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HRA Minutes 01-02-2002 . . . MINUTES MONTICELLO HOUSING AND REDEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY Wednesday, January 2, 2002 - 7:00 p.m. 50S Walnut Street - Bridge Room Commissioners: Chair Dan Frie, Vice Chair Brad Barger, Steve Andrews, and Darrin Lahr Absent: Council Liaison Brian Stumpf Staff Present: Ollie Koropchak, Jctl O'Neill and Lori Kraemer 1 . Cal I to Order. Chair Frie called the meeting to order at 7:05 PM. 2. Consideration to approve the November 14.2001 HRA WorkshoD minutes. A MOTION WAS MADE BY DARRIN LAHR TO APPROVE TIlE MINUTES OF THE NOVEMBER 14.2001 I IRA WORKSHOP. STEVE ANDREWS SECONDED THE MOTION. Motion carried unanimously. A MOTION WAS MADE BY STEVE ANDREWS TO APPROVE '1"1 IE MINUTES OF THE DECEMBER 5, 2001 liRA MEE'f'ING. BRAD BARGER SECONDED THE MOTION. Motion carried unanimously. 3. Consideration of addin!..': or removing items from the agenda. Koropchak added item 12 regarding the O'Connor property. Jeff CrNeil1 added to item 7 an update on the comprehensive plan. 4. Consent Agenda. None. 5. C'onsideration to armrove amending the Contract for Private Redevelopment between Master's Fifth Avenue, Inc. and the URA. Koropchak advised that at the December HRA meeting the commissioners approved additional assistance in an amount not to exceed $30,000 for parking lot development on the lIamond and Fluth/City parcel from TIF District 1-22 Surplus Dollars. The additional up-front TIF assistance will be not to exceed $30,000 upon submission of evidence of construction completion and payment . . . liRA Minutes - 01/02/02 Fluth and his architect receivcd OAT approval for design, subjcct to certain quality of cxtcrior material, on Deccmbcr 18 with the signage design referred to the Building Official. The project. no longer known as thc Amoco site, is now "Landmark Square". Attorney Greensweig amended the Private Rcdcvelopment Contract. A MOTION WAS MADE BY BRAD BARGER TO APPROVE THE AMENDMENT TO THE CONTRACT FOR PRIV ArE REDEVELOPMENT BETWEEN THE HRA AND MASTER'S FIFTH AVENUE, INC. DARRIN LAHR SECONDED THE MOTION. Motion carried unanimously. 6. Consideration to review returned non-binding letters of intent for Block 52. Koropchak advised that she met with Kathy Fros1ie (very interested), Steve Johnson (very interested). Scott Douglas (not interested but willing to make Llcadc improvements to tie in with a ncw project), Poirer (in Texas, voice-mail wenttohisattorney.mailed letter of intent to attorncy), Springborg (very interested). did not meet with I leaton (not interestcd but mailed letter of intent), and Kjellberg never returncd phone call for appointment (mailed letter of intent). Each party was asked to return the letter of intent by January 2, 2002. The intcnt of the letters was to define feasibility and boundary lines fl.w a potential project. Koropchak also stated that Steve Johnson was interested but had not gotten the letter sent off. Johnson advised that he would get the lettcr of intent to Koropchak. She noted that she wi II continue to work on this and it was noted that with the interested parties and the City lot it amounted to approx. 3/4 of the block. 7. Consideration of supporting recommendation from IDe to acquire a site for industrial development - location of the site possible Remmelc site or Industrial portion of the Gold Nw!!..':et parcel. .Jeff O'Neill provided the stall report providing the members with a copy of the updated long range land use map. I Ie noted that the City Couneil rcviewed this map several weeks ago and made their reeommendation. O'Neill noted that the upper northwest corncr is zoned industrial and this is in agrcement with the Township and thc City. O'Neill notcd that the main change in the plan is that the formcr Bohanen property is currently zoned Industrial and the change would be to split it bctween Industrial/Residential. with the residential lying adjacent to the Silver Springs Golf Course. Brad Bargcr addcd that the recommendation from the Markcting Committee was to get an industrial site plan in place and movc ahead. Koropchak advised that the 2 . . . HRA Minutes - 01/02/02 recommendation outlined in the agenda was from the IDC but she did state that the rDC had stated in their motion that they wanted "control of a site for industrial development and to commit to construction completion in 2002". O'Neill stated that he did not think that the intent was to have construction complction by 2002 as this did not seem like a logical time frame. There was discussion on whether the HRA should specify the industrial land to be the Remmclc parcel or the Gold Nuggct parcel. O'Neill advised that the City should know the status of the Gold Nugget parcel in the next few weeks and suggested thc lIRA hold oIT on the requcst for re-zoning of the Remmele parcel until that time. It was also noted that the Remmc1e parcel has utilities in place already. The lIRA asked about owning and marketing an industrial park and it was stated that thcy could do this. Oarrin Lahr stated possibly the HRA should advise the City Council and Planning Commission that they would like to own an industrial park and have a plan in place within thc next 18 months. Aftcr further discussion the HRA decided that they would like construction to begin in the Spring if 2003, with the parcel platted, utilities in place, and owned hy the City. ^ MUf'ION WAS MADE BY BRAD BARGER '1'0 RECOMMEND TO TIlE PLANNING COMMISSION AND THE CITY COUNCIL TO HAVE A COMPLETED INDUSTRIAL PARK OWNED BY TI IE !-IRA/CITY WrrH LOTS READY TO SELL IN APRIL OF 2003. DARRIN LAI IR SECONDED '['liE MOTION. Motion carried unanimously. 8. Consideration to set a date for interviewing candidates for appointment to the HRA. Koropchak advised that she ran an ad for two weeks in the shopper and Monticello Times fiJr HRA commissioners, stating there were live inquiries and that she had encouraged people to fi II out applications. There was only one application turned in by today's date. Korpchak asked if the HRA would like her to run an ad again for 2 more weeks due to the ad being previously run during the holidays and a slow response. The liRA concurred. Lahr also advised to post the ad on the bulletin board at the Community Center, in the Chambcr newsletter and use the Chamber sign on the Corner ofHwy 25/Broadway. 9. Consideration of authorizing paymcnt of December HRA bills. A MOTION WAS MADE BY DARRIN LAHR TO AUTHORIZE PAYMENT OF '1'1 IE DECEMBER HRA BILLS. RRAD BARGER SECONDED THE MOTION. Motion carried unanimously. 3 . . . ] 3. HRA Minutes - 01/02/02 ] O. Consideration of Executive Director's Report. Koropchak provided the report adding that Hans Hagen had provided a concept plan f()r the members to review. Koropchak also provided a letter hom Mike Cyr to Rick Wolfsteller, as well as Wolf"steller's response. 11. Committee Reports: Marketing - Barger - This was reported under item 7 of the agenda. ] 2. Other Business Koropchak advised that she had heard from the HRA Attorney regarding the appointed commissioner's award on the O'Connor parcel and the motion suggested by the Attorney. COMMISSIONER DAN FRIE MOVED THAT TilE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR BE DIRECTED '1'0 PAY 'n-IE AMOUNT OF DAMAGES A WARDED BY THE COURT APPOINTED COMMISSIONERS TO MICI IAEL O'CONNOR IN CONNECTION WITH THE I-IRA'S CONDEMNATION OF 218 FRONT STREET, AND THAT, IF THE OWNER APPEAL TilE AWARD, TilE HRA'S ATTORNEY BE DIRECTED TO APPEAL THE A WARD ON BEHALF OF THE liRA. THE MOTION WAS SECONDED BY COMMISSIONER BRAD BARGER, AND PASSED. Adjournment. A MOTION WAS MADE BY BRAD BARGER TO ADJOURN THE MEE'fING AT 9:25 PM. STEVE ANDREWS SECONDED THE MOTION. Motion carried unanimoLlsly. r:lJ/( 71, ~~----~.- I-IRA Chair ~.t!~ _..l._~~.______ ec rder 4