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Home My WebLink About2012-05-24 BEDC Packet AGENDA CITY OF MAPLEWOOD BUSINESS AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT COMMISSION Thursday,May 24, 2012 6:00P.M. Council Chambers -Maplewood City Hall 1830 County Road B East 1.Call to Order 2.Roll Call 3.Approval of Agenda 4.Approval ofMinutes: a.March 22, 2012 5.NewBusiness: a.Economic Development Consultant –Janna King b.Combining HRA & BEDC 6.UnfinishedBusiness: 7.Visitor Presentations: 8.CommissionPresentations: 9.Staff Presentations: a.Development Summary (No Report) b.Local Business Recognition 10.Adjourn MINUTES OF THE BUSINESS AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT COMMISSION 1830 COUNTY ROAD B EAST, MAPLEWOOD, MINNESOTA THURSDAY, MARCH 22, 2012 6:00 P.M. 1.CALL TO ORDER A meeting of the Commissionwas held in the City Hall Council Chambers and was called to order at 6:05p.m.byChairperson Jenkins. 2.ROLL CALL Commissioners Absent Gary Kloncz, Commissioner David Hesley, CommissionerPresent Mark Jenkins, ChairpersonPresent Jennifer Lewis, CommissionerPresent Beth Ulrich, CommissionerPresent Warren Wessel, CommissionerPresent Staff Michael Martin, Planner 3.APPROVAL OF AGENDA Commissioner Hesleymoved to approve the agenda as submitted. Seconded by CommissionerUlrich.Ayes –All The motion passed. 4.APPROVAL OF MINUTES Commissioner Ulrichmoved to approve the minutesforJune 23, 2011,as submitted. Seconded by CommissionerWessel.Ayes –Commissioner’s Lewis, Ulrich & Wessel Abstentions –Chairperson Jenkins & Commissioner Hesley The motion passed. Commissioner Hesley moved to approve the minutes forFebruary 23, 2012,as submitted. Seconded by Commissioner Wessel.Ayes –Chairperson Jenkins, Commissioner’s Hesley, Ulrich & Wessel Abstention–Commissioner Lewis The motion passed. March 22, 2012 1 Business and Economic Development CommissionMeetingMinutes 5.NEW BUSINESS a.Mark Philips –DEED Commissioner Mark Philips, DEED Commissioner of the Minnesota Department of Employment and Economic Development addressed and gave a presentation to the commission on local economic development. 6.UNFINISHED BUSINESS a.Update of Highway 120 and Interstate 94 Intersection i.Planner, Michael Martin gave a presentation on the update of the Highway 120 and Interstate 94 Intersection. 7.VISITOR PRESENTATIONS a.BEDC Liaison and City Councilmember, Marv Koppenspoke about redevelopment of an office building which is good for the tax base in Maplewood. 8.COMMISSIONPRESENTATIONS a.Chairperson Jenkins announced that 3M was acknowledged intheFortune magazine as th ranking the 17most respected companyin the country. 9.STAFF PRESENTATIONS a.Development SummaryUpdate i.Planner, Michael Martin updated the commission on new development in the city. -LA Fitness is goinginto the old Circuit City Building -Kline Auto World applied for a CUP to sell used cars at their lot -The City of Oakdale is working on the Tanners Lake Redevelopment potential and that could affect parking on the Maplewood side of this developmentarea. This potential redevelopment will be discussed at a workshop held at the City of Oakdale on Tuesday, March 27, 2012. b.Update on Work Plan and Consultant Schedule i.Planner, Michael Martin said there is a consultant identified to come to the April BEDC meeting to discuss the work plan to use the time efficiently. Chairperson Jenkins saidhe would be absent at the April BEDC Meeting. If commission members havenotes on things the commission would like to discussin 2012 they should pass those along to staff so staff can prepare information for the consultant and bring it back to the commission at the BEDC meeting in April. 10.ADJOURNMENT Chairperson Jenkinsadjourned the meeting at 7:21p.m. March 22, 2012 2 Business and Economic Development CommissionMeetingMinutes MEMORANDUM TO: James Antonen, City Manager FROM: Michael Martin, AICP, Planner SUBJECT:Economic Development Consultant – Janna King DATE: April 19, 2012 INTRODUCTION Janna King will be attending the business and economic development commission (BEDC) meeting on April 26, 2012. Ms. King will assist the city indevising strategies for effective business retention visits and redevelopment projects. DISCUSSION Staff has contracted with Ms. King in order to help the city create strategies on how to approach business retention and redevelopmentprojects. Ms. King has started to study Maplewood and its practices to see what else the city could be doing to further enhance its economic development efforts. Ms. King has requested that at the April 26 meeting she be afforded the opportunity to get to know each of the commissioners and what experiences and backgrounds they bring to the field of economic development. Each commissionershould be prepared to talk about themselves and their background. Also, each commissionerwill be asked to talk about what they feel are the biggest opportunities and challenges for Maplewood in terms of economic development. After the introduction period, Ms. King will have a prepared presentation and discussion for the commission. Ms. King will be afforded the majority of the meeting time on April 26. Ms. King’s resume has been attached to this report for your information. RECOMMENDATION Cometo the April 26, 2012 BEDC meeting prepared to discuss economic development with Janna King. Attachments: 1. Janna King Resume MEMORANDUM TO:James Antonen, City Manager FROM:Tom Ekstrand, Senior Planner ChuckAhl,Assistant City Manager Combining HRA & BEDC SUBJECT: DATE:May 2, 2012 INTRODUCTION This past March,at their annual retreat, the city council established economic development asits primary goal. City staff has been discussing ways to implement and support economic development and feels that one facet of this is to streamline the development review process. One idea is combining the HRA (housing and redevelopment authority) and the BEDC (business and economic development commission). Combining these commissions makes sense since both commissions have similar pursuits and goals, namely sustaining and improving developed properties in the city, though the HRA’s focus is housing and the BEDC’s focus is business. Another reason is for combining the HRA and BEDC is that there is already an overlap in membership. Combining both committees would improve the continuity betweeneachwhich is the purpose of the dual membership. Discussion Scheduled The city manager has scheduled an upcoming council/manager workshop to discuss economic development, including the possible combination of commissions. The date of this discussion is June 4, 2012. RECOMMENDATION Advise the city council on whether the BEDCwould support a combination of the HRA and BEDC advisory groups. p:HRA\HRA & BEDC Combined Commissions May 2012 te MEMORANDUM TO:James Antonen, City Manager FROM:Michael Martin, AICP, Planner Local Business Recognition SUBJECT: DATE:May 16,2012 INTRODUCTION Throughout the year members ofthe business and economic development commission (BEDC) and staff work to take note of local businesses whichhave been recognized in some matter. INTRODUCTION Attached to this memo are two articles that were recently published highlighting the 5-8 Club and Titlesmart, Inc.; both Maplewood businesses. RECOMMENDATION Read the attached articles. Attachments: 1. Faces: Q&A with Jill Skogheim, co-owner of 5-8 Club in Maplewood 2. Titlesmart Inc Selected For "Top 25 Title Companies" I mesmart Inc 6electect r or " 1 op 'L5 1-Itle Companies" I Press Releases News I Print Finan... Page 1 of 2 Attachment 2 The Stlreet Ac on CraniaLU ActlonAleds PLUS Press Releases w Return'to Article Titlesmart Inc Selected For "Top 25 Title Companies"' Pit Newswire 65/10/12 - 05!30 PM EDT Titlesmart Inc of " The Twin Cities. Metro Area," has been honored with a recognition by Minneapolis St. Paul Business Journal in its selection of " Top 25 Title Companies ." MINNEAPOLIS and ST. PAUL, Minn., May 10, 2012 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Announcing a special recognition appearing in the April, 2012 issue of Minneapolis St, Paul Business Journal published by American City Business Journals. 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