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President Bill Riggins called the meeting to order around 12:00 PM.

Attendance
Members: President Bill Riggins, Rex Erickson, Joseph West, Terry Butikofer, and Kent Hillman.
Administrative Support: Richard Horner and Metayia Togo.

Approval of Meeting Minutes
Minutes from February 26, 2014 meeting were approved.

Annual Report and Resolution
Terry Butikofer presented the annual report and resolution to approve the annual report. Agency members expressed their approval of the format of the annual report where actual projects and issues were discussed instead of reviewing meeting minutes. Joseph West moved to adopt the resolution and Kent Hillman seconded the motion. The resolution was adopted by unanimous vote.

Potential Urban Renewal Projects
The agency discussed some potential Urban Renewal Projects including a housing project being considered by Bill Truax. The project will be a 48 unit development and will require extensive engineering. They were seeking some support of the project from the Urban Renewal Agency as they make application to IHFA. This support allows them to receive additional points in the application process. They talked about their project being accomplished in two phases. The first phase would include building the facility, and the second phase would include purchasing some storage areas that are in the vicinity and making it a more pleasing development. They discussed that other than the initial support of the project concept that they would hope to be able to obtain some assistance with public infrastructure surrounding their project.

North Interchange Area Progress
Richard Horner informed the agency that he is continuing to work with agricultural land owners in obtaining their signatures denoting their desire to be included in the Urban Renewal Area. The eligibility reports are being prepared as part of the designation of a new Urban Renewal Area.

Discussion of Improved Public Notification
Agency members discussed ways and methods that the agency could improve communication of their activities with the general public. Agency members felt that an Agency Website would be beneficial for the agency, but that the agency would have to fund not only the development but the ongoing support for a website to keep it fresh and meaningful. The agency agreed to continue discussing the website with agency member Joseph West who is very knowledgeable about websites.

Adjournment
The agency established the next meeting date for Wednesday, April 30th, 2014 at 12:00 PM.

Minutes submitted by: Caitlin Larson

Approved by: Richard Horner