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HomeMy WebLinkAbout04-09-2001M:\MasterFiles\1999 thru 2010\2001\EDA\EDA Packets\04-09-2001\Agenda - EDA Meeting.doc CITY OF MOUNDS VIEW ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY MONDAY, APRIL 9, 2001 AGENDA 1. CALL MEETING TO ORDER 2. ROLL CALL: President Sonterre, Vice President Stigney, Commissioner Marty, Commissioner Quick, Commissioner Thomas 3. APPROVAL OF AGENDA 4. APPROVAL OF MINUTES A. February 12, 2001 5. SPECIAL ORDER OF BUSINESS: 6. REPORTS 7. CONSENT AGENDA A. Approve Modifications to the EDC’s Bylaws 8. EDA BUSINESS A. Discuss and Consider Resolution EDA-145-01, a Resolution Authorizing the Expenditure of Funds for the Highway 10 Revitalization and Reconstruction Study B. Discussion Regarding Acquisition of Property Associated with Mermaid Redevelopment. 9. ADJOURNMENT PROCEEDINGS OF THE MOUNDS VIEW EDA CITY OF MOUNDS VIEW RAMSEY COUNTY, MINNESOTA Regular Meeting February 12, 2001 Mounds View City Hall 2401 Highway 10, Mounds View, MN 55112 9:25 P.M. 1. CALL MEETING TO ORDER 2. ROLL CALL: Sonterre, Stigney, Marty, Quick, and Thomas. NOT PRESENT: None. 3. AGENDA ADDITIONS There were no additions or corrections to the agenda. MOTION/SECOND: Sonterre/Thomas. To Approve the Agenda for February 12, 2001, as presented. Ayes – 5 Nays – 0 Motion carried. 4. APPROVAL OF EDA MINUTES A. Approve Minutes of January 8, 2001. MOTION/SECOND: Marty/Sonterre. To Approve the Minutes of the EDA for January 8, 2001 as presented. Ayes – 5 Nays – 0 Motion carried. 5. SPECIAL ORDER OF BUSINESS None. 6. REPORTS None. Mounds View EDA February 12, 2001 Regular Meeting Page 2 7. CONSENT AGENDA A. Resolution No. 01-EDA-142, A Resolution Approving the Manufactured Home Park Revitalization Program. B. Resolution No. 01-EDA-143, A Resolution Approving Application to Ramsey County for a Community Development Block Grant to Assist in Funding the Manufactured Home Park Revitalization Program. C. Resolution No. 01-EDA-144, A Resolution Approving the Appointment of the 2001 Economic Development Commission Elected Chairperson. MOTION/SECOND: Quick/Thomas. To Approve Consent Agenda Items A, B, and C as Presented. Vice President Stigney inquired as to whether the revitalization program was going to require double wide manufactured homes. Economic Development Director Parish indicated that due to lot size they are planning on new single wide models. President Sonterre asked Economic Development Director Parish to give a brief overview of the Revitalization Program. Economic Development Director Parish explained a resident of the manufactured home park applied and received a grant for improvements to the laundry area. The plan is to convert the laundry area into a small community center and make general improvements to the infrastructure of the facility. Commissioner Marty asked Community Development Director Ericson if the park would be doing any street work. Community Development Director Ericson indicated the park is planning on replacing all waterlines and asphalt in the park. This totals about one million dollars in street and utility work. Ayes – 5 Nays – 0 Motion carried. Mounds View EDA February 12, 2001 Regular Meeting Page 3 8. EDA BUSINESS A. Provide Direction Regarding the Acquisition of 7890 Groveland Road. Economic Development Director Parish explained the City was approached by the property owner at 7890 Groveland Road with an offer to purchase the property for future redevelopment. The pros and cons of purchasing the property were discussed at the work session and Staff was directed to obtain an appraisal of the property. Staff has obtained and distributed the appraisal to Council. The appraisal ranged from $149,500 to $151,500 which is the range in which the property has been offered to the City. Staff is requesting direction as to how to proceed. President Sonterre indicated he was excited by the opportunity to work with Mr. Johnson on this matter. However, upon further review, the main concern during the work session was for purchasing the property as a means to control future development on the other parcels. Due to the zoning of the parcels the City does have some control over how the parcels will be redeveloped without having to purchase the property. President Sonterre thanked Mr. Johnson for the opportunity. Commissioner Thomas stated the value for the property is in the range expected. The issue was not wanting to divide up the parcels. She indicated she has a problem with breaking up and taking one piece out of the four and leaving the other three with no proposed plan. She indicated she is uncomfortable with purchasing the property at this point. Commissioner Marty stated he was concerned about investing TIF money and was one of the questions raised at the work session. The City is getting a little stretched out when it comes to TIF funds. He indicated he had spoken to Mr. Ericson today and found out the City has a purchase agreement on one of them and if that purchase goes through then the City would have to get very creative with TIF funds that are readily available to use for the purchase. He stated he is uncomfortable with using TIF money for this purchase and would prefer to keep a cushion in the TIF funds in case someone comes before Council asking for help. Community Development Director Ericson indicated he agreed the City would have control over the properties under the current zoning. Concerning the comments of Commissioner Thomas not wanting to break the four pieces of property up the Commission should be aware that the property will be sold regardless of whether the City purchases it or not. So, the parcels will be broken up it is simply a matter of whether the City wants to do it or if the property owner does so by selling to another party. Commissioner Thomas stated it is the property owner’s right to sell but said she does not feel it is the City’s role to play in breaking up the properties. Mounds View EDA February 12, 2001 Regular Meeting Page 4 Commissioner Marty thanked Mr. Johnson for the opportunity to purchase the property and stated if the situation had been a little bit different it would have worked out. Commissioner Marty stated based on the information available he does not feel the City needs to purchase the property to maintain some control over future redevelopment. President Sonterre indicated he did not feel the need to purchase the property. Vice President Stigney stated without a specific plan for the property he did not feel the City should purchase the property. Commissioner Thomas stated she did not feel the City should purchase the property. It was the Consent of the Commission not to purchase the property at 7890 Groveland Road. 9. ADJOURNMENT President Sonterre adjourned the meeting 9:40 p.m. Respectfully submitted, Recorded and transcribed by: Joan Lenzmeier TimeSaver Off Site Secretarial, Inc. Item No. 7A Meeting Date: April 9th, 2001 Type of Business: EDA WK: Work Session; PH: Public Hearing; CA: Consent Agenda; EDA: EDAl Business City of Mounds View Staff Report To: Economic Development Commission From: Aaron Parrish, Economic Development Coordinator Item Title/Subject: Annual Review of Bylaws Date of Report: February 8, 2001 Background Mounds View Municipal Code Chapter 408 requires the EDC to review the bylaws on an annual basis in February. To keep the Bylaws current, the EDC has made some proposed changes. Additions are marked in Bold Italic, while deletions are stricken out. Necessary Actions Approve the Revised Bylaws. ______________________________________ Aaron Parrish, Economic Development Coordinator (763) 717-4029 Attachment #1: Economic Development Commission Bylaws MOUNDS VIEW ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT COMMISSION BYLAWS I. AUTHORITY: These Bylaws are established in accordance with City Ordinance 408.07, Subdivision 6. "The Commission shall adopt bylaws for its governance and for the transaction of its business." There shall be no conflict between the Bylaws of this Commission and the provisions of the City Charter and the Municipal Code. II. MEETINGS. The regular meetings of the Commission shall be held on the fourth Thursday Third Friday of each month as established by resolution of the Economic Development Commission. Regular meetings may be changed, added or canceled by the chairperson or vice-chairperson. Special meetings may be added by the chairperson or vice-chairperson. A. The regular business meeting shall be for the purpose of making recommendations to the Economic Development Authority, herein EDA, conducting public hearings, drafting of reports, and for other discussion not requiring action (ie. vote) by the Commission. B. Meetings shall be conducted in accordance with State Open Meeting Laws. III. INFORMATIONAL PACKETS. Each commissioner shall receive an informational planning report for the items that are on the regular meeting agenda no later than the Friday preceding the regular meeting. Each commissioner is responsible for reviewing the material within the packet prior to the regular agenda meeting. IV. ATTENDANCE. Commission members shall advise the designated Staff member or chairperson of an anticipated absence from any regularly scheduled Economic Development Last Amended 12/18/97 02/16/01 Draft 3 Commission meeting. Any member attending less than eighty percent of the meetings per year without consent of the commission shall be deemed to have vacated the office, and such vacancy shall be filled by the EDA pursuant the Chapter 408.06 of the Municipal Code. A leave of absence may be granted by the consent of the commission. V. PROFESSIONAL CONSULTANTS. Advice from, consultation with, and/or requests for review by the City Attorney, Bond Attorney, City Engineer, City Planning Agency, or other paid consultants shall be in accordance with the Municipal Code. VI. ADJOURNMENT. Meetings shall adjourn on or before 90 minutes from the time of call to order unless a two-thirds majority of the members present agree to extend the time of adjournment. VII. MINUTES. Approved minutes shall be the official record of the Economic Development Commission. A. The minutes shall state: 1. The kind of meeting, whether regular business or special and the date, time and place. 2. Roll call of members present and whether absent members are excused or unexcused. 3. Corrections to and approval of the previous minutes and the vote taken. 4. Description of each item being discussed. 5. A motion and second is required for each action item and the motion shall be recorded as accurately as possible. 6. The vote on each motion (ayes, nays, and abstentions), a statement of reasons for nay votes or abstentions, and whether motion carries or fails. 7. Specific concerns addressed to the chairperson for inclusion in the minutes. 8. Reports by members. 9. Time for adjournment. 10. Signature of the Staff designated member. B. All minutes shall be clearly marked to indicate either "APPROVED" or "UNAPPROVED". Each commissioner shall receive a copy of the previous regular business meeting minutes "UNAPPROVED". Approved copies may be obtained upon request. A copy of the approved minutes shall be filed with the EDA Executive Director. VIII. LIAISON TO EDA. In the event of the absence of the EDA ex-officio member, a commission member may be appointed by the chairperson to represent the Economic Development Commission at the next regular EDA meeting. IX. POTENTIAL CONFLICT OF INTEREST. When a potential conflict of interest may exist for commission member or members, the member(s) shall ask to be excused and step down from the commission prior to discussion on that item. X. SUPPLEMENTARY PUBLICATIONS. All commission members shall receive a copy of the Municipal Code, Chapter 408, a copy of the 1986 Economic Development Plan, as well as other materials as provided by the EDA, Staff or other commission members. Item No: 8A Meeting Date: April 9, 2001 Type of Business: EDA-B City of Mounds View Staff Report To: Economic Development Authority From: James Ericson, Community Development Director Item Title/Subject: Discussion And Consideration Of EDA Resolution 01-EDA-145, A Resolution Authorizing The Expenditure Of TIF Funds To Planning And Transportation Consultant URS/BRW To Conduct The Highway 10 Revitalization And Reconstruction Study Date of Report: April 4, 2001 Background: On March 26, 2001, The Mounds View City Council voted to award a contract to planning and transportation consultant URS/BRW to conduct the Highway 10 Corridor Revitalization and Reconstruction Study consistent with the request for proposals (RFP) sent out by the City in December of 2000. Discussion: As discussed on March 26, 2001, of the six consultants who submitted proposals in response to the RFP, three were interviewed and one firm was selected to be the consultant to undertake this study—URS/BRW. The base price of the study as indicated in their response was $75,000 although that figure did not include funding for electronic communication and dissemination of information via a weblink. In addition, the base fee did not include any costs associated with grant-writing and more proactive involvement in the pursuit and acquisition of funding sources to further the City’s ability to implement the final plan. Staff met with Todd Halunen of URS/BRW who will be the project manager on this study, and have come up with an estimate on the costs that were not included with the original base bid price of $75,000. For electronic media communications, we have estimated that no more than $7,500 would be spent through the duration of the project. Staff will make an attempt to keep this cost component down by doing some of the updates “in-house” rather than relying solely on the consultant. The grant writing and funding acquisition assistance component was more difficult to estimate as the cost directly relates to the number of grants available to which are applied. Generally speaking, they assume $80 to $90 per hour staff cost, the number of hours relating more to the complexity of the funding source application. Some are Highway 10 Study Funding Authorization Report April 5, 2001 Page 2 straightforward, some are more involved. The more complex grants applications can involve as many as 40 staff hours. The more applications submitted, however, the cost to the City would increase at a decreasing rate as some of the same information, graphics, tables and other data could be “recycled.” Given the unknowns related to this component and the critical nature of obtaining outside funding, we have estimated an upper limit of $12,500. Altogether, the project cost would not exceed $95,000. Recommendation: Staff is requesting approval of EDA Resolution 01-EDA-145, a resolution authorizing expenditure of TIF funds not to exceed $95,000 to the consultant firm URS/BRW to conduct the Highway 10 Corridor Revitalization and Reconstruction plan. _____________________________________ James Ericson Community Development Director 763-717-4021 Attachment: 1. EDA Resolution 01-EDA-145 N:\DATA\GROUPS\COMDEV\Special Cases\SP086-01 (Highway10 Project)\EDA Report - Apr 9, 2001.doc Highway 10 Study Funding Authorization Report April 5, 2001 Page 2 RESOLUTION 01-EDA-145 MOUNDS VIEW ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY COUNTY OF RAMSEY STATE OF MINNESOTA RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING THE EXPENDITURE OF TIF FUNDS TO PLANNING AND TRANSPORTATION CONSULTANT URS/BRW TO UNDERTAKE AND PERFORM THE HIGHWAY 10 REVITALIZATION AND RECONSTRUCTION STUDY It is hereby resolved by the Board of Commissioners (the ‘Board’) of the Mounds View Economic Development Authority (the ‘Authority’) as follows: Section 1. Recitals. 1.10 The Authority has the powers provided in Minnesota Statutes, Sections 469.124 to 469.134 and 469.090 to 469.108 (collectively, the “Act”). 1.02 Pursuant to and in furtherance of the objectives of the Act, the Authority has undertaken a program to promote development and redevelopment of certain land within the City of Mounds View and in this connection is engaged in carrying out the Mounds View Economic Development Project (the “Project”) within the City. 1.03 There has been approved pursuant to the Act a Project Plan for the Project. 1.04 The redevelopment of property within the Project is a stated objective of the Project Plan. 1.05 In order to achieve the objectives of the Project Plan, the Authority has determined a need to undertake a comprehensive County Highway 10 corridor study. 1.06 It has been proposed that the Authority approve and authorize the expenditure of TIF funds to compensate planning and transportation consultant URS/BRW for their work in completing this Highway 10 corridor study. Section 2. Resolved. 2.01 The Board hereby determines that the Authority’s expenditure of tax increment funds would be in furtherance of the Project Plan and hereby approves and authorizes said action. 2.02 That the Board of the Authority hereby determines that the expenditure of funds will help realize the public purposes of the Act and are in furtherance of the Project Plan and authorizes the President and Executive Director to utilize a maximum of $95,000 in tax increment funds to undertake and complete the corridor study. Highway 10 Study Funding Authorization Report April 5, 2001 Page 2 Adopted by the Board of Commissioners of the Mounds View Economic Development Authority this 9th day of April, 2001. ___________________________ Richard Sonterre, President ATTEST: ____________________________ Kathleen Miller, Executive Director N:\DATA\GROUPS\COMDEV\Special Cases\SP086-01 (Highway10 Project)\00-EDA-145.doc Motion: ______________ Second: ______________ Sonterre: aye nay Stigney: aye nay Quick: aye nay Marty: aye nay Thomas: aye nay Item No 8B Meeting Date: April 9th, 2001 Type of Business: EDA WK: Work Session; PH: Public Hearing; CA: Consent Agenda; EDA: EDA Business City of Mounds View Staff Report To: Honorable Mayor and City Council From: Aaron Parrish, Economic Development Coordinator Item Title/Subject: Discussion Regarding Acquisition of Property Associated with Mermaid Redevelopment Date of Report: April 3, 2001 Background As Council is aware, plans are being finalized for a 70-room hotel and 500 person banquet center on the Mermaid property. To finalize their development approvals, it is necessary to obtain administrative approval on their planned unit development application, and to finalize their plat. To finalize both of the aforementioned items, it is necessary to obtain a small portion of property from Mounds View Business Park South currently owned by Cabot Industrial Trust of Boston. The property in question involves a dry holding pond and the southern access to the business park. Based on the plans submitted, this property will be incorporated into the new development, and the business park’s access will be relocated to the west adjacent to the Pettibone property. The property to be acquired is highlight below: At this point, Cabot has agreed to sell the property to the Mermaid for approximately $40,000. However, given Cabot’s large size and the amount of property involved, they have been slow to finalize the transaction. Accordingly, it has been requested that the City consider acquiring the property through eminent domain to facilitate construction in May. While it is hoped and anticipated that the transaction can proceed independently of any city action, it would be prudent at this point to ensure that there are no further delays. Building plans have been submitted and are currently being reviewed. Dan Hall of the Mermaid will also be present to address any questions the EDA may have for him. Necessary Actions Direct staff regarding the acquisition of real property through eminent domain to facilitate the Mermaid redevelopment. ______________________________________ Aaron Parrish, Economic Development Coordinator (763) 717-4029