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APPROVED MINUTES New Brighton Economic Development Commission Regular Meeting—September 13, 2005 7:00 a.m. Members/Liaisons Present: Bob Benke, Gene Delaune, Dennis Flahave, Linda Harmon, Lisa Harreld, Ken Johnson, John Kaufhold, and Mark Nelson. Members/Liaisons Absent: Sharon Doffing, Steve Larson, Gary Stang, and Jim Witkowski. Staff Present: Matt Fulton, Grant Fernelius, David Black, and Jennifer Lavandowska. Call to Order Linda Harmon called the meeting to order at 7:01 am. Approval of Minutes The minutes of the August 9, 2005 meeting were presented for approval. Kaufhold suggested adding the following language to the Northwest Quadrant, Midwest Asphalt section: "Kaufhold expressed concerns about the potential pollution problems and it could render the project to expensive. City staff assured the Commission that existing findings would be available for review." Harmon suggested changing the sentence in the section on Brighton Village to the following (new words underlined): "Harmon had spoken with the executive from another bank in the area and he stated that they consider New Brighton a mature neighborhood and they were only building new banks in areas with new housing." The minutes were approved with the above changes. Northwest Quadrant Report Midwest Asphalt Black announced that the Council approved the basic terms for the purchase of Midwest Asphalt at a special meeting on August 30, 2005. The phasing and the timing of the payments are the key components that made this deal come together for the City and both owners. The company will be completely off the site at the end of 2006; they will relinquish the southwestern portion of the site on April 15, 2006, which will allow the City to move forward with the first phase of development. There is a topsoil pile and a"RAP"pile in the southwestern area that will need to be moved, used, or sold. Midwest Asphalt will continue to sell the topsoil and Class 7 aggregate, but doesn't know how much they will be able to sell before the end of 2006. The City has agreed purchase all the topsoil that is left up to 50,000 tons and the Class 7 up to 200,000 tons, at 70% of the market price. The City does not have an engineering plan right now, so it is unclear where exactly the material will be used. Flahave inquired if the City had any samples from the piles and if the City had any idea of the cost of the cleanup. Black responded that there were three random samples taken from the piles just a couple of weeks earlier. Fulton reported that the City has developed three different