2001-05-22 CITY OF MOUND
HOUSING AND REDEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY
MAY 22, 2001
The Mound Housing and Redevelopment Authority of Mound, Hennepin County,
Minnesota, met in regular session on Tuesday, May 22, 2001, at 6:30 p.m. in the
council chambers at 5341 Maywood Road, in said City.
Members Present: Chairperson Pat Meisel, Commissioners Bob Brown, Mark
Hanus, Klm Anderson and Peter Meyer.
Others Present: HRA Director, Pinky Charon; City Planner, Bruce Chamberlain;
City Engineer, John Cameron; Jim Prosser of Ehlers & Associates, Lorrie Ham,
Bill and Dorothy Netka, Jo Longpre, Bruce and Patti Dodds, Bob Polston,
Rhonda Eurich, Christine Valerius, Mike Mueller, Sr., Mike Mueller, Jr., Phil
Lansing, Paula Larson, Sally Custer, Mike Conlon
1. OPEN MEETING
Chairperson Meisel called the meeting to order at 6:33 p.m.
2. APPROVE AGENDA
MOTION by Hanus, seconded by Brown to approve the agenda. All voted in
favor. Motion carried.
3. DIRECTOR CHARON'S REPORT
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Monthly Bills for May, 2001
MOTION by Hanus, seconded by Brown to approve the monthly
bills for May, 2001, in the amount of $34,392.34. All voted in favor.
Motion carried.
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Accounting Items - Director Charon presented the following: 1 )
Accountant report for six months; 2) Marquette Bank statement; 3)
Wells Fargo statement; 4) MBLA statement.
Action Item - MOTION by Brown, seconded by Meyer to approve
the minutes of the April 24, 2001, meeting. All voted in favor.
Motion carried.
4. PROJECT REPORTS
A. Post Office
City Planner, Bruce Chamberlain, reviewed the status of the post
office project. City Manager, Kandis Hanson, reviewed the
contents of her letter to Gail Stollenwerk, Real Estate Specialist
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with the United States Postal Service. This letter stated the City's
position regarding the current lease with the USPS.
B. Greenway
Bruce Chamberlain explained that greenway plans are completed
and have been submitted to MDOT, and request has gone to the
Met Council to extend grant funds due to the post office situation.
Lona~re Buildinq
John Cameron stated that he is securing bids for the asbestos
survey for the building. After bids are received, the next step is to
hire a licensed firm to remove the asbestos, or to go ahead and do
the total demolition.
MOTION by Brown, seconded by Hanus to do the asbestos survey
and seek quotes on total demolition. All voted in favor. Motion
carried.
5. MUELLER-LANSlNG PROPERTIES
Mike Mueller Jr., representing Phil Lansing and Mike Mueller, Sr., presented
possible locations for a proposed building that would replace the current building
housing Scotty B's, Mainstreet Market and the Laundromat. Discussion followed
regarding feasibility of having a park and ride in the downtown area, with
Christine Valerius informing the Council that she has a petition with over one
hundred signatures that proves that businesses do not want a park and ride
downtown. It was determined that the exact placement of County Road 15 is a
factor in this issue and needs to be determined before any decisions can be
made.
MOTION by Hanus, seconded by Brown that the HRA meeting be continued
regarding items 6 and 7, to run concurrent with the City Council meeting. All
voted in favor. Motion carried.
Chairperson Meisel stepped down due to a perceived conflict of interest and
Mark Hanus took over as Chairperson.
6. GRAMERCY CORPORATION PRESENTATION
Mike Conlon, President of Gramercy Corporation, reviewed initial concept plans
for the Lake Langdon site. He is preparing to get comments from the public,
have an informational meeting with plans to hand out, give a visual presentation,
etc. He does not want to ram through planning this project without getting the
public's comments. He is interested in what people think of the plan and wants
to know what they want and like.
Meisel returned as Chair for the remainder of the meeting.
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7. I~XECI)TIVE SESSION REGARDING POLSTON, ET AL, LAW SUIT
Upon returning from Executive Session, which mn concurrent with the City
Council, City Attorney John Dean explained that the HRA and Council received
report and direction from Sue Sager, legal counsel with the League of Minnesota
Cities, regarding the subject litigation.
8. ADJOURNMENT
MOTIONby Hanus, seconded by Brown to adjourn at 10:29 p.m. All voted in
favor. Motion carried.
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Attest: Kandis Hanson, Executive Director