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Economic Vitality Commission

Wednesday, November 15, 2017

5:30 PM · Pickering Room, 1775 12th Avenue NW, Issaquah WA
Topic tracked across meetings:
Business Trends Update 4/4
Section
1. CALL TO ORDER
1a
Commission Membership
packet pp.3
Staff report:
Economic Vitality Commission About Staff Liaison Created in 2012, this commission provides Jen Davis Hayes, additional expertise – both to the Mayor and City Economic Development Director Council – necessary to enhance and facilitate Email economic development within the City. Regular Members The commission also acts as a catalyst between 2018 – Amit Bhardwaj the City Council, developers, residents and the 2018 – Laura Milikan business community to expand and improve the 2019 – Therese Garcia economic climate of Issaquah within the context 2019 – Jeff Howlett of the City’s commitment to social and 2019 – Ethan Stiles environmental objectives. 2020 – Kathy McCorry 2020 – Karl Leigh Membership 2020 – Kristi Tripple The Economic Vitality Commission is comprised of 2021 – Saikat Sen ten regular members with four-year terms. 2021 – Vacant
2. APPROVAL OF MINUTES
2a
Minutes of October 18, 2017
packet pp.5–11
Staff report:
CITY OF ISSAQUAH Economic Vitality Commission SUMMARY MINUTES
3. AGENDA ITEMS
3a
Moratorium Update
Keith Niven, Economic Development and Development Services Director
3b
Business Trends Update
Tim Dutter, Economic Development Manager
3c
2018 Economic Vitality Commission Work Plan
Jen Davis Hayes, Economic Development Manager All Commissioners
Topics: Economic Development
3d
Annual Report
Jen Davis Hayes, Economic Development Manager
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Attendance

Council / Members (4)
Ethan Stiles
Jeff Howlett
Amit Bhardwaj
Therese Garcia
Staff (6)
Jen Davis Hayes, Economic Development Manager
Tim Dutter, Economic Development Manager
Keith Niven, Economic Dev. & Dev. Services Director
OTHERS PRESENT
Kari Magill, CEO, Rowley Properties
Arjun Malhotra, Youth Advisory Board

Recommendations & actions (3)

Sentences extracted from the narrative containing words like recommended, requested, directed, moved, or approved. Best-effort — verify against the full minutes for context.

  • HOWLETT suggested that “incubator,” listed on “Other Topics”, be moved as a bullet item under “Business Recruitment” on the “Top Three” slide.
  • After some discussion, the Commissioners agreed to that change.
  • Commissioners asked staff to schedule an opportunity for a PSE (Puget Sound Energy) representative to attend a future EVC meeting and discuss plans for making improvements.