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07-22-2009 EDAMEDA Board Meeting Main Conference Room — City Center 11:30 AM Wednesday, July 22nd, 2009 Meeting Minutes Members present in bold. Members Tim Ulrich Diane Gordon Steve Jansick Chad Czmowski Jim Haugen Mike McGraw Staff Miles Seppelt, EDA Director Ryan Miller, EDA Assistant Jeremy Carter, Finance Director Liaison Bill Corby, Chamber President Call to Order Mr. Ulrich called the meeting to order at 11:33 AM. Approve Agenda No action. III. Review Meeting Minutes A. June 24th Board of Directors Marc Vaillancourt M /S /P: Vaillancourt, McGraw to approve June 24th Board of Directors' Minutes as written. Passed unanimously. B. June 17th Finance Team M /S /P: Jansick, Ulrich to approve June 17th Finance Team Minutes as written. Passed unanimously. IV. Review of June Financial Statements — Finance Director • In operations the EDA has $106,900 in cash available, $22,736 is reserved (proceeds of Warrior land sale) • First half taxes have come in, a total of $72,909. In addition we've had $500 in rental revenue for the month. • In the Economic Development Loan Fund we have $78,445 in cash available. • In addition we have a receivable of $32,461 for work done of the Stritesky Property. • Notes receivable total $92,225 and all loans are performing as required. • For the month we've had $2,258 in loan prepayments. • In the Downtown Revolving Loan Fund we have $366,193 in cash, $732,901 in loans receivable and $149,999 as a capital asset — that being the four Cenex lots on 3 d Avenue. • Loan repayments for the month totaled $9,104. • In the MIF Loan Fund we have $118,321 in cash available and outstanding loans totaling $590,993. • For the month we have received $8,553 in loan repayments. M /S /P: Vaillancourt, Haugen to approve the June Financial statements as presented. Passed unanimously. V. Director's Report A. Cenex Redevelopment update ■ Staff is aiming for a final closing on the properties by July 31St B. Industrial Park Grant • Still awaiting word from the Federal Government on the status of our $950,000 grant application. • The apparent low bid contractor has agreed to hold their bid price until September 15th C. Atomic Crane Corp. • The project has a new name: "NuCrane Manufacturing" • Looks like the project is moving ahead, with site work commencing shortly. D. County EDA ■ The next step will be a workshop with the EDA Exploratory Committee and the McLeod County Board on Tuesday, August 4th E. BR & E Project ■ EDA staff will be working with Chamber staff to complete the last few business visits in the manufacturer's census project. Once done all survey results will be compiled and a final report put together. F. Customer Elation Claim (update) ■ Braun Intertec has agreed to drop the final invoice to Customer Elation. G. Wetherell Property (update) ■ EDA Staff has obtained three quotes to have the Wetherell house hooked up to the city sewer system. It will be up to the Wetherell's to decide if they want to have the work done at their own expense and continue renting the property. VI. EDA Budget 2010 Staff presented a draft EDA Budget for 2010. Key points included: ■ Assumed zero rent ■ Levy kept at 1.525% $165,024 ■ City wage freeze ■ Line Item cuts in: ➢ Wages, Temporary employees (intern) ➢ Office supplies ➢ Professional Services ➢ Postage ➢ Travel /school /conference ➢ Printing & publishing ➢ Improvements to land (Gateway) ➢ Machinery & Equipment The budget for Taxes & Assessments was increased slightly to account for actual expenditures in that area. Staff noted that by keeping the levy amount at 1.525% of the city's tax capacity the EDA would receive $165,024 for 2010. M /S /P: McGraw, Vaillancourt to approve the budget as presented and request a levy amount of $165,024. Passed unanimously. VII. Cenex Property / Railroad Right -of -Way Discussion was held on the 3 d Avenue ( Cenex) redevelopment project. Staff updated the Board on the progress of the Wright - Property clean -up and upcoming steps. Staff also reviewed the status of the other properties in the area. The four lots of the Cenex site total 47,521 square feet and the two Wright lots total 8,243 square feet — giving an overall total between the six lots of 55,764 square feet. The key to successfully redeveloping the site might be the addition of the former railroad right -of -way located between the six lots acquired and the Crow River — this would add another 76,307 square feet. If combined, the entire site would total 132,071 square feet, approximately 3.03 acres. The former railroad right -of -way has a gravel portion of Les Kouba Parkway running over it at present. There is no dedicated street right -of -way, and that portion of road serves no purpose. Another factor to consider is that the area is in a "shore land district" so only 25% of the site can be covered with impervious surfaces (building & parking lot). More than anything, this makes the addition of the railroad right -of -way a critical piece of the redevelopment effort. M /S /P: McGraw, Czmowski to ratify the recommendation of the Finance Team (Requesting City Council permission to add the railroad right -of -way to the redevelopment site and permission to incorporate gravel removal, site filling & grading and planting of grass into the neighboring Les Kouba Parkway project ). The motion passed unanimously. Further discussion was held on the closing date for the four Cenex Lots and how the taxes should be pro- rated. M /S /P: Jansick, Haugen to pro -rate the taxes as of May 1 st. Passed unanimously. VIII. Industrial Park Financing Discussion was held on the status and structure of funding for the industrial park infrastructure project. The Finance Team has reviewed this and recommended that regardless of the funding structure, there should be no special assessments on the industrial park lots. After further discussion it was decided that until we know the outcome of the Federal grant application no decisions can be made. No action was taken. IX. Grant & Loan Applications Sign & Awning Grants CORE Exercise Studio 101 Park Place $2,000 M /S /P: Vaillancourt, Haugen to approve the grant request. Passed unanimously. Venus Salon & Spa — Pulkerbek (2006) 47 Main Street North $675 The applicants had received a Sign & Awning grant of $1,325 back in 2006. Their sign suffered wind damage however and they are now requesting the balance of the allowable grant to assist them with repairs. M /S /P: Haugen, Jansick to approve the grant request. Passed unanimously. X. Other Business — Customer Elation Request to exit the JOBZ Program. Customer Elation has requested permission to exit from the JOBZ program due to the administrative burden it places on the company. All of their job and wage requirements would remain in place and the property will go back onto the property tax rolls. M /S /P: Vaillancourt, Haugen to approve the request of Customer Elation to leave the JOBZ program. Passed unanimously. XI. Chamber Update • RiverSong was successful. • The "Hometown Golf Challenge" is scheduled for July 27tH • There will be two Business After Hours events in August: "Best Buy" and "My Inspiration." • The Arts & Crafts festival is scheduled for September 18th & 19tH XII. Set Next Meeting — August 26th XIII. Adjourn The meeting was adjourned at 12:50 PM. Respectfully Submitted, Miles R. Seppelt EDA Director