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COMMIS$1~ON BUSINESS Case #1: > COmmissioner Thorson's letter of resignation from the Economic Development Commission. Commissior~er Thorson submitted a letter of resignation to Chairperson Kenneth Wagner which will be attac~l a~ Exhibit A of these minutes. Commissioner Thorson stated that she has recently accepted a hew position which will require a considerable amount of travel and would not allow her the time :n~eSSary to be an effective member of the EDC. She believes that it is very important to have peoI~l~ who are willing and able to spend their time working with the activities of the EDC. CommissioOer' Thorson indicated that she would still be able to assist with EDC projects, as a volunteer, al~ timg permits. She also made a statement emphasizing the importance of business visitations. : Motion by Commissioner Kent and seconded by Commissioner Greenberg to accept Commissio~et Thorson's resignation and recommend to the City Council to advertise to fill the vacancy for the F_~onomic Development Commission Motion carded. Voting Yes: Chairperson Wagner, Commissioners Gorecki, Greenberg, Kent, Nelson, Schroedor and Thorson. Voting No: None. Absent: Commissioners Fults and Vevea. Case #2: BUsiness Appreciation Day Golf Tournament. As in the past; the, EDC and the Anoka Area Chamber of Commerce will be sponsoring the annual Ramsey Built, esS Appreciation Day at Rum River Hills Golf Course. This year, the event has been schedtfle/l for August 28, 1992. Commissioner Fults has provided the required information to City Staf~ ~ davelop a flyer with the application and schedule of events for the day. This is a change in pt~st p~motion of this event, in that prior to this year, a letter was sent to each of the prospective .9~m'ti¢ipants. This year a tri-fold flyer will be printed and mailed to reduce costs of both paper ~t pOstage. Enclosed as Exhibit B of these minutes is a copy of the proposed flyer. Commissiofig Flalts has also provided for a budget for Business Appreciation Day. This is enclosed as ~Xhit~it C. The budget includes total expected costs of $4,800 and the total amount of income base~liupon 100 golfers and an additional 20 people at just the dinner to be $4,800. One of the tasks for!t~he I~DC along with the Anoka Area Chamber will be the recruitment of prizes for a raffle. In the'ipaSt, Commissioner Schroeder had indicated an interest in helping requisition of donated prizes from various organizations and businesses throughout the City. Motion by i Commissioner Gorecki and seconded by Commissioner Thorson to appoint Commissio~ler F!!lts as Chairperson and Commissioner Schroeder as Vice Chairperson of the Business Ap?eciation Day Committee. Motion carried. Voting Yes: Chairperson Wagner, Commissioners Gorecki, Greenberg, Kent, Nelson, SchrOeder and Thorson. Voting No: None. Absent: Commissioners Fults and Vevea. Mr. Gromb~rg indicated that he will be contacting Pete Turok of the Anoka Area Chamber of Commerce and also Commissioners Darryl Fults and Alice Schroeder in a few days to review planning of the Business Appreciation Day. There was a~iscttssion regarding nominations on the appointment to the City of Ramsey Business Hall of Fame.: NO one was was appointed for 1990 at the 1991 Business Appreciation Day. After a brief~discussion, it was decided that nominees would not be voted on but business people would be chosen by the Economic Development Commission for their outstanding contributions to the City in ~nomic growth and business climate. By not casting votes for individuals, there Economic Development Commission/June 10, 1992 Page 2 of 3