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HomeMy WebLinkAbout05-14-2007 CITY OF MOUNDS VIEW ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY MEETING AGENDA MOUNDS VIEW CITY HALL Monday, May 14, 2007 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 and sign in on the sign-in sheet located on the podium. 5. APPROVAL OF MINUTES A. March 26, 2007 EDA Minutes. B. April 9, 2007 EDA Minutes 6. CONSENT AGENDA 7. EDA BUSINESS A. Resolution 07-EDA-232 Approving the Request for Qualifications (RFQ) for the Premium Stop Redevelopment Project and to Authorize Distribution and Publication of the RFQ 8. REPORTS 9. NEXT EDA MEETING: Tuesday, May 29, 2007 @630pm 10. ADJOURNMENT Desaree Crane received no changes to these Minutes. If you like, please go ahead and make the nessary changes and we can have these approved with changes to be sent to me. PROCEEDINGS OF THE MOUNDS VIEW EDA 1 CITY OF MOUNDS VIEW 2 RAMSEY COUNTY, MINNESOTA 3 4 Regular Meeting 5 March 26, 2007 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 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: (note to Staff: webstream begins with Minutes)XX/XX. To Approve the 21 Monday, March 26, 2007 Agenda as 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. March 12, 2007 EDA Minutes 32 33 President Marty asked for clarification on the meeting and whether it was adjourned, recessed or 34 reconvened. 35 36 Community Development Director Ericson noted that there is a comment on recessing on Page 3. 37 38 Staff will add that the tool box item was moved to another Agenda and correct the roll call as the 39 meeting was not reconvened after the Council meeting. 40 41 MOTION/SECOND: Mueller/Hull. To Approve the March 12, 2007 Minutes as Amended. 42 43 Mounds View EDA March 26, 2007 Regular Meeting Page 2 Ayes – 5 Nays – 0 Motion carried. 44 45 6. CONSENT AGENDA 46 47 None. 48 49 7. EDA BUSINESS 50 51 A. Resolution 07-EDA-231, Granting a 60 Day Extension for Removal of 52 Billboards 53 54 Executive Director Ulrich explained that this extension would allow time for Medtronic and 55 Clear Channel to negotiate an agreement for removal of the billboards. 56 57 Commissioner Mueller said she would like to see a timeline for when things need to get done to 58 help her visualize the entire project. She then asked for a timeline on projects going forward. 59 60 President Marty indicated he would like to suggest that the timeframe be extended 90 days to 61 allow for any potential weather related issues. 62 63 Commissioner Flaherty asked if there would be any costs to the City to grant the extension. 64 65 Staff indicated there would not. 66 67 MOTION/SECOND: Mueller/Marty. To Approve Resolution 07-EDA-231, for a 60 Day 68 Extension for Removal of Billboards. 69 70 Commissioner Flaherty would like to hear from Medtronic. 71 72 The Representative from Clear Channel said that 90 days would be fine. 73 74 MOTION/SECOND: Mueller/Marty. To Amend to a 90 Day Extension. 75 76 Ayes – 5 Nays - 0 Motion carried. 77 78 Ayes – 5 Nays – 0 Motion carried. 79 80 B. Mounds View Business Resource Guide 81 82 Economic Development Coordinator Backman reviewed the changes made to the Business 83 Resource Guide including the title change. 84 85 Mounds View EDA March 26, 2007 Regular Meeting Page 3 Commissioner Mueller thanked Staff and said that it is exactly what she was looking for. 86 87 Mayor Marty said that this is capped at $10,000 to a maximum of $50,000 at 2% interest and that 88 should be encouraged. 89 90 Commissioner Flaherty suggested using the wording “possibly as low as 2%.” 91 92 MOTION/SECOND: Stigney/Hull. To Postpone the Meeting Until After the Council Meeting. 93 94 Ayes – 5 Nays – 0 Motion carried. 95 96 The EDA will continue review of the Resource Guide. 97 98 8. REPORTS 99 100 Postponed. 101 102 9. NEXT EDA MEETING: Monday, April 9, 2007 at 6:30 p.m. 103 104 10. ADJOURNMENT 105 106 President Marty adjourned the meeting at xxxx p.m. 107 108 Respectfully submitted, 109 110 111 Recorded and transcribed by: 112 Joan Lenzmeier, Recording Secretary 113 TimeSaver Off Site Secretarial, Inc. 114 115 Changes made by Community Development Director Jim Ericson and City Councilmember Roger Stigney PROCEEDINGS OF THE MOUNDS VIEW EDA 1 CITY OF MOUNDS VIEW 2 RAMSEY COUNTY, MINNESOTA 3 4 Regular Meeting 5 April 9, 2007 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 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, April 9, 2007 Agenda as 21 Presented. 22 23 Ayes - 5 Nays – 0 Motion carried. 24 25 4. PUBLIC INPUT 26 27 Gary Krig of 8160 Red Oak Court thanked the City for the assistance with demolishing the home 28 they are purchasing. He then said that he feels that Council should consider allowing funds for 29 anyone who is interested in buying a home to demolish the house and build a new one on the lot. 30 31 Mr. Krig indicated that St. Louis Park has a program for reimbursing 25% of the costs for 32 remodeling if they stay in the home 30 years so the City can look into other housing programs to 33 assist residents. 34 35 5. APPROVAL OF MINUTES 36 37 A. March 12, 2007 EDA Minutes 38 39 President Marty indicated he submitted corrections to Staff. 40 41 Vice President Stigney: On Page 3, Line 120 motion failed rather than carried. Staff will correct 42 it. 43 44 Mounds View EDA April 9, 2007 Regular Meeting Page 2 Commissioner Mueller: On Page 5, Line 190 other tools insert the words “besides TIF” that 45 could be used for development within the City. 46 47 MOTION/SECOND: Mueller/Stigney. To Approve the March 12, 2007 Minutes as Amended. 48 49 Ayes – 5 Nays – 0 Motion carried. 50 51 6. CONSENT AGENDA 52 53 None. 54 55 7. EDA BUSINESS 56 57 A. Continued Discussion Relating to Business Resource Guide/Toolbox 58 59 Economic Development Coordinator Backman addressed the Council and continued discussions 60 on the Business Resource Guide. He then said that the name of the document has been changed 61 back to the Toolbox. 62 63 Economic Development Coordinator Backman noted that the EDC discussed this at its April 6, 64 2007 meeting and adopted two motions. One motion was for approval of the toolbox and the 65 second motion was for support of placing the business Toolbox on the website for review. 66 67 Commissioner Flaherty said that under Item E he would like to see all local business finance is at 68 the discretion of the Mounds View EDA and he would like that bolded so it stands out. 69 70 The Authority expressed concern with the financial assistance the City may provide. 71 72 Economic Development Coordinator Backman indicated that, as a rule of thumb, he does not 73 think that a City should finance a majority of a project but require that the business do the 74 majority and the City, if it offers any assistance, offer only a very small portion. 75 76 Commissioner Mueller asked whether the City would have the ability to properly determine 77 whether the business is credit worthy. 78 79 Economic Development Coordinator Backman indicated that he would require the same 80 information that the banks would require. 81 82 Vice President Stigney indicated that he disagrees with the EDC’s recommendation to post the 83 toolbox document to the web, and thinks the document is slanted toward businesses, and he 84 would like to see the wording reformatted and he he would like to see some of the things 85 discussed previously incorporated into the document.. 86 Mounds View EDA April 9, 2007 Regular Meeting Page 3 87 Economic Development Coordinator Backman indicated that he did remove contact information 88 and references and will review it again. He then said that it has been totally reordered and the 89 EDC did recommend it go out on the website but there was not time to look at the 2% program 90 but they will go back and look at the partnership program. 91 92 Vice President Stigney said that he would like to have someone go through the tape and make the 93 edits discussed as he would like to change the tone of the document and describe what the 94 programs are rather than slant them toward the businesses. 95 96 Commissioner Mueller indicated that she would not want it on the website but some information 97 on the website for contact information about the program would be okay. She then said that she 98 would like this document for internal use only. 99 100 President Marty said that he would like this used as an internal toolbox for the City. He then said 101 that items on the website should be promoting the location of Mounds View. He further said that 102 in the background of the staff report the last sentence says that a statement will be added to show 103 that financial assistance is at the discretion of the Mounds View EDA and he would like to start 104 with that statement and wrap up with that statement to make it clear. 105 106 President Marty indicated that if businesses come in asking for assistance then Staff is aware of 107 the program and can discuss it with the businesses. 108 109 President Marty indicated that the 2% loans and prime rate discussion should be incorporated 110 into discussions with the EDC and bring it back but, the rest of the document has been reordered. 111 He then said that his biggest issue was TIF being number 1 and he would be comfortable with 112 this as long as it is an internal tool. 113 114 William Werner of 2765 Sherwood Road said that Commissioner Mueller had complimented 115 Staff for removing the toolbox term last time and he would like to know why she did not like it. 116 117 Commissioner Mueller said that she did like the toolbox term but, when a more professional 118 sounding name came up, it sounded better. She then said that the reason she asked for this 119 document is so that TIF would not be the first thing that Staff came up with when a developer 120 came to Mounds View. She further said that this is a tool and she does like the toolbox term. 121 122 Mr. Werner said that he thought maybe Commissioner Mueller did not like this because she is 123 usually more conservative but this seems like a toolbox that is open for businesses to come in 124 and grab what they want. 125 126 President Marty said that the EDA has agreed to keep this as an in house tool for Staff and 127 Council to discuss if assistance is requested. 128 Mounds View EDA April 9, 2007 Regular Meeting Page 4 129 B. Review Housing Replacement Program Policy and Requirements 130 131 Community Development Director Ericson noted that this item is before the EDA for review and 132 consideration at the EDA’s request. The Housing Replacement Program was created in 1995 133 with the intent of creating a way to eliminate blight and encourage redevlopment. There have 134 been three or four homes rebuilt through the program. 135 136 Director Ericson outlined that one option is to provide demolition assistance to the home owner 137 if they want to stay in the community. He then said that Mr. Krig has had some excellent ideas, 138 one of which was to tie the loan to the property with a second mortgage or a lien with a five year 139 forgivable grant for a resident that stays for five or 10 years. 140 141 Director Ericson asked for input from the EDA for any potential amendments to the program. 142 143 Commissioner Flaherty indicated that the City is under no obligation with this program and he 144 wants that highlighted. He then said that usually the reason the home is unkempt is because it is 145 an absentee landlord so he does not see a necessity for living in the community. 146 147 Commissioner Flaherty said that he would like it to state that funding will be based on need. He 148 then said that he would like to consider a sliding scale system based on income. 149 150 Vice President Stigney said that the items outlined have their merits and then said that he would 151 like to know how long residents will live in the City after they use the program to redevelop the 152 property. He then said that he thinks that the program needs a “but for” test. 153 154 Commissioner Mueller said that she has had a lot of friends in town say that they are thinking of 155 moving elsewhere for a bigger home with a larger garage but not necessarily a bigger lot for the 156 same taxes or less. She then said that if they were aware of a program like this they may be 157 willing to stay in the community. 158 159 President Marty said that he would like to see that current residents would get bonus points or 160 preferential treatment over someone just coming to the City. 161 162 President Marty said that he thinks this is a good start but he would like to refer this to the proper 163 commission for review and comment. 164 165 Vice President Stigney said that he would like to have minimum size requirements to avoid 166 buying a nice lot and putting a very small home on it because the City is attempting to increase 167 tax base by eliminating blighted properties and building new homes. 168 169 Mounds View EDA April 9, 2007 Regular Meeting Page 5 8. REPORTS 170 171 Economic Development Coordinator Backman reported that Governor Pawlenty will be 172 attending a breakfast meeting at The Mermaid on Thursday, April 12, 2007 at 7:30 a.m. to 8:30 173 a.m. 174 175 Economic Development Coordinator indicated that Commissioner Mueller had asked to check 176 with Medtronic for transit options regarding a potential bus stop at the location. He then 177 provided a summary and copies of emails for review. 178 179 9. NEXT EDA MEETING: Monday, April 23, 2007 at 6:30 p.m. 180 181 10. ADJOURNMENT 182 183 President Marty adjourned the meeting at 7:00 p.m. 184 185 Respectfully submitted, 186 187 188 Recorded and transcribed by: 189 Joan Lenzmeier, Recording Secretary 190 TimeSaver Off Site Secretarial, Inc. 191 192