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Case #2: Ramsey Business Expo Mr. Gromberg had contacted Mr. Konen, President of the Ramsey Lions Club, who informed him that there was ai meeting on February 1, I995, to discuss the Community Picnic and its combination wi~ the Ramsey Business Expo. Mr. Konen will report back to Commissioner Stafki with the results of that meeting. Chairperson Wagoer inquired what date has been scheduled for the picnic. It was noted that the date has not yet b~n set; however, it is generally held the first Saturday in June. Case 03: Business Visitations With City involvement and encouragement of businesses in the City of Ramsey, Economic Development Coo~inator C-romberg stated the EDC should begin visiting local businesses on a regular basis. The BDC may wish to begin with businesses located in the new Sharp building. It is hoped that this p~gram will foster good will toward the City by the businesses before a negative opinion could be felrmed. Mr. Gromberg has sent letters of welcome to the new businesses. He added, there will be!regularly scheduled times for the business visitations. Commissioner McGhee sh'ared some ideas that had been used to encourage him to relocate his business to WisconSin. Mr. Gromberg felt that these visits should be a basic greeting and exchange of opinions and ideas between the City and local businesses. c°mmissi~ner McOhee related that when the Elk River Economic Council visited his newly opened business, thSy also signed him up for a free subscription to Minnesota Ventures. He suggested we may wish to consider a similar idea. Chairperson Wagner ;asked how we would like to accomplish this and stated he would like to see all EDC members involved. The EDC members ~liscussed their individual schedules. Commissioner Stafki said that he probably has the mos~flexible schedule; Chairperson Wagner stated that with two weeks' notice, he would be able to s{hedule visitations; mornings would be most convenient for Commissioner Marquart. CommissiOner McGhee believes that the second and fourth Thursday mornings of each month would be most!workable. The visits were scheduled for 9:00 a.m. February 9, 1995, with Chairperson Wagner a~d Commissioner Marquart; and then for 9:00 a.m. February 23, 1995, with Commissioner McGh~ and Mr. Gromberg. Case #4: Highw~ay #10 Redevelopment Economic Development Coordinator Gromberg stated that one of the suggested projects for 1995 was the possibility of eOcouraging redevelopment along Highway #10. This may include cleaning up the area or the City~ purchasing land parcels for sale to businesses. A copy of the general guidelines for Tax Increment Financing was distributed to the EDC. Another suggestion was a map overlay showing the uses of the properties located in this area. This map overlay is not yet complete but it should; be ready in time for the March meeting of the EDC. Mr. Gromberg suggested that since some Commissioners had not had an opportunity to tour the area, they may wish to table this until th~ March meeting of the EDC. Economic Development Commission / February 2, 1995