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Home My WebLink About11-25-2024 EDA CITY OF MOUNDS VIEW ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY MEETING AGENDA MOUNDS VIEW CITY HALL Monday, November 25, 2024 6:00 p.m. 1. CALL TO ORDER 2. ROLL CALL: President Meehlhause, Vice President Lindstrom, Commissioner Cermak, Gunn, Clark 3. APPROVAL OF AGENDA 4. CONSENT AGENDA A. Approval of Minutes: August 26, 2024 5. SPECIAL ORDER OF BUSINESS A. None 6. PUBLIC COMMENT Citizens may speak to issues relating to economic development and not on the agenda. Before speaking, please give your full name and address for the minutes. Also, please limit your comments to three minutes. As a reminder, public comment is for addressing the Economic Development Authority only. Comments or concerns regarding staff must be submitted in writing to the Mayor or City Administrator. Failure to respect these guidelines will result in the President asking you to cease commenting and asking you to return to your seat. That said, is there anyone here for public comment? 7. EDA BUSINESS A. EDA Resolution 24-EDA-375, Appointing Members to the Economic Development Commission 8. REPORTS A. None 9. NEXT EDA MEETING: December 9, 2024 at 6:00 p.m. Mounds View City Hall 10. ADJOURNMENT PROCEEDINGS OF THE MOUNDS VIEW EDA 1 CITY OF MOUNDS VIEW 2 RAMSEY COUNTY, MINNESOTA 3 4 Regular Meeting 5 August 26, 2024 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 Meehlhause called the meeting to order at 6:30 p.m. 13 14 2. ROLL CALL: President Meehlhause, Commissioner Cermak, Commissioner Clark, 15 Commissioner Gunn, Vice President Lindstrom, and Executive Director Zikmund. 16 17 NOT PRESENT: None. 18 19 3. APPROVAL OF AGENDA 20 21 MOTION/SECOND: Gunn/Clark. To Approve the August 26, 2024, Agenda as presented. 22 23 Ayes – 5 Nays – 0 Motion carried. 24 25 4. CONSENT AGENDA 26 27 A. Approval of Minutes: April 22, 2024. 28 29 MOTION/SECOND: Lindstrom/Cermak. To Approve the Consent Agenda as presented. 30 31 Ayes – 5 Nays – 0 Motion carried. 32 33 5. SPECIAL ORDER OF BUSINESS 34 35 None. 36 37 6. PUBLIC COMMENT 38 39 None. 40 41 7. EDA BUSINESS 42 43 A. EDA Resolution 24-EDA-374, Approving the Preliminary EDA Property Tax 44 Levy Request for Fiscal Year 2025. 45 46 Mounds View EDA August 26, 2024 Regular Meeting Page 2 Finance Director Bauman requested the EDA approve the preliminary EDA property tax levy 1 request for fiscal year 2025. She explained the City was required to submit a preliminary levy to 2 the County by September 30, 2024. She indicated the EDA levy for 2025 would be an amount not 3 to exceed $160,000. She reported this amount could be reduced between September and 4 December, but could not be increased. 5 6 MOTION/SECOND: Clark/Gunn. To Waive the Reading and Adopt Resolution 24-EDA-374, 7 Approving the Preliminary EDA Property Tax Levy Request for Fiscal Year 2025. 8 9 Ayes – 5 Nays – 0 Motion carried. 10 11 8. REPORTS 12 13 None. 14 15 9. NEXT EDA MEETING: Monday, September 9, 2024 at 6:00 p.m. 16 17 10. ADJOURNMENT 18 19 President Meehlhause adjourned the meeting at 6:35 p.m. 20 21 Respectfully submitted, 22 23 24 Recorded and transcribed by: 25 Heidi Guenther 26 Minute Maker Secretarial 27 Item No: 7A Meeting Date: November 25, 2024 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 24-EDA-375, Appointing Members to the Economic Development Commission (EDC) Background The Economic Development Commission (EDC) is comprised of seven members – three business representatives and four resident representatives. The terms are three years. Jason Helgemoe, Jim Freichles, and Gary Stevenson’s terms expire December 31, 2024. According to the Mounds View City Code Section 408.03: The Commission shall be composed of seven (7) equal voting members, including three (3) business representatives and four (4) residents, appointed by the Authority Board of Commissioners based on the recommendation of the Economic Development Commission, from the applications submitted. Members shall have diverse qualifications with practical experience consisting of, not limited to, but including one (1) of the following areas: economics, finance, accounting, real estate, social services and marketing. There were three openings and three applications were received. Jason Helgemoe and Jim Freichles are reapplying for another term as a Business Representative, while Gary Stevenson is reapplying as a Resident Representative. Discussion Staff received three (3) applications, two for the Business Representative openings and one for the Resident Representative opening. The EDC considered the applications at their November 21st meeting and they are recommending that the EDA consider appointing Jason Helgemoe and Jim Freichles as the Business Representatives and Gary Stevenson as the Resident Representative to the EDC with their terms starting January 1, 2025 and expiring December 31, 2027. Recommendation Consider EDA Resolution 24-EDA-375, a resolution appointing members to the Economic Development Commission (EDC). Respectfully submitted, ________________________ Brian Beeman Assistant City Administrator Attachment: 24-EDA-375 A Resolution Appointing Members to the Economic Development Commission (EDC) County EDA RESOLUTION 24-EDA-375 CITY OF MOUNDS VIEW COUNTY OF RAMSEY STATE OF MINNESOTA A RESOLUTION APPOINTING MEMBERS TO THE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT COMMISSION (EDC) WHEREAS, the Economic Development Commission (EDC) consist of members appointed by the Economic Development Authority (EDA); and WHEREAS, there are three (3) vacant seats on the EDC effective January 1, 2025; and WHEREAS, Jason Helgemoe and Jim Freichels’s and Gary Stevenson’s EDC term seats expire on December 31, 2024; and WHEREAS, City Staff received three (3) commission applications; and WHEREAS, the EDC considered the applications at their November meeting and is recommending Jason Helgemoe and Jim Freichels as the Business Representatives and Gary Stevenson as the Resident Representatives for a full three (3) year term to be appointed to the EDC by t he EDA; NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, that the EDA does hereby appoint the following below to the EDC: Name Term Expiration Jason Helgemoe December 31, 2027 Jim Freichels December 31, 2027 Gary Stevenson December 31, 2027 Adopted this 25th day of November, 2024. ________________________________ Gary Meehlhause, President Attest: ________________________________ Nyle Zikmund, Executive Director (SEAL)