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CITY OF LAKELAND
ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT COMMISSION
MEETING SUMMARY
THURSDAY, March 25, 2010, 6:30 PM
CITY HALL, LAKELAND, TENNESSEE 38002

The meeting was called to order at 6:34 p.m. by Chairman Tanya Wallace. Other members present were Terri Smith Anderson, John Dudas, Francis Fairley and Cecil Tompkins. Kathleen Brasfield, Josh Roman (excused) and Boyd Ruppelt (excused) were absent.

Request to add New Business Item 4 “Discussion or election of Vice-Chairman” to the Agenda.
Approved by acclamation. 5-0

Approval of Meeting Minutes:
A motion was made and properly seconded to approve the EDC Regular Meeting Minutes dated February 25, 2010, as written.
Motion passed unanimously. 5-0

Public Discussion: None.

Reports of Officers and Committees:
Update on New Business Licenses/Closed Businesses
None.

Report of Business List
Discussion only. No action taken.

Update from Planning Department
Report only. No action taken.

Lakeland Chamber of Commerce Report
Report only. No action taken.

Summary of BOC activities
Report only. No action taken.

Old Business:
Strategic
City documents review (discussion), Part 1 (Higbee)
Discussion only. No action taken.

Tactical
None.

New Business:
Strategic
None.

Tactical
Discussion on the role(s) of EDC (Roman)
By general consensus, item postponed until the next regular meeting.

Discussion on additional EDC tactical ideas
Attracting & retaining businesses (Fairley)
Discussion only. No action taken.

Brainstorming segment (Wallace)
Discussion only. No action taken.

Other
None.

Discussion or election of Vice-Chairman
Deferred to April Meeting.

Announcements: None.

Adjournment:
A motion was made and properly seconded to adjourn the meeting.
Motion passed unanimously. 5-0

The meeting adjourned at 8:47 p.m.