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• CITY[OF ST. ANTHONY HOUSING AND REDEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY MINUTES November 12, 1985 The meeting was called to order by Chair Sundland at 8:21 P.M. Present for roll call: Sundland, Vice Chair Enrooth, Secretary/Treasurer Marks, and Commissioners Ranallo and Makowske. Also present: David Childs, Executive Director; and William Soth, Attorney. During the consideration of the October 22nd H.R.A. minutes, Commissioner Makowske observed that the comments about the change in December Council dates might better have been recorded in the minutes of the Council meeting that evening instead. Motion by Secretary/Treasurer Marks and seconded by Commissioner Makowske to approve the minutes of the Housing and Redevelopment Authority meetings held October 22 and 29, 1985, with the following changes in the October 29th minutes: Page 2, para. 3: Correct spelling of "perception" in line 1 and insert "Planning" before Commission members" in line 4. Page 3, para. 2: Strike the first sentence in paragraph and substitute "Mr. Soth said" for "He said" in the second sentence. • Motion carried unanimously. Linda Donaldson of Brighton Development Corporation was present to discuss her November 6th letter requesting the H.R.A. pay 55,000 of the $8,185 in unforeseen soil corrections costs her firm had encountered when a layer of roots, not revealed by soil borings, was discovered during the excavations under Building 1, in Phase I of the Village Townhouses project. In her letter, the developer had also requested that the developers be allowed to purchase all the land remaining to be developed in Phases II and III at their November closing and that Brighton Development be granted a discount of $5,000 on that purchase which was not scheduled until the following spring. In his memorandum reporting the request, the Executive Director had indicated that, if the H.R.A. decided to assist the developers with the soil correction costs, for which he perceived the City is not responsible, the money could be paid from the $20,000 contingency fund built into the bond issue. Mr. Childs also said the early land take down would be partially offset by what he estimated would be $3,139 interest gained by the H.R.A. due to the early payment. When Commissioner Makowske expressed concern that paying a part of the soil corrections costs the H.R.A. might be admitting responsibility for soil problems in the site and might be setting a precedent for having to give assistance in the same form on the final phases if similar problems were encountered by the developers. It was explained that once this transaction is completed, the City would have no further responsibility relating to the land and the developers would accept the property as is. • The developer then said the reason for the early take down had been that Brighton Development had decided it would be a wise business decision to take advantage of the construction loan availability for the final 23 units of the project. She also said