Agenda

ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT COMMISSION

Tuesday, May 8, 2001 - 7:30 a.m.

Room 218

New Brighton Family Service Center

MEMBERS:	COUNCIL LIAISON:

______ Rakesh Agarwala	______ Ken Johnson	______ Steve Larson

______ Bob Benke	______ John Kaufhold	______ Char Samuelson

______ Gene Delaune	______ Mark Nelson	(alternate)

______ Dennis Flahave	______ Maxine Pierson	CHAMBER LIAISON:

______ Linda Harmon	______ Jeanne Smith

I.	Roll Call

II.	Approval of April 10, 2001 Minutes

III.	NW Quadrant

A. Master Development Plan

B. Acquisitions and Studies

IV.	Brighton Village Planning Study

A. Community Planning Forum #3

B. Recent Developments

V.	Other Business

VI.	Adjournment

If you can't attend the meeting, please contact:

David Black, (651) 638-2060

NEXT MEETING - June 12, 2001, 7:30 a.m.

Room 218, New Brighton Family Service Center

NOTES TO ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT COMMISSION AGENDA

May 8, 2001

III. NW Quadrant

A. Master Development Plan

At last month's meeting, Roger Conhaim provided a summary of the housing market study he completed for CPDC. Craig Rapp will be present to expand on the study and clarify several points. It appears that the developer is quite confident of the strength of the market at eventual values that are much higher than the base prices that Conhaim was presenting. Rapp will also provide additional details on the units themselves, and on the mixture of sizes, finishes, and prices.

B. Acquisitions and Studies

Barr Engineering has performed many of its Geoprobe borings on the first phase of the Midwest Asphalt site. Early results show significant contamination that will have to be remediated prior to redevelopment.

Two real estate appraisers, an equipment appraiser, a relocation consultant, a surveyor, and a blight specialist are scheduled to look at the site this Thursday, the 10th.

A real estate appraisal has been completed on Beisswenger's, and an equipment appraisal is underway. Appraisals have also been lined up for the Keys and Clinch-On buildings, and will soon be arranged for Mengelkoch.

Financial plans will be revised with an updated phasing plan. Work must also wait until the end of the legislative session, where lawmakers are debating some issues that would pose severe threats to our ability to pay for NWQ redevelopment.

IV. Brighton Village Planning Study

A. Community Planning Forum #3

Phil Carlson will be present to preview the May 17th meeting, and to share some further refinements of his planning work.

B. Recent Developments

We met with Jim McComb recently to review the current plans. He supported the mix of uses that had been proposed by Kraus-Anderson, and worked with us to further improve the layout.

Mainline Cruise and Travel closed its offices at Brighton Village, but the reason was unrelated to the future of the center. Northwest Travel Services owns Mainline as well as the travel offices at Dayton's stores. Five Mainline offices were recently consolidated into the Dayton's locations. Nine tenants remain in the center: Snyder's, Abbey Carpet, UB Tan, GNC Nutrition, Innsbruck Jewelers, Frame-O-Rama, Silver Shear, Arvidson Chiropractic, and Pilgrim Cleaners.

V. Other Business

There has been interest in developing a marketing plan expressed by other City departments as well. Staff plans to meet with other employees to coordinate a proposal to the City Manager.