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Chair Wicklund recommended staff be directed to create a reimbursement policy for the JDA to <br />review at a future meeting. <br /> <br />Commissioner Grant asked if Chair Wicklund was signing all checks as was required within the <br />JPA. <br /> <br />Chair Wicklund stated he was not signing checks at this time and noted staff would have to do a <br />thorough review of the financial procedures in order to bring actions into proper alignment <br />with the terms that were previously agreed upon. <br /> <br />Commissioner Huffman commented the Mayor has made a fair point and noted the financial <br />procedures have to be addressed. He then encouraged the JDA to move on and focus on the <br />bigger issues at hand. <br /> <br />Commissioner Grant discussed the Fiscal Agent duties and noted the County has not provided <br />quarterly documents, budgets and accounts receivable to the JDA as was required within <br />Exhibit E. Director Olson stated he would provide this information to the JDA at a future <br />meeting. <br /> <br />Commissioner Grant commented further on Item F regarding the duties of the Fiscal Agent. He <br />asked if the County has had any cost recovery over the past five years. Director Olson reviewed <br />the language regarding cost recovery within the JPA. He stated the County has not sold any <br />property. <br /> <br />Commissioner Grant reported the County has sold copious amounts of recycled material, which <br />was a cost recovery. He requested a report on this matter. Director Olson stated this <br />information would have been provided to the JDA within the Annual Report. <br /> <br />Commissioner Grant commented the Fiscal Agent was to provide the JDA with quarterly reports <br />upon the occurrence and noted this was not taking place at this time. <br /> <br />Commissioner Huffman recommended staff be directed to have policies and procedures in <br />place that match the language within the JPA. <br /> <br />Civic Space MOU Discussion <br /> <br />Commissioner Grant stated the City of Arden Hills entered into an MOU with the developer <br />regarding the Civic property. He noted the developer has had this MOU for approximately 18 <br />months and has not executed their copy. He explained this was a tension point for the City at <br />this time. He commented the County was in negotiations with the developer and he believed <br />that this issue keeps the City from being able to look at the full picture or future of this <br />property. He indicated there has been comment as to why the document has not been <br />executed. He encouraged the developer to sign off on this document in order to remove this <br />tension point.