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Hugo City Council Meeting Minutes for July 18, 2011 Page 3 of 8 Approve Livable Communities Demonstration Account (LCDA) Development Grant Application for Former Stock Lumber Site There are grants available through the Metropolitan Council's Livable Communities Demonstration Account (LCDA) for redevelopment projects. Pete Sampair, owner of property on the southwest corner of 145th Street North and CSAH 61, has asked for help from the City to apply for the available grants. Staff has been working with Mr. Sampair on a Pre -Development Grant for planning of the redevelopment of the property. The proposed activities include surveying the property, preliminary redevelopment plans, stormwater management studies, soil testing, and updating a market study for downtown. The City will be the applicant on the grant as required by the Met Council. If the grant is approved, a grant agreement will be completed between the City and the Met Council that will outline the requirements for the reimbursement. Adoption of the Consent Agenda approved RESOLUTION 2011-17 IDENTIFYING THE NEED FOR LIVABLE COMMUNITIES DEMONSTRATION ACCOUNT FUNDING AND AUTHORIZING AN APPLICATION FOR GRANT FUNDS. Approve Annual Performance Review for Public Works Worker Jeff Maas Jeff Maas was hired by the City of Hugo on July 24, 2006 as a Public Works Worker and has worked for five years in the Public Works Department. Adoption of the Consent Agenda approved the annual performance review for Public Works Worker Jeff Maas. Approve Resolution Removing Parcels in Bald Eagle Industrial Park from the Tax Increment Financing District During the 2011 budget process, City staff proposed the administrative elimination of 40 of the 41 parcels from the Bald Eagle Tax Increment District. This action will add over $586,000 in tax capacity for pay 2012. These parcels can be eliminated without the need for a public hearing. Staff has prepared a resolution for Council consideration that directs Washington County to decertify and remove these parcels for TIF District No. 1-1. Adoption of the Consent Agenda approved RESOLUTION 2011-18 AUTHORIZING REMOVAL AND DECERTIFICATION OF CERTAIN PARCELS FROM THE CITY'S TIF DISTRICT NO. 1-1. Approve New Master Joint Powers Agreement with Minnesota Department of Public Safety Bureau of Criminal Apprehension City Attorney Dave Snyder is requesting that the City of Hugo enter into a Joint Powers Agreement with the Minnesota Department of Public Safety Bureau of Criminal Apprehension (BCA). This agreement allows Eckberg Lammers Law Firm to access the BCA's Minnesota Criminal Justice Data Communication Network on behalf of the City of Hugo. This network provides data that will benefit the City's attorneys at Eckberg Lammers. Adoption of the Consent Agenda approved the Joint Powers Agreement with Minnesota Department of Public Safety Bureau of Criminal Apprehension.