HomeMy WebLinkAbout[05d] Project UpdatesCITY OF ST. JOSEPH
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Administrator
Judy Weyrens
Mayor
Al Rassier Date: February 18, 2009
Councilors Memo To: EDA Members
Steve Frank City Administrator Weyrens
Bob Loso
Renee Symanietz Memo From: Cynthia Smith-Strack, MDG, Inc.
Dale Wick
RE: Project Updates
Background:
Following are a few updates on projects we've been addressing:
1. Campus residency requirement change. The City Council is expected to approve
the contract with SCSU on February 19th. The study is underway with Carolyn
Yaggie Heinen functioning as the liaison between CSB/SJU and SCSU. The hand
drawn maps reviewed at the previous meeting have been converted to GIS data.
2. Several Minnesota non-profit agencies have been awarded $6.3 million in grants
from the Federal Home Loan Bank. Grants and forgivable loans will go toward
rehabbing foreclosed homes and helping new owners with a down payment. The
Stearns County HRA had applied for such assistance and asked member
communities to submit information on foreclosed homes. In St. Joseph a few
clusters of foreclosed properties in the Liberty Point development and the Sunrise
Cottage CIC were specifically mentioned to the Stearns County HRA. It's projected
the program will lead to 464 affordable housing units being created or rehabilitated
3. The article in the February 18"' edition of the St. Cloud Daily Times is correct in
stating the only transportation project in the St. Cloud area that received funding
from the federal economic stimulus package was the extension of 28'h Avenue in
Waite Park. The St. Cloud APO had assembledlsubmitted anumber of potential
projects to MnDOT which selected priorities.
4. New construction. The City has received site plans for review by the Planning
Commission for the construction of a new member-owned financial institution. The
building will go up next to the new CentraCare clinic. Construction will begin this
Spring.
5. New Plat. The City has received a proposed plat to split Lot One, Block One of the
Buettner Business Park into four 1.2 acre commercial lots. This site is just to the
west of the CentraCare/Coborns site. Construction of a new professional building
is proposed for April 2009 in conjunction with the new plat. Additional detail will be
forthcoming when available.
Action:
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