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ENHANCE IOWA BOARD MINUTES
Urbandale Public Library

3520 86^th Street

Urbandale, IA 50322

Wednesday, March 13, 2019

10:00 a.m.

Board Members in Attendance	Board Members Absent
Jacquelyn Arthur (phone)	Doug Boone
Mike Broshar	John Burns
Kyle Carter (phone)	Kate McGann
Emily Damman	Representative Chris Hall (Ex Officio)
Pat Deignan	Representative Skyler Wheeler (Ex Officio)
Lisa Hein	Senator Bill Dotzler (Ex Officio)
Stephanie Kohn (phone)	Senator Carrie Koelker (Ex Officio)
Others Present	Staff Members in Attendance
Carole Betts, Keokuk Parks Foundation	Alaina Santizo
Karole Smith, Keokuk Parks Foundation	Maicie Pohlman
Annette Peevler, Keokuk Parks Foundation	Jessica O’Riley
Andrew Benson, Keokuk Parks Foundation	Kristin Hanks-Bents
Chad Schaeffer, City of Fort Dodge
Daniel Gibbins, Linn County Conservation	Other Present Cont.
Dennis Goemaat, Linn County Conservation	Barry Sackett, Millstone Park
Phil Clifton, Madison County	Jill Harms, Millstone Park
Heather Riley, Madison County	Dennis Reynolds, Reynolds
Tim Kinnetz, Milford, IA
Chris Hinshaw, Milford, IA
Steve Anderson, Milford, IA
Bethany Wilcoxon, Imagine Iowa Great Lakes
Liesl Voges, DCA – Great Places
Herman Richter, Millstone Park – Milford

CALL TO ORDER
Ms. Damman called the meeting to order at 10:06. Seven voting members were present. The agenda was approved. The minutes from the February 13, 2019 meeting were approved.

CONTRACT AMENDMENTS & CONTINGENT AWARDS

City of Fort Dodge // Fort Dodge and Webster County Trail Plan – Phase II (17-CAT-013) Contract Amendment

Recipient is requesting the contract be extended through November 1, 2019. Chad Schaeffer gave an overview of the project completed thus far and the timeline for the outstanding portion of project. The Board suggested additional time might be needed to fully complete the project and pay all applicable invoices. On motion of Ms. Hein and second by Mr. Deignan, the Board approved the request to extend the project completion date to April 30, 2020.

REPORTS

Tourism Report

Jessica O’Riley reported that the state’s tourism ad campaign will start next month.

Legal Report

Ms. Hank-Bents reported that the two bills described at the last meeting are still moving through the house and senate this legislative session. The administrative rule amendments have been published in the Administrative Bulletin and are available for public comment.

The Board recessed at 10:16 am.

The Board reconvened at 11:12 am.

COMMITTEE RECOMMENDATIONS
Due Diligence Committee Reports

No reports.

Negotiation Team Reports

No reports.

CAT Review Committee Recommendations

Madison County // Rebuild Cedar Covered Bridge

On a motion by Mr. Broshar and seconded by Ms. Hein, the Board awarded Madison County // Rebuild Cedar Covered Bridge a CAT grant in the amount of $57,727.

Keokuk Parks Foundation & City of Keokuk // Keokuk Parks Foundation Pickleball Court Project

On a motion by Mr. Broshar and seconded by Ms. Hein, the Board awarded Keokuk Parks Foundation & City of Keokuk // Keokuk Parks Foundation Pickleball Court Project a CAT grant in the amount of $16,151.

PUBLIC COMMENT

No public comment.

OTHER BUSINESS

Liesl Voges with the Department of Cultural Affairs, Great Places Program provided an update on the program that was revamped two years ago. The program is a designation and funding program, but those functions are now separate. In order to get a Great Places designation, an applicant must complete community visioning and planning. Legislation governing the program requires that other state agencies give consideration to Great Place project. Staff will consider adding an application question to the new CAT application.

CLOSING BUSINESS
The next Enhance Iowa meeting is tentatively set for April 10, 2019 at the Charles E. and Florence M. Lakin Community Center located in Malvern.

ADJOURNMENT

On motion by Mr. Broshar and seconded by Ms. Hein with no objections, the meeting adjourned at 11:30 am.