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MINUTES
ECONOMI C DEVE LOPME NT AUTHORI TY
ST. LOUIS PARK , MIN NE SOTA
Monday, November 7, 1994
1. Call to Order
The meeting was called to order at 7:00 p.m. by President Hank s.
2. Roll call
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The following Commi ssioners were present at roll call: Jeff Jacobs, George Haun, All en
Friedman , Ron Latz, Robert Young, Gail Dorfin an and Lyle Hank s.
Al so present were the Executive Director (Mr. Meyer); City Attorney (Mr. Steilen); Director of
Comm unity Development (Mr. Hagen); and Acting Public Works Director (Mr. Moore).
3. Approval of mi nutes
It was moved by Commi ssioner Jacobs, seconded by Commi ssioner Dorfin an, to approve the
mi nutes of the October 3, 1994 meeting. The motion passed 7-0.
4. Approval of agenda
It was moved by Commi ssioner Jacobs, seconded by Commi ssioner Haun, to approve the agenda
for November 7, 1994. The motion passed 7-0.
5. Reports
a. Victoria Village
Commi ssioner Latz said there was a recent neighborhood meeting with a rather thorough
discussion on a lot of the issues re this proposal. It was his sense that most of the concerns are
being addressed and that the project in its present form is generally acceptable to the people who
attended the meeting. Financial concerns remain to be discussed as well as additional work the
developer will be doing.
It was moved by Commi ssioner Latz, seconded by Commi ssioner Jacobs, to proceed with #I
recomm endation in staff's report, to wit establish an inform al meeting either as part of or separate
from a study session to discuss the use of tax increment financing and the nature of the
redevelopment contract with those present at the neighborhood meeting and other interested
parties.
Commi ssioner Latz was concerned about the Authority incurring any additional attorney expenses
at this time in light of some recent representations by the developer that he is retooling some of
the development to meet some engineering an d other statutory concerns.
Commi ssioner Young added that at the meeting there were reservations expressed from some in
attendance relative to if this is to be senior housing that that be guaranteed in wri ting in any
agreement.
The motion passed 7-0.
b. Approval of construction plan s for retail/cinema building: Tower Place
Richard Wicka, Frauenshuh Compani es, said they had no additions or comm ents to make, that the
plan s are as appeared on PUD schematic.
It was moved by Commi ssioner Haun, seconded by Commi ssioner Jacobs, to approve an
am endment to the PUD .
The motion passed 7-0.
Commi ssioner Friedman was concerned that in this an d recent redevelopments, all the parkin g
seems to be concentrated in front along the streets/hi ghways with no trees blocking the parkin g
lot. He hoped better screenin g would be plann ed for future redevelopments.
Commi ssioner Haun said the majority of the landscaping is not even in yet so it's impossible to
envision what the area will really look like in the comi ng years.
c. Resolution accepting Frontier's work on piling foundation system on Tower Place parking
ram p - Resolution 94-6
It was moved by Commi ssioner Jacobs, seconded by Commi ssioner Haun, to adopt Resolution
EDA 94-6.
The motion passed 7-0.
6. Other business - None
7. Comm unications and bills
a. Monthly financial statement
It was moved by Commi ssioner Jacobs, seconded by Commi ssioner Haun, to approve. The
motion passed 7-0.
b. Vendor claims
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It w as m oved by C ommi ssioner Jacobs, seconded by C ommi ssioner L atz, to appro ve an d
authoriz e paym ent. The m otion passed 7-0.
8. A djournm ent
It w as m oved by C ommi ssioner Ja cobs, seconded by C ommi ssioner H aun, to adjourn the m eetin g
at 7:13 p.m . T he m otion passed 7-0.
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