City of North Liberty City Council Agenda Work Session June 17, 2008
Call to order. AGENDA North Liberty City Council June 17, 2008 Work Session 6:30 p.m. Council Chambers Roll call. Approval of the Agenda. Meeting with North Liberty Development Group. Adjourn. 1 Last Saved: June 13, 2008 11:50 a.m.
North Liberty Development Members Larry Pacha. Larry developed the J.M. Swank Company into the leading food ingredient service in the Midwest. He moved the operation from Iowa City to North Liberty in 1985 when he purchased and renovated the old Wickes Lumber property. Larry is also co-owner of Premier Automotive Inc., the largest body shop in the Corridor. Karen Fesler. Karen is co-owner of Fesler s Inc., a public safety equipment vendor and the one of the top distributors of outdoor warning sirens in the United States. Fesler s, established in 1964 in Coralville and located in North Liberty in 1981. Prior to moving to Iowa, Karen was a member of the Executive Board of the St. Charles County, Missouri, Economic Development Commission when St. Charles County was one of the fastest growing counties in the United States an O Fallon, MO City Alderman and an executive a board member of the O Fallon Community Development Commission. Since moving to Iowa, Karen has been a member of the North Liberty Committee of the North Liberty Chamber of Commerce serving one year as President as well as a member and chairperson of the Coralville Parks and Recreation Commission. She is currently a member of the Johnson County Hazard Mitigation Task Force and a member of the North Liberty RAGBRAI Advisory Committee. Richard Anderson. Richard is the co-founder of ViraQuest, Inc., a biotechnology company that specializes in the production of adenoviral vectors and retains the exclusive commercial rights to RAPAd technology. ViraQuest was established in 2001 in North Liberty. Their clients include research scientists from all over the United States and in 11 foreign countries and pharmaceutical companies in the United States. Mary K. Mitchell. Mary K. served North Liberty as City Clerk and Assistant City Administrator for 30 years. During that time she was instrumental in obtaining grants and facilitating economic development projects, including the North Liberty Community Center and the Liberty Centre project. Mary K. has been secretary-treasurer of North Liberty Development for the past 25 years. Mary K. is a board member and Treasurer of United Way of Johnson County and is working with the North Bend Historical committee and the Johnson County Historical Society to assist in renovating the Ranshaw house into a Welcome and History Center for the City. Lori A. Meyer. Lori is Assistant Vice President and Branch Manager of the North Liberty Office of US Bank. US Bank is the 6 th largest U.S. financial holding company in the United States with branches and many other various financial service products in all 50 States. Lori has 25 years experience in all aspects of banking. Lori has served as Chair of the North Liberty Commerce Committee, has been a member with the North Liberty Development Corporation, has served on the initial Highway 965 Improvement Committee, served on the North Liberty Community Center phase II project and has been a resident of North Liberty for 19 years. Lori is a Past President of the North Liberty Optimist Club, Past Treasurer of the Coralville/North Corridor Rotary Club, is a Board Member for Big Brothers Big Sisters of Johnson County, and has served on the Johnson County Extension Service Nomination Board. Lori is an Advisory Board Member for the Family Resource Steering Committee and has assisted Kirkwood Community College in their fundraising campaigns. Adam McLaughlin. Adam is Second Vice President and Business Services Officer at Iowa State Bank & Trust Company, which is a community based bank that has been in the Iowa City area since 1934. Adam has 12 years of banking experience, including 7 years working at the North Liberty ISB&T bank, with 5 of those years in the role of Managing Officer of the bank. Adam has served as chair of
the North Liberty Chamber Steering Committee, board president of the Friends of the North Liberty Library, member of the North Liberty Library Expansion Steering Committee, member of the North Liberty Development Corporation, member of the North Liberty Comprehensive Park Plan Steering Committee, member of the North Liberty Optimist Club, and has taught Junior Achievement classes at Penn Elementary in North Liberty. Additionally, Adam has been a member of the Iowa City Area Chamber of Commerce Ambassadors, member of the Coralville 4th of July Committee, board member of Handicare Daycare, a graduate of the Iowa City Area Chamber Community Leadership Program, and was named the 2006 Iowa City Area Chamber of Commerce Volunteer of the Year. Jennifer Hingst. Jennifer is 1 st Vice President and Branch Manager of the North Liberty Office of Hills Bank & Trust Co. Hills Bank was founded in 1904 in Hills Iowa and currently has 13 locations in 3 counties with assets of 1.6 billion dollar. It is one of the largest community banks in the state of Iowa. Jennifer has 14 years experience in all aspects of banking. Jennifer has served as Chair of the North Liberty Commerce Committee, has been a member with the North Liberty Economic Development Corporation, and serves as a big sister with Big Brothers Big Sisters. Jennifer has been a resident of North Liberty for 8 years. Jennifer is a past president of the American Business Women Association and is currently serving as the Treasurer for the second year. She is the current Treasurer of PISA (Parents of Support of the Fine Arts) at Regina and Ragbrai 2008 Laura Bergus. Media Consultant and Webmaster for North Liberty Development. Ex-Officio. City Administrator, Ryan Heiar, and Assistant City Administrator, Tracey Mulcahey, are ex-officio members of North Liberty Development. They coordinate NLD efforts with City projects.
North Liberty Development P.O. Box 122 North Liberty, IA 52317-0122 www.northlibertyiowa.org (319) 626-1964 nld@northlibertyiowa.org NLD Mission to enhance the economic vitality of the North Liberty area by attracting quality business growth and to assist existing businesses. to actively cooperate and participate in the Corridor economic development efforts of ICAD, Priority One, the University of Iowa and other interested parties. History incorporated by long-time business and property owners in 1975 facilitated North Liberty s first business success the relocation of Centro Inc. to North Liberty held informational meetings with owners commercial and industrial zoned property to provide information on development requirements and process in order to increase the availability of land for development and make the development process easier for property owners facilitated community branding process with IDED and the development of marketing materials On Going Activities assist the City in attracting quality industry and jobs to North Liberty work with Priority One and ICAD prepare for, recruit and facilitate new business projects provide information on available land, buildings and infrastructure and housing availability promote entrepreneurial businesses provide the insight of peer business owners to prospective business owners provide an analysis of the financial viability of prospective businesses host prospective company visits to North Liberty Importance of economic development Economic development provides the financial resources necessary to develop quality of life community facilities 1. Community Center 2. Trails 3. Tree-lined and landscaped boulevards 4. Liberty Centre Park project unique commercial and recreational focal point and public gathering place 5. Corridor connectivity via rails, trails and transit 6. Welcome and History Center Community Benefits of Economic Development 1. Provide quality jobs with salaries adequate for home ownership 2. Enhance sales and financial growth opportunities for local businesses. 3. Generate sufficient tax revenue to continue planned infrastructure improvements streets, water, sanitary and storm sewers, and other critical community development enhancements 4. Produce new property valuation that will allow the City to maintain reasonable tax levies 5. Makes possible an affordable city tax rate that encourages people of all ages, lifestyles and career status to purchase property and enable business creation and/or expansion