09.c Draft minutes 09.23.2025 Joint EDA Meeting
Scandia Tourism Committee, Community Center Hall September 23, 2025
Tourism Committee Members in Attendance: Sue Dickens, Jaimin Brown, Renee Lee, Sarah
Porubcansky, and Jim Gribble. Absent: Lynne Moratzka.
EDA Board Members in Attendance: Carolyn Smith, Patricia Lange, Jackie Chavis, and Steve
Kronmiller.
Additional Attendees: Kyle Morell, City Administrator, and Veronica Korby, City Treasurer
Call to Order –Administrator Morell called the meeting to order at 6:00 p.m. A quorum is present.
Approve the Agenda –Dickens moved, Gribble seconded, to approve the agenda with
Flexibility. Motion carried unanimously.
Wayfinding
Morell presented an update on Wayfinding. Completing a Master Plan is required, and it must be
submitted to MnDOT for approval. It can be revised at any time; however, revisions must also receive
approval from MnDOT. Signs cannot be installed to advertise for retail or business, and all current
blue signs advertising businesses must be removed.
Business Outreach and Welcome Letter Update
Korby provided an update on the questionnaire and responses. One hundred forty-nine local
businesses were emailed, asking them to verify their information, express their desire to be included
in the City’s Business Directory, and indicate whether they would like to participate in a business expo.
Dickens would have liked the Tourism Committee to be included in the discussions about the
questionnaire before it was sent, as they have worked to put the businesses directory together. For
businesses that do not respond to the email requesting they complete the questionnaire, Chavis
suggested making phone calls. Members of the EDA volunteered to make calls.
Tasks of EDA and Tourism
Dickens and Kronmiller presented task lists for EDA and Tourism, compiled from their own research
and beliefs on what each Committee should be doing. Lee asked what metrics are being used to
measure the work of the committees. Kronmiller stated that he believes each committee should
develop a work plan at the beginning of each year and use it to evaluate the past year's performance.
Dickens stated that the work plans should include both short-term and long-term goals. The group
agreed to hold a joint meeting in February 2026 to review each committee’s respective work plan.
Adjournment – Motion by Kronmiller, seconded by Gribble, to adjourn the meeting. Motion
carried unanimously.
Meeting adjourned at 7:24 p.m.
Respectfully submitted by
Kyle Morell, City Administrator