EDA Meeting
December 5 , 2011 

Meeting called to order at 6:05 p.m. by Chairman Schmidtke

In attendance: Ed Schmidtke, Steve Nordmeier, Lisa Karsten, Stephanie Culhane and Charles Larsen 

1. Motion by Nordmeier seconded by Karsten to accept minutes motion passes 4-0 
2. Old Business:
3. CVN meeting on Friday December 9 at Southview C.C. in West Saint Paul.
4. No news on the Surplus Store.
5. No news on Fitness Club in Dance Studio.
6. No news on redevelopment grant meeting. 
7. New Business:
8. By Laws- as a group we went through the bylaws for mistakes or information as found.

                                                              i.      Larsen moves to strike “telegram” and add “e-mail” on Article III Board of Commissions #6

                                                            ii.      Nordmeier seconds

 Roll call vote Voting Yes- Culhane, Larsen, Schmidtke, Nordmeier, Karsten passes 5-0

                                                          iii.      Article 3, Board of Commissions #5 Nordmeier moves to amend # 5 by striking the words “fourth Thursday” and adding “first Monday at 6:00 pm in its place, Roll call vote Voting Yes- Culhane, Larsen, Schmidtke, Nordmeier, Karsten passes 5-0

                                                          iv.      Revolving Loan Fund Guidelines page 3

E. Strike the words $1,000 per year and maybe,”

F. Strike out “one year per $1,000 per borrowed

It should read as follows:

The repayment period for residential loans shall not exceed ten years…..

Motion by Larson seconded by Nordmeier roll call vote, Voting Yes: Larsen, Karsten, Nordmeier, Culhane, and Schmidtke passes 5-0 

1. Motion by Nordmeier seconded by Karsten to adjourn passes 5-0 

Next meeting is January 2, 2012 at 6:00 pm

EDA Meeting

October 3, 2011

Meeting called to order at 6:05 p.m. by Chairman Schmidtke
In attendance: Ed Schmidtke, Lisa Karsten, Stephanie Culhane and Steve Nordmeier
Absent: Charles Larsen

1. Motion by Karsten seconded by Culhane to accept minutes with corrections passes 4-0

1. Old Business:
2. Farmers Market- Last weekend is October 8, 2011
3. CVN Meeting is 12-9-11 Karsten plans to attend.
4. No information on Surplus store. Nordmeier will talk to Butch Wilson about anything up and coming with the surplus building.
5. Fitness Center John Miller- They have 5 pieces of equipment so far. Need treadmill yet, working on a plan for opening.

1. New Business:

1. Deed to award over 2 million in redevelopment grants- there is a workshop, can someone to attend?
2. Rice County Housing and Redevelopment Authority revolving loan fund program is trying to get going again in Rice County.

1. Motion by Karsten seconded by Nordmeier to adjourn at 6:35 pm

Next meeting is November 7, 2011 at 6:00 pm

Yours,
Steve Nordmeier

EDA Meeting

June 6, 2011 

Meeting called to order at 6:07 p.m. by Chairman Schmidtke

In attendance: Ed Schmidtke, Lisa Karsten, Stephanie Culhane, Charles Larsen and Steve Nordmeier 

1. Karsten moves to accept minutes seconded by Nordmeier approved 5-0 
2. Old Business:
   1. No news from Saemrow
   2. Nothing from CVN
   3. No news on CVN contract
   4. Surplus Store Info-no new news!
   5. Farmers Market was good. Six vendors and we are going to try to have one every Saturday. We will advertize in Waseca, Faribault, the Buzz and Lake Region Life, Cable and Golden Nugget
   6. Nothing from Mel Hopman 

III. New Business:

1. Karsten will meet with Deana Kuhen abut a “housing study”
2. Brandis Miller has a problem with the dance studio she will contact Chuck Larsen to work out problem. There is a key access problem

IV. Larsen moves to Adjourn Culhane seconds passes 5-0 

Next meeting is July 5, 2011 at 6:00 pm 

Yours, 

Charles Larsen

EDA Meeting

May 2, 2011 

Meeting called to order at 6:00 p.m. by Chairman Schmidtke 

In attendance: Ed Schmidtke, Lisa Karsten, Stephanie Culhane, Charles Larsen and Steve Nordmeier 

1. Nordmeier moves to accept minutes seconded by Larsen passes 5-0
   1. Larsen amends the spelling of Mel Hopman
   2. It passes

 Old Business:

1. 1. No word from Saemrow
   2. No word on 4 County Ag building( and there probably won’t be at this time)
   3. Karsten reported on possible leads for business from the CVN meeting. She commented on several, but she contacted more although one company that makes fasteners-nuts, bolts, etc. is a possibility.

                                                              i.      It is time to re-up our contract with CVN and Rice County.

                                                            ii.      Karsten and Larsen will sign for sure. Others will.

1. No news on the Surplus Store
2. The Farmer’s Market is set to go.
3. No word from Mel Hopman

III. New Business: No new business

IV. Larsen moves to Adjourn Karsten seconds passes 5-0 

Next meeting is June 6, 2011 at 6:00 pm 

Yours, 

Charles Larsen

EDA Meeting

April 4, 2011 

Meeting called to order at 6:04 p.m. by Chairman Schmidtke 

In attendance: Ed Schmidtke, Lisa Karsten, Stephanie Culhane, Charles Larsen and Steve Nordmeier 

1. Karsten moves to accept minutes seconded by Nordmeier passes 5-0 
2. Old Business:
   1. No word from Saemrows
   2. No word on 4 County Ag building
   3. Karsten will attend the CVN on April 15. Possibly Larsen
   4. We discussed the Surplus store tour. The building is not bad, it has to be a main floor business. It has possibilities.
   5. The city has blessed the farmer’s market for Dam Days. Sharon Krenik and Lisa Karsten are in charge. This will be across from the mill. 

III. New Business:

1. Mil Hopman had an idea or two abut she was not here for details.
2. The EDA wants to ask the City to allocate funds for the EDA for business expansions. Schmidtke and Larsen will present the concept to the council in August or September.

IV.  Larsen moves to Adjourn at 6:45 Karsten seconds passes 5-0 

Next meeting is May 2, 2011 at 6:00 pm 

Yours, 

Charles Larsen

EDA Meeting
March 7, 2011

Meeting called to order at 6:03 p.m. by Chairman Schmidtke

In attendance: Ed Schmidtke, Lisa Karsten, Stephanie Culhane, Charles Larsen and Steve Nordmeier

I. Larson moves to accept minutes after corrections on II. B-“convenience store” and II. C- but we will contact…

II. Old Business:
a. No one has called Larsen about Genesis building
b. Saemrow’s idea will be discussed.
c. Next CVN will be on April 15.
d. The Army Surplus Store is for sale. We could tour that facility before April.
i. It was discussed as a possible bakery
ii. It could also be used as a breakfast nook
iii. The tour of this building will be Tuesday, March 15, at 5:00 pm
e. Farmers market June 4th 9am –noon. Will be on channel 7 Karsten will get it on TV and be contact person. No fee for vendors. Hope to have it every sat thru the summer Karsten will get O.K. from the city.

III. Adjourn 6:30 pm

Next meeting is April 4, 2011 at 6:00 pm

Yours,

Charles Larsen

EDA Meeting
February 7, 2011

Meeting called to order at 6:01 p.m. by Chairman Schmidtke

In attendance: Ed Schmidtke, Lisa Karsten, Stephanie Culhane, Charles Larsen and Steve Nordmeier

I. Minutes are read Motion by Larsen seconded by Nordmeier to accept minutes passes 4-0

II. Old Business:
a. The Genisis buildings are still up for sale
b. Keith Saemrow has brought up a possibility of using this building for a convenience store
i. Traffic and road concerns are to be dealt with if this became a reality.
ii. Saemrow wants Genisis to own and operate this store
c. CVN info- in the future we have to go thru Deanna first. She has not helped us. The next quarterly meeting (March) we will attend and play by the rules, but we will also contact business’s independently.

III. New Business:

a. We talked about various buildings in town
b. Karsten is going to pursue a Farmers Market for the spring.

IV. Motion by Larsen seconded by Karsten to adjourn motion carries 5-0

Next meeting is March 7, 2011 at 6:00 pm

Yours,

Charles Larsen