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Home My WebLink About02-23-2004 EDA MinutesCITY OF LINO LAKES 1 ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY 2 MINUTES 3 4 5 DATE : February 23, 2004 6 MEMBERS PRESENT : J. Bergeson, D. Carlson, C. Dahl, D. Stoltz (part), 7 J. Reinert 8 MEMBERS ABSENT : None 9 OTHERS PRESENT : Gordon Heitke, Mary Divine, Michael Grochala 10 11 CONSIDERATION OF MINUTES OF NOVEMBER 24, 2003 12 13 EDA Member Bergeson moved to approve the November 24, 2003 minutes, as presented. EDA 14 Member Reinert seconded the motion. Motion passed. 15 16 CONSIDERATION OF ANNUAL APPOINTMENTS 17 18 Ms. Divine summarized the Staff report, noting the various appointments to be made. 19 20 EDA Member Reinert moved to appoint EDA Member Stoltz as President. EDA Member Bergeson 21 seconded the motion. 22 23 EDA Member Dahl asked if anyone else had yet to serve as President besides EDA Member Stoltz. 24 Ms. Divine indicated she did not bring a list of the past President’s, but remembers that EDA Member 25 Bergeson was President the year before last. EDA Member Reinert noted he has not served as 26 President. 27 28 EDA Member Dahl asked if she has ever been President. Ms. Divine indicated she believes EDA 29 Member Dahl was President for one year. 30 31 Vote: 2 Ayes, 2 Nays. Motion failed. EDA Member Carlson and EDA Member Dahl opposed. 32 33 EDA Member Dahl moved to appoint EDA Member Reinert as President. EDA Member Bergeson 34 seconded the motion. 35 36 EDA Member Dahl noted EDA Member Reinert would be next in line, and she likes it to be equal. 37 38 Motion passed unanimously. EDA Member Stoltz absent. 39 40 Ms. Divine noted that EDA Member O'Donnell was Vice President in 2003. EDA Member Dahl 41 asked who else has been Vice President. Ms. Divine indicated that again, she is not sure who else has 42 served in this capacity. EDA Member Carlson noted she believes EDA Member Dahl was Vice 43 President the year before. 44 45 EDA MINUTES FEBRUARY 23, 2004 DRAFT 2 EDA Member Dahl moved to appoint EDA Member Carlson Vice President. EDA Member Reinert 46 seconded the motion. 47 48 Motion passed unanimously. EDA Member Stoltz absent. 49 50 Ms. Divine indicated EDA Member Dahl was Treasurer in 2003. 51 52 EDA Member Bergeson moved to appoint EDA Member Stoltz as Treasurer. EDA Member Dahl 53 seconded the motion. 54 55 Motion passed unanimously. EDA Member Stoltz absent. 56 57 Ms. Divine indicated items four through eight could be done in one motion. She read the 58 appointments. 59 60 EDA Member Bergeson moved to recommend items four through eight continue with the same 61 individuals and agencies as stated in the Staff report. EDA Member Reinert seconded the motion. 62 63 Motion passed unanimously. EDA Member Stoltz absent. 64 65 CONSIDERATION OF RESOLUTION NO. 04-01 AUTHORIZING THE SALE OF 66 PROPERTY AT 6508 HODGSON ROAD 67 68 EDA Member Dahl moved to open the public hearing at 6:18 p.m. EDA Member Reinert seconded 69 the motion. 70 71 Motion passed unanimously. EDA Member Stoltz absent. 72 73 Ms. Divine summarized the Staff report, indicating Staff recommends approval. 74 75 EDA Member Bergeson asked if the action of the EDA was positive, the item would come to the City 76 Council for approval. Ms. Divine explained that the City Attorney advised the property was 77 purchased by the EDA, so it is being sold by the EDA. It does not need to go to the City Council, but 78 needs to be approved by resolution by the EDA. 79 80 EDA Member Carlson asked what other property in the city the EDA owns. Ms. Divine indicated she 81 is not aware of any other property, nor is she sure why the EDA bought this parcel, except that it was 82 a tax forfeiture at the time and the City Attorney must have advised Staff to purchase it through the 83 EDA. EDA Member Carlson stated she spoke with Mr. Grochala about this property earlier today, 84 and then became concerned there may be other parcels in this same scenario. 85 86 EDA Member Dahl asked again why it would happen that the EDA owns the property rather than the 87 City. Ms. Divine stated she does not know, and unfortunately the City Attorney is not in attendance 88 to shed light on the subject. She indicated that she would guess that because it was Anoka County 89 property, and because of the tax forfeiture issues that this was the best way to do it. 90 EDA MINUTES FEBRUARY 23, 2004 DRAFT 3 91 EDA Member Dahl moved to close the public hearing at 6:21 p.m. EDA Member Bergeson seconded 92 the motion. 93 94 Motion passed unanimously. EDA Member Stoltz absent. 95 96 EDA Member Bergeson moved to adopt Resolution No. 04-01 approving the sale of property at 6508 97 Hodgson Road. EDA Member Reinert seconded the motion. 98 99 EDA Member Dahl asked why they would not want to sell the right-of-way to Anoka County and 100 keep the remainder of the property to sell to Apitz Garage or someone else. Ms. Divine stated that the 101 remainder of the property as its own parcel is not large enough to sell for commercial use. She noted 102 the City was getting full market value for the property, and the deal was worked out with Anoka 103 County and Apitz Garage. 104 105 EDA Member Dahl stated the taxed market value is $89,600, and she is aware you can generally sell 106 property for somewhat higher than the taxed market value, but agreed the City is getting somewhat of 107 a fair price for the land. She indicated as she passed the property tonight she saw a number of cars 108 parked there, so she believes Apitz Garage is using the property already, which does not bother her 109 unless the City were liable if someone got hurt. 110 111 Ms. Divine stated she is not aware of any use of this property. EDA Member Dahl stated she did see 112 a line of cars on the property. She questioned if the City has insurance on the property in case 113 someone gets hurt. She stated she would still like control of that intersection being there is a lot of 114 development going on, but understands selling it to Anoka County if they plan to sell the remainder to 115 Apitz Garage. She noted Apitz Garage must want the property since they are already using it. 116 117 Community Development Director Grochala explained that the property in question is small, and Mr. 118 Grubbs owns property all around it. 119 120 EDA Member Stoltz joined the meeting at 6:28 p.m. 121 122 EDA Member Reinert indicated he agrees with selling the entire piece to the County for market value. 123 He stated they could splice the property up, but the City would end up with the same money. He 124 stated the City is not losing money because they are getting fair market value for the land. He 125 indicated they could squabble over selling the extra land to Apitz Garage themselves, but Apitz 126 Garage may not want the land if they have to pay for it. Ms. Divine noted Anoka County would be 127 selling the land to Apitz Garage, not giving it to them. 128 129 EDA Member Reinert stated the City is getting a good increase over the price they purchased the land 130 for in 1995. He believes the City is coming out good, and the County is getting the land they want. 131 132 EDA Member Dahl reiterated her concern is that the City will lose control of the intersection. She 133 stated while they would be making money either way, she is more concerned about losing control. 134 135 EDA MINUTES FEBRUARY 23, 2004 DRAFT 4 Vote: 4 Ayes, 1 Nay. Motion passed. EDA Member Dahl opposed. 136 137 ADJOURNMENT 138 139 There being no further business, EDA Member Reinert moved to adjourn. EDA Member Stoltz 140 seconded the motion. Motion passed unanimously. 141 142 Meeting adjourned at 6:31 p.m. 143 144 Transcribed by: 145 Karen Bucklen 146 TimeSaver Off Site Secretarial, Inc. 147 148