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HomeMy WebLinkAbout20141202 PAM RMROSEMOUNT PORT AUTHORITY REGULAR MEETING PROCEEDINGS DECEMBER 2, 2014 CALL TO ORDER Pursuant todue call and notice thereof a regular meeting of the Rosemount Port Authority was held thonTuesday, December 2nd, 2014 at6:00 p.m. inthe Council Chambers atCity Hall, 2875 145 Street West, Rosemount. Chair Weisensel called the meeting to order with Commissioners Droste, Luing, Weisensel, Smith, and Demuth attending. Commissioners Wolf and Peterson were absent. Staff present included City Administrator Johnson, Community Development Director Lindquist and City Clerk Hadler. The Pledge of Allegiance was said. ADDITIONS OR CORRECTIONS TO AGENDA City Administrator Johnson stated there were no proposed changes. Motion by Weisensel. Second by Luing. Motion to Adopt the Agenda. Ayes: 5 Nays: 0. Motion carried. CONSENT AGENDA Motion by Demuth. Second by Smith. Motion to Approve the Consent Agenda. a.Approval of October 7, 2014 Meeting Minutes b.Approval of Bills and Invoices Ayes: Droste, Luing, Weisensel, Smith, Demuth Nays: None. Motion carried. OLD BUSINESS 4.a. Buxton Status Community Development Director Lindquist provided a summary of the staff report. She explained there were letters that were mailed out, but phone calls have not yet been made. Ms. Lindquist had a meeting with a landowner and a broker and provided the promotional package to them. Ms. Lindquist stated she had received a call to from aman interested inopening a hotel inthe area. Commissioner Smith inquired about the fact that Moe’sGrill does not have franchise available in the area, yet Buxton provided them as a potential contact. Commissioner Weisensel discussed a marketing contact that he met at the NLC Conference. That contact did more of the marketing than Buxton is doing. ROSEMOUNT PORT AUTHORITY REGULAR MEETING PROCEEDINGS DECEMBER 2, 2014 4.b. Business Appreciation Luncheon Community Development Director Lindquist just wanted toremind the Commissioners ofthe thBusinessAppreciationLuncheonthatwillbeheldnextThursday, December 11. Jane Berenze, superintendent of Independent School District 196 will give a presentation about the quality of the school district. Mayor Droste will also provide an update of City activities. Commissioner Weisensel stated he would like to see involvement with the Youth Commission and businesses to develop youth employment opportunities. NEW BUSINESS 5.a. 2014 Goals Review Community Development Director Lindquist provided a summary ofthe staff report. She stated she would like toupdate the Port Authority Goals to reflect changing priorities and current activities. Commissioner Demuth inquired if Kim had received any feedback from Laurie Crow who does the free business counseling through Open for Business. Commissioner Smith inquired about the disbanded Rosemount Business Council and what happened to that. Ms. Lindquist responded that the group maybe lacked direction and Lindquist and the Chamber decided to make it more of a task-based group. Vicki Stute, president of the Dakota County Regional Chamber, responded that the group was set up as a committee of the Chamber, and the individuals that attended were there for networking opportunities, rather than accomplishing goals. Chair Weisensel stated that some of the goals had to do with metrics and he would like to see those revisited, stating that ICMA Insights is one tool to beused to do this. He also stated that the Port Authority should be looking torevise the goals by approximately February. Commissioner Smith inquired about a goal regarding the businesses that have left the city. Ms. Lindquist responded this has not been done. Smith stated that some of the businesses that left were poorly run and maybe we should look instead at what businesses have stayed and done well. 5.b. Calendar Community Development Director Lindquist discussed the Port Authority calendar. A couple of discrepancies were found and Ms. Lindquist stated that she would send out a revised calendar. The Port Authority will meet the third Thursday of each month for the year of 2015. (No motion moved.) DIRECTOR’S REPORT Ms. Lindquist discussed the fiber license that is on the City Council agenda this evening. CHAIRPERSON’S REPORT Chair Weisensel described a solar array that he learned ofoutside of Austin, Texas. ROSEMOUNT PORT AUTHORITY REGULAR MEETING PROCEEDINGS DECEMBER 2, 2014 REPORTS FROM PORT AUTHORITY COMMISSIONERS ADJOURNMENT There being no further business to come before the Port Authority and upon a motion by Smith, second by Droste, the meeting was unanimously adjourned at 6:51 p.m. Respectfully Submitted, Clarissa Hadler, City Clerk