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Chairpersori Wagner indicated he strongly supported that any recommendations need to come from the businesSeS and property owners; it should not seem that the City is telling them what to do. Commissiotacr Yevea strongly recommended scheduling the meeting when Mr. Greenberg is able to attend b~k:~tuse he has been involved in the platting and the sale of the property to all of those property o~ners. Commissioger Gl'eenberg indicated that although there are some disagreements between businesses located in the industrial area, some of those businesses may actually be located in the wrong area to begin with. ~This!is unfortunate, but now we must deal with the problem of trying to have all of the businesses,[whether or not they are located in the right area, peacefully coexist and protect one anothefs pV, Opert;Y value and each company's investment in their facilities. One of the businesses that may b~ -located in the wrong area is the Altron facility. It is located in more of a heavy industrial area and it may have been better to locate it in a light industrial district. Commissioner Faits indicated that one of the main reasons he wanted to locate in Ramsey was that there was 6n available labor force for the type of employees he needed to attract. These are traditionally~ lPart;time, temporary workers and he can adjust the schedule around their schedules at home. Consensus =was to schedule such meeting for Thursday, November 12, 1992 at 7:00 p.m. at Ramsey Municipal Center. Commissior~or Sehroeder recommended that the City consider a neutral, third party to moderate the meeting in ar/effort to prevent the City from appearing to dictate to individual property owners. It will also h~lp pt'event individual businesses from monopolizing on issues that they feel are important. C~m~issioner Schroeder also mentioned that it may be a good idea to contact Anoka CoUnty Mediatiofl Service to see if they could provide a person to act as moderator for the meeting. Commissioner Kent suggested contacting Pete Turok of the Anoka Area Chamber of Commerce as he may be aware of other available services and persons who could act as moderator for this meeting. Motion by Commissioner Schroeder and seconded by Commissioner Kent to contact Anoka County Met!tation Services to act as a moderator for this meeting and, if they are unavailable, contact an oi~t~sid¢ or neutral third party to act as mediator for the informational meeting to be held on Novembi~r 12,~ 1992 at 7:00 p.m. at Ramsey Municipal Center. Motion carried. Voting Yes: Chairperson Wagner, Commissioners Nelson, Fults, Greenberg, Kent, Schro~der and Vevea. Voting No: None. Absent: Commissioner Gorecki. Case #4: UPdate on the Success of the 1992 Business Expo. Commissiot~er Kent stated that the Fifth Annual Ramsey Business Expo was held on Sunday, October 1 Ii I~992 at Ramsey Elementary School. A discussion took place regarding suggested improvemerits for next year and the things that went well at this year's Expo. It was mentioned that attendance Was down somewhat compared with 1991. This was mainly due to the nice weather whieli Was preceded by several days of rainy cold weather. The Committee will be encouraged I~to do additional advertising for 1993, including the possibility of doing inserts twice and a widest .area for the inserts. While this may increase the cost of the Expo, it may be advantageous m the fact that the City will have a greater turn-out and more businesses attending. This year th,~:e Were 42 businesses present and the attendance was about 1,000 people. In 1991, there were appro>fimately 54 businesses with 1,200 to 1,500 in attendance. Economic Development Commission/October 14, 1992 Page 3 of 4