Business Retention and Development Committee Agenda and Packet 2016 12 05

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Business Retention & Development Committee Meeting Minutes November 7, 2016 Page 4 of 6 listen. City Staff cannot advocate for business issues. Important to have a structure that allows businesses, independent of City, inform the debate. Perhaps have one Council liaison like other boards. Council member Lipton agrees that we should not create a total vacuum by disbanding. In the next 6 months or so, get buy -in from other groups. Have this committee be reconstituted as a board making recommendations without 3 council members. Board members would have to submit applications and be appointed like other boards. Commissioner Pritchard said to take the Planning Commission representative off, take all of Council off a reconstituted BRaD. Commissioner Angell agrees with Pritchard City Manager Fleming thinks council liaison is important. Can provide council perspectives to committee discussions. Commissioner Pritchard does not think Council needs to be on board. Council member Maloney said it is typical to have Council on a Board. But Council members just listen and do not guide or facilitate discussion. Mike Kranzdorf would be very skeptical that anything would move forward if there is not anyone paid to go before Council. Need someone who represents the business community to go advocate before Council. Currently, you do have to be a citizen of Louisville to be on a board. Randy Caranci said there needs to be someone who is business development rather than economic development. Council member Maloney said Council is having a workplan discussion in January. By next meeting we need direction on what is the future of BRaD. Finalize at next meeting. DeJong will bring reorganization documents to next BRaD meeting. Look at more discussions re: 3rd party structure. Menaker — would DeJong have time to recruit new members? Chair Loo said people have to apply and be interviewed and appointed. Council member Lipton would like staff to provide enabling legislation to reform BRaD: What will we do to change BRaD from a committee to a board and would like to move forward in January.