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Home My WebLink About08-22-2003 ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT COMMISSION AGENDA August 22, 2003 7:30 A.M. MOUNDS VIEW CITY HALL - CITY COUNCIL CHAMBERS 1. CALL TO ORDER A.M. 2. ROLL CALL (Present = P, Absent = A) Belting Fox Field Helgemoe Johnson Entsminger McDonald Backman (Staff) Ericson (Staff) 3. APPROVE EDC MINUTES July 18, 2003 Motion: Second: Vote: 4. SPECIAL BUSINESS A. No Special Business Scheduled 5. REPORT OF COMMISSIONERS, STAFF AND EDA LIAISON A. Report of Commissioners -No Materials Attached B. Report of EDA Liaison -No Materials Attached C. Chamber of Commerce Update -No Materials Attached D. Report of Staff 1. Final(?) Review of Mounds View's Tax Abatement Policy 2. Developer Activities—Velmeir Companies (Amoco Site) 3. Developer Activities—LandCor/ Long Lake & Hwy 10 Office 4. Metro North CVB Executive Meeting—August 13, 2003 5. Update of The Woods of Mounds View (Co. Rd. H2 Residential) Project 6. Dinner Theater—Prospect Activities 7. Planning Assistant Hiring Process S Muskie\CityHall\DATAtGROUPS1ECONDEV1EDMAgendas\Agenda03\8-22-03.doc 6. EDC BUSINESS • A. Amending the TIF Plan to Identify Parcels for Potential Acquisition B. Other 7. ADJOURN at A.M. Next Regularly Scheduled Meeting: September 19, 2003 •skie\CitYHaI1\DATA\GROUPS\ECONDEV\EDC\Agendas\AendaO3\822O3doc Not Approved • Minutes of the Economic Development Commission City of Mounds View Ramsey County, Minnesota Regular Meeting August 22, 2003 City of Mounds View, Council Chambers 2401 Highway 10, Mounds View, MN 55112 1. CALL TO ORDER: Chairperson Greg Belting called the meeting to order at 7:35 a.m. 2. ROLL CALL: Members Present: Dr. Greg Belting, Jackie Entsminger, David Fox, Jason Helgemoe, Torri Johnson, and Stan McDonald Members Absent: None. • Staff Present: Others Present: Economic Development Coordinator Aaron Backman None. 3. APPROVAL OF EDC MINUTES: Motion/Second: No action taken on minutes. 4. SPECIAL BUSINESS No Special Business Scheduled. 5. REPORT OF COMMISSIONERS, STAFF AND EDA LIAISON A. Commissioner Reports: None B. Report of EDA Liaison: The new City Administrator Kurt Ulrich began working at the City in July. Backman has discussed ongoing development projects with him and viewed Moundsview Square with him. Mr. Ulrich may be able to attend some of the EDC meetings in the future. C. TCN Chamber of Commerce Update: The Chamber's Annual Meeting was held yesterday at Majesty Oaks Clubhouse in Ham Lake. Backman discussed the new map that is being developed by the Chamber. It will be the first one completed since the merger showing all five member cities and adjacent areas. He expects that it will be completed this November. Backman mentioned the upcoming TCAAP Stakeholder Meeting being sponsored by Rep. McCollum that will be held on August 27, 2003. There will be a contingent of people from the City of Mounds View attending the event. A main topic of discussion will be a proposed regional postal facility, along with development and environmental issues. Helgemoe asked about any EDC Minutes August 22, 2003 Not Approved Page 2 environment studies being done. Backman indicated that studies continue, environmental • cleanup issues remain, and that some areas have been cleaned up. McDonald asked about the DOD ownership of the property. Backman replied that most of the site is controlled by the U.S. Army and the Army National Guard. The federal government has declared a portion of the TCAAP site to be surplus and available for other users. The City of Arden Hills would like to have a mixed-use development on the site and not the postal facility. Mounds View has supported Arden Hills position. D. Report of Staff: 1. Final Review of Mounds View's Tax Abatement Policy: Backman distributed the latest version of the Tax Abatement(Rebate)Policy to the EDC members. Backman discussed the changes from the July EDC meeting. Among the changes were the 10% ownership reference (p. 9), current and estimated market values of the project site (p.10); and Attachment B: Application Review Worksheet (pp. 16-17). Discussion focused on references to jobs created or retained in Parts 3 &4 of Attachment B. Members discussed scoring or points awarded for project size, wage levels, use of site, taxes generated, and bonus points. Various changes to Attachment B were approved by consensus of the EDC. The Tax Rebate Finance Policy with changes will now be considered at the August 25, 2003 City Council meeting. 2. Developer Activities—Velmeir Companies(Amoco Site): Velmeir,the developer working on the Amoco site, held a reception on July 30t at the St. Paul Hotel. All communities that are working with Velmeir were invited to attend and Backman attended representing Mounds View. The local representative for Velmeir is Steve Mangold. The national retailer introduced at the reception was CVS Pharmacy. Velmeir's attendees included the Area VP for Operations and the VP of Real Estate for the company. URS has been hired to undertake some of the site drawings. On August 18, 2003 Backman met with three URS reps from Michigan to discuss the project. Backman distributed copies of the latest drawing showing how CVS could be located on the site. 3. Developer Activities—LandCor / Long Lake & Hwy 10 Office: On August 14, 2003 ATA submitted the architectural drawings to the City for both the office building and the retail building. Backman distributed site plans to the EDC members. Kathi Osmonson, the City's Building Inspector, is doing a plan review. Figaro's Pizza appears to be close to signing this week and would be located in the retail building. 4. Metro North CVB Executive Meeting—August 13, 2003: Due to time constraints, this item was not discussed. 5. Update of The Woods of Mounds View (County Rd. H2 Residential) Project: On July 22, 2003 the City of Mounds View and Pro Craft Homes,the selected development team,signed a pre-development agreement. Backman also processed and forwarded a hold harmless form to Ramsey County that allows us to undertake soil testing and other engineering activities on the use-deeded property (Lot 36). Backman met with Pro Craft to discuss the budget, land negotiations and the development process. They have begun negotiations with both the Fyksens and Mr. Vik. • 6. Dinner Theater—Prospect Activities: Backman continues to work with the principals of the North St. Paul dinner theater, Oops Dinner Theatre. They continue to be interested in a Mounds View location. Backman showed the owners several potential locations in Mounds View, including near the Mermaid and at the corner of Woodale and Highway 10. He also EDC Minutes August 22, 2003 Not Approved Page 3 connected them to representatives of Colliers Towle, a real estate broker/developer. They are planning to meet next week. 7. Planning Assistant Hiring Process: Due to time constraints this item was not discussed. 6. EDC BUSINESS A. Amending the TIF Plan to Identify Parcels for Potential Acquisition: Backman distributed zoning maps to EDC members that identifies some commercial and residential properties that could be acquired with TIF funding as part of the TIF Plan amendment. The Plan does not commit the City to acquire identified parcels, but does allow us to do so. Backman asked the members to consider the identified parcels and if others should be added. The Commission will consider this matter at a later meeting. 7. ADJOURNMENT There being no further business before the Commission, Belting adjourned the August 22nd meeting of the Economic Development Commission at 9:00 am. Respectfully submitted, O4vur)...... Aaron A. Backman Economic Development Coordinator \\Trout\CommDev\Economic Development\EDC\Minutes\Min03\8-22-03.doc