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HomeMy WebLinkAboutEDA - July 19, 2011ANLD6 Y O F p 0VE 1685 CROSSTOWN BOULEVARD N.W. • ANDOVER, MINNESOTA 55304 • (763) 755 -5100 FAX (763) 755 -8923 • WWW.ANDOVERMN.GOV ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY MEETING July 19, 2011 6:00 p.m. Conference Rooms A & B 1. Call to Order— 6:00 p.m. 2. Approval of Minutes (6/21/11 Regular; 6/21/11 Closed) 3. Monument Entrance/Electronic Reader Board Update © 4. EDA Project Progress Review 5. Other Business 6. Closed Session — Parkside at Andover Station Negotiations Update 7. Adjournment ND OVE 0 ANDOVER ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AUTHORITYMEETING JULY 19, 2011- MINUTES A Meeting of the Andover Economic Development Authority was called to order by President Mike Gamache, July 19, 2011, 6:00 p.m., at the Andover City Hall, 1685 Crosstown Boulevard NW, Andover, Minnesota. Present: Commissioners Sheri Bukkila, Don Jacobson, Mike Knight, Julie Trude, and Joyce Twistol Absent: Commissioner Robert Nowak Also present: Executive Director, Jim Dickinson Community Development Director, Dave Carlberg APPROVAL OF MINUTES June 21, 2011 Regular Meeting. Correct as amended. Commissioner Trude indicated on page 2, line 3 the a should be removed from the word Mobile. Commissioner Bukkila stated on page 3, line 28 after the word City the following statement should be added "by not creating additional maintenance costs to area businesses." Motion by Jacobson, Seconded by Knight, approval of the minutes as amended. Motion carried unanimously (Twistol present). June 21, 2011 Closed Meeting. Correct as amended. Commissioner Trude stated on page 1, line 26 "and note" should be added after mortgage, line 29 the apostrophe should be removed from developer's and line 30 put a period after interested, remove the word and, add "negotiated before the word cost. Motion by Trude, Seconded by Bukkila, approval of the minutes as amended. Motion carried unanimously (Twistol present). MONUMENT ENTRANCE/ELECTRONIC READER BOARD UPDATE Mr. Carlberg indicated the City Hall electronic reader board has been installed and is up and © running. Commissioner Twistol thought the sign was suppose to be higher. Mr. Dickinson stated this sign was a replacement and to have the sign taller would require an engineer to look at the wind load and to check the footings of the sign. © Andover Economic Development Authority Meeting Minutes July 19, 2011 Page 2 Mr. Carlberg stated Staff is working on the Round Lake Boulevard entrance monument sign. Mr. Carlberg handed out pictures of the easement stakes at this location. The easement is located between the second and third house in the front yard. Commissioner Knight asked why the sign cannot be placed where the current green population sign is? Mr. Carlberg indicated there would not be enough room in that area to place the permanent structure. Mr. Dickinson stated in order to place the sign in that area a new easement would need to be secured. The easement was discussed. Commissioner Jacobson suggested talking to the City of Coon Rapids about placing the sign in front of the green utility box on the Coon Rapids side. President Gamache suggested talking to the homeowners where the City has the existing easement also. The recommendation for Staff is to talk to Anoka County about using the area that the current sign is located in. 4 Mr. Dickinson asked if the next electronic reader board focus should be at Crosstown Boulevard and Bunker Lake Boulevard. The EDA agreed. A license agreement will be needed with the County for the location. EDA PROJECT PROGRESS REVIEW Mr. Dickinson updated on the following: Dynamic Sealing Technologies, Inc. — Staff has completed the commercial site plan review. The footing to grade construction has begun. One outstanding issue is the water connection fees. Mr. Dickinson indicated he has done some comparisons of what our connection fees are when dealing with large commercial projects. His findings indicate our water connection fee for commercial hook up is not competitive. The fee may need to be looked at. He asked the EDA if they would support DSTI's fee be at a more competitive rate. The EDA concurred. 20.11 Special EDA Events — Concert events at the ponds at Andover Station schedule, July 21" the Blue Drifters and August I V b will be Bellows & Brass. How the events are publicized was reviewed. President Gamache suggested checking the radio station 88. 1, they publicize local events on Saturday mornings. Community Center Shelter — He has talked to the YMCA about placing some trees by the shelter. The Y indicated the trees would be located in an "activity area". The Y was asked to © give the City some suggestions on where to plant some trees. Site Design for Parking Lot at Andover Station North — This project is currently out for bid. The project will be completed this year. © Andover Economic Development Authority Meeting Minutes July 19, 2011 Page 3 Andover Station Service Road Concept — This concept is still in discussion. Andover Station Area Medians — Prairie Restorations was out to do maintenance and weed control. The contract with Prairie Restorations expires in August 2011. www.metroMSP.orQ and City Website — Staff continues to market land for sale in Andover. Kottkes Services is no longer operating as such, that property will be marketed for something else. Potential Restaurants — The Moose & Co. site has liens attached to the property. Redevelopment — Staff is putting together a plan on how to acquire properties. CDBG money that was awarded for a project is not panning out, he proposed to the County to redirect the funds for another water line project. The County Staff liked the idea and will work on getting an extension on the funds that was allocated OTHER BUSINESS © Mr. Carlberg indicated the Andover Dog Park Committee requested permission to place a sign in Andover Station North asking for donations. The EDA agreed to allow a sign to be placed by the potential dog park area in Andover Station North with a letter of agreement indicating the sign is only temporary. The EDA recessed at 6:50 p.m. to go into a closed session. The EDA reconvened at 6:55 p.m. from the closed session. The Pov's property was discussed. Motion by Jacobson, Seconded by Bukkila, to adjourn. Motion carried unanimously. The meeting adjourned at 6:57 p.m. Respectfully submitted, Michelle Hartner, Recording Secretary H