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HomeMy WebLinkAbout1999/10/18 - ADMIN - Minutes - Economic Development Authority - RegularSCANNED A(fhCITYOF ST. LOUIS PARK OFFICIAL MINUTES ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY ST. LOUIS PARK, MINNESOTA October 18, 1999 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: Jim Brimeyer, Jeff Jacobs, Chris Nelson, Susan Sanger, Sue Santa, Ron Latz and President Robert Young. Also present were the Executive Director (Mr. Meyer); Community Development Director (Mr . Harmening); EDA Attorney (Mr . Lindall); Economic Development Coordinator (Mr. Kleve); and Recording Secretary (Ms. Olson). 3. Approval of Minutes a. Approval of Economic Development Authority minutes of October 4, 1999 meeting l ) The minutes were approved as presented with the following corrections. J Page 3, Paragraph 2, change to "he would not completely rule out the use of condemnation on this or other projects in the future". Page 3, Paragraph 4, change to "Commissioner Nelson stated that he also could not foresee a circumstance in the future where he would be in favor of utilizing condemnation." 4. Approval of Agenda 4a. Approval of agenda of October 18, 1999 meeting It was moved by Commissioner Nelson, seconded by Commissioner Sanger, to approve the agenda with the addition ofltem 7b. The motion passed 6-0. 5. Reports Sa. Vendor Claim Report It was moved by Commissioner Nelson, seconded by Commissioner Santa, to accept the report for filing. The motion passed 6-0. EDA Minutes -2- October 18, 1999 6. Old Business - None 7, New Business 7a. Approval ofDTED and Met Council Resolutions to allow MSP Real Estate to submit grant applications for environment clean-up funds for the Mill City site at Hwy 7 and Louisiana Mr. Kleve, Community Development Director presented a staff report and recommended approval of both resolutions. Commissioner Sanger asked what the source of the local match for the DTED Grant would be if the DTED Grant was approved, but the Met Council Grant was not approved. Mr. Kleve stated that it would have to be evaluated at that time and noted that by committing to the resolutions the Council was not committing to accepting the funds. It was moved by Commissioner Jacobs, seconded by Commissioner Santa, to adopt a resolution approving DTED Contamination Cleanup Grant application and Met Council T ax Base Revitalization Account application. The motion passed 7-0. 7b . A m endm ent to the fin ancial assurance provisions of the Consent Decree in the case of U.S . and State of M innesota v. R eilly T ar & Chemical Corp M r. M eyer, C ity M anager presented a brief backgro und histo ry on the requ irem ents of the C o n sent D ecree w ith the F edera l E P A and other parties. C om m ission er Sanger asked if the new substituted regulations gave the City more or less fi n ancial access if needed . M r. L ind all, E D A Att orn ey stated that the pro visions of the orig in al C on sent D ecree only w ere fo r the benefit of the U.S. and the State and the City only had the ability to stand in the w ay of the change. H e recom m ended that the C ity not w ithhold appro v al sin ce th e C ity m ay w ish to seek amendment of the Consent Decree itself in the future. C om m issio n er Santa qu estioned the ur gent need of E D A appro val w ithou t any prio r notifi catio n . M r. L indall in dicated that EDA notification was delayed due to the fact that at first he didn't think EDA approval was necessary. C om m issio ner B rim eyer briefly commented on the change to the provisions and felt that this w as a go o d idea fo r the C ity because it places the bur den w here it belonged with the F edera l and State and the C ity w ould not have to m onitor this situatio n so cl o sely . EDA Minutes -3- ) I Mr. Meyer indicated that there were provisions of the Consent Decree that applied to the City that were negotiated at the time in the absence of any federal regulations where there were federal regulations now. He noted that the City had focused on amending the provisions of the Consent Decree that referred to closure plans and by establishing those closure criteria, it did not require the amendment of the Consent Decree. The Consent Decree says that we will negotiate closure criteria as time goes on. The City would like to keep the options open with Reilly and the other parties if the City does need to amend the Consent Decree. Commissioner Sanger asked if it would make sense to delay taking action to consider other amendments. l ) Mr. Meyer indicated that the time table he referred to was in years rather than in weeks. M r. Nelson asked what Reilly was required to continue to do and why did Reilly have to demonstrate financial responsibility. Mr. Meyer indicated that there were potential obligations that Reilly would continue to have and that Reilly had to provide a lot money for some of the up front capital back in 1986. However, there were provisions of the Consent Decree that applied to migration of contamination into Edina and if that was to occur, Reilly could then incur expense in dealing with some of the treatment facilities into Edina. Reilly was not off the hook under the whole term of the Consent Decree. It was moved by Commissioner Brimeyer, seconded by Commissioner Jacobs, to authorize the EDA President/M ayor to execute the stipulation agreeing to amend the financial assurance provisions of the Consent Decree in the case of U.S. and State of M innesota v. Reilly Tar & Chemical Corp., et al to reflect the financial assurance provisions established by Federal Regulation after the date of the Consent Decree. The motion passed 7-0. 8. Communications and Bills - None 9. Adjournment It was moved by Commissioner Jacobs, seconded by Commissioner Brimeyer, to adjourn the meeting at 7:45 p.m. The motion passed 7-0.