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Home My WebLink About01-13-11 HEDRA MinutesHastings Economic Development and Redevelopment Authority 6:00 pm Hastings City Hall Minutes of January 13,2011 HEDRA CommissionersDennis Peine,Pam Holzem, Ron Toppin, Kurt Keena, andDanna Elling Schultz,present HEDRA CommissionersAbsent: Bob Hollenbeck, and,Anthony Alongi Staff present: Community DevelopmentDirector John Hinzmanand Community Relations Specialist Shannon Rausch. Q: UORUM A quorum was establishedand the meeting was called to order, by Chair Kurt Keenaat 6pm with fourmembers present. I. M INUTES Commissioner Holzem motioned to approve the minutes from the December 9, 2010 meetings, Commissioner Peine seconded the motion. Motion approved 4-0 III.B ILLS Commissioner Toppin moved to pay the bills. Commissioner Holzem seconded the motion. Motion Passed 4-0 Commissioner Elling Schultz Arrived 6:05 IV.B USINESS A. Election of Officers. Commissioner Keena nominated Ron Toppin as President of the Hastings EDRA, Dennis Peine as Vice President. Commissioner Keenaalso nominated Pam Holzem as Treasurer. Commissioner Elling Schultz motioned that the entire slate be approved, Commissioner Keena seconded the motion. Chair Keena handed the gavel to Chair Toppin Motion passed 5-0 Commissioner Elling Schultz motionedto reappoint Community Relations Specialist Shannon Rausch as Secretary of the Hastings EDRA, City Finance Director Char Stark as Assistant Treasurer, and designate City Attorney Dan Fluegel and Robert Deike as legal counsels. Commissioner Holzem secondedthe motion. Motion passed 5-0 B. Block 29 Temporary Parking Lot MN/Dot has proposed to convert a portion of Block 29 to a temporary gravellot to serve businesses affected by the temporary closure of on-street parkingalong Vermillion th Street. Block 29 is located south of 4Street betweenVermillion Street and Sibley Street and is owned by HEDRA.MN Dot anticipates the parking lot will be used from mid March to June 1st The parking lot would likely be posted as with a two hour parking limit(similar to Vermillion Street) to ensure space is available for customers.In 2009 HEDRA and Stotko Speeding entered into a PreliminaryDevelopment Agreement. Stotko Speedling has reviewed the proposed plansand do not object to the temporary use. Commissioner Elling Schultz motioned to authorize signature of the Zero Dollar Permit to allowMN/DOT to construct a temporary gravel parking lot on Block 29and to sign it “TEMPORARY CONSTRUCTION PARKING.” Commissioner Keena seconded the motion. Motion passes 5-0 C. Block 16 Parking Lot Agreements At the December 20, 2010 meeting, the City Council authorized signature of agrant agreement with Metropolitan Council to provide $600,000 of fundingfor construction of a nd parking lot on Block 16 (corner of Tyler & 2Streets, next to the existing depot) toserve the future Red Rock Transitway needs. The grant agreement requiressignature of a ground lease agreement between Met Council and HEDRA fora period of 40 years. HEDRA would agree to use the property as a parking lotduringthat period, and could also use the parking lot for other public usesprovided it does not interfere with the primary transit parking lot use. Since the grant agreement was signed with the City (as required by MetCouncil), but the parking lot is owned byHEDRA, an assignment andassumption agreement is necessary between the City and HEDRA forcompletion of the project. The grant assignment would transfer grantobligations from the City to HEDRA. Commissioner Keena motioned to authorize signature of the Ground Lease Agreement withMetropolitan Council.Commissioner Elling Schultz seconded the motion. Motion passed 5-0 Commissioner Keena authorize signature of the Assignment and Assumption Agreementbetween HEDRA and the City of Hastings.Commissioner Holzemseconded the motion. Motion Passed 5-0 IV.R&I EPORTSNFORMATION A. HEDRA Year End Financial Summary The 2010 Financial Summary was prepared by Finance Director CharStarkand presented to HEDRA by Community Development Director John Hinzman. This year’ssummary reflects the purchase of both the Hudson and Mannproperties as well as the return of the $100,000 from the dissolved Twin CitiesCommunity Capital Fund. B.Hudson Update •MN/DOT has completed demolition of the eastern warehouse portion of theHudson facility. Site grading is presently taking place. • During the demolition and ground work currently going on MN/DOT crews unexpectedly found 5 windows below grade that now need to be “blocked in. Hudson and MN/DOT want the city to manage this project and they will reimburse HEDRA for the expense. •MN/DOT is finalizing the contract with Stark Preservation Planning to providefor a re-use analysis of the building. Stark anticipates the project to last sixmonths. The project would include public input. •The City has submitted a grant application for $250,000 to Dakota CDA fordemolition and environmental work. The CDA will award funding in February. •Ehlers is featuring the Hudson site as part of their developer roundtable at theirFebruary Public Finance Seminar. This will give the site further visibility amongpotential developers and should provide valuable feedback. C. TH 61 Bridge Update North Side:Construction vehicles will continue to use the access road to the marinas to access the causeway in the river. Please help spread the word that access to Hub’s Landing and Captain’s Bay marinas will remain open and well maintainedthroughout the project. In the River:This is where a majority of the work will be taking place.Cofferdam work continues on Pier 8 and 9, with large metal sheets beingdriven into the ground. Pile driving will begin soon. Long work hours (7 a.m. to9 p.m.) for these piers are expected. Pile driving for Pier 10 is complete and concrete pours for the pier footingswill begin soon.All load test activity for the project is complete. South Side:Demolition continues on the Hudson Building warehouse.Excavation for Pier 5 continues.Crews will be drilling into the rock for the pier footing caissons. Unlike thework on the north side, there are no piles to be driven. Pier 5 will be supported byrebar- reinforced concrete that will be poured in place.Xcel Energy work continues near the substation work to replace thetransmission tower east of Hwy 61. There are no planned outages currentlybeing expected as a result of this work.Pre-construction building surveys are being completed and coordinated withbuilding owners and businesses. D. Red Rock Corridor Open House th at 6:30pm The Red Rock Corridor heldan open housethis past Tuesday, January 11 here at Hastings City Hall to review concepts for the proposedstation. Community Development Director Hinzman reported that 30 – 40 people from the public attended the meeting. E. Minnesota Main Street Program Visit In October, 2010 HEDRA authorized submittal of a grant application to be part ofthe Minnesota Main Street Program. The selection committee will be in town onFriday, st January 21between 8:30 and Noon. The tour will commence from CityHall. Please feel free to join us at 8:30. If selected to be a part of the program again, Hastings would receive about $6,000 a year to implement the Main Street Program (focusing on rehab, economic development, and marketing of the downtown area.) F. Marketing Update City Attorney Dan Fluegel reviewed the letter of Agreement with Himle HornerInc. following the Decembermeeting. Nothing significant was noted by our attorney. The agreement has been signed and returned to HHI. Staff is nowcollecting a variety of information and material to submit to HHI for them tobegin the first phase of the marketing analysis. A: DJOURNMENT Commissioner Keena moved to adjourn at 6:40 p.m., Commissioner Elling Schultz seconded. Motion Passed 5-0 Thursday,February 10, 2011 Next meeting is scheduled for at 6:00pm in the Council Chambers. Shannon M. Rausch, HEDRA Secretary