2004-01-13MOUND HOUSING AND REDEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY
JANUARY 13, 2004
The Mound Housing and Redevelopment Authority of and for the City of Mound,
Minnesota, met in regular session on Tuesday, January 13, 2004, at 6:30 p.m. in
the council chambers of city hall.
Members Present: Chairperson Pat Meisel, Commissioners Mark Hanus, David
Osmek and Peter Meyer.
Members Absent: Bob Brown
Others Present: City Attorney John Dean, Executive Director Kandis Hanson,
City Clerk Bonnie Ritter, Community Development Director Sarah Smith, Tom
Stokes, Dave Newman.
1. OPEN MEETING
Chair Meisel called the meeting to order at 6:30 p.m.
2. APPROVE AGENDA
MOTION by Hanus, seconded by Osmek to approve the agenda. All voted in
favor. Motion carried.
3. APPROVE MINUTES
MOTION by Osmek, seconded by Hanus to approve the minutes of the
November 25, 2003 meeting. All voted in favor. Motion carried.
4. STATUS REPORT ON NEGOTIATIONS WITH MOUND HARBOR
RENAISSANCE DEVELOPMENT
John Dean reported that negotiation sessions are continuing with MHRD and
there will be another session tomorrow. Recommendations will be brought back
to the HRA at their January 27th meeting on all unresolved issues, including
recommendations on the financial term sheet. No action is needed on this item.
5. ACTION ON STAFF RECOMMENDATION TO RETAIN APPRAISER
John Dean reviewed his memo of January 9, 2004, where staff recommends that
the HRA authorize the following activities: (1) select an appraiser, or appraisers
to conduct a preliminary analysis of market values; (2) MHRD and staff meet with
appraiser(s) to determine the engagement, the scope of work and selected
properties; (3) Notice of the proposed evaluations would be sent to owners and
known occupants of selected properties; (4) Selected properties would not
probably be evaluated if owner/occupants are not willing to participate. In such
case, substitute properties could be selected for evaluation.
HRA Minutes - January 13, 2004
John Dean continued in stating that when the HRA meets with MHRD on January
27th, they will learn that this is a very tight development as to whether everything
can balance, so it's critical to have a high level of comfort of acquisition costs of
parcels in the district. The program outlined in the memo is conditioned upon the
developer agreeing to reimburse the HRA on the expenses of the appraisals.
MOTION by Osmek, seconded by Hanus to approve hiring an appraiser(s) for
the Mound Harbor Renaissance Development Project as outlined in John Dean's
memo dated January 9, 2004. All voted in favor. Motion carried.
6, ADJOURN
MOTION by Osmek, seconded by Hanus to adjourn at 6:36 p.m. All voted in
favor. Motion carried.
Attest: Bonnie' Ritter, City Clerk
Chairperson Pat Meisel
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