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HomeMy WebLinkAbout01-12-2009 CITY OF MOUNDS VIEW ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY MEETING AGENDA MOUNDS VIEW CITY HALL Monday, January 12, 2009 6:30 PM 1. CALL TO ORDER 2. ROLL CALL: President Flaherty, Vice President Stigney, Commissioner Hull, Commissioner Mueller, Commissioner Gunn 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. December 8, 2008, EDA Minutes. 6. CONSENT AGENDA 7. EDA BUSINESS A. EDA Resolution 09-EDA-251, Appointing Members to the Economic Development Commission (EDC). 8. REPORTS 9. NEXT EDA MEETING: Monday, January 26, 2009 at 6:30pm 10. ADJOURNMENT Corrections made by Mayor Flaherty, Councilmember Hull, Councilmember Mueller, Councilmember Stigney, and Clerk-Administrator Ericson PROCEEDINGS OF THE MOUNDS VIEW EDA 1 CITY OF MOUNDS VIEW 2 RAMSEY COUNTY, MINNESOTA 3 4 Regular Meeting 5 December 8, 2008 6 Mounds View City Hall 7 2401 Highway 10, Mounds View, MN 55112 8 6:03 P.M. 9 10 11 1. CALL MEETING TO ORDER 12 13 2. ROLL CALL: President Marty, Vice President Stigney, Commissioner Hull, 14 Commissioner Mueller, Commissioner Flaherty, and Executive Director Ericson. 15 16 NOT PRESENT: None. 17 18 3. APPROVAL OF AGENDA 19 20 MOTION/SECOND: Mueller/Hull. To Approve the Monday, December 8, 2008 Agenda as 21 Presented. 22 23 Ayes - 5 Nays – 0 Motion carried. 24 25 4. PUBLIC INPUT 26 27 None. 28 29 5. APPROVAL OF MINUTES 30 31 A. July 14, 2008 EDA Minutes 32 33 MOTION/SECOND: Mueller/Flaherty. To Approve the July 14, 2008 EDA Minutes as 34 Presented. 35 36 Ayes – 5 Nays – 0 Motion carried. 37 38 39 B. September 22, 2008 EDA Minutes 40 41 President Marty, Page 2, move Line 55 ahead of Line 53. 42 43 Mounds View EDA December 8, 2008 Regular Meeting Page 2 MOTION/SECOND: Marty/Mueller. To Approve the September 22, 2008 EDA Minutes as 44 Amended. 45 46 Ayes – 5 Nays – 0 Motion carried. 47 48 C. October 27, 2008 EDA Minutes 49 50 President Marty inserted two commas. 51 52 MOTION/SECOND: Flaherty/Mueller. To Approve the October 27, 2008 EDA Minutes as 53 Amended. 54 55 Ayes – 5 Nays – 0 Motion carried. 56 57 6. CONSENT AGENDA 58 59 None. 60 61 7. EDA BUSINESS 62 63 A. Resolution 08-EDA-249 Authorizing a Modification of the Project Plan for 64 the Mounds View Economic Development Project 65 66 Economic Development Specialist Steinmetz provided an overview of the Resolution modifying 67 the Project Plan for the Mounds View Economic Development Project. 68 69 The EDA and Staff discussed the pros and cons of being added to the list of eligible properties. 70 71 Commissioner Flaherty asked whether this would set a precedent to add another, anytime 72 someone asks to be added. 73 74 City Attorney Riggs indicated that it is good policy to update the list from time to time. 75 76 Commissioner Mueller asked if the City updates the list from time to time if that would avoid the 77 issue of setting precedence. City Attorney Riggs agreed that there would not be an issue with 78 setting precedence. 79 80 The EDA and Staff discussed valuation due to the changes in today’s market. 81 82 President Marty noted that there have not been any applicants for the housing replacement 83 program in recent years. 84 85 Mounds View EDA December 8, 2008 Regular Meeting Page 3 MOTION/SECOND: Marty/Mueller. To Approve Resolution 08-EDA-249 Authorizing a 86 Modification of the Project Plan for the Mounds View Economic Development Project. 87 88 Vice President Stigney said that it looks like to him that someone wants to get in on this program 89 and they are not on the list. He really thinks that this policy should not be for buying existing 90 homes but helping someone else that purchases a home to assist with demolition. 91 92 President Marty indicated that the City did buy properties in the past and attempted to rent them 93 out and that program did not work well at all. This program would be to purchase them to 94 demolish them. 95 96 Vice President Stigney said that the limited funds the City has should not be used for this. He 97 then said that he would like to limit this to demolition assistance with a new buyer not the City 98 buying. 99 100 Ayes – 2 Nays – 3(Mueller/Stigney/Flaherty) Motion failed. 101 102 B. Resolution 08-EDA-250 Authorizing the Expenditure of Tax Increment 103 Financing Funds for the Appraisal of 5066 Irondale Road (For 104 Consideration of Purchase under the EDA’s Housing Replacement 105 Program). 106 107 Staff noted that this application was submitted based upon a program that the City has and the 108 residents did apply. Since there was no approval of Item A just now, then this item does not need 109 discussion. 110 111 Clerk Administrator Ericson would like the authority to take action on the Resolution to provide 112 closure to the application submitted to the City. 113 114 MOTION/SECOND: Marty/Mueller. To Approve Resolution 08-EDA-250 Authorizing the 115 Expenditure of Tax Increment Financing Funds for the Appraisal of 5066 Irondale Road. 116 117 Vice President Stigney commented that it would be inappropriate to approve this motion as there 118 cannot be an expenditure of TIF funds for purchase of this property. 119 Ayes – 0 Nays – 5 Motion failed. 120 121 President Marty recessed the meeting until after the City Council meeting. 122 123 Mr. Winiecki asked if the City is in the real estate business. President Marty clarified that the 124 motion to acquire the property failed. 125 126 The EDA reconvened at 9:10 p.m. 127 Mounds View EDA December 8, 2008 Regular Meeting Page 4 128 C. Discuss Redevelopment of County Road 10 & Corner of Woodale Drive 129 130 Economic Development Specialist Steinmetz provided an overview of the proposal to redevelop 131 the County Road 10/Woodale Drive corner. There is a $1,000,000 gap in financing due to 132 demolition and site preparation costs that the developer would like to discuss with the City. 133 134 Commissioner Mueller said she would like to explore destination locations or sit down 135 restaurants and would not want to go with office buildings or townhomes as recommended in the 136 previous plan. 137 138 Commissioner Flaherty agreed and said that office buildings and townhomes are no longer viable 139 in this type of market. He then said that he would listen to any offer and would be interested in 140 assisting but would not be in favor of a TIF district. 141 142 Commissioner Hull asked if this corridor would redevelop without City assistance. 143 144 Economic Development Specialist Steinmetz indicated that the gap is too large and it would not 145 develop without assistance of some sort. 146 147 Commissioner Hull indicated he would like to discuss this with the developer, as once 148 redeveloped the site value would be $7,000,000 as opposed to the existing $1,000,000. 149 150 Vice President Stigney said that he feels that this is the time for developers to purchase properties 151 because the prices are down and he would like to have the developers use their own money for 152 these developments and not use City assistance. He then said that he is not interested in a Tires 153 Plus store or any fast food restaurants. 154 155 Vice President Stigney indicated that he would like to know what the gap is before he agrees to 156 negotiate and he would like to know what stores would be on the list before he begins to 157 negotiate. 158 159 Finance Director Beer clarified that several of the parcels are in a TIF district and would only 160 generate additional increment for three years. 161 162 President Marty indicated he would like to see the City bring the developer in to negotiate with 163 him. He then said that, in the past, the City has helped with demolition costs and with ponding. 164 165 8. REPORTS 166 167 Community Development Director Roberts noted that in reference to the branding project, there 168 were 93 online surveys completed for a total of 667 surveys returned for the image survey 169 Mounds View EDA December 8, 2008 Regular Meeting Page 5 conducted by Risdall Marketing Group. 170 171 9. NEXT EDA MEETING: Monday, January 12, 2009 at 6:30 p.m. 172 173 10. ADJOURNMENT 174 175 President Marty adjourned the meeting at 9:42 p.m. 176 177 178 179 Respectfully submitted, 180 181 Recorded and transcribed by: 182 Joan Lenzmeier, Recording Clerk 183 TimeSaver Off Site Secretarial, Inc. 184 Item No. 7A Meeting Date: January 12, 2009 Type of Business: EDA Administrator Review: _____ City of Mounds View Staff Report To: Mounds View Economic Development Authority From: Desaree Crane, Assistant City Clerk-Administrator Item Title/Subject: Resolution 09-EDA-251 Appointing Members to the Economic Development Commission (EDC) Dr. Greg Belting and Jackie Entsminger have term seats, which expired on December 31, 2008. 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. Staff received six (6) applications, and on December 12, 2008, the EDC reviewed all applications. It was the recommendation of the EDC to appoint Dr. Greg Belting (business seat) and Jackie Entsminger (resident seat) to the EDC for a three year term to expire on December 31, 2011. Recommendation It is recommended that the EDA consider these applications, and approve Dr Greg Belting’s and Jackie Entsminger’s reappointment to the EDC. Respectfully submitted, Desaree Crane Attachments: Resolution 07-EDA-251 EDC Applications RESOLUTION NO. 09-EDA-251 MOUNDS VIEW ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY CITY OF MOUNDS VIEW COUNTY OF RAMSEY STATE OF MINNESOTA 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 currently two vacant seats which expired on December 31, 2008; and WHEREAS, the EDA reviewed the applicants to the EDC, and recommend reappointing Dr. Greg Belting and Jackie Entsminger to the EDC, as recommended by the EDC at the December 12, 2008, EDC Meeting. NOW, THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED, THAT the Economic Development Authority (EDA) do hereby approve Dr. Greg Belting and Jackie Entsminger for a three year term to expire on December 31, 2011. Adopted this 12th day of January, 2009 by the Mounds View Economic Development Authority ________________________________ Joe Flaherty, President ATTEST: ________________________________ James Ericson, Executive Director (SEAL)