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HomeMy WebLinkAboutEDA MIN 07-15-03ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY (EDA) REGULAR MEETING MINUTES TUESDAY, JULY 15, 2003 CALL TO ORDER/ROLL CALL President, Murzyn called the meeting to order at 7:03 p.m. Present: Don Murzyn Jr., Patricia Jindra, Julienne Wyckoff, Bobby Williams and Bruce Nawrocki, Tammera Ericson, and Bruce Kelzenberg PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE CONSENT AGENDA "' Approval of Minutes Move to adopt the minutes of the June 17, 2003, regular meeting as presented in writing. Financial Report and Payment of Bills Move to approve Resolution 2003-09, Resolution of the Columbia Heights Economic Development Authority (EDA) approving the financial statements for June, 2003 and approving payment of bills for June, 2003. MOTION by Williams, second by Jindra, to adopt the consent agenda items as listed. All ayes. Motion Carried. ITEMS FOR CONSIDERATION RESOLUTION 2003-10~ RESOLUTION TO AMEND AND RESTATE THE BY-LAWS Streetar stated the EDA Board made and approved a motion to change the EDA meeting start time to 7:00p. m. It is stated in the By-laws the meeting time will be 6:30p. m. Therefore, staff has prepared the revised By-laws to amend and restate by Resolution 2003-10. MOTION by Nawrocki, second by Williams, to waive the reading of Resolution 2003-10, there being an ample amount of copies available to the public. All ayes. Motion Carried. MOTION by Nawrocki, second by Williams, to Adopt Resolution 2003-10, a Resolution to amend and restate the By-Laws of the Columbia Heights Economic Development Authority. All ayes. Motion Carried. ADMINISTRATIVE REPORTS KMART REDEVELOPMENT SITE Streetar stated the redevelopment plan is on schedule with the sanitary sewer analysis completed, the engineering firm of SEH will be conducting an evaluation of all the buildings in the area to determine the City's eligibility for TIF funding and a traffic analysis is underway to determine possible traffic impacts and improvements required as a result of the redevelopment. The developer plans to present the final proposal sometime in August. At the August Planning and Zoning meeting the Comprehensive Plan reguiding and rezoning of the property will be discussed. Economic Development Authority Meeting Minutes July 15, 2003 Page 2 of 3 4828 5th Street Streetar stated the Ribbon-Cutting Ceremony for the joint venture of the property at 4828 5th Street will be held on Monday, July 21st. The Open House will be from 4:30 to 6:00p. m. with the Ribbon-Cutting Ceremony at 5:30p. m. GMHC and the City purchased the non-conforming home a couple of months ago. GMHC then demolished the home and built a new single-family home, which has been sold to a current Columbia Heights resident. 4146 2Rd Street Streetar stated GMHC has purchased theproperty at 4146 2~'t Street using part of the $240,000 allocated for the City from MHFA and the Metropolitan Council. Currently, there is a single-family home on the property. GMHC will demolish the home and build 3 single-family homes, as the property has three separate lots on it. ~'~ 40464048 Central Avenue Streetar stated Raynard Nyberg, the owner of the property at 4046 and 4048 Central Avenue met with staff to discuss options for the sale and redevelopment of the property. There is a sign company, carpet store, barber and beauty shop renting out the over 5, 000 square foot building. The Fire Department has given the owner a correction letter to fix the structural problems on the second floor. Staff agreed to try and market the property to interested developers within the next month. 39th & Central Avenue Streetar stated the Columbia Heights Rental business has been negotiating on the property located behind White Castle on Central to build and relocate. The owner has indicated they will be out of their current location by the end of the year and have already discussed some very detailed plans for the new site with the City Planner. Burger King is still looking at the Jelly & Beans site to rebuild on. 37th & Stinson Streetar stated he met with Gerry Herringer, who owns the Apache Plaza Mall on 37th & Stinson. Herringer indicated the City helped him sell and redevelop the Kmart property that he also owned and wondered if they could also work with him on the 37t~ & Stinson site. Streetar stated the redevelopment site would incorporate the Apache Theater and the strip mall. Ideas for redevelopment of the sites are some senior market rate housing and building a new City liquor store. Streetar recommended the City consider purchasing the development property using bonds, as the current interest rate is very low. The funds would be used to acquire, relocate and redevelop the properties. Streetar suggested holding a special meeting between the EDA and Ehlers where the pros and cons of Bonds would be addressed. Murzyn requested staff set up this bond meeting. 3955 University Schumacher stated Haugland will put up a marketing sign on the site. They are looking at doing a 1.8 million dollar construction project on the corner of 40th & University. Schumacher has been in contact with Mike Sweat, owner of MGS to purchase the property to complete the redevelopment project. Sweat indicated a couple of weeks ago he was negotiating on a site on Central Avenue. To date, Sweat has not given staff a purchase amount for his property. Staff recommended sending a letter to them laying out the condemnation steps that may have to be followed in order for the City to acquire the property for redevelopment. Williams asked how long a quick-take procedure would take. Streetar stated it would take approximately 4 months. Economic Development Authority Meeting Minutes July 15, 2003 Page 3 of 3 Murzyn requested staff and a couple of EDA commissioners meet with Mr. Sweat to discuss the purchase and then if no response after 2 to 3 weeks, the City should go forth with the condemnation process. Schumacher will set up the meeting with Mr. Sweat. Industrial Park Redevelopment Schumacher stated Schaffer-Richardson is contacting all of the business owners around his property about purchasing and redeveloping as much of the area around his site. Schaffer-Richardson might ask the City for help with condemnation if they run into problems with a property owner not' wanting to sell. The MPCA Voluntary Investigation and Clean Up grant was been approved and a mobile lab will be set up in August. 4833 University Avenue " Schumacher stated he was been working with Collins Auto Body on the purchase of 4833 University to expand his business. Last month the EDA requested staff get a bid from Brown Contracting for demolition of the home. Brown Contracting bid $9,300 for the demolition. Staff recommended making a counter offer of $ 70, 000 with Collins demolishing the home as part of the purchase agreement, which would be a $5,000 increase from the original offer. Murzyn directed staff to make the counter offer. 37th & Central Avenue Schumacher stated Mohamed Samaha, Puerta Villarta Restaurant owner has agreed to sell his property and will let staff know what amount he is asking next week. This would allow the City four properties along the 3 7th & Central block for redevelopment. Parkview Villa Management Bids Nawrocki asked when the HIM boardmembers will see the Parkview Villa Management bids. Streetar stated five bids were received and will be presented to the HIM at their August 19th meeting at ?arkview Villa. Staff will be sending out the bid books to boardmembers a week or so prior to the meeting. ADJOURNMENT MOTION by Williams, second by Ericson, to adjoum the meeting at 8:13 p.m. Respectfully submitted, Cheryl Bakken Community Development Secretary H:~DAmmutes2003\7-15-2003 LU II II II