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HomeMy WebLinkAbout01-07-2019 Special CITY OF MOUNDS VIEW SPECIAL ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY MEETING AGENDA MOUNDS VIEW CITY HALL Monday, January 7, 2019 7:00 p.m. 1. CALL TO ORDER 2. OATH OF OFFICE: EDA Members Carol A. Mueller, Al Hull, William Bergeron 3. ROLL CALL: President Mueller, Vice President Gunn, Commissioner Hull, Commissioner Meehlhause, Commissioner Bergeron 4. APPROVAL OF AGENDA 5. CONSENT AGENDA A. Approval of Minutes: November 26, 2018 December 10, 2018 December 27, 2018 6. PUBLIC COMMENT 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. 7. EDA BUSINESS A. Consider Resolution 19-EDA-319, Resolution Electing and Appointing Officers to the Mounds View Economic Development Authority (EDA) B. Public Hearing and Consideration Resolution 19-EDA-320, Resolution Approving the Sale of EDA Owned Land at Crossroad Pointe 8. REPORTS 9. NEXT EDA MEETING: January 14, 2019 10. ADJOURNMENT PROCEEDINGS OF THE MOUNDS VIEW EDA 1 CITY OF MOUNDS VIEW 2 RAMSEY COUNTY, MINNESOTA 3 4 Regular Meeting 5 November 26, 2018 6 Mounds View City Hall 7 2401 County Road 10, Mounds View, MN 55112 8 9 10 1. CALL MEETING TO ORDER 11 12 President Mueller called the meeting to order at 6:02 p.m. 13 14 2. ROLL CALL: President Mueller, Vice President Gunn, Commissioner Bergeron 15 Commissioner Hull, Commissioner Meehlhause, Finance Director Beer, Business 16 Development Coordinator Beeman, and Executive Director Zikmund. 17 18 NOT PRESENT: None. 19 20 3. APPROVAL OF AGENDA 21 22 MOTION/SECOND: Gunn/Meehlhause. To Approve the November 26, 2018, Agenda as 23 presented. 24 25 Ayes – 5 Nays – 0 Motion carried. 26 27 4. PUBLIC INPUT 28 29 None. 30 31 5. CONSENT AGENDA 32 33 A. August 27, 2018, EDA Minutes. 34 B. September 10, 2018, EDA Minutes. 35 C. September 24, 2018, EDA Minutes. 36 D. October 22, 2018, EDA Minutes. 37 38 Commissioner Meehlhause noted a correction to the August 27, 2018 EDA Minutes stating on 39 Page 1, under Roll Call Finance Director Beer should be included. 40 41 MOTION/SECOND: Meehlhause/Hull. To Approve the Consent Agenda as amended. 42 43 Ayes – 5 Nays – 0 Motion carried. 44 45 Mounds View EDA November 26, 2018 Regular Meeting Page 2 6. EDA BUSINESS 1 2 A. Resolution 18-EDA-315 Preliminary Development Agreement Extension. 3 4 Business Development Coordinator Beeman requested the EDA consider approval of a 5 Preliminary Development Agreement Extension. He reported staff has been working with INH 6 since January of 2018. He explained staff was working exclusively with INH on the purchase of 7 the land and recommended approval of the Preliminary Development Agreement Extension. It 8 was noted the extension would run through May 1, 2019. 9 10 Commissioner Gunn questioned why the agreement was not for a full year. Business 11 Development Coordinator Beeman stated the proposed extension would give the developer 12 enough time to negotiate the land price and draft a Preliminary Development Agreement. City 13 Attorney Riggs reported the current preliminary development agreement would expire on January 14 8, 2019. He anticipated that all terms could be completed by January 8th and explained this could 15 be made a condition for approval. He recommended this condition be added to the fourth 16 Whereas statement within the Resolution. 17 18 Commissioner Bergeron thanked City Attorney Riggs and Business Development Coordinator 19 Beeman for their work on this item. 20 21 AMENDMENT MOTION/SECOND: Bergeron/Meehlhause. To Amend Resolution 18-EDA-22 315 adding the following language to the fourth Whereas statement: Subject to a condition that 23 the Developer and EDA shall finalize the negotiation of all terms necessary and related to the 24 development of a Purchase Agreement and Development Agreement for the proposed 25 development by January 8, 2019 with such condition being reviewed by the EDA at their meeting 26 on December 10, 2018. 27 28 Commissioner Meehlhause stated he supported the additional language as proposed by the City 29 Attorney. 30 31 Commissioner Bergeron explained he proposed this amendment in order to smooth things out in 32 the negotiation process. 33 34 President Mueller thanked Commissioner Bergeron for making this suggestion. 35 36 Ayes – 5 Nays – 0 Motion carried. 37 38 MOTION/SECOND: Gunn/Bergeron. To Waive the Reading and Adopt Amended Resolution 39 18-EDA-315 Preliminary Development Agreement Extension. 40 41 President Mueller thanked staff and the EDA for all of their efforts on this item. 42 Mounds View EDA November 26, 2018 Regular Meeting Page 3 1 Ayes – 5 Nays – 0 Motion carried. 2 3 B. Resolution 18-EDA-316 Confirming EDC Appointments. 4 5 Business Development Coordinator Beeman requested the EDA confirm appointments to the 6 EDC. He noted this group was made up of seven individuals. He reviewed the appointments 7 with the EDA and recommended approval. 8 9 President Mueller asked if any new candidates applied for the EDC positions. Business 10 Development Coordinator Beeman explained there were two new candidates that wanted to serve 11 on the EDC as a second or third choice. He reported both of these individuals were placed on the 12 Parks and Recreation Commission. 13 14 President Mueller thanked everyone who applied to serve the City. 15 16 MOTION/SECOND: Hull/Gunn. To Waive the Reading and Adopt Resolution 18-EDA-316 17 Confirming EDC Appointments. 18 19 Commissioner Meehlhause thanked the three individuals that reapplied to continue their service 20 on the EDC. 21 22 Ayes – 5 Nays – 0 Motion carried. 23 24 7. REPORTS 25 26 None. 27 28 8. NEXT EDA MEETING: Monday, December 10, 2018 at 6:00 p.m. 29 30 9. ADJOURNMENT 31 32 President Mueller adjourned the meeting at 6:25 p.m. 33 34 Respectfully submitted, 35 36 37 Recorded and transcribed by: 38 Heidi Guenther 39 TimeSaver Off Site Secretarial, Inc. 40 PROCEEDINGS OF THE MOUNDS VIEW EDA 1 CITY OF MOUNDS VIEW 2 RAMSEY COUNTY, MINNESOTA 3 4 Executive Session Meeting 5 December 10, 2018 6 Mounds View City Hall 7 2401 County Road 10, Mounds View, MN 55112 8 9 10 1. CALL MEETING TO ORDER 11 12 President Mueller called the meeting to order at 4:31 p.m. 13 14 2. ROLL CALL: President Mueller, Vice President Gunn, Commissioner Bergeron 15 Commissioner Hull, Commissioner Meehlhause, Finance Director Beer, Community 16 Development Director Sevald, Business Development Coordinator Beeman, City 17 Attorney Riggs, and Executive Director Zikmund. 18 19 NOT PRESENT: None. 20 21 OTHERS PRESENT: Becky Landon, Jim Illies and Corey Gerads. 22 23 3. EDA BUSINESS 24 25 A. CLOSED SESSION – SKYLINE PROJECT: Pursuant to Minnesota Statues 26 Sections 13D.05, subdivision 3(c) and 13.44, subdivision 3, to conduct a closed 27 EDA meeting concerning real property located at addressed noted below to 28 determine the asking price, to consider strategies and to develop or consider 29 offers or counteroffers for the sale of such real property and to review 30 confidential appraisal information for such real property. 31 32 4889 Old Highway 8 33 Mounds View, Minnesota 34 PINs: 17.30.23.14.0001, 117.30.23.14.0002, 17.30.23.14.0003 35 36 The EDA met in Closed Session to discuss the Skyline Parcels Purchase Agreement. The 37 purchase price, size of the parcel and relocation costs were considered by the Authority. 38 39 MOTION/SECOND: Gunn/Meehlhause. To Close the Executive Session portion of the EDA 40 and Open the EDA Meeting at 4:48 p.m. 41 42 Ayes – 5 Nays – 0 Motion carried. 43 44 Becky Landon discussed the Skyline Parcels Purchase with EDA and noted the site had 16 units 45 Mounds View EDA December 10, 2018 Executive Session Meeting Page 2 and a house on the property. She commented on the deadlines for the project. Further discussion 1 ensured regarding the crime and calls for police services that occur at the Skyline Motel. 2 3 EDA consensus was to direct staff to investigate potential relocation costs and to move forward 4 with this purchase. 5 6 B. CLOSED SESSION – SKYLINE PROJECT: Pursuant to Minnesota Statues 7 Sections 13D.05, subdivision 3(c) and 13.44, subdivision 3, to conduct a closed 8 EDA meeting concerning real property located at addressed noted below to 9 determine the asking price, to consider strategies and to develop or consider 10 offers or counteroffers for the sale of such real property and to review 11 confidential appraisal information for such real property. 12 13 2400 County Road H2 14 Mounds View, Minnesota 15 PIN: 08.30.23.31.0005 16 17 2394 Mounds View Boulevard 18 Mounds View, Minnesota 19 PIN: 08.30.23.31.0071 20 21 2390 Mounds View Boulevard 22 Mounds View, Minnesota 23 PIN: 08.30.3.31.0072 24 25 President Mueller commented on the 12 points the EDA has been negotiating with INH and 26 noted the two parties had worked down to only two points of contention. 27 28 Business Development Coordinator Beeman commented further on the two points of contention 29 and explained INH would like to have the cost for the environmental study removed from the 30 purchase price. In addition, INH would like the cost for the trail to be taken out of the purchase 31 price. 32 33 Jim Illies, INH, stated INH was in agreement on the purchase price. However, the costs for Items 34 A through C should allow for a maximum deduction of $250,000. He discussed the proposed 35 development noting the project would have 127 units. He explained the units would be studios 36 up to 3 bedrooms. He reported an architect has been hired to assist with the building and parking 37 plans. 38 39 Corey Gerads, Alliance Building Corporation, commented on the current projects he has 40 underway with INH. It was noted the Crossroad Pointe site would be completed in one phase. 41 42 Mounds View EDA December 10, 2018 Executive Session Meeting Page 3 President Mueller asked if the developer supported the underground parking. Mr. Illies stated he 1 did support underground parking and noted he had completed this in other developments. He 2 explained this would be a great amenity for residents within the apartment complex. 3 4 MOTION/SECOND: Meehlhause/Bergeron. To Close the EDA Meeting to an Executive 5 Session at 5:20 p.m. 6 7 Ayes – 5 Nays – 0 Motion carried. 8 9 The EDA met in Closed Session to discuss the Crossroad Pointe Purchase Agreement. The 10 purchase price was reviewed along with the terms of the agreement. 11 12 4. REPORTS 13 14 None. 15 16 5. NEXT SPECIAL EDA MEETING: Thursday, December 27, 2018 at 6:00 p.m. 17 NEXT EDA MEETING: Monday, January 7, 2019 at 6:00 p.m. 18 19 6. ADJOURNMENT 20 21 President Mueller adjourned the Executive Session meeting at 5:54 p.m. 22 23 Respectfully submitted, 24 25 26 Recorded and transcribed by: 27 Heidi Guenther 28 TimeSaver Off Site Secretarial, Inc. 29 PROCEEDINGS OF THE MOUNDS VIEW EDA 1 CITY OF MOUNDS VIEW 2 RAMSEY COUNTY, MINNESOTA 3 4 Regular Meeting 5 December 10, 2018 6 Mounds View City Hall 7 2401 County Road 10, Mounds View, MN 55112 8 9 10 1. CALL MEETING TO ORDER 11 12 President Mueller called the meeting to order at 6:03 p.m. 13 14 2. ROLL CALL: President Mueller, Vice President Gunn, Commissioner Bergeron 15 Commissioner Hull, Commissioner Meehlhause, and Executive Director Zikmund. 16 17 NOT PRESENT: None. 18 19 3. APPROVAL OF AGENDA 20 21 MOTION/SECOND: Gunn/Meehlhause. To Approve the December 10, 2018, Agenda as 22 amended removing Item 6A. 23 24 Ayes – 5 Nays – 0 Motion carried. 25 26 4. PUBLIC INPUT 27 28 Brian Amundsen, 3048 Woodale Drive, spoke to the EDA regarding the Authority’s budget. He 29 expressed concern that the EDA’s budget was not included in the recent meeting packet. He 30 asked if the EDA has identified how the $100,000 requested levy would be used. 31 32 President Mueller explained the City previously had tax increment financing districts in place 33 that helped the City to support economic development. She reported these districts have since 34 retired and therefore the EDA has set a $100,000 levy in order to assist with economic 35 development as well as providing financial assistance for loan programs to residents and 36 businesses in Mounds View. 37 38 5. CONSENT AGENDA 39 40 A. November 26, 2018, EDA Minutes. 41 42 MOTION/SECOND: Meehlhause/Gunn. To Approve the Consent Agenda as presented. 43 44 Ayes – 5 Nays – 0 Motion carried. 45 Mounds View EDA December 10, 2018 Regular Meeting Page 2 1 6. EDA BUSINESS 2 3 A. Skyline Project. 4 5 This item was removed from the agenda. 6 7 B. Crossroad Pointe. 8 9 President Mueller explained the EDA has been in negotiations with INH Properties. She was 10 pleased to report that a tentative agreement has been reached between both parties and staff has 11 been directed to draft documents. She noted a public hearing would be held regarding this 12 project in January 2019. 13 14 Jim Illies, INH Properties, provided the EDA with a presentation on the Crossroad Pointe 15 Redevelopment project. He described the changes that had been made to the market rate 16 apartments after discussing the project with an architect. He reported the project would be 4-17 stories with the 1st floor being used for underground parking. It was noted each unit would have 18 one underground parking space and one surface parking space. He commented further on the 19 common area and outdoor amenities that would be included in the project. He described the 20 combination of units that would be included in the apartment complex, which would range from 21 studios to three-bedroom units. Further discussion ensued regarding the building materials that 22 would be used on the exterior of the apartment building. 23 24 Corey Gerads, President of Alliance Building Corporation, introduced himself to the EDA and 25 described the type of multi-tenant projects that have been completed by Alliance Building 26 Corporation. He commented further on the design and bidding process for the Crossroad Pointe 27 development. He explained there was a huge advantage to this building having underground 28 parking. He reported an architect would assist him in selecting building exterior colors. 29 30 Mr. Illies reviewed several photographs of other apartment complexes he has constructed with 31 Alliance Building Corporation with the EDA. He commented further on the potential rental rates 32 that would be charged for the apartment units. 33 34 Commissioner Gunn asked if the apartment units would have washers and dryers. Mr. Illies 35 stated each unit would have a washer and dryer. 36 37 Commissioner Meehlhause requested further information on the size of the apartment units. Mr. 38 Illies indicated the studio units would range from 570 square feet to 650 square feet. The one-39 bedroom units would be around 800 square feet and two-bedroom units would be 1,000 square 40 feet. He reported the three-bedroom units would be around 1,300 square feet. 41 42 Mounds View EDA December 10, 2018 Regular Meeting Page 3 President Mueller questioned who would manage the building. Mr. Illies stated INH would 1 manage the property. 2 3 President Mueller thanked INH for their presentation. She indicated she was looking forward to 4 this project moving forward in 2019. 5 6 C. The Boulevard. 7 8 City Attorney Riggs discussed the Boulevard project with the EDA. He described the documents 9 that had to be completed for the bonds and TIF financing for this project. He was pleased to 10 report these documents were ready to move forward. 11 12 MOTION/SECOND: Gunn/Meehlhause. To Waive the Reading and Adopt EDA Resolution 13 18-EDA-317, Approving Subordination Agreement and Assignment of Contract for Private 14 Development and Tax Increment Financing. 15 16 Ayes – 5 Nays – 0 Motion carried. 17 18 7. REPORTS 19 20 Commissioner Meehlhause reported the Mounds View Business Council would be meeting on 21 Wednesday, December 12th at 7:30 a.m. at The Mermaid. 22 23 8. NEXT SPECIAL EDA MEETING: Thursday, December 27, 2018 at 6:00 p.m. 24 NEXT EDA MEETING: Monday, January 9, 2019 at 6:00 p.m. 25 26 9. ADJOURNMENT 27 28 President Mueller adjourned the EDA meeting at 6:35 p.m. 29 30 Respectfully submitted, 31 32 33 Recorded and transcribed by: 34 Heidi Guenther 35 TimeSaver Off Site Secretarial, Inc. 36 Item No: 7A Meeting Date: January 7, 2019 Type of Business: EDA City Administrator Review: ______ City of Mounds View Staff Report To: Economic Development Authority From: Brian Beeman, Assistant City Administrator Item Title/Subject: Resolution 19-EDA-319 Electing and Appointing Officers to the Mounds View Economic Development Authority (EDA) Background Article 3, Section 3.1 of the EDA by-laws state that the President, Vice-President, Treasurer and Secretary shall be elected annually at the first meeting of the year. The EDA officers for 2018 were as follows: President: Carol Mueller Vice President: Sherry Gunn Treasurer: Gary Meehlhause Secretary: Al Hull Discussion January 7, 2019, is the first EDA meeting of the year. In accordance with the EDA Bylaws, the EDA is required to appoint its officers at this meeting. Recommendation Staff recommends that the EDA appoint officers and approve attached EDA Resolution 19-EDA-319. Respectfully submitted, ________________________ Brian Beeman EDA RESOLUTION 19-EDA-319 CITY OF MOUNDS VIEW COUNTY OF RAMSEY STATE OF MINNESOTA RESOLUTION ELECTING AND APPOINTING 2019 OFFICERS TO THE MOUNDS VIEW ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY WHEREAS, Minnesota Statutes Section 469.096 addresses officers, duties and organizational matters relating to an Economic Development Authority; and WHEREAS, the Mounds View Economic Development Authority (the “Authority”) has adopted Bylaws that govern the operation and function of the Authority; and WHEREAS, Minnesota Statutes Section 469.096 require the Authority to annually elect certain officers of the Authority – the President, Treasurer, and Secretary; and WHEREAS, the Authority Bylaws require the Authority to annually elect certain officers of the Authority - the President, Vice-President, Treasurer and Secretary - at the first meeting of the year. NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that the Mounds View Economic Development Authority hereby elects the following individuals to serve as the officers of the Authority for 2019 as noted below: President: ____________________________ Vice-President: ____________________________ Treasurer: ____________________________ Secretary: ____________________________ Adopted this 7th day of January, 2019. ________________________________ , President ATTEST: ________________________________ Nyle Zikmund, Executive Director (SEAL)