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- MINUTES New Brighton Economic Development Commission Regular Meeting - May 8, 2007 7:00 a.m. MembersILiaisons Present: Bob Benke, Gene Delaune, Dennis Flahave, Linda Harmon, Lisa Harreld, Annie Hoffman, John Kaufhold, Jim Sculthorp, Gary Stang and Jim Witkowski. MembersILiaisons Absent: Steve Larson and Mark Nelson, Staff Present: Dean Lotter, Grant Fernelius, David Black, and Jennifer Lavandowska, Others Present: Unnamed Citizen. Call to Order John Kaufhold called the meeting to order at 7:00 a.m. Approval of Minutes The minutes of the April 10, 2007 meeting were presented for approval. All approved. - Northwest Quadrant Report West Side Site Plans Black noted that the MPCA has three different departments (Groundwater, Superfund, and Petroleum Brownfields) that are looking at the newly suggested site plan for the Northwest Quadrant. Unfortunately, the three departments rarely "talk" to each other, so getting the site plan approved quickly may be difficult. Lotter indicated that he has been trying to coordinate a meeting through upper management to move this process along. Kaufhold asked if the ponding in the northwest comer is existing or whether it will need to be created, Black replied that there is no pond now and a pond will most likely not be located in that area; the developers and staff are working on ponding locations for the entire proj ect. Delaune questioned if the ponds will be interconnected. Black replied that the ponding on the east and west sides will be interconnected, Delaune recommended that if a culvert system is to be installed under Old Highway 8 then a master plan for the ponding be completed before the reconstruction of Old Highway 8. He suggested that the City would surely want to avoid having to later install such a system. Sculthorp inquired if the developers have any concerns. Black replied that they have indicated that they still want to complete the development. He added that the land price has come down a bit, since they will be receiving less land; however the price per unit has stayed the same and will increase with inflation. There was a meeting with the developers on May ih the only major issue was when to close on the land. Fernelius added that the developers and the City anticipate closing by the end of the summer on Tract 1; their main concern is that the MPCA agrees to the cleanup plans. Lotter added that he is trying to playa role to help everything speed up and has requested a meeting for ~ 21 Sl. -Kaufhold inquired if commerciS~perty is worth more than residential. Black replied that residential is worth considerably more than commercial, with condos being worth more than townhomes. Page 1 of 5