HomeMy WebLinkAbout02-27-13Joint Development Authority
Wednesday, February 27, 2013
Arden Hills City Council Chambers
5:30 pm
Present:
Joint Development Authority: Chair David Sand, Commissioner Davi
Brenda Holden, Commissioner Blake Huffman, Commissioner Raphael Ortega
Also present: Pat Klaers, Jill Hutmacher, Joel Jamnik (Arden Hi
Kleinschmidt, Paul Zisla, Nick Riley (Ramsey County)
Election of Chair & Vice Chair
Motion by David Sand, seconded by Commissioner Ortega to elect David Sand, Chair;
Commissioner Ortega, Vice Chair. Motion carried.
Staff Recommendations
Motion by David Sand, seconded by David Grant to appoint Mike Norton of Kennedy and
Graven as Legal Counsel for the JDA. Motion carried.
Motion by David Sand, seconded by Blake Huffman to appoint Mark Ruff from Ehlersas Public
Finance Consultant to the JDA. Motion carried.
Delegation of Lead Staff Role was assigned by Julie Kleinschmidtr to
Heather Worthington, Deputy County Manager.
Future Meeting Schedule
First Monday of the month 5:30 p.m. 7:00 p.m. Arden Hills City Hall. Next meeting will be
Monday, April 1, 2013.
Development of Bylaws& Liability Insurance
Ramsey County will present a draft of the bylaws and the insurance application and policy to
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the Authority on April 1.
Update of RFP Master Plan and AUAR
Arden Hills staff will include County staff in the review of the R
potential consultants and the interview panel for final candidates. The RFP is posted with a
deadline of March 15.
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Legislative Update
The Governor has placed an appropriation request in his biennial
Economic Development that totals $20 million. This number could hen an updated
budget is released later this week; staff will present an update at the next meeting. A map of
transportation improvements and a Gantt chart showing on and off-site transportation costs
were distributed to Commissioners.
Update on Cleanup of TCAAP site
Based on information from the General Services Administration (GSA), staff estimates a mid-
April closing on the property. Bolander has a limited authority to proceed and will start on th
south side of the site. Heavy equipment will be moved behind the fence off County Road H
prior to road restriction implementation.The County will include information regarding this on
the website for communication to the public.
Official Address
Arden Hills has assigned 2020 Highway Avenue to the site for official purposes during the
clean-up. This will be a temporary address that will likely disappear-platted
and development occurs.
Security for TCAAP
Sheriff Bostrom has added site security to the various duties ofovernight.
During daytime hours, Bolander will be responsible for security.
County Sheriff, so the emergency response will cover TCAAP as we
handled by the City of Arden Hills.
Communication and Information
A website has been created for the project: www.tcaap.net.
Environmental and Recycling
In addition to the soil remediation to a residential standard, t
re-use and recycling of thousands of pounds of steel, timber and building materials e
site or in other locations. A soil remediation professional wil
report next month on the remediation of the soil.
Meeting adjourned at 6:07 p.m.
Respectfully submitted, Pam Thompson, Secretary to JDA
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