2004-11-16MOUND HOUSING AND REDEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY MINUTES
NOVEMBER 16, 2004
The Housing and Redevelopment Authority of and for the City of Mound, Minnesota,
met in special session on Tuesday, November 16, 2004, at 8:30 p.m.
Members Present: Chairperson Pat Meisel; Commissioners Bob Brown, Mark Hanus,
David Osmek and Peter Meyer.
Others Present: Executive Director Kandis Hanson, Gino Businaro, Sarah Smith, Mike
Specht, John Beise, Sid Inman, John Dean, Paul Robinson, Peter Pflaum, Jerry Paquin,
Carlton Moore, Dave Newman, Tom Stokes, Chuck Alcon,
1. Open Meetinq
Meisel called the meeting to order at 8:30 p.m. and turned the meeting over to Acting
Chair Mark Hanus because of the possibility of a perceived conflict of interest. Meisel is
an owner of property in the downtown redevelopment area.
2. Update on Redevelopment Project by Mound Harbor Renaissance
Development, LLC.
Tom Stokes provided the background and history of the development to date. Chuck
Alcon provided an overview of the environmental analysis that has been conducted to
date. Due to concerns, specifically to known methane on the Lake Lake site, a full
clean-up of the site is necessary to ensure marketability of the site. Alcon presented a
proposed abatement plan that has been preliminarily suggested by Barr Engineer, who
was retained to analyze the environmental issues on the site.
John Dean talked about the city's responsibility to clean up the site. Right now there is
no responsibility for the city to clean it up, but it has been determined that cleanup of the
site is necessary to ensure marketability of the Lost Lake Project, which in turn funds
the remainder of the downtown project.
Sid Inman talked about possible funding options to pay for the remediation. In general,
the Council was supportive of utilizing TIF funding for the site clean-up. This will be
incorporated into the final development agreement. The Council directed staff to
negotiate a strategy to investigate possible state and federal funding sources, including
contacting Representatives.
Meisel returned to Chair the remainder of the meeting
3. Adjourn
MOTION by Brown, seconded by Osmek to adjourn at 9:35 p.m. All voted in favor.
Motion carried.
Attest: Bonnie Ritter, City Clerk