CITY OF PEORIA, ARIZONA
Lake Pleasant Conference Room
Thursday December 13, 2007


A Regular Meeting of the Economic Development Advisory Board of the City of Peoria, Arizona, was 
convened by Chairman, Joe Hull in open and public session at 8401 W. Monroe Street, Peoria, AZ 
85345 at 12:04 p.m.

Members Present: Keith Dines, Joe Hull, Jack Lytle, Shelley Bade, David Bentler, Jay Cross, and Russ 
Ullinger

Members Absent: Curt Smith

Municipal Officials Present: Steve Prokopek – Economic Development Director, Debbie Pearson – 
Executive Assistant, Scott Cooper – Economic Development Coordinator, Jeff Tyne – Budget Director, 
John F. Wenderski – Deputy City Manager, Carl Swenson – Deputy City Manager, Kelly Corsette – 
Public Information Manager, James Mason – Assistant to the City Manager, and Dawn Boyer – Council 
Assistant.

Others Present: Charles Kelly, Seth Blumen and Howard Weichsel.

CONSENT AGENDA

Disposition of Absence: Discussion and possible action to excuse absent members; 
David Bentler and Curt Smith from the October 11, 2007 meeting. 

Minutes: Approval of minutes from the October 11, 2007 meeting.

Motion was made by Jay Cross, seconded by Russ Ullinger to approve minutes and 
excuse absences. Upon vote, the motion passed unanimously.

REGULAR AGENDA
NEW BUSINESS:

1.	Jeff Tyne, Budget Director, gave more updates on the development impact fee 
analysis
a.	Staff Recommendation maximum impact fee levels be adopted by Council. 
Council agreed to a fee level that is less than the maximum
b.	Open discussion related to affects of fees on development
c.	John Wenderski explained that the opportunity fund is geared toward 
smaller businesses and that larger businesses are handled differently with 
the use of offsets. He also mentioned that the new legislation needs to be 
taken into consideration.
2.	Discussion regarding Economic Development’s five year work plan and Council 
and presentation to Council on January 15, 2008:
a.	John Wenderski gave an overview of the plan. 
b.	Steve Prokopek shared what Council would like to see in Peoria over the 
next five years:
i.	A college, university and a large corporation
ii.	Increase density in already established areas
iii.	New Business Development Specialist position to handle marketing 
strategies
iv.	Explore use of the ASU decision theatre as an analytical and 
promotional tool
v.	Opportunities on Loop 303
c.	Steve discussed goals and objectives for the action plan:
i.	Work with state land department to utilize state lands – Carl Swenson 
is meeting with them this month. There is a mutual interest in the 
Loop 303 area 
ii.	Possibility of a healthcare cluster to include – R & D, manufacturing, 
and education. Explore creating a university research park
iii.	Business Development Specialist will implement goals through the 
promotional action plan
iv.	Review development processes as part of the economic development 
road map
v.	Incentives will need to be considered for attracting a major employer
vi.	University visioning process
vii.	Downtown study and Sports Complex studies are in process
	
ADJOURNMENT:
	Being no further business to come before the Economic Development Advisory Board,  
the meeting was duly adjourned at 1:05 p.m.


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                                                                                        Joe Hull, Chairman               
 
 
 Submitted by:_______________________________ 
                           Debbie Pearson, Executive Assistant