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Home My WebLink About10-13-2014 CITY OF MOUNDS VIEW ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY MEETING AGENDA MOUNDS VIEW CITY HALL Monday, October 13, 2014 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. April 14, 2014, EDA Minutes. 6. CONSENT AGENDA 7. EDA BUSINESS A. Resolution 14-EDA-286, Authorizing and Approving the Authority's Purchase Offer for the Property Located at 2665 Ardan Avenue, Mounds View, Ramsey County, Minnesota with Community Development Block Grant funds from Ramsey County HRA, and Approval of the Terms and Conditions and Purchase Agreement 8. REPORTS 9. NEXT EDA MEETING: Monday, October 27, 2014, at 6:30 p.m. 10. ADJOURNMENT PROCEEDINGS OF THE MOUNDS VIEW EDA 1 CITY OF MOUNDS VIEW 2 RAMSEY COUNTY, MINNESOTA 3 4 Regular Meeting 5 April 14, 2014 6 Mounds View City Hall 7 2401 Highway 10, Mounds View, MN 55112 8 6:33 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 April 14, 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-285, Approving an Amendment to the Limited Use 39 Agreement between the Economic Development Authority and Coventry 40 Senior Living. 41 42 Executive Director Ericson explained the EDA entered into a Limited Use Agreement with the 43 developers of the Coventry project to allow the EDA’s land at 2390 County Road 10 to be 44 temporarily used as a construction staging area with conditions. He reported the developer was 45 Mounds View EDA April 14, 2014 Regular Meeting Page 2 now requesting to extend the agreement an additional year along with the use of the EDA’s 1 property at 2394 County Road 10. Staff did not believe that tying up this property for one year 2 would hinder the redevelopment of Crossroad Pointe. He noted the City Attorney’s office has 3 prepared an amended and restated Limited Use Agreement. Staff recommended the EDA expand 4 the scope of the development agreement as requested and adopt Resolution 14-EDA-285. 5 6 Commissioner Mueller asked if the Resolution should be amended renaming the project Bel Rae 7 Senior Living. Executive Director Ericson stated the Resolution properly refers to the developer 8 and an amendment was not necessary. 9 10 Commissioner Meehlhause questioned if the bonding amount suggested within the agreement 11 was sufficient to replace the parcels to their original condition. Executive Director Ericson 12 believed the suggested $5,000 bond would cover the expense to re-sod/reseed these parcels. 13 14 President Flaherty inquired how Greenfield Avenue would be affected by the truck traffic from 15 this project. Executive Director Ericson stated the developer would be responsible for sweeping 16 Greenfield and would be on the hook for any necessary repairs. He reported that this stretch of 17 Greenfield Avenue would be removed when Crossroad Pointe was developed. 18 19 President Flaherty requested that all demolition truck traffic be routed to County Highway 10. 20 21 MOTION/SECOND: Mueller/Gunn. To Waive the Reading and Adopt Resolution 14-EDA-22 285, Approving an Amendment to the Limited Use Agreement between the Economic 23 Development Authority and Coventry Senior Living. 24 25 Ayes – 5 Nays – 0 Motion carried. 26 27 8. REPORTS 28 29 Commissioner Mueller reported the Mounds View Business Council met last Wednesday 30 morning and received a presentation from Fire Chief Nyle Zikmund. 31 32 9. NEXT EDA MEETING: Monday, April 28, 2014, at 6:30 p.m. 33 34 10. ADJOURNMENT 35 36 President Flaherty adjourned the meeting at 6:45 p.m. 37 38 Respectfully submitted, 39 40 41 Recorded and transcribed by: Heidi Guenther, TimeSaver Off Site Secretarial, Inc. 42 Item No: EDA 7A Meeting Date: October 13, 2014 Type of Business: EDA Business City of Mounds View Staff Report To: Mounds View Economic Development Authority From: Heidi Heller, Planning Associate Item Title/Subject: Authorization and Approval of the Authority's Purchase Offer for the Property Located at 2665 Ardan Avenue, Mounds View, Ramsey County, Minnesota, and Approval of the Terms and Conditions and Purchase Agreement Introduction: In May 2012, the Mounds View Economic Development Authority was awarded a $100,000 Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) as part of the Home Investment Partnership (HOME) through the Ramsey County Housing and Redevelopment Authority. The grant was awarded for the acquisition and demolition of blighted single family homes. The lots would then be transferred to a non-profit housing group for the construction of new homes for low-income families. The City initially was going to work with Habitat for Humanity to build the homes, but so far we had been unable to find a property that was acceptable for them and also within our funding limit. Discussion: City staff was recently contacted by the owner of the single family home at 2665 Ardan Avenue. This home had a significant fire on January 17, 2014 that started in the attached garage. The owner has been dealing with the insurance company for several months and the home was finally deemed a total loss. The owner does not want to rebuild and asked if the City would be interested in buying the property for the price of the land value. This lot was a better fit for Habitat for Humanity’s criteria, and there would be enough money from the grant for the purchase and demolition. City Staff made an offer of $50,000 to the owner, which she accepted. Unfortunately the grant funds need to be used soon and Habitat for Humanity’s time frame for construction and the home sale was more than a year out. Staff then contacted the Greater Metropolitan Housing Corporation to see if they could partner with us. They are able to start construction quickly so we will be partnering with them. The grant requires that the new house be affordable to a household at 80% area median income or below. Since it is CDBG funding, there isn’t a set limit for the home price, but Ramsey County wouldn’t want to see it over $200,000. The purchase agreement (attached) with the agreed upon price of $50,000, subject to basic conditions, has been executed by the seller and now awaits EDA consideration. The grant funds are given to the City as reimbursements for the purchase and demolition costs. Recommendation: Resolution 14-EDA-286 is attached for the Authority’s consideration which authorizes and approves the Authority's purchase offer for the property located at 2665 Ardan Avenue, Mounds View, Ramsey County, Minnesota, and approval of the terms and conditions and Purchase Agreement. Respectfully submitted, Heidi Heller Planning Associate MOUNDS VIEW ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY CITY OF MOUNDS VIEW COUNTY OF RAMSEY STATE OF MINNESOTA RESOLUTION 14-EDA-286 MOUNDS VIEW ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING PURCHASE OF PROPERTY WHEREAS, Shelly D. Parker, a single person (“Seller”), is an owner of real estate located at 2665 Ardan Avenue, Mounds View, Ramsey County, Minnesota, and which is legally described in the Agreement as hereinafter defined (the “Property”); and WHEREAS, the Mounds View Economic Development Authority, a public body corporate and politic (the “EDA”) desires to purchase of the Property from the Seller using Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) funds as part of the Home Investment Partnership (HOME) through the Ramsey County Housing and Redevelopment Authority; and WHEREAS, the EDA has followed applicable statutory provisions and the EDA finds that the purchase of the Property will fulfill the objectives, goals and mission of the EDA; and WHEREAS, the EDA has caused to be prepared an offer and purchase agreement (the “Agreement”) providing for the terms of the conveyance of the Property from Seller to the EDA, with such Agreement being as set forth in Exhibit A and incorporated into and made a part of this Resolution. NOW THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS OF THE MOUNDS VIEW ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY, AS FOLLOWS: 1. The recitals set forth in this Resolution are incorporated into and made a part of this Resolution. 2. The purchase of the Property by the EDA is hereby approved pursuant to the terms of the Agreement, which is also approved in substantially the form presented to the Commission on this date, subject to modifications that do not materially alter the EDA's rights and obligations under the Agreement and that are approved by the Authority's President and Executive Director, which approvals shall be conclusively evidenced by execution of the Agreement. 3. The President and Executive Director of the EDA are hereby authorized and directed to execute all appropriate documents, including but not limited to the Agreement, to effectuate the transaction contemplated by this Resolution. Resolution 14-EDA-286 Page 2 4. The President and Executive Director of the EDA, staff and consultants are hereby authorized and directed to take any and all additional steps and actions necessary or convenient in order to accomplish the intent of this Resolution. Approved by the Board of Commissioners of the Mounds View Economic Development Authority this 13th day of October, 2014. _________________________________ Joe Flaherty President ATTEST: __________________________________________ James Ericson Executive Director