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MINUTES
ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY
ST. LOUIS PARK, MINNESOTA
December 3, 1990
l. Call to order
President Keith Meland called the meeting to order at 7:00 p.m.
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The following commissioners were present at roll call: George Haun, Allen
Friedman, Jane Tschida and Keith Meland.
Also present were the Executive Director, Director of Community Development,
City Attorney and Director of Finance.
3. Approval of minutes
It was moved by Commissioner Tschida, seconded by Commissioner Haun, to
approve the· minutes of the November 5, 1990 and November 20, 1990 meetings.
The motion passed 4-0.
4. Approval of agenda
It was moved by Commissioner Haun, seconded by Commissioner Tschida, to
approve the agenda for December 3, 1990. The motion passed 4-0.
5. Reports
a. Barton-Aschman/TRKLA reaction to Suburban Plumbing proposal
It was moved by Commissioner Haun, seconded by Commissioner Tschida, to
ask that Suburban Plumbing work with Barton-Aschman/TRKLA to the point
of reaching some conclusion of what is to be done in that area.
The motion failed 3-l (Commissioner Friedman opposed).
The Executive Director, to clarify, that even though the motion failed,
staff is not to discontinue working with Suburban Plumbing or in any way
be unresponsive.
Tschida
Commissioner/said that was correct as far as she was concerned.
Commissioner Haun asked for a timeframe since there was not an EDA meeting
on Dec. 17. He assumed it would be brought up at the next possible EDA
meeting.
Commissioner Friedman said he voted no as he understood the motion to
be that staff would work with the consultant.
Commissioner Haun clarified his motion, to wit, staff be directed to work
with Suburban Plumbing but the information to be made available to Barton-
Aschman.
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It was moved by Commissioner Friedman, seconded by Commissioner Haun,
that staff work with Suburban Plumbing re their proposal and that information
be shared with the consultant but that the consultant not be paid to do
any direct work on this proposal until the Suburban Plumbing results are
made available to staff/EDA.
Commissioner Haun asked for clarification that no additional fee for working
with Suburban Plumbing would be charged by Barton-Aschman.
The Executive Director felt this was really a matter for Suburban Plumbing
to move forward on. He did not see the consultant in a hands-on position
at this point.
The motion passed 4-0.
6. Unfinished business
None.
7. New business
a. Possible acquisition of property (closed meeting).
The commission recessed at 7:11 into closed session returning to the chambers
at 7:17 p.m.
8. Communications and bills
a. November 30, 1990 financial statement
Commissioner Friedman had questions re the financial statement. He questioned
the two legal firm fees. He thought the City was to be reimbursed for
some of the revenue bond funding. It was ascertained the fee was for revenue
bonding previously undertaken for the TIF districts.
The Director of Community Development said that one of the law firms served
as underwriter's counsel and the other served as the EDA's bond counsel.
In answer to Commissioner Friedman's question about expenditures in the
TIF district, the Director of Community Development said the statement
was for the 11 months ending Nov. 30, 1990. The Director of Finance answered
Commissioner Friedman's question about refunded bonds.
It was moved by Commissioner Friedman, seconded by Commissioner Tschida,
to accept the financial report for filing. The motion passed 4-0.
b. Claims
It was moved by Commissioner Tschida, seconded by Commissioner Haun, to
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approve the claims list and authorize payment.
Cammi ssioner Friedman expressed his concern over the expenditure of monies
for legal services, particularly on bonding matters. He. did not feel the
fees were commenserate with the amount of hours worked. He asked that
staff look into that for the future.
The motion passed 4-0.
c. EDA meeting study session Wed., Dec. 19 at 7:00 p.m.
9. Adjournment
It was moved by Commissioner Friedman, seconded by Commissioner Haun,
to adjourn the meeting at 7:28 p.m. The motion passed 4-0. '-a pi ·e s i
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