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<br />. <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />Approved <br /> <br />MINUTES <br />New Brighton Economic Development Commission <br />Regular Meeting - December 13, 2005 <br />7:00 a.m. <br /> <br />MembersILiaisons Present: Bob Benke, Gene Delaune, Dennis Flahave, Linda Harmon, Lisa <br />Harreld, Ken Johnson, John Kaufhold, Steve Larson, Mark Nelson, and Bruce Nustad. <br /> <br />MembersILiaisons Absent: Sharon Doffing and Gary Stang. <br /> <br />Staff Present: Matt Fulton, Grant Femelius, David Black, and Jennifer Lavandowska. <br /> <br />Call to Order <br />Linda Harmon called the meeting to order at 7:00 am. <br /> <br />Approval of Minutes <br />The minutes of the November 15,2005 meeting were presented for approval. All approved. <br /> <br />Northwest Quadrant Report <br />Design Guidelines <br />Black reported that the design guidelines would be presented to the Council at the December 13 <br />meeting for approval. City staff met with Ramsey County Public Works staff to discuss <br />upgrades to Old Highway 8. The site plan for the housing area will be considered by the Council <br />in January or February. Delaune indicated that he was impressed with the guidelines. <br /> <br />Housing Agreements <br />The housing agreement will also be on the Council agenda for the December 13 meeting. The <br />2004 agreements have been slightly modified. The plans are basically the same; engineering <br />requirements have shifted some of the units a bit. Several of the dates needed revision. <br />Construction on the first units will start in the fall of next year after the streets and utilities are <br />installed. The City Engineering staff will be designing the streets and utilities and the developers <br />will be doing the remediation of the Midwest Asphalt site. <br /> <br />Kaufhold inquired when the City would anticipate pre-selling of the units to begin. Black replied <br />that the developers should begin pre-sales in the early to mid-summer. Flahave asked how many <br />acres were on the west side. Black responded that there are 46 acres for housing, with about five <br />acres devoted to office. Femelius explained that construction will start in the center ofthe west <br />side and build out from there. He also explained that the developers are interested in raising the <br />grade of the site by 12 feet to help block the sight of the railroad cars. <br /> <br />Femelius reported that staff is still discussing how the development will connect to Long Lake <br />Regional Park. Staffhad a meeting with Greg Mack (Ramsey County Parks) to discuss the <br />relationship between the development and the park. The County is receptive to the connection of <br />trails at the north and south ends, however they are sensitive to the number of access points from <br />the development to the park. The developers would like to have a bridge over the rail line to the <br />park trails. An at-grade crossing or a tunnel are other possibilities for the crossing. Benke <br />