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MINUTES FOR THE EDA MEETING OF JULY 12, 2010 EDA President Fran Miron called the EDA meeting, along with the Board of Commissioners, to order at 8:30 am. PRESENT: Jan Arcand, Jim Bever, Phil Klein, Brian Thistle and Fran Miron ABSENT: Tom Denaway, Mike Granger, CITY STAFF PRESENT: City Administrator, Mike Ericson, Community Development Director, Bryan Bear, and Planner, Rachel Simone. APPROVAL OF MINUTES FOR THE EDA MEETING OF JUNE 14, 2010 Klein made motion, Arcand seconded, to approve the minutes for the EDA meeting of June 14, 2010. All ayes. Motion carried. DISCUSSION ON LEASE REVENUE BONDS The City financed the City Hall and Fire Hall through the lease revenue bonding authority of the EDA. The EDA purchased and owns both of the buildings. The City has approved the refinancing the bonds. The new bonds will need to be transferred by a sale from the EDA to the City in order for the refinancing to occur. The new bonds called General Obligation Capital Improvement Bonds are scheduled to be sold by the City on July 19, 2010. Staff recommended approval of the enclosed bond resolution. Klein made a motion, seconded by Arcand, to adopt the bond resolution to transfer by sale from the EDA to the City. All aye. Motion carried. DISCUSSION ON COMMERCIAL DESIGN GUIDELINES The comprehensive plan discourages "big box" commercial buildings. The implementation portion of the plan states that the City should adopt an ordinance to limit building size in order to be consistent with the comp plan. The ordinance review committee (ORC) thought that large commercial buildings may be alright as long as they're designed correctly and instead of having an ordinance to limit building size, the same intent can be achieved with design guidelines. The EDA agreed with the ORC and stated that they would like staff to start working on design guidelines for the EDA's review. Staff made a presentation on design guidelines to get input from the EDA on the City having design guidelines. Miron talked about "big box" commercial building and that it is more about the design. Bever agreed. Thistle talked about the St. Anthony Village redevelopment project being a great development and it used design guidelines. Arcand stated the Festival Foods building would be considered a "big box" but looks great because of the design.