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Home My WebLink About03-21-07 'It ,AVEN HILLS ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT COMMISSION WEDNESDAY, March 21, 2007 7:30 a.m. Council Chambers, Arden Hills City Hall I. CALL MEETING TO ORDER ll. ROLL CALL III. APPROVAL OF MINUTES A. February 21, 2007 IV. BUSINESS RETENTION EVENT- Chair Kunkel/Karen Barton A. Finalize Details V. ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT STRATEGIC PLAN - Chair Kunkel • A. Key strategic goals B. Presentation to City Council (what/when) VI. UNFINISHED BUSINESS '' A. EDC Vacancy — rl>�✓�!acv .o� 2 C A-44UO(A.k C,> B. TCAAP Update V C. Council Update .J� • `�=u t M�.��-cam P 1 •+�.,ti v e.- A) H+S C Lo wm w LA" City of Arden Hil ,�1 1245 West Highway 96•Arden Hills Minnesota 55112 M7 �� 0o"v"y Phone 651.634.5120•Fax 651.634.5137 200&' www.ci.arden-hills.mn.us Q.`tti uv�ror Hr CtJ�- �� • cc�v - �v�1A A \ ice muo-e r " c�l�dto � ma- q c..e b g � 7 :'a-�rno�J -w --�a7� 'It EN HILLS • CITY OF ARDEN HILLS, MINNESOTA ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT COMMISSION February 21, 2007 7:30 A.M. CITY HALL -- 1245 WEST HIGHWAY 96 Bruce Kunkel called the meeting to order at 7:42 a.m. Those in attendance: Dale Beane, Nancy Kneeland, Jim Paulet, Rob Davidson, Chris Ashbach, Mayor Harpstead. Staff. Community Development Director Karen Barton,City Planner James Lehnhoff Guests: Steve Wellington, Wellington Management Absent: Ray McGraw, Ed Werner Approval of Minutes January 17, 2007 minutes approved (no changes). Arden Plaza Update • Mr. Steve Wellington of Wellington Management discussed proposed plans for the redevelopment of Arden Plaza, located at Lexington and County Road E. The three office buildings currently encompass approximately 50,000 square feet of office space. The proposed plans would be to demolish the three buildings and replace them with three buildings spaced on the site, with a shift to retail. They are anticipating submitting a Planned Unit Development application to the City in the next few months and are looking to start redevelopment in the Spring of 2008. I-Flex Zone Discussion James Lehnhoff, City Planner,provided an overview of the B-2, B-3, B-4 and I-Flex zones. Mr. Lehnhoff distributed a description of the sign standards and districts for the city as a whole. Chair Kunkel suggested the EDC make recommendation to the Planning Commission regarding Zoning Code and Sign Code modifications. Mayor Harpstead added Design Standards to be included in the recommendation. Rob Davidson made a motion to have staff draft and seek approval for administrative zoning approvals for low- or minimal-impact changes to allow and encourage businesses to improve their facilities. Nancy Kneeland seconded. Motion carried 6-0. • EDC Meeting February 21, 2007 Page Two Business Retention • Jim Paulet noted that Boston Scientific had indicated they are not in a position to host our event at this time,but would be interested in the future. Rob Davidson stated that Anchor Bank can host the event on March 29 at 7:30 am or after 5:00 pm. Karen Barton suggested we do a breakfast meeting. The following agenda was proposed for the breakfast meeting on the 29`h: ■ Introductions ■ Meet the Mayor ■ City/EDC Update ■ Business Spotlight—Anchor Bank ■ Networking It was suggested that we invite the entire business list, have name tags, a sign-in sheet, and a brochure for the Community Development Department. Economic Development Strategic Plan • Mayor Harpstead stated that he would like the EDC to present the Strategic Plan priorities to Council at a worksession in April. Chair Kunkel noted that the EDC would need to have a special meeting to cull the priorities from the Strategic Plan and move forward. A meeting was set for March 7 at 7:30 am. Unfinished Business Karen Barton gave an update regarding the current vacancy on the EDC, as well as a brief TCAAP update. Mayor Harpstead provided a Council update. Meeting Adjourned 9:15 am Minutes approved by: Bruce Kunkel, Chair Karen Barton Community Development Director • 2 • Wellington MANAGEMENT, INC. February 21, 2007 Mr. Bruce A. Kunkel Vice President for Campus Services Bethel University 3900 Bethel Drive St. Paul, Minnesota 55112-6999 Re: Arden Plaza retail redevelopment Dear Bruce, Both Dennis Trooien and I appreciated the opportunity to present our concept plan for the proposed redevelopment of Arden Plaza to the Economic Development Commission this morning. We both value the ideas and suggestions provided by all of the commission members and look forward to continued dialogue as we proceed through the process for formal city review of this important project. Please feel free to contact me at any time if there are any questions or issues that you feel deserve additional consideration by the commission. I have included copies of the plans we presented at this morning's meeting. We will also forward to you the additional material we will be preparing in advance of its submittal to the city in April. Thanks again for your time and consideration. Sincerely, Stephen B. Wellington, Jr. President Cc: Arden Hills Economic Development Commission members: Mayor Stan Harpstead, Chris Ashbach, Dale Beane, Robin Davidson,Nancy Kneeland, Ray McGraw, James Paulet, Edward Werner Karen Barton James Lehnhoff Dennis Trooien DEVELOPMENT,LEASING&PROPERTY MANAGEMENT _,i f 1625 Energy Park Drive,Suite 100-St.Paul,MN 55108 TEL(651)292-9844 FAX(651)292-0072 1 1 ii_ .__ www.wellingtonmgt.com