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Home My WebLink About09-23-2019CITY OF MOUNDS VIEW ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY MEETING AGENDA MOUNDS VIEW CITY HALL Monday, September 23, 2019 6:00 p.m. 1. CALL TO ORDER 2. ROLL CALL: President Mueller, Vice President Gunn, Commissioner Hull, Commissioner Meehlhause, Commissioner Bergeron 3. APPROVAL OF AGENDA 4. CONSENT AGENDA A. Approval of Minutes: August 12, 2019 5. 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. 6. EDA BUSINESS A. Ehler’s to provide an update on redevelopment of Skyline Motel site and recommended process moving forward B. Update from Bauer Welding on expansion & vacant lot 7. REPORTS 8. NEXT EDA MEETING: October 14, 2019 at 5:30 p.m. 9. ADJOURNMENT PROCEEDINGS OF THE MOUNDS VIEW EDA 1 CITY OF MOUNDS VIEW 2 RAMSEY COUNTY, MINNESOTA 3 4 Regular Meeting 5 August 12, 2019 6 Mounds View City Hall 7 2401 Mounds View Boulevard, Mounds View, MN 55112 8 9 10 1. CALL MEETING TO ORDER 11 12 President Mueller called the meeting to order at 6:15 p.m. 13 14 2. ROLL CALL: President Mueller, Vice President Gunn, Commissioner Bergeron 15 Commissioner Hull, Commissioner Meehlhause, Finance Director Beer, and Executive 16 Director Zikmund. 17 18 NOT PRESENT: None. 19 20 3. APPROVAL OF AGENDA 21 22 MOTION/SECOND: Gunn/Meehlhause. To Approve the August 12, 2019, Agenda as 23 presented. 24 25 Ayes – 5 Nays – 0 Motion carried. 26 27 4. CONSENT AGENDA 28 29 A. July 8, 2019, EDA Minutes. 30 31 MOTION/SECOND: Bergeron/Hull. To Approve the Consent Agenda as presented. 32 33 Ayes – 5 Nays – 0 Motion carried. 34 35 5. PUBLIC COMMENT 36 37 None. 38 39 6. EDA BUSINESS 40 41 A. Resolution 19-EDA-328, Approving Assignment, Assumption, and 42 Amendment to Purchase and Development Agreement for INH Properties. 43 44 Assistant City Administrator Beeman stated the planning process is taking longer than expected 45 Mounds View EDA August 12, 2019 Regular Meeting Page 2 which will delay the closing date for Crossroad Pointe. As a result, an amendment to the 1 Purchase Agreement and Development Agreement is necessary to adjust the closing date. He 2 reported a Resolution has been prepared for the EDA’s consideration amending the Purchase and 3 Development Agreement for the Crossroad Pointe project. 4 5 President Mueller asked if the Final Plat approval required a public hearing. Finance Director 6 Beer reported a public hearing would be required. 7 8 President Mueller explained she supported the December 31, 2019 deadline. 9 10 MOTION/SECOND: Gunn/Meehlhause. To Waive the Reading and Adopt Resolution 19-11 EDA-328, Approving Assignment, Assumption, and Amendment to Purchase and Development 12 Agreement for INH Properties. 13 14 Ayes – 5 Nays – 0 Motion carried. 15 16 B. Resolution 19-EDA-329, Approving the Preliminary EDA Property Tax Levy 17 Request and Budget for Fiscal Year 2020. 18 19 Finance Director Beer stated previously the City’s economic development activities were funded 20 with tax increment revenues. These tax increment revenues were discontinued as required by 21 State Statute when the tax increment districts were decertified. This left the City with limited 22 resources to continue existing business outreach, marketing, advertising, small scale incentives, 23 property acquisitions, professional services, and staff training and development. The EDA 24 proposes to continue a levy of $100,000 for 2020. 25 26 Finance Director Beer explained the City’s EDA is requesting that the City Council levy on 27 behalf of the EDA $100,000 to support the stated activities within the City of Mounds View. 28 The EDA has been authorized with joint powers of an Economic Development Authority (EDA) 29 and a Housing and Redevelopment Authority (HRA). The EDA may choose to establish either 30 an EDA levy or an HRA levy, or both, to fund the above activities. The proposed EDA budget of 31 $238,130 was reviewed noting there will be changes as additional information becomes 32 available. Staff noted once the levy amount is set, the levy cannot be increased but can be 33 lowered. A Truth-In-Taxation meeting will be held December 2, 2019 at 6pm at City Hall. The 34 final levy will be adopted on or about December 9, 2019. 35 36 President Mueller indicated this was the same levy amount that has been requested in years past. 37 Finance Director Beer reported this was the case. 38 39 MOTION/SECOND: Hull/Bergeron. To Waive the Reading and Adopt Resolution 19-EDA-40 329, Approving the Preliminary EDA Property Tax Levy Request and Budget for Fiscal Year 41 2020. 42 Mounds View EDA August 12, 2019 Regular Meeting Page 3 1 Ayes – 5 Nays – 0 Motion carried. 2 3 7. REPORTS 4 5 None. 6 7 8. NEXT EDA MEETING: Monday, August 26, 2019 at 5:30 p.m. 8 9 9. ADJOURNMENT 10 11 President Mueller adjourned the meeting at 6:26 p.m. 12 13 Respectfully submitted, 14 15 16 Recorded and transcribed by: 17 Heidi Guenther 18 TimeSaver Off Site Secretarial, Inc. 19 The Mounds View Vision A Thriving Desirable Community Item No: 6A Meeting Date: September 23, 2019 Type of Business: EDA Business Administrator Review: ____ City of Mounds View Staff Report To: EDA President and Commissioners From: Brian Beeman, Assistant City Administrator Item Title/Subject: Ehler’s to Provide Update on Redevelopment of Skyline Motel site and Recommended Process Moving Forward Introduction: Ehler’s, the City’s Financial Consultant, has been in contact with Commercial Investors Group (CIG) who has proposed building a hotel on the Skyline Motel site. CIG informed the team that the financial feasibility study came back indicating that a hotel at that site will not be financially feasible. Therefore, Ehler’s attempted to contact other hotel developers without success. Discussion: Ehler’s will update the EDA on the redevelopment site and offer recommendations and a strategy moving forward. Strategic Plan Strategy/Goal: Create and maintain a positive business climate where businesses want to locate and remain in Mounds View. Maximize utilization of development space and current redevelopment sites. Fill vacant space and support redevelopment & development. Financial Impact: None Recommendation: Hear Ehler’s update and recommendation and ask questions as needed. Direct staff accordingly. Respectfully submitted, ________________________ Brian Beeman Assistant City Administrator Attachments: 1. None. The Mounds View Vision A Thriving Desirable Community Item No: 6B Meeting Date: September 23, 2019 Type of Business: EDA Business Administrator Review: ____ City of Mounds View Staff Report To: EDA President and Commissioners From: Brian Beeman, Assistant City Administrator Item Title/Subject: Update from Bauer Welding on Expansion & Vacant Lot Introduction: Bauer Welding has a vacant lot adjacent to the Skyline Motel EDA property. Bauer has indicated that they intend to expand their facility which would consume a portion of the vacant lot. Discussion: A representative from Bauer Welding will be present to update the EDA on their expansion project and intentions with the remaining vacant lot. Strategic Plan Strategy/Goal: Create and maintain a positive business climate where businesses want to locate and remain in Mounds View. Maximize utilization of development space and current redevelopment sites. Fill vacant space and support redevelopment & development. Financial Impact: None Recommendation: Hear an update from Bauer Welding, ask questions as needed. Respectfully submitted, ________________________ Brian Beeman Assistant City Administrator Attachments: 1. None.