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ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT COMMISSION Supplemental Notes to February 18, 2015 Agenda Cardiovascular Systems, Inc. Interior finishes are on-going. Ryan Companies has indicated they intend to seek a permanent Certificate of Occupancy on or around March 1, 2015. CSI has also been working with City staff to mount two telecommunications antenna on top of the City’s south water tower at 660 5th ST SW. These are needed to ensure the old and new buildings can maintain communications during the move. The City Council will consider a Temporary Tower Lease Agreement at their February 10th meeting. The term of the agreement would end on December 31, 2015. No new information is available regarding CSI’s Minnesota Investment Fund loan. Staff has reached out to CSI representatives regarding the delay and their intent to move forward. They have indicated they are still in discussions with the state on prevailing wage requirements and do intend to move forward once they’ve resolved that issue. Pulte Homes Pulte secured all the necessary land use approvals from the City Council for the remaining homes in The Enclave development on January 27, 2015. Pulte’s two model homes are officially open to the public and 14 sales are pending at this time. To date, five building permits have been requested (not including the model homes). APi Group Training Center APi’s contractor has informed City building inspections and public works staff they intend to re-open construction activities on April 1st, weather permitting. Preliminary site grading and utility work is complete and they will begin to work on the building. APi has also been in discussions with City staff on construction of an at-grade helipad at the northeast corner of their existing headquarters site. If APi pursues this request, it would require several land use approvals, include a Zoning Code Amendment. These requests would be processed through the Planning Commission, who would advise the City Council. It is unknown if the market value of the site would be impacted, positively or negatively, by the presence of a helipad. The company has expressed a desire to land a helicopter on the site 10-12 times per year. MPCA Approvals On January 30, 2015 the MPCA provided written approval of the City’s April 1, 2010 Response Action Plan (RAP) Implementation Report for the west side of New Brighton Exchange, which summarized the City’s past environmental and geotechnical soil corrections that were conducted to better position the site for the redevelopment market. MPCA has recognized that the City’s clean-up efforts have been implemented and no further actions by the City are required. In addition, Pulte has also received MCPA approval for their additional environmental soil corrections and on-going residential development.