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Member Skaff thought the group would want an overview of what the City is doing but he <br />thought they would also need a keynote speaker to make it worthwhile. <br />Member Williams thought in order to make this a success they need to pick a topic and then find <br />a panel that has a similar theme. They could incorporate some other points into the presentation. <br />She found a turn off is having a lot of different speakers because that makes people feel <br />disjointed. <br />City Administrator Ulrich stated what comes to mind is they might have an overall Archean <br />theme, building your business in Ramsey with three different components with a speaker for <br />each one. <br />Member Burandt thought those are good options and what he has heard recently from people is <br />how they are fixing transit. He thought that was a common theme they have heard that should be <br />addressed. <br />There was discussion regarding the date of the event. The EDA moved the meeting date to <br />November 12, 2015 with a contingency of November 19, 2015 if needed. <br />Econ. Dev. Mgr/Assistant City Administrator Brama recapped the discussion of the EDA. <br />4.04: Preliminary Decision Related to Annual Ramsey EDA Business Expo <br />Econ. Dev. Mgr/Assistant City Administrator Brama presented the staff report to the EDA <br />Board. <br />Member Skaff stated they would have to have some type of tent structure available for the <br />vendors to use rather than asking them to bring their own tent like canopy. He stated they would <br />have some mixed messages from craft people but it could work and would bring more people to <br />the front table of some businesses that that will come over to the Fountains. He thought it was <br />worth looking at. <br />Chairperson Steffen asked if there was some overlap of vendors from both events. <br />Econ. Dev. Mgr/Assistant City Administrator Brama indicated there would be. He stated they do <br />have a budget and could get some large tents that would cover the expo. <br />5. MEMBER / STAFF UPDATE <br />The EDA reviewed the Staff Update. <br />Econ. Dev. Mgr/Assistant City Administrator Brama indicated there is a need for assistance from <br />the City of Ramsey from PSD, LLC. in order to move forward with the project. He stated staff <br />intends to bring an initial case for an initial reaction from the City Council, to the Council on the <br />Economic Development Authority/September 3, 2015 <br />Page 5 of 7 <br />