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<br />that the way the EDA is structured, those Councilmembers serving on that board will <br />hear about what the Steering Committee is doing anyWay - so he suggested broadening <br />this more to get the Councilmembers that are not currently serving on other boards. He <br />inquired if the function would be to come up with a marketing plan or more just <br />reactionary. <br /> <br />Mr. Ulrich stated that with regard to the timeline of the Steering Committee - it could. <br />operate until all the land is sold. The other option is to bring it to a point where <br />everything is pretty much in place and then hand it over to staff. <br /> <br />Mayor Ramsey suggested it would be good to broaden this Committee - reach out to <br />some of the business community members to serve - maybe ask some of the Charter <br />Commission members too. <br /> <br />Councilmember Elvig commented that it could include some of the people from the <br />original Town Center Task Force. <br /> <br />Councilmember McGlone felt it was a better idea to get people to come forward who are <br />interested rather than recruiting people. <br /> <br />Councilmember Wise asked what are we trying to steer - Until we get interest in the <br />Town Center - isn't that what we did before? We need to wait for people who are <br />spending the money to tell us what they want. <br /> <br />Mayor Ramsey felt there are some things to get started on - and there needs to be <br />direction as far as what the Committee should be working on. Ms. Nelson, as the lead, <br />needs to be giving some work direction and not allowing the Committee to "go crazy". <br /> <br />Councilmember Wise reiterated that he felt it's better if we wait until we have some <br />mqmnes. <br /> <br />Ms. Nelson stated that we have now terminated the master agreement. We have some <br />things to solve before people come - storm water, street issues - need to get that all <br />packaged up and what gets put in the land cost, etc. When we do have inquiries, then we <br />have sorted out details and we know how we want to move forward - what the City is <br />responsible for and what the builders are responsible for, etc. <br /> <br />Councilmember Wise clarified that it is not really for conceptual planning. <br /> <br />Ms. Nelson stated there will be some conceptual piece to it but this is more sorting out <br />and getting to the point and having the City Council make decisions about the global <br />issues, etc. <br /> <br />Councilmember Elvig stated that this group could be part of a business planning process <br />- who are we - what are we. We should be going out and getting people excited about <br />this - we need to be marketing the Town Center. <br /> <br />City Council Work Session - June 30, 2009 <br />Page 14 of 17 <br />