07-21-1981 HR MIN SPECIAL MINUTES OF A SPECIAL MEETING OF THE
HOUSING AND REDEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY OF ELK RIVER
HELD AT THE ELK RIVER CITY HALL
411 July 21 , 1981
Members Present - Commissioners Busch , Duitsman , Hinkle ,
Schumacher and Toth
Also Present - Bob Middaugh , City Administrator
Call to Order - The meeting was called to order by Chairman
Schumacher at 7 :40 p.m.
Minutes - Minutes of the 5/12/81 meeting were approved as
circulated .
Financial Report - Bob Middaugh reported that in the current
fiscal year a total of $2 , 348.40 was spent by the HRA through
June , 1981 . Expenditures consisted primarily of legal
charges related to organizing the HRA . Current invoices
amounting to $132. 50 were approved for payment .
Statements of Policies and Procedures - The statements of
policies and procedures relative to review of economic development
and redevelopment projects as drafted by city attorney Dave
Sellergren were reviewed and adopted with minor revisions to
each. The draft statements as revised are marked Exhibit A and
attached hereto .
Bob Middaugh will have the statements typed and made
available to developers upon request. He will also request a
sample pre-application form from Dave Sellergren and adapt to
Elk River' s use .
Redevelopment Plan - The Commissioners reviewed and discussed
the Redevelopment Plan Outline prepared by Zack Johnson and
dated March, 1981 . The following general conclusions were
developed by consensus .
- A major new retail facility is probably not feasible downtown .
- Redevelopment projects downtown will tend to be relatively
small and not involve tax increment financing .
- Many of the downtown buildings are not structurally
substandard to a degree requiring substantial renovation ,
and therefore probably do not meet the tax increment
financing requirements for redevelopment .
- The principal benefits of redevelopment planning downtown
may well be ( 1 ) to provide a focal point for coordination
of a variety of relatively small redevelopment projects and
(2 ) to provide recommendations to the city regarding public
improvements in areas such as lighting , parking , traffic
flow, parks , etc . In other words , redevelopment planning
should not attempt to identify tax increment financing projects .
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- Individual projects involving requests for tax increment
III financing should be reviewed in accordance with the policies
and procedures adopted at this meeting , and should stand on
their own . That is , the public involvement should be supported
by the increment generated on the individual project .
- The foregoing conclusions lead to a different concept of
redevelopment planning than that proposed by Zack Johnson .
The intent is not to provide a master plan designed to
elicit a several -block redevelopment of downtown financed
by an overall tax increment.
- Redevelopment planning should address at least the following
issues.
- Link to the West Hwy 169 PUD
- Parking
- Traffic flow
- Utilities , i . e . street lighting, overhead or
underground wiring
- Park downtown , . between Jackson and Jackson Place
- Types of business appropriate to each downtown block
(with due consideration for what is already in place
and the practicalities of major changes in use)
- The efforts involved in market study and documenting of
S existing uses should be minimized . The 1979 study done for
the Chamber of Commerce should serve as the basic document in
these areas and be simply updated .
- Item 7. " Implementation/Action Plan" should be eliminated
except for some of the promotion and public relations effort .
Tax increment financing feasibility will be addressed as
individual projects are presented and the costs of such studies
will be borne by the developer. The promotional effort
relative to the redevelopment plan should be a matter of
presenting the plan to potentially interested parties and
invite their participation in projects generally consistent
with the overall plan.
- Redevelopment planning should focus on the area outlined on
the map marked exhibit B and attached hereto . The
boundaries were drawn consistent with the existing zoning
boundaries .
- It was decided that Chairman Schumacher and Bob Middaugh
should meet with Zack Johnson to discuss the foregoing and
ask for a planning proposal from him on that basis.
Next Meeting - The next meeting was scheduled for Tuesday ,
August 4 , 1981 at 7 :30 p .m. at the Elk River City Hall .
Adjournment - The meeting was adjourned at 9 : 50 p .m.
Respectfully submitted ,
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Donald A. Schumacher, Chairman
MINUTES OF A SPECIAL MEETING OF THE
HOUSING AND REDEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY OF ELK RIVER
August 4 , 1981
Members Present — Commissioners Duitsman , Schumacher & Toth
Members Absent - Commissioners Busch & Hinkle
Also Present - Bob Middaugh , City Administrator; Zack
Johnson & Jerry MessmQXl, of Zack Johnson & Associates , Inc .
Call to Order - The meeting was called to order by Chairman
Schumacher at 8 :00 p.m.
Minutes - Minutes of the 7/21/81 meeting were approved as
circulated .
Downtown Redevelopment Plan - The Agreement for Professional
Planning Services marked Exhibit A and attached hereto was
approved and Chairman Schumacher was designated as the principal
contact for direction and coordination of the project .
Chairman Schumacher agreed to advise Commissioner Busch of
approval of the Agreement and ask her to inform the Planning
• Commission at its next meeting . He also will contact Bud
Houlton as Chairman of the Downtown Task Force to invite him
to attend the next HRA meeting which will be a work session
devoted to downtown redevelopment planning . Commissioners
Duitsman and Toth will advise the City Council of approval of
the Agreement. Chairman Schumacher will coordinate the public
informational meeting provided for in the Agreement with the
regular Chamber of Commerce meeting in late September.
Expenditures - A $500 initial payment to Zack Johnson &
Associates , Inc . for planning services in accordance with the
Agreement was approved.
Next Meeting - The next meeting was scheduled for Tuesday ,
August 25 , 1981 at 7 : 30 p .m.
Adjournment - The meeting was adjourned at 9 : 10 p .m.
Respectfully submitted ,
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Donald A. Schumacher , Chairman
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