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Home My WebLink About2000/10/16 - ADMIN - Minutes - Economic Development Authority - RegularArth CITYOF ST. LOUIS PARK SC2MN=r OFFICIAL MINUTES ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY ST. LOUIS PARK, MINNESOTA OCTOBER 16, 2000 1. Call to Order President Young called the meeting to order at 7 :25 p.m. 2. Roll Call The following Commissioners were present at roll call:, Jeff Jacobs, Christ Nelson, Susan Sanger, Sue Santa, and President Robert Young. Jim Brimeyer and Ron Latz arrived at 7:27 p.m. Also present were the City Manager (Mr. Meyer); City Attorney (Ms. Poehler); Economic Development Coordinator (Mr. Kleve); Director of Community Development (Mr. Harmening); and Recording Secretary (Ms. Olson). 3. Approval of Minutes a. Approval of Economic Development Authority minutes of October 2, 2000 meeting ) The minutes were approved as presented with a minor correction. 4. Approval of Agenda 4a. Approval of agenda of October 16, 2000 meeting It was moved by Commissioner Nelson, seconded by Commissioner Sanger, to approve the agenda. The motion passed 5-0. 5. Reports Sa. Vendor Claims It was moved by Commissioner Jacobs, seconded by Commissioner Nelson, to accept the all reports for filing. The motion passed 5-0. 6. Old Business - None 7. New Business 7a. Excelsior Boulevard Corridor Traffic Study Tom Harmening, Director of Community Development presented a staff report, explained how the traffic counts were completed by BRW, and recommended approval. EDA Minutes -2- October 16, 2000 Mayor Jacobs asked if there were any weekend counts included. Mr . Harmening stated that there were no weekend counts involved in the traffic study. Comm issioner Young asked if there was any ongoing enforcement effort being made related to the cut through on 38" Street. Mr . Meyer, City Manager explained how the police department was more involved after the completion of Phase I of the Traffic Study. Commi ssioner Sanger was concerned about the cost of the study and asked what the justification was for the cost increase. Mr . Harmening explained the magnitude and scope of work that was involved in modeling what would happen from a traffic situation over a 15 year period of time over a very large area. Commi ssioner Nelson asked why the Origin Destination Survey was only PM Peak- period. The representative from BRW, Inc explained the different travel pattern between the AM peak period and PM peak period and stated that the entire project would be completed by late February 1 or early March 1, 2001. President Young stated that he had some concerns about the high cost of the survey and was concerned that no matter how much was spent there would continue to be skepticism when the results came out. It was moved by Councilmember Nelson, seconded by Councilmember Jacobs, to authorize execution of a contract with BRW, Inc. for Phase II of the Excelsior Boulevard Corridor Traffic Study. The motion passed 7-0. 7b. Approval of DTED and Met Council Resolutions to allow MSP Real Estate to submit supplemental grant applications for environmental clean-up funds for the Mill City site at Hwy 7 and Louisiana. EDA Resolution No.'s 00-14 and 00-15 Tom Kleve, Economic Development Coordinator presented a staff report and recomm ended approval. Commi ssioner Sanger asked if supporting the supplemental grant applications would have any kind of impact on the City's ability to seek grants to help with clean-up at other sites in the City. Mr . Kleve stated that there could be an impact, but explained that if the application was completed in a different year it would not be a factor. Commissioner Nelson comm ended the developer for their commi tment to the project. EDA Minutes -3- Ar ggEry October 16, 2000 Mr. Meyer, City Manager stated that State agencies desired to have successful grant project and when a project resulted in the clean-up of a badly contaminated site there was a positive impact and developed a good track record with the agencies. It was moved by Councilmember Latz, seconded by Councilmember Jacobs, to adopt EDA Resolution No. 00-14 approving a DTED Contamination Cleanup Supplemental Grant application and EDA Resolution No. 00-15 Met Council Tax Base Revitalization Account supplemental application. The motion passed 7-0. 8. Communications and Bills - None 9. Adjournment President Young adjourned the meeting at 7:40 p.m. President J T )