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Item No. 8A Meeting Date: May 13th, 2002 Type of Business: EDA WK: Work Session; PH: Public Hearing; CA: Consent Agenda; EDA: EDA Business City of Mounds View Staff Report To: President and EDA Commissioners From: Aaron Backman, Economic Development Coordinator Item Title/Subject: Consider Approval of Resolution 02-EDA-163 a resolution approving and authorizing the expenditure of tax increment funds for the development of the second remodeling Planbook Date of Report: May 9, 2002 Background: In February 1998 the Mounds View Economic Development Authority authorized a commitment of $5,000 from tax increment funds to participate in the first remodeling Planbook. Published in 1999, the first Planbook focused on remodeling options for post-WWII homes, principally Ramblers and Cape Cods. A consortium of 15 communities (first tier suburban communities) split the cost of developing and printing 5,000 copies of the book (approx. $60,000). The cities included: Blaine, Brooklyn Park, Columbia Heights, Coon Rapids, Crystal, Fridley, Golden Valley, Hopkins, Mounds View, New Brighton, New Hope, Robbinsdale, Richfield, Roseville and St. Louis Park. The Fridley Housing and Redevelopment Authority was selected to administer the development of the publication. The citizens of Mounds View can purchase this Planbook for $10.00 each. A second Planbook is currently in the works. It will be in the same format as the first and likewise will be undertaken by a consortium of communities. Robert Gerloff, the architect that worked on the first Planbook, has submitted a proposal for the second book with an estimated cost of $75,000. The focus of the second Planbook is on Split-Entry/Split-Level Homes. The book will include a brief history of the split-level home, strengths and weaknesses, variations in design, adding decks and four season porches, family rooms and kitchen bump-outs, rethinking and updating interior spaces, façade improvements, landscaping options, and accessibility issues. It is likely that Brooklyn Park will be administering the development of the second Planbook. The following units of government have committed $5,000 for the second book are: Brooklyn Park, Burnsville, Dakota Co., Golden Valley, New Hope, and Roseville. Tentative commitments have been made by Coon Rapids, Plymouth, and Washington Co. In addition, Circle Pines has committed $2,500 for the Planbook and other communities are considering participation. The second home remodeling Planbook will provide a great tool for communities and their residents in dealing with upgrading these types of residential units. The more communities that participate the more successful and less expensive the project becomes.