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Home My WebLink About1992/06/01 - ADMIN - Minutes - Economic Development Authority - RegularM I N U T E S E C O N O M I C D E V E L O P M E N T A U T H O R I T Y S T . L O U I S P A R K , M I N N E S O T A J u n e 1, 1992 <·CROFILMED l. Call to order The meeting was called to order by President Meland at 6:30 p.m. 2. Roll call l ) o The following Commissioners were present at roll call: Jeff Jacobs, George Haun, Lyle Hanks, Gail Dorfman and Keith Meland. Also present were the Executive Director, City Attorney and Director of Community Development. 3. Approval of the minutes of the May 4 and May 11, 1992 meetings It was moved by Commissioner Hanks s seconded by Commissioner Jacobs to approve the minutes. The motion passed unanimously. I4. Approval of agenda It was moved by Commissioner Jacobs, seconded by Commissioner Haun, to approve the agenda for June l, 1992. The motion passed unanimously. 5. Reports a. Rental Assistance for Family Stabilization Program - Resolution 92-1. The Executive Director briefly outlined this item. It was moved by Commissioner Hanks to approve Resolution 92-l with the addition that the Authority would like a report back at the end of the year. Commissioner Jacobs seconded. Commissioner Jacobs hoped to recoup some of staff's time and cost in monitoring this program out of the Grant. He did not want to see inordinante time spent by staff on administering the program. Commissioner Dorfman had some concerns of this program in that it will benefit i ndi vi duals who are not St. Louis Park residents. She tried to clarify with Employment Action Center if all participants, not just the two-thirds as specified in the Resolution, could be St. Louis Park residents, but was unable to do so. She saw a situation where people would move to the City to take advantage of this program. She felt there were enough people eligible already living in St. Louis Park, many currently waiting for Section 8 housing. She noted that St. Louis Park currently helps fund Employment Action Center through CDBG. President Mel and asked the Executive Di rector if there were a way to process the program in such that a way that there is a deadline to receive the 25 vouchers from City residents', the City could then seek non-residents. ED A m in u te s Ju n e 1, 19 9 2 Pag e 2 Co m m is s io n e r Jac o b s w an te d to m ake su re th e Cit y co u ld in v o ke th e se c o n d i t i o n s s i n c e t h e m o n e y c a m e f r o m e l s e w h e r e . C o m m i s s i o n e r H a n k s f e l t t h e q u e s t i o n s r a i s e d s h o u l d b e d i r e c t e d t o t h e H o u s i n g A u t h o r i t y fo r th em to ad d re ss sin ce th ey w ill be adm in is te r in g t h e p r o g r a m . T h e m o t i o n p a s s e d 5 -0 . It was moved by Commissioner Haun, seconded by Commissioner Jacobs , that the Authority receive a quarterly report on the activities dealing with this program. Commissioner Hanks questioned the need of a quarterly report, feeling once yearly would suffice. Commissioner Haun: felt that reporting once yearly did not give the Authority any opportunity to tackle problems that might arise throughout the year. The Executive Director said this was no problem. The motion passed 4-1 (Commissioner Hanks opposed). 5b. County Road 25/France Ave./Minnetonka Blvd. improvement plan It was moved by Commissioner Hanks, seconded by Commissioner Haun, to proceed with the landscaping project, that the plans/specs be reviewed at a special EDA meeting to be held on June 8, 1992 at 6:00 p.m. and request NSP that the maximum number of overhead poles be removed from the islands, that placement of temporary traffic signals be explored for the triangle area. Commissioner Haun said the consensus from all the people he had spoken with was to go ahead with landscaping, but if costs are to be incurred by homeowners/businesses, they were not interested. He said he'd love to see the poles removed but ' a cost of approximately $200,000 for a two-block area was out of the question. He was concerned about setting a precedent in TIF districts if the Authority went ahead with paying hookup costs. Commissioner Hanks felt removing poles from a two-block area but leaving all the rest in place would hardly be an improvement overall. He felt strongly that getting rid of as many post as possible in the triangle area was important. It was his feeling undergrounding should be put on hold at this point and that landscaping of the islands should be effected. Commissioner Dorfman was hesitant to put anything on hold at this point because cost figures/information from NSP is not complete. The motion passed 5-0. ED A m i n u t e s J u n e 1 , 19 9 2 P a g e 3 IiCROFILMED l ) J 5c. Traffic report: Excelsior Blvd./Hwy. 100 This report recommended a traffic impact study at the captioned intersect- ion. It was moved by Cammi ssioner Jacobs to refer the matter to a study session. He also felt it should go out to bid. Commissioner Hanks seconded the referral. Commissioner Hanks asked for clarification on points (1) and (2) of staff's report. The Director of Public Works said that although Barton- Aschman has been working with staff for some time, those two areas -- anticipated traffic conditions along Excelsior Blvd. in the vicinity of Tower Place as Tower Place/Park Nicollet develops and anticipated area-wide traffic conditions as a result of the proposed Tower Place development -- have not yet been addressed. Commissioner Hanks thought this had already been assigned to the consult- ant as evidenced by the proposal for a road to run north-south to help alleviate traffic. Commissioner Dorfman agreed it ought to be referred to a study session. She would 1 ike more detai 1 about the National Surface Transportation authorization. No appropriation has been passed yet. It was her understand- ing it gives states more flexibility. She did not think the Authority should go into this believing 80% of any project would be funded with Federal funds. She would like to know how many actual dollars will be available to allocate to cities for projects like this. If the dollars are available, would they be available for the study itself. Commissioner Haun wondered if this wasn't premature in light of the fact negotiations with Park Nicollet are barely started. In many meetings, reference had been made re upgrading Wooddale/Excelsior Blvd. He had a problem with bringing up the whole Town Center concept because the constituency has been supportive of Phase I and he wouldn't want to see them now overwhelmed with a lot of new, expanded information on traffic concerns. He al so was not happy with the previous consultants' suggestions and agreed with Commissioner Hanks. President Meland recalled a significant, large-scale traffic study had been conducted some 10 years ago. He suggested staff take a look at that study to determine its relevance to today. The motion to defer passed 5-0. 6. Unfinished business - None I 7. New business __) a. Fee schedule for EDA attorney It was moved by Commissioner Jacobs, seconded by Commissioner Hanks, to approve a 5% rate increase retroactive to Jan. 1, 1992. The motion passed 5-0. ED A minutes June l , 1992 Page 4 b. Set public hearing for July 6, 1992 meeting re Tower Place Redevelopment Agreement It was moved by Commissioner Hanks, seconded by Commissioner Jacobs, to set the public hearing for July 6 and that notice be sent to area residents/businesses. The motion passed 5-0. 8. Communications and bills a. May 1992 financial statement It was moved by Commissioner Jacobs, seconded by Commissioner Hanks, to receive for filing. The motion passed 5-0. b. Claims It was moved by Commissioner Hanks, seconded by Commissioner Jacobs, to approve and authorize payment of the claims. The motion passed 5-0. 9. Adjournment The meeting adjourned at 7:18 p.m. Executive Director