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HomeMy WebLinkAbout1993/08/02 - ADMIN - Minutes - Economic Development Authority - RegularMINUTES ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY ST. LOUIS PAR K, MINN ESOTA August 2 , 1993 MICROFILM=r 1. Call to order The meeting was called to order by Commissioner Hanks at 6:50 p.m. 2. Roll Call The following commissioners were present at roll call: Jeff Jacobs, George Haun, Larry Mitchell, Gail Dorfman and Lyle Hanks. Allen Friedman arrived shortly thereafter. Also present were the Executive Attorney (Mr. Steilen); Director Director of Community Development City Manager (Mr. Larson). 1 ) J Director (Mr. Meyer); City of Public Works (Mr. Grube); (Mr. Hagen) and Asst. to the 3. Approval of minutes of July 19, 1993 meeting It was moved by Commissioner Jacobs, seconded Mitchell, to approve the minutes of the July motion passed 5-0. 4. Approval of agenda 5. Reports Park Nicollet Medical Center I .J by 19 Commissioner meeting. The It was moved by Commissioner Jacobs, seconded by Commissioner Haun, to approve the agenda for August 2, 1993. The motion passed 5-0. a. Extension of deadline for construction commencement at Tower Place and extension of date for establishment of hazardous substance tax increment subdistrict Mr. Steilen noted that the hazardous substance tax increment subdistrict was established a couple of days later than what the contract called for so this action cleans that up. It was moved by Commissioner Jacobs, seconded by Commissioner Haun, to approve the extensions. The motion passed 5-0. b. Construction Manager agreement for the construction of Tower Place parking ramp Mr. Steilen recollected that the redevelopment agreement calls MICROFILMED for the EDA to use Frauenshuh Companies and probably there to be some formal acknowledgment by PNMC Holdings that it be agreeable for the EDA to go this route, i.e. using Anderson as the construction manager. ought would Kraus- John Decoster, PNMC Holdings, said PNMC was requesting Kraus-Anderson be designated as construction manager instead Frauenshuh Companies. that of It was moved by Commissioner Haun, seconded by Commissioner Jacobs, to authorize the Executive Director to enter into a construction manager agreement with Kraus-Anderson. The motion passed 5-0. c. Pile foundation system for the parking ramp at Tower Place It was moved by Commissioner Jacobs, seconded by Mitchell, to approve plans and specifications and staff and the EDA construction manager to advertise bids for the project. The motion passed 5-0. Commissioner Friedman arrived. 6. Unfinished business a. STS Consultants, Ltd: Contract amendment - Services at former Wilkins Pontiac site Mr. Meyer noted that because of problems encountered on the site, it was staff's recommendation that there was need for additional remediation and additional consulting services in particular. Commissioner Haun asked if the request for additional consulting services was because of the contamination situation and complexities of the project. Mr. Grube responded that the request was to supplement the original contract of $53,400 to $114,000. He said there was a significant work effort that has been and continues to be underway in order to remediate soils on the site. Commissioner Friedman was concerned about the escalation of the contract fee and not receiving information prior to tonight's meeting that it would be discussed. He did not believe in good conscience that he could vote to dispense public funds without knowing more about the escalated costs. It was moved by Commissioner Friedman to defer the amounts until the Authority is provided with information. Commissioner direct City and receive additional additional Mr. Steilen said that from the standpoint of the Authority's 8 -2-93 MICROFILMED obligation to the developer to deliver a site on he wondered if that ought to be taken into consideration. r I l ) s Commissioner Mitchell seconded but was concerned about the Sept. 1 deadline. Commissioner Friedman asked what was involved for $32,000 besides paperwork. Mr. Grube said involved in the $32,000 additional fee was the oversite for the removal of approximately 100 cu. yd. of impacted materials that are at a depth of 15-20 ft., field work oversite, report writing and finalizing four open files with MPCA. He believed bids would come in slightly under $15,000 for soi 1 removal. Commissioner Friedman felt that was alot of money for those tasks. Commissioner Haun asked to see a breakdown of the cost assessment on this project. He noted it was costing $32,000 to engineer a $15,000 project. Commissioner Hanks asked if the project would be held up if the motion passed. Commission Mitchell asked if there wasn't a way to get the questions answered but get the project done prior to Sept. 1. Mr. Grube said the project cannot go forward without approval as there needs to be a certified inspector on-site to oversee the removal of the contaminated soil, and the City does not have such a person. He suggested presenting clarification of the additional expenditure to the EDA at the Aug. 9 study session. Commissioner Hanks asked what if the EDA were not satisfied with the explanation August 9. He would hate to see the larger project jeopardized because of not having turned over the property when agreed because of an overrun. He would be comfortable with taking action tonight and having someone from STS come to the August 9 meeting to explain. There was some confusion Friedman's motion as to what the vote was. on time, Commissioner It was moved by Commissioner Mitchell, seconded by Commissioner Jacobs, to bring the motion back to the table. The motion passed 6-0. Commissioner Friedman withdrew his motion to defer. He did not wish to jeopardy this project; on the other hand, he didn't want to see the residents and businesses of the community held up either. It was moved by Commissioner Mitchell, seconded by Commissioner D o r fm a n to ap p r o v e st a f f 's re c o m m e n d a t i o n )90hatD STS be available at the August 9 study session to explain the additional charges. He asked for information on what other projects STS had done for the City as well. Mr. Steilen wondered if the contract could not be worded much like the body of staff's report which would refer to "necessary" field oversite reports and testing with emphasis on the word necessary. In this way a standard would be incorporated in the contract that would have some substance. This was agreeable to Commissioner Mitchell. The motion passed 5-1 (Commissioner Friedman opposed). Commissioner request be meeting. Friedman asked that written justification for this provided to Commissioners prior to the August 9 7. New business - None 8. Communications and bills a. Monthly financial statement It was moved by Commissioner Jacobs, seconded by Commissioner Haun, to approve. The motion passed 6-0. b. Vendor claims It was moved by Commissioner Jacobs, seconded by Commissioner Haun, to approve and authorize payment. The motion passed 6-0. 9. Adjournment The meeting adjourned at 7:20 p.m.