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City goals and the need to connect existing Arden Hills to TCAAP. She emphasized the <br />importance of communicating with current Arden Hills' residents. Based on her analysis, she <br />chose Alatus, LLC. <br />Commissioner Ortega stated that his primary concern was to identify a corporate sponsor. He <br />wanted to choose a master developer that would best be able to be an advocate for the JDA in <br />attracting corporate users. Given the County's significant financial investment in this project, <br />he was concerned with making the County financially whole. He discussed his experience <br />working with Opus in Saint Paul and named the Opus/Pulte team as his first choice for master <br />developer. He added that he wanted the JDA to work as a team, however, and would support <br />the majority decision. <br />Commissioner Grant stated that for him one master developer demonstrated the attention to <br />the vision, quality of development, and sense of place that he felt was very important. He felt <br />that one developer best brings a group of diverse housing types to TCAAP. He named Alatus, <br />LLC as his choice for master developer. <br />Commissioner Huffman discussed the expectations going forward and noted he would support <br />the consensus of the group. <br />Motion by Commissioner Holden seconded by Chair Sand to approve the selection of Alatus, <br />LLC as Rice Creek Commons Master Developer, and direct staff to negotiate a Development <br />Agreement with the Master Developer. Motion carried unanimously. <br />Chair Sand thanked each of the developers for submitting proposals for this project. He <br />understood the time and effort that was involved in this process. <br />Development Director's Report <br />Development Director Hutmacher had no new information for the JDA. <br />Administrative Director's Report <br />Administrative Director Worthington presented information on the remediation of the site. She <br />anticipated the County would be receiving final certification on the site sometime this summer. <br />She noted the County was in negotiations for the primer tracer site for the solar panel <br />installation. She commented on the County Road H project noting construction would begin <br />next week. She was pleased to report the project came in under the engineer's estimate. She <br />explained the creek re -meander project would be completed mid -summer. <br />Commissioner Holden asked if any remediation work was needed on the primer tracer <br />property. Administrative Director Worthington reported remediation work would be needed. <br />