should identify economic development as part of its mission and the means to support its critical services. Clearly, the future level of Washington County's role in economic development needs to be examined in order to ensure long-term tax base and job growth in its respective communities. We are suggesting that such a strategy be pursued in which the County decides to work more actively with its respective cities to facilitate economic development. This perspective would provide for a partnership in which the City and County work together to facilitate the appropriate growth within the County. Oftentimes, the County does not necessarily function as a true partner with its respective communities, even though the development that occurs in the cities is what builds the County tax base. Therefore, we are proposing: that the organizational structure and the economic capacity of Washington County be studied and a subsequent economic development strategy be developed to ensure County partnership with its respective cities. Economic Development Resources within the County Include: • Washington County cities— industrial parks, TIF, revolving funds, SBA • Washington County—public works, social services, abatements, etc. • Washington County WIB —workforce employment and training. • Washington County HRA— affordable housing, HUD programs, redevelopment • Chambers and Business Organizations • Utility Companies—Xcel Energy, CenterPoint Energy, Connexus Energy Strategic Plan Purpose: It would be the purpose of this plan to encourage the County to develop an economic development partnership program with its communities. This plan would, hopefully, move the County toward including economic development as part of its mission to help maintain its fiscal health and retain its low tax rate while meeting its growing service obligations. A General Scope of Analysis Could Include the Following: Several areas within Washington County should be examined to produce a strategy that can address the concerns of all interested groups. The proposed economic development strategy plan could address the following items for Washington County: 1. Profile the local economy, including key economic segments and employers, employment history and forecasts, and Washington County's context within the Twin Cities metropolitan area. 2. Profile available resources to current and future businesses, including land, infrastructure, employees and transportation. 3. Profile existing business financing resources, including loan funds, tax incentives, development and redevelopment programs, etc. 4. Profile all Washington County departments and other local government jurisdiction's roles/responsibilities within the county related to economic development, including existing regional organizations that impact the county and its cities. 5. Provide examples from other counties and/or county agencies (e.g. HRA, EDA) in the United States that may demonstrate partnership "best practices" in their role with economic development. 6. Provide options for a broad strategy for Washington County's increased involvement in economic development that will result in a visible and effective program. 7. Provide options for an operational strategy for Washington County (including the HRA and WIB) based on an analysis of the profiles identified above (#1-#5), and including those provided through the private sector and various public sectors. 8. Provide options for an implementation plan that incorporates all elements into an operational economic development strategic plan for Washington County. This should include short/long term action steps, strategic outcomes, and responsibilities of various departments within Washington County government, including the HRA and the WIB. 9. Identify measurable outcomes related to the County's role in economic development and define value to stakeholder communities. Summary: Washington County enjoys an excellent and positive working relationship with its cities. Addressing these important aspects of the county's role in economic development will help facilitate a strong strategy and partnership between the County and its communities to ensure long-term tax base and job growth. 2 r I CITY OF HUGO 2006 CITY FOCUS GOALS Target Date Description for Completion Focus on Economic Development 1 a. Implement Downtown Redevelopment Plan b. CDBG and other development grants c. Identify location for future industrial park Transportation Planning a. Research Transportation Funding Methods 2 b. Traffic Signals, 130`x', 147' c. CSAH 14/I-35E Interchange d. Update City Transportation Plan e. Collector Roads and Standards Public Safety Goals a. BLS Ambulance Service 3. b. Long-range Fire Department employment and facility needs c. Review Charges for Medical Calls d. Community Policing–Long Term Planning Multiple Parks Projects a. Parks Funding for: i. Ballfield Complex ii. Rice Lake Park b. Diamond Point East c. 2006 Parks Commission Goals d. Parks Master Plan Review and Update e. JPA with WBL for Oneka Elementary 5 Begin Update to Comprehensive Plan —develop strategy and timeline 6. Rice Lake Management Plan Council Workshops 7. a. Set workshop to review Stormwater Utility b. Set workshop to review City Policies c. Set workshop to review Employee Salary Matrix — 8. Recodification of City Code CITY OF HUGO 2006 ONGOING PRIORITIES Accomplished Description YES or NO 1 I-35W/E Coalition - CSAH 14 & I-35E Interchange 2 City-wide bus tour for Council, Commissions and staff 3 Capital Improvements Program • 800 MGHZ County-Wide Communications 4 Housing Diversification and Mix— Lifecycle Housing 5 Council working together as a team 6 NPDES —Annual Report and Stormwater Management 7 JD 2 Work Plan 8 Maintain Quality Staff 9 Stable Tax Base 10 Street Reconstruction Program Stay current on Legislative Issues 11 a. Eminent Domain b. 2006 Bonding Bill 12 Collaborate on road improvements and maintenance with Jurisdictional authorities — w�cvf 0,-¢, V 4, M ',�,+ arz d'�Uu,vi iMuyt - 7sr- sWbcomrn .Q. , Ccfmp Fz�� S'I'nL& .�i Y,'3 R' rt -. '4s,i ..y. h ,li�, 7�: Y'. �•4 _ ••ii w o¢ F 4 141, �p .w �' ,, 4„ ikr ,,=P�,,, �;'m n �: •> ,, w � ,6�uY ... .,,• ,.. � ,..�: ., :., a• w;,. u, i _�'. ;�..'e #:'. _... .. f. +s+.a;:,.. ..• �. rt.; .. ,. 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Lb. . - ,• ,.. � ,r. a '...., ,�M7�,x;. �,._-, b ,? ;+'k,n•,. ,?± ate: r^+�. _tiMde �, e. .r.:?L 'sre'".;¢.:: ,,'.�'H'w�.: -- m " 6 .,: J3� sb � ;•'. � -. � `�. '� .: Mike Ericson From: Bryan Bear Sent: Tuesday, December 05, 2006 8:30 AM To: Mike Ericson; Mary Ann Creager Subject: RE: Economic Development Meeting Since the first meeting isn't until January, I'd suggest letting the EDA decide. We should talk in advance if we'd like to recommend anyone. -----Original Message----- From: Mike Ericson Sent: Monday, December 04, 2006 5:26 PM To: Mary Ann Creager; Bryan Bear Subject: FW: Economic Development Meeting MAC and Bryan..... Should we pick someone now or just add it to the December 18 cc agenda?????? Please advise. Thank you. A Mike E. Aeie,4 -----Original Message----- From: Gridley, Clinton [mailto:cgridley@ci.woodbury.mn.us] Sent: Monday, December 04, 2006 3:23 PM To: Jim Schug (&?J4 Cc: Molly O'Rourke; chip@ci.forest-lake.mn.us; Mike Ericson; craig.waldron@ci.oakdale.mn.us; Ihansen@ci.stillwater.mn.us; rschroeder@cottage-grove.org; Ibodahl@newportmn.com; Bill Hargis (E-mail); Picha, Dwight Subject: RE: Economic Development Meeting Jim: Thanks for arranging the meeting last week; the discussion was helpful. Our representation can be either Mayor Bill Hargis or Community Development Director Dwight Picha. Which one to serve can depend on your balance of elected and appointed officials. If you need more elected representation, then Bill can serve. If more appointed officials are needed, then Dwight can serve. We look forward to the continuing dialogue on this item and your response to our proposal. You have quite the historians on your county board! Clint 1 Mike Ericson From: Gridley, Clinton [cgridley@ci.wood bury.m n.us] Sent: Monday, December 04, 2006 3:23 PM To: Jim Schug Cc: Molly O'Rourke; chip@ci.forest-lake.mn.us; Mike Ericson; craig.waldron@ci.oakdale.mn.us; Ihansen@ci.stillwater.mn.us; rschroeder@cottage-grove.org; lbodahl@newportmn.com; Bill Hargis(E-mail); Picha, Dwight Subject: RE: Economic Development Meeting Jim: Thanks for arranging the meeting last week; the discussion was helpful. Our representation can be either Mayor Bill Hargis or Community Development Director Dwight Picha. Which one to serve can depend on your balance of elected and appointed officials. If you need more elected representation, then Bill can serve. If more appointed officials are needed, then Dwight can serve. We look forward to the continuing dialogue on this item and your response to our proposal. You have quite the historians on your county board! Clint -----Original Message----- From: Jim Schug [mailto:Jim.Schug@co.washington.mn.us] Sent: Friday, December 01, 2006 4:21 PM To: chip@ci.forest-lake.mn.us; mericson@ci.hugo.mn.us; craig.waldron@ci.oakdale.mn.us; lhansen@ci.stillwater.mn.us; Gridley, Clinton; rschroeder@cottage-grove.org; lbodahl@newportmn.com Cc: Jim Schug; Molly O'Rourke Subject: Economic Development Meeting Colleagues, At last evening's meeting of the cities and county to discuss the draft proposal for formulating an economic development strategy for Washington County, a decision was made by those in attendance to create a work group of city and county elected officials and staff to develop a proposal based on the draft document to bring back to the full group for a decision in 2007. It was agreed that the county will develop a response to the cities' proposal in advance of the meeting of the work group. The first task of the work group will then be to develop an agreement between the county and cities on the goals of an economic development strategy. It was decided that each participating city would designate one member to this work group, either an elected official or appointed staff member, and the county would designate a commissioner and staff member and would also convene the first meeting in January 2007. I am writing to request that each city provide me with the name and email address of the city's designee to this work group by December 22. Once we have the membership set, we will find a date, time and location for the first meeting. Please let me know if you have any questions. Jim Schug Jim Schug, County Administrator Washington County Government Center 1 Rachel From: Mike Ericson Sent: Tuesday, December 05, 2006 3:38 PM To: Bryan Bear Cc: Mary Ann Creager; Rachel Subject: RE: Economic Development Meeting Okay. . . . .Rachel. . . .please add this to the December 18 EDA agenda. . . . . . me -----Original Message----- From: Bryan Bear Sent: Tuesday, December 05, 2006 8:30 AM To: Mike Ericson; Mary Ann Creager Subject: RE: Economic Development Meeting Since the first meeting isn't until January, I'd suggest letting the EDA decide. We should talk in advance if we'd like to recommend anyone. -----Original Message----- From: Mike Ericson Sent: Monday, December 04, 2006 5:26 PM To: Mary Ann Creager; Bryan Bear Subject: FW: Economic Development Meeting MAC and Bryan. . . . . Should we pick someone now or just add it to the December 18 cc agenda?????? Please advise. Thank you. Mike E. -----Original Message----- From: Gridley, Clinton [mailto:cgridley@ci.woodbury.mn.us] Sent: Monday, December 04, 2006 3:23 PM To: Jim Schug Cc: Molly O'Rourke; chip@ci.forest-lake.mn.us; Mike Ericson; craig.waldron@ci.oakdale.mn.us; lhansen@ci.stillwater.mn.us; rschroeder@cottage-grove.org; lbodahl@newportmn.com; Bill Hargis (E-mail) ; Picha, Dwight Subject: RE: Economic Development Meeting 1 w w Jim: Thanks for arranging the meeting last week; the discussion was helpful. Our representation can be either Mayor Bill Hargis or Community Development Director Dwight Picha. Which one to serve can depend on your balance of elected and appointed officials. If you need more elected representation, then Bill can serve. If more appointed officials are needed, then Dwight can serve. We look forward to the continuing dialogue on this item and your response to our proposal. You have quite the historians on your county board! Clint -----Original Message----- From: Jim Schug [mailto:Jim.Schug@co.washington.mn.us] Sent: Friday, December 01, 2006 4:21 PM To: chip@ci.forest-lake.mn.us; mericson@ci.hugo.mn.us; craig.waldron@ci.oakdale.mn.us; lhansen@ci.stillwater.mn.us; Gridley, Clinton; rschroeder@cottage-grove.org; lbodahl@newportmn.com Cc: Jim Schug; Molly O'Rourke Subject: Economic Development Meeting Colleagues, At last evening's meeting of the cities and county to discuss the draft proposal for formulating an economic development strategy for Washington County, a decision was made by those in attendance to create a work group of city and county elected officials and staff to develop a proposal based on the draft document to bring back to the full group for a decision in 2007. It was agreed that the county will develop a response to the cities' proposal in advance of the meeting of the work group. The first task of the work group will then be to develop an agreement between the county and cities on the goals of an economic development strategy. It was decided that each participating city would designate one member to this work group, either an elected official or appointed staff member, and the county would designate a commissioner and staff member and would also convene the first meeting in January 2007. I am writing to request that each city provide me with the name and email address of the city's designee to this work group by December 22. Once we have the membership set, we will find a date, time and location for the first meeting. Please let me know if you have any questions. Jim Schug Jim Schug, County Administrator Washington County Government Center 14949 62nd St. N. , P.O. Box 6 Stillwater, MN 55082-0006 Tel. 651 430. 6002 Fax 651 430. 6017 e-mail: Jim.Schug@co.washington.mn.us 2 Rachel From: Mike Ericson Sent: Friday, December 01, 2006 4:22 PM To: Becky Petryk; Charles Haas; Frank Puleo; Mike Granger Cc: 'Dave Snyder'; Bryan Bear; Michele Lindau; Rachel; Ron Otkin Subject: FW: Economic Development Meeting -----Original Message----- From: Jim Schug [mailto:Jim.Schug@co.washington.mn.us] Sent: Friday, December 01, 2006 4 :21 PM To: chip@ci.forest-lake.mn.us; Mike Ericson; craig.waldron@ci.oakdale.mn.us; lhansen@ci.stillwater.mn.us; cgridley@ci.woodbury.mn.us; rschroeder@cottage-grove.org; lbodahl@newportmn.com Cc: Jim Schug; Molly O'Rourke Subject: Economic Development Meeting Colleagues, At last evening's meeting of the cities and county to discuss the draft proposal for formulating an economic development strategy for Washington County, a decision was made by those in attendance to create a work group of city and county elected officials and staff to develop a proposal based on the draft document to bring back to the full group for a decision in 2007. It was agreed that the county will develop a response to the cities' proposal in advance of the meeting of the work group. The first task of the work group will then be to develop an agreement between the county and cities on the goals of an economic development strategy. It was decided that each participating city would designate one member to this work group, either an elected official or appointed staff member, and the county would designate a commissioner and staff member and would also convene the first meeting in January 2007. I am writing to request that each city provide me with the name and email address of the city's designee to this work group by December 22. Once we have the membership set, we will find a date, time and location for the first meeting. Please let me know if you have any questions. Jim Schug Jim Schug, County Administrator Washington County Government Center 14949 62nd St. N. , P.O. Box 6 Stillwater, MN 55082-0006 Tel. 651 430.6002 Fax 651 430.6017 e-mail: Jim.Schug@co.washington.mn.us 1