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HomeMy WebLinkAbout08-27-2018 EDAPROCEEDINGS OF THE MOUNDS VIEW EDA CITY OF MOUNDS VIEW RAMSEY COUNTY, MINNESOTA Regular Meeting August 27, 2018 Mounds View City Hall 2401 County Road 10, Mounds View, MN 55112 1. CALL MEETING TO ORDER President Mueller called the meeting to order at 6:00 p.m. 2. ROLL CALL: President Mueller, Vice President Gunn, Commissioner Bergeron Commissioner Hull, Commissioner Meehlhause, Finance Director Beer and Executive Director Zikmund. NOT PRESENT: None. 3. APPROVAL OF AGENDA MOTION/SECOND: Gunn/Meehlhause. To Approve the August 27, 2018, Agenda as presented. Ayes – 5 Nays – 0 Motion carried. 4. PUBLIC INPUT None. 5. CONSENT AGENDA A. Approval of Minutes: June 25, 2018 July 9, 2018 August 13, 2018 Commissioner Bergeron requested the August 13, 2018 EDA minutes be amended to include the names of the people in attendance at the Closed Session meeting. MOTION/SECOND: Gunn/Hull. To Approve the Consent Agenda as amended. Ayes – 5 Nays – 0 Motion carried. Mounds View EDA August 27, 2018 Regular Meeting Page 2 6. EDA BUSINESS A. Resolution 18-EDA-314, Approving the Preliminary EDA Property Tax Levy Request and Budget for Fiscal Year 2019. Finance Director Beer requested the EDA consider approving the preliminary EDA property tax levy request and budget for fiscal year 2019. He reviewed the budget and levy in further detail and explained per State Statute the EDA had to request the City Council to levy for this amount. He reviewed the approval timeline and reported the City Council had to approve the levy amount by September 30th. Staff recommended approval of the $100,000 EDA property tax levy. Commissioner Bergeron requested further information on the current EDA fund balance. Finance Director Beer stated in 2017 the fund balance was $345,000, which was made up of notes receivable and actual funds. President Mueller asked if the Commission were not to move forward with the levy request for 2019, could this be addressed at a future City Council meeting. Finance Director Beer reported this was the case and noted the levy amount could be lowered but could not be increased over $100,000. MOTION/SECOND: Hull/Gunn. To Waive the Reading and Adopt Resolution 18-EDA-314, Approving the Preliminary EDA Property Tax Levy Request and Budget for Fiscal Year 2019. Commissioner Meehlhause reviewed the levy balance for 2018 and discussed the loans that have been requested to assist several families living in mobile homes. Ayes – 5 Nays – 0 Motion carried. B. Consider Options for Crossroad Pointe Redevelopment Project. Business Development Coordinator Beeman discussed the options available to the EDA for the Crossroad Pointe redevelopment project. He explained the EDA has entered into a predevelopment agreement with INH Properties. He commented on the two options that INH has proposed, one being all apartments and the other would be for a mixed use development that would require alcohol and tobacco licenses. A neighborhood meeting was held in June for the Council to gather input from the residents. He reported the Council held a closed meeting on August 20th to discuss the price for the land with two different appraisal companies. In order for staff to move forward with negotiations with the developer, the EDA would have to make a decision on which option to pursue. He requested the EDA provide staff with direction on how to proceed. Commissioner Meehlhause asked if the purpose of the closed session was to develop the range Mounds View EDA August 27, 2018 Regular Meeting Page 3 on the sale of the property. He explained he was surprised the EDA would be discussing the range publicly. Business Development Coordinator Beeman reported the price range was not disclosed at this point. He indicated the EDA had decided on a land price and this had not yet been discussed with the developer. Commissioner Bergeron questioned if one of the options would require a code change. Business Development Coordinator Beeman stated this was the case. He noted if the mixed use option were pursued a code change would be required to allow for the sale of tobacco and alcohol. President Mueller requested the EDA select an option to move forward with for the Crossroad Pointe development and direct staff accordingly. MOTION/SECOND: Hull/Bergeron. To Consider Approval of Option 1, all apartments and direct staff to negotiate with the developer to come to a consensus on the land price. Commissioner Hull stated he did not believe apartment dwellers would want to live next to a Kwik Trip. In addition, he feared the BP would not survive if a Kwik Trip were to move into the City. He was of the opinion Option 1 would provide the City with the best property taxes. Commissioner Bergeron indicated three weeks ago the City heard some very compelling information about raising the legal tobacco age to 21. He explained if Option 2 were pursued, the sale of tobacco would occur even closer to a Mounds View school. He stated there was not a chance he could support that. He believed this would be a vast mistake with the tobacco age remaining at 18. Commissioner Gunn commented the residents that attended the worksession meeting were not in support of Option 2 and Kwik Trip. However, she noted she received a great deal of positive feedback regarding Kwik Trip when speaking to residents during National Night Out. She commented Kwik Trip was the type of business that would assist in creating a walkable and bike- able community. Commissioner Meehlhause stated he received much of the same feedback during National Night Out. He commented if the EDA was still talking with the Beard Group he would fully support an all apartment option for this site. However, he does not see INH providing the same quality of apartments. For this reason, he was inclined to support Option 2, which included a smaller apartment complex with a Kwik Trip. President Mueller explained the Lucky Service Station at the corner of County Road H and Mounds View Boulevard has been very vocal about how a Kwik Trip would put this station out of business. She discussed how drivers typically visit gas stations on the same side of the highway for convenience purposes. She stated the Lucky Service Station has a smaller foot print when compared to other service stations in the community. She described the investments other Mounds View EDA August 27, 2018 Regular Meeting Page 4 service stations were making in their property to remain viable. She commented that either way this vote goes, she did not believe the City was picking winners or losers, but rather business owners had to continue to make investments in order to compete. She stated she was extremely disappointed Ramsey County was restricting access onto the Crossroad Pointe property. She anticipated the property would have been valued 10-20% higher if the County had allowed access onto Mounds View Boulevard. She was of the opinion that adding a 24-hour convenience store would not benefit this neighborhood given the level of traffic in this area. For this reason, she supported Option 1 which included 135 market rate apartments. Ayes – 3 Nays – 2 (Gunn and Meehlhause) Motion carried. MOTION/SECOND: Gunn/Meehlhause. To direct staff to cooperate with the City Attorney and developer to complete a Development Agreement and any other necessary documents needed to complete the option chosen for development contingent upon a successful land sale agreement. Ayes – 5 Nays – 0 Motion carried. 7. REPORTS None. 8. NEXT EDA MEETING: Monday, September 10, 2018 at 6:00 p.m. 9. ADJOURNMENT President Mueller adjourned the meeting at 6:32 p.m. Respectfully submitted, Recorded and transcribed by: Heidi Guenther TimeSaver Off Site Secretarial, Inc.