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OFFICIAL MINUTES
ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY
ST. LOUIS PARK, MINNESOTA
February 7, 2000
1. Call to Order
President Young called the meeting to order at 7: 07 p. m.
2. Roll Call
The fo llowing Commissioners were present at roll call: Jim Brimeyer, Jeff Jacobs, Ron Latz,
Chris Nelson, Susan Sanger, Sue Santa, and President Robert Young.
Al so present were the Executive Director (Mr. Meyer); Economic Development Coordinator (Mr.
Kleve); and Recording Secretary (M s. Olson).
3. Approval of Minutes
a. Approval of Economic Development Authority minutes of January 3, 2000
meeting
The minutes were approved as presented.
( ) 4. Approval of Agenda
4a. Approval of agenda of February 7, 2000 meeting
It was moved by Commissioner Jacobs, seconded by Commissioner Sanger, to approve the
agenda. The motion passed 7-0.
5. Reports
Sa. Vendor Claim Report
It was moved by Commissioner Jacobs, seconded by Commissioner Sanger, to accept the report
fo r filing. The motion passed 7-0.
Sb. Vend or Claim Report
It was moved by Commissioner Jacobs, seconded by Commissioner Sanger, to accept the report
fo r filing. The motion passed 7-0,
6. Old Business - None
7. New Business
7a. Public Hearing to Consider CSM Business Subsidy Agreement and
Development Agreement. EDA Resolution No. 00-01
EDA Meeting Minutes -2- February 7, 2000
Mr. Kleve, Economic Development Coordinator presented a staff report. He noted that as part of
the B u siness Subsidy A ct (M innesota Statues 116 J.9 93-116 J.9 95), the EDA was required to hold
a public hearing befo re gra nting a business subsidy and a copy of the pro po sed B u siness Sub sidy
A greem ent w ith C S M w as lo cated in the develo pm ent agreem ent as Section 3.6.
Ri chard P alm iter, R ott lund H om es and D ave C arlan, C S M were present to answer any questions
specific to the project.
C om missioner Brimeyer asked what the status was of the negotiations with the other properties.
Ri chard Palm iter, R ott lund H om es indicated that he had the oppo rt unity to present pur chase
agreem ents fo r tho se tw o individual lots and each tim e the ow ner said that he w ould no t co m e
back and counter offer tho se. M r. P alm iter stated that his goal w as to reach a su ccessfu l
conclu sio n w ith fu rther negotiatio n s.
P resident Y oung opened the public hearing.
It w as m oved by C o m m issioner S anger, seconded by C o m m issio ner B rim eyer, to cl o se the public
bearing on th e business subsidy agreem ent and appro ve E D A R esolutio n N o . 00 -0 1 ado p ting the
develo pm ent agreem ent and bu siness subsidy agreem ent w hich is incorpo ra ted into the
develo pm ent agreem ent w ith C S M H ospitality, Inc. relating to its develo pm ent of tw o hotels in
the Z art han/16 th Street T ax Increm ent F inance D istrict. T he m otion passed 7-0 ,
7b. Resolution to Commence Eminent Domain on a Billboard located 1332
Zarthan Avenue. EDA Resolution No. 00-02
C o m m ission er L atz stated that althoug h he disagrees w ith a num ber of his colleagu es abo ut
w hether the C ity ought to rem ove all billbo ards, he believed that in this particular circum stance
that rem oval of this billboard w ou ld be appro priate to fa cilitate the redevelo pm ent of this site and
he w as in supp o rt of this resolu tio n.
It w as m oved by C o m m issioner S ang er, seconded by C o m m issio ner S anta, to adopt E D A
R esolu tio n N o . 00-02 authorizing E m inent D om ain P ro ceeding s to acqu ire certain real pro p ert y
interests (billbo ard at 1332 Z art han A venue) as described in E xhibit A of the R esolutio n. T he
m otio n passed 7-0 ,
7c. Rottlund Development Agreement. EDA Resolution No. 00-03
It was moved by C om m issioner S ang er, seconded by C om missio ner B rim eyer, to ado pt E D A
R eso lution N o . 00-03 approv ing the developm ent agreem ent betw een the E D A and R ottlu nd
C o m pany, Inc. relating to its develo pm e nt of approximately 90 tow nhom es in the Z art han/l6 th
Street Tax Increment Financing District. The motion passed 7-0 .,
7d. Resolution to Commence Eminent Domain Proceedings on the properties in
the Zarthan Ave/l6th Street TIF District related to Rottlund's development
of approximately 90 townhomes. EDA Resolution No. 00-04
E D A Meeting Minutes -3- February 7, 2000
It was moved by Commissioner Sanger, seconded by Commissioner Brimeyer, to adopt EDA
Resolution No. 00-04 authorizing Eminent Domain Proceedings to acquire certain real property
Interests (Zarthan Avenue 16 Street TIF District) related to Rottlund's development of
approximately 90 townhomes, legally described in Exhibit A of the Resolution. The motion
passed 6-0-1. Commissioner Jacobs abstained.
7e. Mill City Tax Increment Finance District. EDA Resolution No. 00-05
Mr. Kleve, Economic Development Coordinator presented a staff report and recommended
approval.
It was moved by Commissioner Jacobs, seconded by Commissioner Latz, to approve EDA
Resolution No. 00-05 requesting the City Council to call for a public hearing on the establishment
of the Mill City Tax Increment Financing (A Redevelopment District). The motion passed 6-0.
(Councilmember Sanger was out of the Council Chambers at the time of the vote)
8. Communications and Bills - None
9. Adjournment
It was moved by Commissioner Jacobs, seconded by Commissioner Santa, to adjourn the meeting
at 7:19 p.m. The motion passed 7-0.
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