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HomeMy WebLinkAboutEDA - December 16, 2014L N I T Y O F —9 DOVE 1685 CROSSTOWN BOULEVARD N.W.. ANDOVER, MINNESOTA 55304 . (763) 755 -5100 FAX (763) 755 -8923 • WWW.AN DOVE RM N.GOV ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY MEETING December 16, 2014 6:00 p.m. Conference Rooms A & B 1. Call to Order — 6:00 p.m. 2. Approval of Minutes (November 18, 2014 Regular) 3. Discuss Andover Station North Land Sale 4. Other Business S. Adjournment 1685 CROSSTOWN BOULEVARD N.W. • ANDOVER, MINNESOTA 55304 • (763) 755 -5100 FAX (763) 755 -8923 • WWW.ANDOVERMN.GOV TO: Economic Development CC: Jim Dickinson, City Administrator FROM: Michelle Harmer, Deputy City SUBJECT: Approval of Minutes DATE: December 16, 2014 INTRODUCTION The following minutes were provided by Staff reviewed by Administration and submitted for EDA approval: November 18, 2014 Regular DISCUSSION The minutes are attached for your review. ACTION REQUIRED The EDA is requested to approve the above minutes. Respectfully submitted, � Michelle Hartner Deputy City Clerk Attach: Minutes 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 41 42 43 44 45 46 47 ANDOVER ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENTA UTHORITYMEETING NOVEMBER 18, 2014 - MINUTES A meeting of the Andover Economic Development Authority was Gamache, November 18, 2014, 6:01 p.m., at the Andover City Hall Andover, Minnesota. Present: Commissioners Sheri Bukkila, Ton; Trude, Timothy Cleven and Joyce 7 Absent: None Also present: Community Development Director, Executive Director, Jim Dickinson APPROVAL OF MINUTES October 21, 2014, Councilmember ' Family Fun Fest. Motion Mr. Carlberg indi Block 1, Andover on the purchase al money. one, M to order by President Mike Crosstown Boulevard NW, Mike Knight, Julie "business booths" added after the Minutes as amended. Motion carried AGREEMENT WITH MISSION n working with Mission Development on the sale of Lot 2, Addition. Mission Development has asked for an extension e 1, 2015 and will provide $10,000 in non - refundable earnest Commissioner Bukkila stated she is not willing to extend the purchase agreement and wants staff to continue to market the parcel. Commissioner Howard agreed. The consensus of the EDA is to continue to market the parcel and deny the purchase agreement extension and $10,000 earnest money. EDA ACTIVITY UPDATES Mr. Carlberg updated on the following: 10 11 12 Andover Economic Development Authority Meeting Minutes — November 18, 2014 Page 2 2015 Andover Business Development Day — 216 surveys were sent out to Andover businesses, not many surveys were returned. The surveys that were returned, the general consensus is that the event is held at a bad time of the year or they don't golf. Commissioner Twistol provided a handout of other ideas for the event. Events were discussed. Commissioner Trude suggested working off what events are successful, such as the Home Show and the Fun Fest. President Gamache suggested staff contact the two chambers for ideas and find out what 13 Andover businesses are members. 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 41 42 43 44 Mr. Carlberg stated he will contact the two chambers and bring the information back to a future meeting. The consensus of the EDA is to not have the golf event in 2015. Andover Station (Bunker) Area Medians — Prairie Restorations installed additional plantings in the medians at their cost. Mickman Brothers has evaluated the existing irrigation system and discovered the irrigation system was shut off for the Walmart median work, water was left in the pipes and froze. Therefore a complete placement would be necessary. According to Prairie Restorations the plantings done in early November do not require an irrigation system. Crosstown/Bunker Redevelopment Sites — Peer Engineering has submitted a reimbursement application for testing and engineering costs from the State Petroleum Tank Release Compensation Fund. Parkside at Andover Station — The closing occurred on October 30, 2014 with Brad Povlitzki on the purchase of the 4 -plex lots along the south side of 139`" Avenue. ANDOVER STATIONNORTH UPDATE Dynamic Sealing Technologies, Inc. (13901 Jay Street) — The closing for the purchase of the 7.26 acre parcel is set for December 31, 2014. Measurement Specialties (aka TE Connectivity) (1711 -139`" Lane) — A Certificate of Occupancy was issued on November 13, 2014. A December 11t` ribbon cutting is planned for 9:00 a.m. with a tour of the facility to follow. REDEVELOPMENT DISCUSSION/UPDATE Mr. Dickinson indicated staff is monitoring the area. Staff is also working with a local realtor Andover Economic Development Authority Meeting Minutes — November 18, 2014 Page 3 1 with knowledge of the area. A Market and Rental Analysis is being completed, this analysis will 2 be provided to the property owners. Staff will continue to monitor the area. 4 APPROVE LMCIT LIABILITY COVERAGE — EDA 5 6 Mr. Dickinson stated the League of Minnesota Cities Insurance Trust (LMCIT) has requested that 7 participating FDA's annually decide whether or not to waive the statutory tort liability limits 8 established by Minnesota Statutes 466.04. Currently the City of Andover EDA Does Not Waive the 9 monetary limits on municipal tort liability established by Minnesota Statutes 466.04. It is his 10 recommendation to continue with past practices. 11 12 Motion by Knight, Seconded by Bukkila, to approve the LMCIT Liability Coverage and to not waive 13 the monetary limits on tort liability established by Minnesota Statutes 466.04. Motion carried 14 unanimously. 15 16 REVIEW /APPROVE 2015 EDA BUDGET 17 18 Mr. Dickinson reviewed the 2015 EDA Budget. 19 20 Commissioner Trude suggested EDA members attend the Ehlers Public Finance conference. 21 22 Motion by Bukkila, Seconded by Howard to recommend the proposed 2015 EDA Budget for 23 approval to City Council. Motion carried unanimously. 24 25 DISCUSS POTENTL4L 2015 CDBG PROJECTS 26 27 Mr. Carlberg explained the City can make application for federal funds that are dispersed to 28 Anoka County for qualifying projects. Staff is looking for direction from the EDA on submitting 29 an application and for what type of project. 30 31 Mr. Dickinson indicated in the past applications had been made for the purchase of a 4 -plex. 32 Those types of applications seem to be denied. He suggested submitting an application for areas 33 that don't have city water. 34 35 Mr. Carlberg indicated Poppy Street south of Bunker Lake Boulevard is one area without water 36 and is a concern. 37 38 The EDA directed staff to find areas in the city without city water and bring them to a future 39 meeting for discussion. 40 41 OTHER BUSINESS 42 43 There was none. 44 Andover Economic Development Authority Meeting Minutes — November 18, 2014 Page 4 ADJOURNMENT 2 3 Motion by Bukkila, Seconded by Howard to adjourn. Motion carried unanimously. The meeting 4 adjourned at 7:00 p.m. 5 6 Respectfully submitted, 7 9 Michelle Hartner, Recording Secretary TO: CC: C I T Y Nno' O 1685 CROSSTOWN BOULEVARD N.W. • ANDOVER, MINNESOTA 55304 • (763) 755 -5100 FAX (763) 755.8923 • WWW.CI.ANDOVER.MN.US EDA President and Board Jim Dickinson, Executive Direc FROM: David L. Carlberg, Community SUBJECT: Discuss Sale of Lot 1, Block 1, Andover Station North Yd Addition DATE: December 16, 2014 REQUEST The EDA is requested to discuss the potential sale of Lot 1, Block 1, Andover Station North 3`4 Addition. BACKGROUND Information for this item will be presented at the meeting. ACTION REQUESTED The EDA is requested to provide direction to staff on how the EDA would like to proceed. Respectfully submitted, David L. Carlberg Attachments Location Map 9 C' I 1' 1 [ 7 i ND60VER^� Map N Disclaimer: Maps and documents made available to the public by the City of Andover are not legally recorded maps or surveys and are not intended to be used as such. The maps and documents are created as part of the Geographic Information System (GIS) w _ e that compiles records, information, and data from various city, county, state and federal resources. Copyright © 2013 City of Andover, All Rights Reserved s Printed 12/05/2014