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HomeMy WebLinkAbout06-09-2008 CITY OF MOUNDS VIEW ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY MEETING AGENDA MOUNDS VIEW CITY HALL Monday, June 9, 2008 6:30 PM 1. CALL TO ORDER 2. ROLL CALL: President Marty, Vice President Stigney, Commissioner Flaherty, Commissioner Hull, 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. March 12, 2007, EDA Minutes. B. May 12, 2008, EDA Minutes. 6. CONSENT AGENDA 7. EDA BUSINESS A. Meet Twin Cities North Chamber of Commerce New President Tim Roche 8. REPORTS 9. NEXT EDA MEETING: Monday, June 23, 2008 @ 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 March 12, 2007 6 Mounds View City Hall 7 2401 Highway 10, Mounds View, MN 55112 8 6:09 P.M. 9 10 11 1. CALL MEETING TO ORDER 12 13 2. ROLL CALL: President Marty, Vice President Stigney, Commissioner Hull, 14 Commissioner Flaherty, and Commissioner Mueller. 15 16 NOT PRESENT: None. 17 18 3. APPROVAL OF AGENDA 19 20 MOTION/SECOND: Mueller/Flaherty. To Approve the Monday, March 12, 2007 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. February 22, 2007 EDA Minutes 32 33 To be approved at the next EDA meeting. 34 35 6. CONSENT AGENDA 36 37 None. 38 39 7. EDA BUSINESS 40 41 A. Resolution 07-EDA-230, Consideration of a Request for Demolition 42 Assistance, Housing Replacement Program, 2617 Sherwood Road 43 44 Community Development Director Ericson explained that the property was deemed unfit for 45 Mounds View EDA March 12, 2007 Regular Meeting Page 2 habitation and the property owners made some minor improvements to avoid demolition and 46 then the property was sold to the Krigs who would like to demolish the building and construct a 47 new home on the site. He then reviewed the Housing Replacement Program with the EDA and 48 said that Staff fully supports the funding request for demolition as Staff feels that demolition and 49 rebuilding of a new home on the site is in the best interest of the property owner, the City and the 50 neighborhood. 51 52 Commissioner Flaherty asked how much is in the fund. 53 54 Director Ericson indicated the fund is approximately $150,000. 55 56 Commissioner Flaherty said that this will assist with housing stock and keep residents in the City 57 and he thinks this is a very good program. He then asked what assurance there is that a new 58 home will be built on the site. 59 60 Director Ericson indicated that the documents can be structured to require a building permit 61 within one year and/or funds can be required to be refunded should a home not be built on the 62 property. 63 64 Vice President Stigney asked if the new owners were planning on replacing or remodeling when 65 they purchased the property. 66 67 Mr. Krig said he was not sure at the time. 68 69 Vice President Stigney said he assumes that the costs involved would have been reflected in the 70 purchase offer. 71 72 President Marty commented that he would like a timeline or an expiration date listed in the 73 Resolution. 74 75 Commissioner Mueller asked what would happen if the City assisted with the demolition and the 76 plans for construction did not meet the City’s Code requirements. 77 78 Mr. Krig indicated that the plans for construction have already been submitted. He then said that 79 their intent is to start the foundation immediately after demolition is completed. 80 81 President Marty commented that it is a really nice lot. 82 83 Mr. Krig explained that they added the garage so the estimate will be increased somewhat. 84 85 Commissioner Mueller asked if the property owner is willing to pay to demolish the garage. 86 87 Mounds View EDA March 12, 2007 Regular Meeting Page 3 Mr. Krig agreed. 88 89 MOTION/SECOND: Mueller/Hull. To Approve Resolution 07-EDA-230 Consideration of a 90 Request for Demolition Assistance, Housing Replacement Program, 2617 Sherwood Road. 91 92 Commissioner Flaherty said he would like to put this on the Agenda to review this policy at a 93 future date. 94 95 MOTION/SECOND: Stigney/Marty. To Amend the Resolution to Include 50% of the Cost of 96 Demolition Not to Exceed $4,000. 97 98 Vice President Stigney said that they purchased the property in 2006 and got the property with 99 the costs in mind so he does not think that it is fair to ask the City to cover all the costs of 100 demolition. 101 102 Commissioner Flaherty said he would like to discuss the policy at a later date for this very 103 reason. He then said that he would like to postpone any further requests under the policy until 104 the policy is reviewed. 105 106 Commissioner Mueller said that she thinks that this is an opportunity that has been available in 107 the past and these people would like to use this opportunity. She then said that she would like to 108 help individual residents just as the City uses its funds to help businesses. She further said that 109 this will assist the City in eliminating a blight and bringing a new home to the City. 110 111 President Marty said that this property was blighted so the City was trying to figure out how to 112 clean up the property. He then said that in purchasing this property with this house on it the 113 owner must have realized that the house would need to be demolished and that must have been 114 figured into the price paid for the property. He also said that he would like to review the policy. 115 116 Commissioner Hull said that demolishing this home and building a new home will increase taxes 117 and the City will recover the $8,000 fairly quickly. 118 119 Ayes – 2(Marty/Stigney) Nays – 3 Motion carried. 120 121 Ayes – 4 Nays – 1(Stigney) Motion carried. 122 123 Ms. Krig indicated that they paid what the mortgage company had asked for the property and saw 124 that there was an addition on the home and considered demolishing the old part and rebuilding on 125 the newer one and the draftsman recommended demolishing and rebuilding. She then indicated 126 that the City made them aware of this program and encouraged them to apply. She further said 127 that they did not know about the program until two weeks ago and they were going to do this 128 themselves. 129 Mounds View EDA March 12, 2007 Regular Meeting Page 4 130 Ms. Krig further said that they have lived in Mounds View for 31 years and this will be their 131 fourth house here and they would like to stay. 132 133 Director Ericson explained that the City is under no obligation to fund the request. Staff can 134 bring this forward for consideration. 135 136 B. Premium Stop Redevelopment Update 137 138 Community Development Director Ericson provided an update for the EDA on the resident 139 meetings noting that the residents seemed pleased with the proactive steps the City is taking. 140 They also appreciate the additional buffering and locating the buildings closer to the corridor and 141 the increased landscaping. 142 143 Director Ericson indicated that some residents would rather see residential in the southeast 144 portion of the property. Staff does not anticipate that area to develop for a number of years. He 145 then explained that Staff had informed the residents that they do not have to move and that this is 146 merely a vision for how the area could redevelop in the future but residents are under no 147 obligation to accept offers of redevelopment at this time. 148 149 Economic Development Coordinator Backman explained that the request for proposal concept is 150 where there would be competing plans presented to the City for review and consideration. The 151 RFQ process is a little different as it would end in a list of qualified developers who have an 152 interest in development within the City. 153 154 Vice President Stigney asked for a Staff recommendation. 155 156 Economic Development Coordinator Backman said that he prefers the RFP process as it gives 157 the City options of what could be done on the site. The RFQ process is good if the City is 158 already set on a specific plan. 159 160 President Marty said that he sees an issue with advertising for an RFP on private properties that 161 the City does not own so it would seem the RFQ would be more appropriate. 162 163 Commissioner Flaherty indicated that the City only controls one parcel in this area so he would 164 lean more toward an RFQ than an RFP. 165 166 Director Ericson said that the City could put a sign up on the property and not use the RFP or 167 RFQ process. He then said that there are people out there that may want to submit a proposal but 168 who would not be qualified to go through the RFP or RFQ process. 169 170 Economic Development Coordinator Backman said that the City can either accept the offers, 171 Mounds View EDA March 12, 2007 Regular Meeting Page 5 decline the offers, or take one or more elements of different proposals to come up with a 172 modified plan that will work for the City. 173 174 Vice President Stigney said he is uncomfortable changing the setbacks. 175 176 MOTION/SECOND: Marty/Mueller. To Go With Staff Recommendation to Market the 177 Premium Stop Site Area According to the Redevelopment Plan. 178 179 Vice President Stigney said he would like to see Staff bring back a timeframe of when the 180 $600,000 will be repaid. 181 182 Ayes – 5 Nays – 0 Motion carried. 183 184 C. Review Draft of Mounds View Economic Development “Toolbox” Document 185 186 Economic Development Coordinator Backman reviewed the “toolbox” document with the EDA. 187 188 Commissioner Mueller thanked Staff for putting this together because she wanted to make sure 189 that there were other tools that could be used for development within the City. 190 191 Economic Development Coordinator Backman said that HUD has an economic development 192 toolbox as do other planning organizations. 193 194 Vice President Stigney would like to carry this over to the next meeting to allow time for his 195 comments on the document. 196 197 MOTION/SECOND: Stigney/Mueller. To Continue this Discussion to the Next EDA Meeting. 198 199 Ayes – 5 Nays – 0 Motion carried. 200 201 8. REPORTS 202 203 None. 204 205 9. NEXT EDA MEETING: Monday, March 26, 2007 at 6:30 p.m. 206 207 10. ADJOURNMENT 208 209 President Marty adjourned the meeting at 7:00 p.m. 210 211 Respectfully submitted, 212 213 Mounds View EDA March 12, 2007 Regular Meeting Page 6 214 Recorded and transcribed by: 215 Joan Lenzmeier, Recording Secretary 216 TimeSaver Off Site Secretarial, Inc. 217 Changes made by Heidi Steinmetz PROCEEDINGS OF THE MOUNDS VIEW EDA 1 CITY OF MOUNDS VIEW 2 RAMSEY COUNTY, MINNESOTA 3 4 Regular Meeting 5 May 12, 2008 6 Mounds View City Hall 7 2401 Highway 10, Mounds View, MN 55112 8 6:32 P.M. 9 10 11 1. CALL MEETING TO ORDER 12 13 2. ROLL CALL: President Marty, Vice President Stigney, Commissioner Hull, 14 Commissioner Flaherty, and Commissioner Mueller, and Acting Executive Director 15 Crane. 16 17 NOT PRESENT: None. 18 19 3. APPROVAL OF AGENDA 20 21 MOTION/SECOND: Mueller/Flaherty. To Approve the Monday, May 12, 2008 Agenda as 22 Presented. 23 24 Ayes - 5 Nays – 0 Motion carried. 25 26 4. PUBLIC INPUT 27 28 None. 29 30 5. APPROVAL OF MINUTES 31 32 A. February 11, 2008, EDA Minutes 33 34 Commissioner Mueller under reports, she attended with Economic Development Specialist 35 Steinmetz. 36 37 MOTION/SECOND: Mueller/Hull. To Approve the February 11, 2008 EDA Minutes as 38 Amended. 39 40 Ayes – 5 Nays – 0 Motion carried. 41 42 B. March 10, 2008 EDA Minutes 43 44 Mounds View EDA May 12, 2008 Regular Meeting Page 2 Commissioner Flaherty, Page 3, Line 98 should be Commissioner Flaherty. 45 46 Mayor Marty, Page 1, Item 3, check if the Agenda was amended. 47 48 MOTION/SECOND: Mueller/Marty. To Approve the March 10, 2008, EDA Minutes as 49 Amended. 50 51 Ayes – 5 Nays – 0 Motion carried. 52 53 6. CONSENT AGENDA 54 55 None. 56 57 7. EDA BUSINESS 58 59 A. Discuss Marketing Preferences for EDA-Owned Property Located at 2390 60 County Road 10. 61 62 Economic Development Specialist Steinmetz asked the EDA how aggressive Staff should be at 63 marketing 2390 County Road 10. The reason the question is asked, is because the agreement 64 with Master Development will be expiring and that leaves Staff to market the property. 65 66 Economic Development Specialist Steinmetz reviewed potential ways to market the property. 67 68 Commissioner Flaherty said he does not want to spend money for public relations but does want 69 to market this property aggressively. He then said that when the property was purchased in 2006, 70 Staff informed the EDA that the City would be made whole. The City should not buy property to 71 take a loss and he would prefer to leave the property as green space, if the City cannot be made 72 whole, until the market turns around. 73 74 Commissioner Flaherty said that he wants to market the property and get the value out of the 75 property otherwise he wants to sit on it. 76 77 President Marty indicated that he was under the impression that the City would be made whole 78 eventually, by putting something new on the site that will bring in taxes. 79 80 Economic Development Specialist Steinmetz indicted that the acquisition price was $625,000 81 and that is what the EDA paid. The current Ramsey County 2008 estimated market value is 82 $446,000. 83 84 Commissioner Mueller said that she thinks that there are people who travel down Highway 10 85 that would see that sign and the sign could bring in inquiries. She then recommended taking out 86 Mounds View EDA May 12, 2008 Regular Meeting Page 3 the acreage size and just put the telephone numbers for contact information. 87 88 Commissioner Hull would like to hold off and see how it goes. He then said that he would like 89 to bundle some of these properties together. 90 91 Vice President Stigney said that this is the wrong time to sell property if you do not have to. He 92 then said that he does not think that the sign will buy anything other than inquiries and the EDA 93 is discussing that this is not the time to sell in this market. 94 95 President Marty said that he likes Commissioner Mueller’s approach to get a sign on the 96 property. He then said that there are 20,000 to 25,000 cars passing through there each day and 97 that may generate a lead that would want to bundle some parcels together for redevelopment. 98 99 President Marty said that there are two locations (examples) in the staff report that sold for about 100 the assessed price and two other locations were sold for considerably lower amounts. He would 101 like the property look up information to be registered somewhere that this property has 102 redevelopment potential. President Marty asked whether this property is on metromsp.org. 103 Economic Development Specialist Steinmetz indicated that the property is already on 104 metromsp.org. 105 106 President Marty indicated that he would like to hold off until something comes together for the 107 whole area but be open to a good offer in the meantime that would fit the City’s vision. He then 108 said that he feels that the sign should be a minimal investment for the passive marketing. 109 110 Commissioner Flaherty said that he did not look at this as the whole area but approved the 111 purchase to remove a blighted property from the City. The prices that were laid out are so far 112 from what was spent that he would be willing to market the property, but he is not willing to lose 113 money on the deal. 114 115 President Marty indicated that he is not willing to settle for anything less than the assessed value. 116 117 Vice President Stigney said that right now values are down and he has no intention of selling for 118 the present value unless it would be a business that would increase the tax base immediately, and 119 that is not likely to happen. He further said that he wants the EDA and the City to be made 120 whole on the purchase price. 121 122 Economic Development Specialist Steinmetz indicated that Staff received an inquiry on the sales 123 price for the property. The interested party does not want to go public until the Agreement with 124 Master Development is expired, which is this Wednesday. She then said that it is a local 125 business that wants to expand. Staff did let the interested party know that the price is negotiable 126 but that was not good enough as they want a ballpark for what the City is interested in, or they 127 will come back with an offer based on comparable sales. 128 Mounds View EDA May 12, 2008 Regular Meeting Page 4 129 President Marty indicated that he would not entertain an offer of anything less than the assessed 130 value of $8.00 square foot. 131 132 Commissioner Hull said he would like to wait until the market turns around. 133 134 Vice President Stigney said that he would not wholesale the land and this is not the time to sell. 135 He then said that he would not agree to market the property at this value. 136 137 Commissioner Flaherty agreed with Hull and Stigney that this is not the time to sell. The City 138 has an investment in the property and he is looking at the figure that the City has paid for the 139 property and he is not interested in selling the property for a loss. 140 141 There was consensus not to take any action at this time. 142 143 Commissioner Mueller said she would like to see the sign installed at the site. 144 145 Vice president Stigney said he sees no point to the sign because those in the market are in the 146 market to purchase at low prices. 147 148 Economic Development Specialist Steinmetz indicated that staff received two quotes for signs 149 one was $250.00 without installation and the other was for $389.00 including installation. 150 151 Commissioner Flaherty said he could compromise on the sign. 152 153 President Marty asked Staff to bring back the quotes and the proofs at the next EDA meeting. 154 155 8. REPORTS 156 157 A. Expiration of Preliminary Development Agreement with Master 158 Development 159 160 Economic Development Specialist Steinmetz explained that the EDA entered into an Agreement 161 with Master Development on November 13, 2007, which expired in six months. Master 162 Development has not requested an extension. 163 164 9. NEXT EDA MEETING: Tuesday, May 27, 2008 at 6:30 p.m. 165 166 10. ADJOURNMENT 167 168 President Marty adjourned the meeting at 7:17 p.m. 169 170 Mounds View EDA May 12, 2008 Regular Meeting Page 5 Respectfully submitted, 171 Recorded and transcribed by: 172 Joan Lenzmeier, Recording Clerk. TimeSaver Off Site Secretarial, Inc. 173 Item Number: 7A Meeting Date: June 9, 2008 Type of Business: EDA Administrator Review: _____ City of Mounds View Staff Report To: Economic Development Authority From: Heidi Steinmetz, Economic Development Specialist Item Title/Subject: Meet Twin Cities North Chamber of Commerce New President Tim Roche Background On March 28, 2008, staff attended the Twin Cities North Chamber of Commerce’s Board of Directors’ meeting when the new Chamber President, Tim Roche, was introduced to the Chamber Board. Staff’s goal was to form a relationship with Mr. Roche immediately since Mr. Roche serves as the spokesperson for Mound’s View’s business community. It is important to maintain and strengthen the City of Mounds View’s relationship with its business community. Mr. Roche is an accomplished sales professional with a background in Association Management, Human Resource Management, Project Management, Statistical Modeling and Return On Investment (ROI) Analysis. Before joining the Chamber, Mr. Roche was the Vice President of Membership Development with the Associated Builders and Contractors. Mr. Roche began work with the Chamber on April 14, 2008. Since that date, the Chamber has also hired Holly Stange as the Director of Sales and Melissa Deming, the Director of Events & Marketing. Update Tim recently approached the Mounds View EDC on May 16th inquiring if the EDC would like him to attend monthly EDC meetings as the “Chamber Liaison”. The EDC welcomed the opportunity. Tim will also be attending New Brighton EDC meetings. Tim also recently met with Clerk/Administrator Jim Ericson to discuss the City and Chamber’s continued partnership. Item 7A June 9, 2008 EDA Meeting Page 2 of 2 Recommendation Staff recommends that the EDA assist in maintaining and strengthening a relationship with Mr. Roche and that the EDA alert staff if any issues or questions arise related to the City and Chamber’s partnership. Respectfully submitted, ____________________________ Heidi Steinmetz Economic Development Specialist Item Number: 7A Meeting Date: June 9, 2008 Type of Business: EDA Administrator Review: _____ City of Mounds View Staff Report To: Economic Development Authority From: Heidi Steinmetz, Economic Development Specialist Item Title/Subject: Meet Twin Cities North Chamber of Commerce New President Tim Roche Background On March 28, 2008, staff attended the Twin Cities North Chamber of Commerce’s Board of Directors’ meeting when the new Chamber President, Tim Roche, was introduced to the Chamber Board. Staff’s goal was to form a relationship with Mr. Roche immediately since Mr. Roche serves as the spokesperson for Mound’s View’s business community. It is important to maintain and strengthen the City of Mounds View’s relationship with its business community. Mr. Roche is an accomplished sales professional with a background in Association Management, Human Resource Management, Project Management, Statistical Modeling and Return On Investment (ROI) Analysis. Before joining the Chamber, Mr. Roche was the Vice President of Membership Development with the Associated Builders and Contractors. Mr. Roche began work with the Chamber on April 14, 2008. Since that date, the Chamber has also hired Holly Stange as the Director of Sales and Melissa Deming, the Director of Events & Marketing. Update Tim recently approached the Mounds View EDC on May 16th inquiring if the EDC would like him to attend monthly EDC meetings as the “Chamber Liaison”. The EDC welcomed the opportunity. Tim will also be attending New Brighton EDC meetings. Tim also recently met with Clerk/Administrator Jim Ericson to discuss the City and Chamber’s continued partnership. Item 7A June 9, 2008 EDA Meeting Page 2 of 2 Recommendation Staff recommends that the EDA assist in maintaining and strengthening a relationship with Mr. Roche and that the EDA alert staff if any issues or questions arise related to the City and Chamber’s partnership. Respectfully submitted, ____________________________ Heidi Steinmetz Economic Development Specialist