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Business Retention and Development Committee <br />Meeting Minutes <br />December 2, 2019 <br />Page 2 of 3 <br /> <br /> <br />V. PUBLIC COMMENTS ON ITEMS NOT ON THE AGENDA: None <br /> <br />VI. BUSINESS MATTERS OF THE COMMITTEE: <br /> <br />1. Retention Visits: Committee President Oberholzer provided the Committee with <br />an update regarding the BRaD business retention visit to Fresca Foods. Highlights <br />of the visit: <br />- Met with CFO, COO, and others <br />- Fresca manufacturers / creates new food products for third parties <br />- Fresca generally happy with interactions with City <br />- Did mention lack of affordable housing and convenient public <br />transportation for employees <br />- Did note that Fresca frequently pulls building permits because each new <br />product requires a new production line which triggers a new building <br />permit application. <br />- Building permits sometimes take longer than projected timeline which <br />delays production. <br />- Suggest City consider a permit pre-flight process which expedites <br />permits for those companies / property owners that have recurring permit <br />pull history and demonstrated experience conducting regular building <br />modification such as modifying production lines <br /> <br />Laura Levesque-Catalano noted that another business – Forge Nano – may be <br />looking for another area / city to conduct business. City staff stated they would <br />reach out to this business as follow up. <br /> <br />2. 2016 Louisville Citizen Survey: City Manager Balser provided background on <br />the pending 2020 Citizen Survey, inviting the Committee to provide comments / <br />suggestions on the questions / topics to be covered by the survey (send comments <br />to Megan Pierce). <br /> <br />3. 2019 Street Faire Update. City Manager Balser provided a review of the 2019 <br />Street Faire, noting that this was the first year that the Faire did not generate a <br />profit, requiring the City to cover the shortfall. Council approved a 2020 budget <br />funding selection of larger / more popular bands. Discussion ensued, including <br />anecdotal evidence that the later band start fostered more dinner traffic prior to <br />band start. <br /> <br />4. 2019 City Council Work Plan. City Manager Balser outlined schedule for the <br />coming 2020 work plan, noting City Council would be having a work session on the <br />2020 Work Plan at the Tuesday Dec 10 Council meeting. <br /> <br />VII. Council Liaison Update. City Manager Balser noted that the City Council decided <br />to not appoint Council liaisons to BRaD, choosing to let BRaD work without possible <br />Packet P. 3