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HomeMy WebLinkAbout10-08-2012 PROCEEDINGS OF THE MOUNDS VIEW EDA 1 CITY OF MOUNDS VIEW 2 RAMSEY COUNTY, MINNESOTA 3 4 Regular Meeting 5 October 8, 2012 6 Mounds View City Hall 7 2401 Highway 10, Mounds View, MN 55112 8 6:00 P.M. 9 10 11 1. CALL MEETING TO ORDER 12 13 2. ROLL CALL: President Flaherty, Vice President Stigney, Commissioner Hull, 14 Commissioner Mueller, Commissioner Gunn, and Executive Director Ericson. 15 16 NOT PRESENT: None. 17 18 3. APPROVAL OF AGENDA 19 20 MOTION/SECOND: Mueller/Hull. To Approve the October 8, 2012, Agenda as presented. 21 22 Ayes – 5 Nays – 0 Motion carried. 23 24 4. PUBLIC INPUT 25 26 None. 27 28 5. APPROVAL OF MINUTES 29 30 A. August 13, 2012, EDA Minutes. 31 32 Commissioner Hull requested line 39 be rewritten. 33 34 MOTION/SECOND: Gunn/Mueller. To Approve the August 13, 2012, Minutes as amended. 35 36 Ayes – 5 Nays – 0 Motion carried. 37 38 B. August 27, 2012, EDA Minutes. 39 40 Commissioner Mueller asked that Line 72 read Greenfield Street. 41 42 MOTION/SECOND: Mueller/Gunn. To Approve the August 27, 2012, Minutes as amended. 43 Mounds View EDA October 8, 2012 Regular Meeting Page 2 44 Ayes – 5 Nays – 0 Motion carried. 45 46 6. CONSENT AGENDA 47 48 None. 49 50 7. EDA BUSINESS 51 52 A. Resolution 12-EDA-273, Amending General Home Repair Loan Criteria. 53 54 Economic Development Specialist Steinmetz stated this item was discussed in work session last 55 week and was before the EDA for formal action. She noted the original program was approved 56 by the EDA last year and provided for four different home loans. She reviewed the proposed 57 changes in detail with the EDA and recommended amending the General Home Repair Loan 58 Criteria. 59 60 Commissioner Hull requested the reference to General Home Repair Program be changed to 61 General Home Improvement Program. This correction should also be reflected in the Resolution. 62 Economic Development Specialist Steinmetz stated this was an oversight and the correction 63 would be made. 64 65 Commissioner Mueller was proud of the EDA for continuing this program to assist in meeting 66 the needs of the community. This program would greatly assist in maintaining the housing stock 67 and home values. She thanked staff for presenting the recommended revisions this evening. 68 69 President Flaherty commented this program was available to the residents of Mounds View and 70 further information was on the City’s website. 71 72 MOTION/SECOND: Gunn/Stigney. To Waive the Reading and Adopt Resolution 12-EDA-73 273, Amending General Home Repair Loan Criteria. 74 75 Ayes – 5 Nays – 0 Motion carried. 76 77 B. Review EDC Recommendation Pertaining to the Creation of a County Road 78 10 Taskforce for the Purpose of Creating a Corridor Vision. 79 80 Economic Development Specialist Steinmetz stated on July 2nd the EDA discussed in work 81 session the short and long-term goals for the County Road 10 corridor. The EDC discussed this 82 in detail at their July 20th meeting. The EDC was willing to assist with creating a vision for the 83 corridor and suggested the EDA review former development plans, in addition to creating a 84 Mounds View EDA October 8, 2012 Regular Meeting Page 3 vision statement. The EDC also recommended the EDA create a County Road 10 corridor task 85 force with two City Councilmembers, several residents and two EDC members. She requested 86 the EDA discuss the possibility of a task force and who should serve on the committee. 87 88 President Flaherty thanked the EDC for assisting with the vision for County Road 10. He 89 appreciated their input. 90 91 Commissioner Mueller asked how many members would serve on the task force. Economic 92 Development Specialist Steinmetz proposed having two Councilmembers, two EDC members 93 along with a local business representative and one or more residents. 94 95 Commissioner Mueller questioned if the business representative had to be located on the County 96 Road 10 corridor. Economic Development Specialist Steinmetz would be pleased with 97 participation from any local business representative. She commented the position could be 98 advertised in a number of ways to gain volunteers. 99 100 President Flaherty noted several members on the EDC were local business owners. He was in 101 favor of the task force not becoming too big as this may hinder progress. 102 103 Vice President Stigney suggested the task force also discuss the financial restraints within the 104 vision along with architectural desires for the corridor. 105 106 President Flaherty commented a timetable would also be helpful for the task force. 107 108 Executive Director Ericson indicated this item could be placed on the November work session 109 agenda to allow for further discussion on the direction and framework for the task force. The 110 EDA agreed with this recommendation. 111 112 President Flaherty requested that the EDC be invited to attend this meeting to provide comments. 113 He asked that the 2002 comprehensive plans also be made available to each EDA member prior 114 to that meeting. Executive Director Ericson stated he would have this information available. 115 116 Vice President Stigney recommended staff also create a list of grant opportunities that would be 117 available to the City with meeting the goals of the vision. Economic Development Specialist 118 Steinmetz explained she could create a list of grants, but noted many of the grants would require 119 a match from the City. 120 121 Commissioner Mueller questioned if Ramsey County was willing to assist with lead based paint 122 testing for the County owned signals along County Road 10. Economic Development Specialist 123 Steinmetz stated that at this time, the County was not willing to assist with the testing. 124 125 Mounds View EDA October 8, 2012 Regular Meeting Page 4 Commissioner Gunn indicated Ramsey County would need to become involved in the corridor 126 discussions in the future. Economic Development Specialist Steinmetz commented it would be 127 good for the City to partner with Ramsey County from the beginning as the County does own 128 County Road 10. 129 130 Commissioner Mueller asked if the County should be offered a seat on the task force. Executive 131 Director Ericson stated this could be offered, and information can be provided to the County, but 132 he did not know if a representative would take part. 133 134 President Flaherty indicated Highway 96 and Silver Lake Road were both County roads. He 135 questioned how these roadways were funded and requested Staff speak with staff from 136 Shoreview, New Brighton and Arden Hills further on this issue. Economic Development 137 Specialist Steinmetz understood that Shoreview pays for the maintenance of their section of 138 Highway 96. She indicated Staff would continue to work on strengthening the relationship 139 between City and County staff, along with elected officials. 140 141 C. Resolution 12-EDA-274, Adopting a Modification to the Project Plan for the 142 Mounds View Economic Development Project and Adopting Modifications to 143 the Tax Increment Financing Plans for Tax Increment Financing Districts 144 Nos. 1, 2 and 3. 145 146 Executive Director Ericson stated the EDA has discussed this item in the past. He noted a list of 147 TIF properties was drafted in 2004 and has since been updated. He noted at this time there were 148 540 parcels in the City that could be considered for acquisition and redevelopment. State law 149 requires that these properties be identified in order for the sale to be made to the City. It was 150 noted Ehlers assisted Staff in compiling the list. He explained the TIF district boundaries would 151 not be changed and there were no financial implications to the City either. Staff further reviewed 152 the new map with the EDA and recommended approval of the modifications to the project plan. 153 154 President Flaherty questioned when TIF Districts 1, 2 and 3 would expire. Executive Director 155 Ericson commented TIF Districts 1, 2 and 3 were set to expire in 2013, 2014 and 2015. He 156 indicated the extensive list of properties would assist in future flexibility if a property owner 157 would like to sell, but in no way requires the property to be sold to the City. 158 159 MOTION/SECOND: Mueller/Gunn. To Waive the Reading and Adopt Resolution 12-EDA-160 274, Adopting a Modification to the Project Plan for the Mounds View Economic Development 161 Project and Adopting Modifications to the Tax Increment Financing Plans for Tax Increment 162 Financing Districts Nos. 1, 2 and 3. 163 164 Ayes – 5 Nays – 0 Motion carried. 165 166 Mounds View EDA October 8, 2012 Regular Meeting Page 5 8. REPORTS 167 168 Executive Director Ericson commented the City received a quote to complete a lead based paint 169 assessment for the signals on County Road 10. He explained the quote of $450 would test all 170 poles, and all colors at each of the five intersections. Staff questioned if the Council wanted to 171 proceed with the testing. 172 173 President Flaherty was in favor of proceeding with the lead based paint testing and once those 174 results were available, a decision could be made on how to proceed. 175 176 Vice President Stigney asked if this was an EDA decision. Executive Director Ericson 177 commented the corridor beautification was an EDA concern. 178 179 Vice President Stigney questioned what funds were available to cover this expense. Executive 180 Director Ericson stated Special Project Funds could be used for the testing. 181 182 Vice President Stigney recommended this item be further discussed at the Council meeting under 183 Reports, prior to making a decision on this item. 184 185 Economic Development Specialist Steinmetz noted the Mounds View Business Committee 186 would be meeting on Wednesday, October 10th at 7:30 a.m. at the Mounds View Community 187 Center. The candidates for Mounds View Council and Mayor would be speaking to local 188 business owners. 189 190 Commissioner Mueller requested a potential Council quorum be posted for this meeting. 191 192 President Flaherty suggested the County Road 10 corridor task force be discussed at this meeting. 193 194 9. NEXT EDA MEETING: Monday, October 22, 2012, at 6:30 p.m. 195 196 10. ADJOURNMENT 197 198 President Flaherty adjourned the meeting at 6:52 p.m. 199 200 Respectfully submitted, 201 202 203 Recorded and transcribed by: 204 Heidi Guenther 205 TimeSaver Off Site Secretarial, Inc. 206