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HomeMy WebLinkAbout2002 [04] Apr 174-17-02 Page 1 of 2 CITY OF ST. JOSEPH ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY Meeting Minutes -Wednesday, April 17, 2002 Present: Bruce Gohman, Mayor Larry Hosch, Bob Loso, Mike Deutz, Ross Rieke (4:10 p.m.) Also present: Joanne Foust of Municipal Development Group and Joe Bettendorf, City Engineer with S.E.H. President Gohman called the meeting of the St. Joseph EDA to order at 4:05 p.m. Agenda: Moved by Loso, seconded by Duetz to approve the agenda as presented. All in favor, the agenda was approved. Minutes: Moved by Loso seconded by Hosch to approve the minutes of the March 20, 2002 EDA meeting as presented. Minutes were approved 4:0. Riecke arrived at 4:10 p.m. Accounts Payable: Moved by Loso, seconded by Deutz to approve the March Accounts Payable in the amount of $1,731.85. With all in favor of the Motion the Accounts Payable were approved 5-0. St. Joseph Business Park Updates Joe Bettendon`, City Engineer, was present to provide updates on St. Joseph Business Park. He noted the city has advertised for bids for the public improvements including street and storm sewer in Elm Street and utilities, street and storm sewer in 15~h Avenue. Storm water drainage requirements within the park were also discussed. He noted the pond was designed to hold run-off from a 100-year storm. Each site within the park needs to grade its lot to control run off to six cubic feet per second (CFS), as there is a 48- inch outlet which is sized fora 10-year storm. The size of temporary holding areas on each site will be dependent upon the amount of surface coverage on the lot. Each development in the city will have different rates of run-off dependent upon pipe size. EDA members thanked Bettendorf for clarifying this. Commercial Redevelopment A preliminary report containing potential sites for redevelopment along with possible public funding sources to assist with projects was reviewed. EDA members requested the Knight Builders site be removed. They suggested contacting them to see if they have a re-use in mind for the building as they are moving to Indian Hills Business Park. EDA members inquired about the city's interest in the site. Moved by Deutz, seconded by Hosch to direct MDG to send the letter to property owners of the sites identified in the Redevelopment Report, removing 35 College Street and adding the two homes west of Sal's Bar (Snyder) and to continue to identify additional future sites. All in favor, the motion was approved 5-0. Project Updates 4-17-02 Page 2 of 2 A report outlining communication with various contacts was included in the EDA's packet. A brief overview of several projects was provided by Foust. TIF 1-3 Update An update on the status of TIF funds for District 1-3 was provided. The county is in the process of collecting the distributed TIF dollars which were inadvertently sent to the school, city and county in 2001. Once received, the county will provide the TIF payment to the city for payment to Borgerts. Board Member Announcements: Gohman noted there may be an opportunity for the EDA to submit the brochure created in 2000 for an award. He requested MDG investigate this. He also inquired about the status of a business park brochure that had been in process early in 2001. He requested MDG check with Elness Design as to the status. Deutz reported that the Chamber of Commerce is working on a beautification project along College Avenue from Co. Road 75 to the south, which includes the installation of streetlights. He inquired if the EDA could assist financially or assist with grant requests to organizations such as Quest, Xcel, Stearns Electric, Astound, US Cable, etc. for the 67 light poles and 20-30 patterns of pavers around the bases of light poles. The light poles will be the same design as the poles along Minnesota Street. The estimated cost is $150,000 for the poles plus $100,000 in other expenses for a total of $250,000. EDA members concurred that this is an important economic development project and requested MDG investigate potential funding sources as this is the gateway to the community. Deutz also suggested that the ratio of commercial/industrial tax base to residential tax base in St. Joseph be shared with the Chamber of Commerce by MDG as it relates to other communities and goals. He noted this would assist in educating the community on the need for commercial and industrial development. Next Meeting The next official meeting of the EDA may be moved from May 15, 2002 to May 8, 2002, depending upon the receipt of information from VicWest. Notices will be sent. Adjournment Moved by Loso, seconded by Deutz to adjourn. All voted in favor of adjournment, the EDA meeting adjourned at 5~0 p.m. ~ j ~ ,c~y,/i:~:~G-~t~ L~ ~~Zti~ 2