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HomeMy WebLinkAbout3.a. 20150721 PAM RM ROSEMOUNT PORT AUTHORITY REGULAR MEETING PROCEEDINGS JULY 21, 2015 CALL TO ORDER Pursuant to due call and notice thereof a regular meeting of the Rosemount Port Authority was held stth on Tuesday, July 21, 2015 at 6:00 p.m. in the Council Chambers at City Hall, 2875 145 Street West, Rosemount. Chair Weisensel called the meeting to order with Commissioners Droste, Wolf, Luing, Smith, Abdulahi and DeBettignies attending. Staff present included City Administrator Johnson, Community Development Director Lindquist and City Clerk Hadler. The Pledge of Allegiance was said. ADDITIONS OR CORRECTIONS TO AGENDA City Administrator Johnson stated there were no proposed changes. Motion by Weisensel. Second by Luing. Motion to Adopt the Agenda. Ayes: 7 Nays: 0. Motion carried. CONSENT AGENDA Motion by DeBettignies. Second by Wolf. Motion to Approve the Consent Agenda. a.Approval of June 16, 2015 Meeting Minutes b.Approval of June 29, 2015 Meeting Minutes Ayes: Droste, Wolf, Luing, Weisensel, Smith, Abdulahi and DeBettignies Nays: None. Motion carried. NEW BUSINESS 4.a. 2016 Draft Budget Community Development Director Lindquist provided an overview of the 2016 Draft Budget. Funding is included for Open to Business, Greater MSP, Buxton and other initiatives as needed. Commissioner Smith inquired about the principle and interest on Waterford. Ms. Lindquist explained the redistribution of tax increment district. Commissioner DeBettignies inquired about the interest rate on a CD. Ms. Lindquist explained that was interest from the reserve funds. Chair Weisensel inquired about a separate fund where things might be held separately. Ms. Lindquist referred to the second page showing TIF district funds. Chair Weisensel inquired where money from a land purchase would be shown. Ms. Lindquist explained it would be shown as a revenue, and then go into the excess fund. ROSEMOUNT PORT AUTHORITY REGULAR MEETING PROCEEDINGS JULY 21, 2015 Chair Weisensel stated that account should be shown to Port Authority. Chair Weisensel mentioned that the ability to go out and purchase land for economic development purposes should the opportunity arise. Ms. Lindquist clarified any Port Authority levy is added to the general levy and all taxpayers would contribute. Weisensel stated he would like to discuss the possibility of increasing the PA levy for the purposes of future land acquisition. Commissioner Droste explained that the public might not understand that. Commissioner Smith asked if the long-term value is to pay taxes that residents then w have to. Commissioner Droste discussed St. Joseph and Genz Ryan properties as examples of success and the difficulty of asking for current money for future projects. Commissioner DeBettignies discussed Waterford and St. Joseph process of purchasing the lands for development. Chair Weisensel stated the Port Authority needs to be more strategic and that he estimates approximately a million dollars would be needed to purchase land for redevelopment. Ms. Lindquist added that an investment might not be recouped with taxes, but there is the opportunity to be a catalyst for reinvestment at other properties, as well. An example would be the private reinvestment in Downtown properties such as Fluegels. She also stated that it is difficult to attract redevelopment projects in Rosemount without some public incentives, when there is so much green field land available. Commissioner Droste explained history of the Brockway TIF district. Mr. Johnson stated staff would look at the TIF district funds and how they could be used. Commissioner Smith asked if TIF funds are only other way for the Port Authority to leverage funds, other than taxing the residents. Mr. Johnson stated Council could leverage other funds. th Mr. Johnson noted that the deadline to decide for next year by September 30. Commissioner Abdulahi asked for a copy of the Port Authority charter. Motion by Smith. Second by DeBettignies. Motion to approve the preliminary budget. Ayes: Droste, Wolf, Luing, Weisensel, Smith, Abdulahi and DeBettignies Nays: None. Motion carried. ROSEMOUNT PORT AUTHORITY REGULAR MEETING PROCEEDINGS JULY 21, 2015 4.b. Light Industrial/Business Park Information Community Development Director Lindquist provided a summary of the staff report. She explained map showing the various light industrial and business park areas in the community. A lot of the buildings were built as single occupancy, and she felt it would be good if there were more smaller spaces available, as staff receives inquiries for space of 5-10,000 sq. ft. Commissioner Abdulahi asked about the list and that it is buildings available and if there could be a list of vacant land. Commissioner Wolf asked about areas that are not currently zoned for that that might be rezoned. Ms. at this time, based on comprehensive planning activities in the past. Ms. Lindquist stated she would send the land availability information to the committee. Chair Weisensel asked that the Light Industrial sub-group would bring results of their discussion to the Port Authority by October. Commissioner Smith asked why light industrial should come to Rosemount. Ms. Lindquist stated most interest is due to the size of the land available. Commissioner DeBettignies added that Rosemount has access to transportation; highway, rail and airport. Commissioner Smith asked if any of UMore was industrial. Ms. Lindquist stated the east side of property was zoned light industrial/business park. Commissioner Abdulahi discussed the benefit of DCTC. Commissioner Droste added that DCTC has another building that they do a lot of business training at located in Apple Valley. 4.c. ED Information Community Development Director Lindquist provided a summary of the economic development information provided in the staff report. Chair Weisensel discussed items he noted as beneficial, including web page hits. Commissioner Droste discussed the need for content rich sites with images and videos. Commissioner Smith inquired who was responsible for our website. Mr. Johnson stated that the Community Development updates the economic development page. Ms. Lindquist reviewed the Buxton information. Chair Weisensel eli is not expanding in Minnesota so they should not be on the contact list. Commissioner DeBettignies stated that we have already ago. OLD BUSINESS REPORT ROSEMOUNT PORT AUTHORITY REGULAR MEETING PROCEEDINGS JULY 21, 2015 REPORTS FROM PORT AUTHORITY COMMISSIONERS ADJOURNMENT There being no further business to come before the Port Authority and upon a motion by DeBettignies, second by Smith, the meeting was unanimously adjourned at 6:48 p.m. Respectfully Submitted, Clarissa Hadler, City Clerk