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Page 1 of 1 <br /> <br />DATE: March 9, 2016 PC Agenda Item 5.B <br /> <br />TO: Planning Commission Chair Thompson and Commissioners <br /> <br />FROM: Jill Hutmacher, Community Development Director <br /> <br />SUBJECT: Rice Creek Commons (TCAAP) and Joint Development Authority (JDA) <br />Update <br /> <br /> <br /> <br />Rice Creek Commons Update <br /> <br />The pre-solicitation conference was held at Landmark Center in Saint Paul on Thursday, <br />February 18, 2016. Over 30 people attended including developers and consultants. Although <br />few questions were received during the meeting, approximately 12 questions were submitted by <br />the deadline of 4:00 pm on Friday, February 19. Responses to all questions were sent to all plan- <br />holders and posted on the County’s Onvia Demandstar site on Friday, February 26. <br /> <br />The majority of the 55 plan-holders are from the planning, engineering and construction sectors <br />but 15 can be characterized as developers or from the real estate field. <br /> <br />The County is marketing the solicitation through professional organizations including ULI <br />(Urban Land Institute-Minnesota), NAIOP-MN (Commercial Real Estate Development <br />Association) and MNCAR (Minnesota Commercial Association of Real Estate/Realtors). <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> MEMORANDUM <br />