EDA Minutes 05-13-2009MINUTES
CITY OF MONTICELLO ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY
Wednesday, May 13, 2009
6:00pm
1. Call to Order:
Chairman Demeules called the meeting to order and declared a quorum at 6:00pm.
Roll Call:
The following Commissioners were present:
President Bill Demeules
Vice President Dan Frie
Commissioner Bill Fair
Commissioner Bob Viering
Commissioner Bill Tapper
Council Member Brian Stumpf
Council Member Tom Perrault
Absent: none
Also present Executive Director Megan Barnett
2. Approve minutes:
There were no minutes to approve.
3. Consideration of additional agenda items:
Staff requested to discuss a joint EDA and Planning Commission meeting in June.
4 Approval of EDA invoices:
MOTION BY VIERING TO APPROVE INVOICES SECONDED BY TAPPER. MOTION
CARRIED. 7-0
Commissioner Tapper stated that in his opinion the invoice from Kennedy & Graven was
excessive.
5. Consideration of approving revisions to the EDA Bylaws.
Staff reviewed this item is a follow up to last month's meeting regarding the date of the annual
meeting. Due to the fact the Bylaws were being asked to be revised, staff took a quick overview
look at the Bylaws and cleaned up a few minor sections. The changes made were to reflect
current practices such as how the agenda is formatted, naming the Executive Director as
Recorder instead of Secretary, and a few additional grammar changes.
MOTION BY TAPPER TO ADOPT THE PROPOSED CHANGES TO THE EDA BYLAWS
IN ADDITION TO AMENDING SECTION 1 TO STATE "THEIR" AND SECTION 7 TO
STATE "VOICE VOTE OR ROLL CALL VOTE AS DETERMINED BY THE CHAIR"
SECONDED BY VIERING.. MOTION CARRIED. 7-0
Tom Perrault questioned the roll call vote language. Perrault stated current practice is to vote by
mass not by roll call. Perrault also stated grammar change should be included under Section 1
when referring to the Executive Director.
7. Request from John Chadwick to purchase 13.67 acres of Industrial Land:
Staff stated Mr. Chadwick is requesting the City to purchase property he currently owns located
adjacent to the City owned industrial park. At this time staff is not recommending moving
forward to actively negotiate a purchase agreement with John Chadwick.
Mr. Chadwick made a short presentation providing history on the property and informing the
EDA he is requesting the City to purchase 13.6 acres of industrial land he currently owns at a
discounted price is purchased in a cash transaction or a fair price if terms could be defined.
The EDA discussed whether this is an appropriate time to purchase the property.
Commissioner Fair stated it is his opinion the City had already completed preliminary analysis
on how this subject property could be designed with road and utility infrastructure. It may be
beneficial for Staff to review past layouts and bring this information back to the EDA.
MOTION BY FRIE TO TAKE NO ACTION AT THIS TIME SECONDED BY STUMPF.
MOTION CARRED 6-1. FAIR OPPOSED
8. Marketing:
Economic Development Director updated the EDA on upcoming marketing and business
retention effects.
9. Executive Director Report:
Barnett stated the City Council recently received the TIF Analysis and Management Plan
presentation. The next steps will be for staff to meet with Rusty and tabulate input from both the
City Council and EDA. Staff will then work on putting together recommendations for follow up
action items. This is anticipated to occur in June. In July, the EDA will most likely be asked to
adopt the plan and review staff's recommendations in an effort to encourage the Management
Plan be utilized as a working document.
Staff reviewed the City owned property map distributed to the EDA. Commissioner Frie stated
the City should market properties that do not have a greater redevelopment purpose. The EDA
generally concurred individual HRA owned residential pieces should be looked at in conjunction
with Habitat for Humanity opportunities. The EDA stated staff should research additional
properties owned by the HRA that are not currently appearing on the map provided.
Commissioner Viering stated he would recommend the City wait to actively market the
commercial/industrial properties on the map until a comprehensive look is taken.
Additional Items:
Staff asked the EDA members if they would be able to attend a June 2, 2009 joint EDA and
Planning Commission FiberNet Monticello presentation.
10. Adjourn
MOTION BY FRIE TO ADJOURN SECONDED BY TAPPER. MOTION CARRIED. 7-0.
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