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MINUTES FOR THE EDA MEETING OF OCTOBER t 1, 2010 <br /> Fran called the EDA meeting, to order at 8:30 am. <br /> PRESENT: Jan Arcand, Tom Denaway, Phil Klein, Brian Thistle and Fran Miron <br /> ABSENT: Jim Bever and Mike Granger <br /> CITY STAFF PRESENT: City Administrator, Mike Ericson, Community Development <br /> Director, Bryan Bear, and Planner, Rachel Simone. <br /> APPROVAL OF MINUTES FOR THE EDA MEETING OF SEPTMEBER 13, 2010 <br /> Denaway made motion, Thistle seconded, to approve the minutes for the EDA meeting of September <br /> 13, 2010. <br /> All ayes. Motion carried. <br /> UPDATE ON PARK DEDICATION POLICY <br /> At its September 20, 2010, meeting the City Council considered both the EDA and Park <br /> Commission recommendations regarding park dedication fees for commercial and industrial <br /> development. The City Council directed staff to revise the park dedication ordinance by <br /> removing the requirement for commercial and industrial land/fee dedication. The ordinance <br /> will be considered by the Planning Commission on October 28, 2010. Staff will continue to <br /> update the EDA on the park dedication ordinance. <br /> UPDATE ON TIF CERTIFICATION <br /> On July 22, 2009, the request to certify the TIF district was delivered to Washington County. <br /> The EDA decided to request certification at that time, because there is a three year time limit <br /> to use buildings that have been demolished to qualify. In order for the city to reimburse itself <br /> for the purchase of the properties and the demolition, the district needed to be certified within <br /> three years of the date that the property was deemed substandard. <br /> Staff was expecting to hear back from the County on the certification this summer. Staff <br /> contacted Washington County in August and they stated that they did not receive the <br /> certification request. The request was also sent to the State of Minnesota and they were aware <br /> of the request. <br /> Over the last month staff has been meeting with Springsted to come up with options on <br /> where to go from here. There were three topics of discussion: <br /> 1. Talk to Washington County and ask them to certify the TIF district on the date of <br /> the original request. <br /> 2. Re-request certification for the TIF district. This option will not be feasible <br /> because we need to use the buildings that were demolished to quality for the TIF <br /> district and for the City to reimburse itself for the purchase and demolition. <br /> 3. Offer development incentives for property owners and developers other than TIF. <br />