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HRA Meeting <br />Minutes – Tuesday, September 30, 2014 <br />Page 2 <br />1 <br />Motion: Member Lee moved, seconded by Member Etten to approve the Consent Agenda <br />2 <br />as presented. <br />3 <br />4 <br />Ayes: 5 <br />5 <br />Nays: 0 <br />6 <br />Motion carried. <br />7 <br />8 <br />7.Public Hearings – Sale of 1840 Hamline Avenue <br />9 <br />Chair Maschka opened and closed the Public Hearing at approximately 6:07 p.m. for the purpose of <br />10 <br />taking public testimony regarding the sale of 1840 Hamline Avenue to Jamie Crandall and Greg <br />11 <br />Tharaldson upon verification that public notice was duly provided and published accordingly. No one <br />12 <br />appeared for or against. <br />13 <br />14 <br />Presentations <br />8. <br />15 <br />None <br />16 <br />17 <br />Action/Discussion Items <br />9. <br />18 <br />19 <br />a.Development Agreement for 1840 Hamline <br />20 <br />Executive Director Kelsey reviewed the terms negotiated by the HRA Attorney for this first <br />21 <br />project of the HRA Lot Replacement Program in moving functionally obsolete housing on <br />22 <br />scattered sites throughout the community and replacing them with new, higher-valued, <br />23 <br />sustainable housing. Ms. Kelsey anticipated that, upon approval by the HRA, this standard <br />24 <br />agreement would be used in the future for the program. <br />25 <br />26 <br />Ms. Kelsey reviewed the terms, including the new projected minimum value of the home and <br />27 <br />land, the deadline for finishing the construction and landscaping work, and the status of the <br />28 <br />agreement that would be filed against the property and subordinate to the first lender. Ms. <br />29 <br />Kelsey advised that the lien would be released upon final inspections and issuance of the <br />30 <br />Certificate of Occupancy. <br />31 <br />32 <br />Discussion included status of any potential hazardous waste, with none found; consequences of <br />33 <br />construction start and/or delays; consideration of an alternate party if this Purchase Agreement <br />34 <br />and development agreement was not closed and/or a Building Permit pulled; and controls <br />35 <br />available to the HRA to ensure compliance with the terms of the agreements and coordination <br />36 <br />with the first lender/bank on the property; with escrow retained to draw from if so indicated. <br />37 <br />38 <br />The Crandall’s were present in the audience, but had no comment beyond the staff report. <br />39 <br />40 <br />Motion: Member Lee moved, seconded by Member Etten to approve entering into a <br />41 <br />Development Agreement as presented (Attachment A) with Jamie Crandall and Greg <br />42 <br />Tharaldson for the sale of the property and for construction of a new home at 1840 <br />43 <br />Hamline Avenue, Roseville, MN; at a purchase price of $98,000. <br />44 <br />45 <br />Ayes: 5 <br />46 <br />Nays: 0 <br />47 <br />Motion carried. <br />48 <br />49 <br />Maschka – look forward to getting this done – Kelsey will get ahold of them <br />50 <br />51 <br />9. Information Reports and Other Business (Verbal Reports by Staff and Board Members) <br />52 <br />53 <br />a.Update on Business Outreach in Roseville <br />54 <br />Executive Director Kelsey displayed a preliminary mock-up of the City’s new website, and <br />55 <br />specifically the area devoted to business outreach. Once live, Ms. Kelsey advised that the <br /> <br />