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HomeMy WebLinkAbout01-12-2015 CITY OF MOUNDS VIEW ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY MEETING AGENDA MOUNDS VIEW CITY HALL Monday, January 12, 2015 6:30 PM 1. CALL TO ORDER 2. ROLL CALL: President Flaherty, Vice President Gunn, Commissioner Hull, Commissioner Meehlhause, Commissioner Mueller 3. APPROVAL OF AGENDA 4. PUBLIC INPUT: Citizens may speak to issues not on tonight’s agenda. Before speaking, please give your full name and address for the minutes. Also, please limit your comments to three minutes. 5. APPROVAL OF MINUTES A. October 13, 2014, EDA Minutes B. October 27, 2014, EDA Minutes 6. CONSENT AGENDA 7. EDA BUSINESS A. 15-EDA-286, Electing and Appointing Officers to the Economic Development Authority (EDA) B. 15-EDA-287, Appointing Members to the Economic Development Commission (EDC) 8. REPORTS 9. NEXT EDA MEETING: Monday, January 26, 2015, at 6:30pm 10. ADJOURNMENT PROCEEDINGS OF THE MOUNDS VIEW EDA 1 CITY OF MOUNDS VIEW 2 RAMSEY COUNTY, MINNESOTA 3 4 Regular Meeting 5 October 13, 2014 6 Mounds View City Hall 7 2401 Highway 10, Mounds View, MN 55112 8 6:30 P.M. 9 10 11 1. CALL MEETING TO ORDER 12 13 2. ROLL CALL: President Flaherty, Vice President Gunn (arrived at 6:35 p.m.) 14 Commissioner Hull, Commissioner Meehlhause, Commissioner Mueller (arrived at 6:35 15 p.m.) and Executive Director Ericson. 16 17 NOT PRESENT: None. 18 19 3. APPROVAL OF AGENDA 20 21 MOTION/SECOND: Meehlhause/Hull. To Approve the October 13, 2014, Agenda as 22 presented. 23 24 Ayes – 3 Nays – 0 Motion carried. 25 26 4. PUBLIC INPUT 27 28 None. 29 30 5. APPROVAL OF MINUTES 31 32 A. April 14, 2014, EDA Minutes. 33 34 MOTION/SECOND: Meehlhause/Hull. To Approve the April 14, 2014, Minutes as presented. 35 36 Ayes – 3 Nays – 0 Motion carried. 37 38 6. CONSENT AGENDA 39 40 None. 41 42 7. EDA BUSINESS 43 44 A. Resolution 14-EDA-286, Authorizing and Approving the Authority’s 45 Mounds View EDA October 13, 2014 Regular Meeting Page 2 Purchase Offer for the Property Located at 2665 Ardan Avenue, Mounds 1 View, Ramsey County, Minnesota with Community Development Block 2 Grant funds from Ramsey County HRA, and Approval of the Terms and 3 Conditions and Purchase Agreement. 4 5 Planning Associate Heller explained the City was proposing to use CDBG funds, which were 6 awarded to the City two years ago to purchase the blighted property located at 2665 Ardan 7 Avenue. She indicated the CDBG funds would cover the expense of the property and 8 demolition. She reviewed photos of the current home along with schematics for the new home. 9 Staff recommended the EDA proceed with the purchase of the property. 10 11 President Flaherty requested further information on who would be rebuilding the home. 12 Planning Associate Heller stated the Greater Metropolitan Housing Corporation (GMHC) would 13 contract with a local builder for this property. She noted once the house was complete, GMHC 14 would resell the home following the grant guidelines. 15 16 John Ackerman, 2673 Ardan Avenue, stated he lived next to the subject property. He questioned 17 why the home was being demolished instead of reconstructed. He did not believe the property 18 had become blighted. 19 20 Ann Ackerman, 2673 Ardan Avenue, commented that tax dollars were being used to purchase 21 and demolish the structure when perhaps the home could be sold on the open market at a lower 22 expense to the public. 23 24 President Flaherty indicated the City was working to improve and invest in its housing stock. He 25 provided further information on the grants available from the County and Federal government to 26 assist with run down and blighted properties. 27 28 Mr. Ackerman feared that the value of the new home would not match the surrounding homes. 29 He questioned why the sale of this property was being done outside of the real estate market. 30 31 President Flaherty was uncertain of the homeowners’ circumstances. 32 33 Commissioner Mueller stated the City had 73 vacant homes at this time and the homeowner of 34 the subject property approached the City for assistance with their blighted and uninhabitable 35 home. She discussed the tools available to the City through grants and federal funding. 36 37 Ms. Ackerman asked if the City would have a problem if she and her husband were to put in an 38 offer on the home. He questioned if the EDA would be willing to delay action on this item to 39 allow them to speak with the homeowners. President Flaherty commented this would be entirely 40 up to the Ackerman’s. 41 42 Mounds View EDA October 13, 2014 Regular Meeting Page 3 Executive Director Ericson stated the CDBG grant funds would expire at the end of 2014. 1 2 President Flaherty discussed the benefits of the grant program noting it would allow the home 3 with a burnt garage removed and replaced with a new home. He did not understand why the 4 homeowners had not chosen to sell the home on the open market. He provided comment on the 5 other properties the City has tried to purchase through CDBG funds. 6 7 Mr. Ackerman believed that there was no need to demolish the home, as it could be 8 reconstructed. 9 10 Ms. Ackerman encouraged the Council to reconsider the request and questioned if the grant 11 funds should be used on another property. 12 13 Commissioner Meehlhause commented that this was not up to the City to determine. He 14 explained that the EDA was simply acting on the request of the homeowner. 15 16 Mr. Ackerman went on record stating he and his wife objected to the proposed purchase and 17 demolition of the property at 2665 Ardan Avenue. He requested the EDA delay the proposed 18 project. 19 20 President Flaherty asked if the EDA could delay the project. He believed the EDA had a small 21 window of opportunity for this project. He apologized to the Ackerman’s for the short notice on 22 this project. Planning Associate Heller indicated the City had a purchase agreement in place with 23 the homeowner. Executive Director Ericson stated there would be a risk in delaying the project 24 as a purchase agreement was in place and could be withdrawn by the seller and the funds would 25 go back to the County. 26 27 Commissioner Hull feared that if the EDA did not take action on the property, that it would sit on 28 the open market for another year or two and no action would be taken. He explained that the 29 City was trying to help the neighborhood by improving the property. 30 31 Commissioner Gunn reiterated the fact that the homeowners came to the City and offered their 32 property for the CDBG grant program. She explained that the City did not force the property 33 owner into this sale. 34 35 Mr. Ackerman had a problem with homeowners handing their property over to the government 36 for sale. 37 38 Commissioner Meehlhause asked if this item could be delayed to October 27th, to allow the 39 Ackerman’s to speak with their neighbors, and still allow the City to complete the purchase of 40 the property, if necessary. Executive Director Ericson stated he had a meeting with GMHC next 41 week. He stated the reality was that a delay could have the entire project falling apart. 42 Mounds View EDA October 13, 2014 Regular Meeting Page 4 1 Commissioner Gunn commented the property owners have put their good faith in the City and 2 had assumed this purchase agreement would move forward. 3 4 Mr. Ackerman asked if the EDA was willing to delay action on the matter for two weeks. 5 6 MOTION/SECOND: Hull/Mueller. To Waive the Reading and Adopt Resolution 14-EDA-286, 7 Authorizing and Approving the Authority’s Purchase Offer for the Property Located at 2665 8 Ardan Avenue, Mounds View, Ramsey County, Minnesota with Community Development Block 9 Grant funds from Ramsey County HRA, and Approval of the Terms and Conditions and 10 Purchase Agreement. 11 12 Commissioner Mueller explained this property has been vacant since February and was deemed a 13 total loss by the homeowners’ insurance company. She understood why the homeowners wanted 14 to cut their losses and sell the property. She was pleased that the City had a program in place that 15 would assist in improving this property. 16 17 President Flaherty commented that the home has been burnt down for the past eight months and 18 no action was taken by any of the surrounding homeowners. For this reason, he would support 19 the City moving forward with the purchase and demolition of the property. 20 21 Ayes – 5 Nays – 0 Motion carried. 22 23 8. REPORTS 24 25 None. 26 27 9. NEXT EDA MEETING: Monday, October 27, 2014, at 6:30 p.m. 28 29 10. ADJOURNMENT 30 31 President Flaherty adjourned the meeting at 7:14 p.m. 32 33 Respectfully submitted, 34 35 36 Recorded and transcribed by: 37 Heidi Guenther 38 TimeSaver Off Site Secretarial, Inc. 39 PROCEEDINGS OF THE MOUNDS VIEW EDA 1 CITY OF MOUNDS VIEW 2 RAMSEY COUNTY, MINNESOTA 3 4 Regular Meeting 5 October 27, 2014 6 Mounds View City Hall 7 2401 Highway 10, Mounds View, MN 55112 8 6:35 P.M. 9 10 11 1. CALL MEETING TO ORDER 12 13 2. ROLL CALL: President Flaherty, Vice President Gunn, Commissioner Hull, 14 Commissioner Meehlhause, Commissioner Mueller, 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 27, 2014, 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 None. 31 32 6. CONSENT AGENDA 33 34 None. 35 36 7. EDA BUSINESS 37 38 A. Resolution 14-EDA-287, Authorizing and Approving a Cancellation 39 Agreement for the Authority’s Purchase Offer for the Property Located at 40 2656 Ardan Avenue, Mounds View, Ramsey County, Minnesota. 41 42 Planning Associate Heller explained that in May 2012, the Mounds View Economic 43 Development Authority was awarded a $100,000 Community Development Block Grant 44 (CDBG) for the acquisition and demolition of blighted single family homes. The lots would then 45 Mounds View EDA October 27, 2014 Regular Meeting Page 2 be transferred to a non-profit housing group for the construction of new homes for low-income 1 families. The City found a willing seller, began working with the Greater Metropolitan Housing 2 Corporation (GMHC) to do the new home construction, and the EDA entered into a purchase 3 agreement with the Seller for the property at 2665 Ardan Avenue. 4 5 Planning Associate Heller reported City staff has been working with the Greater Metropolitan 6 Housing Corporation to build a new home in place of a home that has been destroyed by a fire. 7 The grant requires that the new house be affordable to a household at 80% area median income 8 or below, and since it is CDBG funding, Ramsey County doesn’t want the sale price to be over 9 $200,000. After receiving bids for the home construction, and receiving more information from 10 Ramsey County, GMHC determined that they would not be able to make this home work out 11 financially. Neither City Staff nor GMHC wanted to build a smaller or cheaper home just to 12 make it work since that would hurt the existing neighborhood values, and be harder to sell. Since 13 the GMHC will not be partnering on this property, the EDA will no longer be purchasing the 14 property from the owner, and must approve the cancellation agreement. She explained that 15 Anna’s Place has offered to purchase the property and would be finding a new buyer. 16 17 Commissioner Mueller questioned if the City could receive an extension on the CDBG grant. 18 Planning Associate Heller indicated staff would be investigating this possibility. 19 20 MOTION/SECOND: Mueller/Gunn. To Waive the Reading and Adopt Resolution 14-EDA-21 287, authorizing the cancellation agreement of the authority's purchase offer for the property 22 located at 2665 Ardan Avenue, Mounds View, Ramsey County, Minnesota. 23 24 Ayes – 5 Nays – 0 Motion carried. 25 26 8. REPORTS 27 28 None. 29 30 9. NEXT EDA MEETING: Monday, November 10, 2014, at 6:30 p.m. 31 32 10. ADJOURNMENT 33 34 President Flaherty adjourned the meeting at 6:42 p.m. 35 36 Respectfully submitted, 37 38 39 Recorded and transcribed by: 40 Heidi Guenther 41 TimeSaver Off Site Secretarial, Inc. 42 Item No: 7A Meeting Date: January 12, 2015 Type of Business: EDA City Administrator Review: ______ City of Mounds View Staff Report To: Economic Development Authority From: Desaree Crane, Assistant City Administrator Item Title/Subject: Resolution 15-EDA-286 Electing and Appointing Officers to the Mounds View Economic Development Authority (EDA) Background Article 3, Section 3.1 of the EDA by-laws state that the President, Vice-President, Treasurer and Secretary shall be elected annually at the first meeting of the year. The EDA officers for 2014 were as follows: President: Joe Flaherty Vice President: Sherry Gunn Treasurer: Carol Mueller Secretary: Gary Meehlhause Discussion January 12, 2015, is the first EDA meeting of the year. In accordance with the EDA by- laws, the EDA is required to appoint its officers. Recommendation Staff recommends that the EDA appoint officers and approve the attached EDA Resolution. Respectfully submitted, ________________________ Desaree Crane County Road 10 EDA RESOLUTION 15-EDA-286 CITY OF MOUNDS VIEW COUNTY OF RAMSEY STATE OF MINNESOTA RESOLUTION ELECTING AND APPOINTING 2015 OFFICERS TO THE MOUNDS VIEW ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY WHEREAS, Minnesota Statutes Section 469.096 addresses Officers, Duties and Organizational Matters relating to an Economic Development Authority; and WHEREAS, the Mounds View Economic Development Authority (the “Authority”) has adopted By-laws that govern the operation and function of the Authority; and WHEREAS, Minnesota Statutes Section 469.096 require the Authority to annually elect certain officers of the Authority – the President, Treasurer, and Secretary; and WHEREAS, the Authority By-laws require the Authority to annually elect certain officers of the Authority – the President, Vice-President, Treasurer and Secretary – at the first meeting of the year; and NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that the Mounds View Economic Development Authority hereby elects the following individuals to serve as the officers of the Authority for 2015 as noted below: President: ____________________________ Vice President: ____________________________ Treasurer: ____________________________ Secretary: ____________________________ Adopted this 12th day of January, 2015. ________________________________ _______________, President ATTEST: ________________________________ James Ericson, Executive Director (seal) Item No: 7B Meeting Date: January 12, 2015 Type of Business: EDA City Administrator Review: _____ City of Mounds View Staff Report To: Economic Development Authority From: Desaree Crane, Assistant City Administrator Item Title/Subject: Resolution 15-EDA-287, Appointing Members to the Economic Development Commission (EDC) Background The Economic Development Commission (EDC) is comprised of seven members – three business representatives and four resident representatives. The terms are three years. Dr. Greg Belting and Jim Paron EDC term seats expired on December 31, 2014. According to the Mounds View City Code Section 408.03: The Commission shall be composed of seven (7) equal voting members, including three (3) business representatives and four (4) residents, appointed by the Authority Board of Commissioners based on the recommendation of the Economic Development Commission, from the applications submitted. Members shall have diverse qualifications with practical experience consisting of, not limited to, but including one (1) of the following areas: economics, finance, accounting, real estate, social services and marketing. Dr. Belting and Mr. Paron will not be resubmitting their application for a further term. In addition, Jessica Birkin, a resident member of the EDC, is resigning and her seat term expiration date is currently December 31, 2016. This would leave one business representative opening and two resident openings on the EDC. Discussion Staff received three (3) applications from Laurie Shoop, Jessica Reiland, and Royal Dahlstom (applications attached). The EDC considered the applications at their December meeting, and recommended to the EDA to approve Laurie Shoop (resident representative – term expiration December 31, 2016); Royal Dahlstrom (resident representative – term expiration December 31, 2017), and Jessica Rieland (business representative – term expiration December 31, 2017). Recommendation Staff recommends that the EDA consider the EDC recommendations and consider Laurie Shoop, Royal Dahlstrom and Jessica Rieland to the EDC. Respectfully submitted, ________________________ Desaree Crane County EDA RESOLUTION 15-EDA-287 CITY OF MOUNDS VIEW COUNTY OF RAMSEY STATE OF MINNESOTA RESOLUTION APPOINTING MEMBERS TO THE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT COMMISSION (EDC) WHEREAS, the Economic Development Commission (EDC) consist of members appointed by the Economic Development Authority (EDA); and WHEREAS, there are three (3) vacant seats on the EDC effective January 1, 2015; and WHEREAS, Dr. Greg Belting and Jim Paron EDC term seats expired on December 31, 2014; and WHEREAS, Jessica Birkin resigned from the EDC effective January 1, 2015; and WHEREAS, Dr. Greg Belting and Jim Paron will not be resubmitting their application for a further term; and WHEREAS, City Staff received three (3) commission applications; and WHEREAS, the EDC considered the applications at their December meeting and recommended Laurie Shoop (resident representative), Royal Dahlstrom (resident representative), and Jessica Rieland (business representative) to be appointed to the EDC. NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, that the EDA does hereby appoint the following below to the EDC: Name Term Expiration Laurie Shoop December 31, 2016 Royal Dahlstrom December 31, 2017 Jessica Rieland December 31, 2017 Adopted this 12th day of January, 2015. ________________________________ _______________, President ATTEST: ________________________________ James, Ericson, Executive Director (seal)