Verona Area Chamber of Commerce

Economic Development Committee

Meeting Agenda

November 5, 2009

 7:30 a.m.

Associated Dentists Building (lower level)

Mission Statement:  The Economic Development Committee serves as a forum for discussion of Economic Development issues involving the City and Town of Verona.

1.     CALL TO ORDER

2.     APPROVE previous meeting minutes (10-1-09)

3.     Guest Speaker: Ron Rieder, City of Verona Public Works, The Effect of a Verona Stormwater Utility on Business.

4.     PROSPECTIVE COMMERCIAL LAND DEVELOPMENTS:

a.       T. Wall West End

b.       Livesy – 140 acres

c.        SAFC in Livesy Development

d.       Reinke  – 125 to 130 acres

e.        House of Flowers proposal

5.     DEVELOPMENT IN PROGRESS:

a.       Epic

6.     RESIDENTIAL DEVELOPMENTS:

a.       Meister – Phase III

b.       Cross Point / Pollow

c.        Prairie Oaks – Phase III

d.       Scenic Ridge

e.        Cathedral Point

7.     NEW DEVELOPMENTS

8.     PROMINENT VACANCIES:

a.       Sara Properties (103 South Main)

b.       503 West Verona Avenue

c.        John Erickson building

9.     CITY OF VERONA UPDATE

a.       Comprehensive Plan/Downtown redevelopment

b.       Update on City Administrator search

10.  TOWN OF VERONA UPDATE (Rose Johnson)

11.  COMMITTEE ACTION ITEMS

a. Suggestions for future business and economic development

12.  OLD BUSINESS

a.       Dane Country Waterways proposal.

b.       Regional Transit Authority Update

c.        CARPC

13.  NEW BUSINESS

a.       Future guest speakers

14.  SUBCOMMITTEE ACTIONS (Executive, Financial, City Information Services, City Council Representative Committee, and Architectural Design)

15.  BUSINESS UPDATES (committee members)

16.  NEXT MEETING:  Dec. 3, 2009