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Agenda 3 HRA Meeting Minutes Tuesday, January 20, 2015 Page 14 1 successful; and essentially the only additional cost to the HRA and City Council is in granting 2 them a little more time. If things did not happen by a date certain, Member Masche suggested 3 then the other proposed RFP process could move ahead. 4 5 Ms. Kelsey noted that there would be additional funds spend as the HRA attorney reviewed 6 things, but so would any project moving forward. 7 8 Mr. Bilotta reiterated that the HRA also did not have authority to extend across the fire station 9 property owned by the City, whether they were making a viable project or extending 10 something else; since the PDA was no longer in effect over that property, and that property 11 was no longer under HRA control over which to extend an agreement, without making any 12 potential motion subject to the approval of the City Council. 13 14 Public Comment 15 Rich Schlueter,794 Lovell Avenue 16 While admitting he could not speak for the neighborhood, Mr. Schmuder opined that GMHC 17 had provided the only development proposal that accomplished what the neighborhood could 18 support. Based on his personal research and involvement in neighborhood meetings, as well as 19 talking to those in the business, Mr. Schmuder suggested that if it was only a situation of 20 giving GMHC an additional few weeks to get a viable project financed, he saw no down side 21 to that at all. Mr. Schmuder opined that to terminate GMHCs proposal, but allowing them to 22 reapply seemed to him a waste of time. 23 24 Cari Gelle, 777 Lovell Avenue 25 Ms. Gelle agreed with the previous speaker; and opined that the other neighbors not in 26 attendance tonight would also agree. 27 28 Motion: Member Majerus moved, seconded by Member Etten to approve continuation of 29 negotiations and recommend to the City Council continuation of negotiations with the 30 Greater Minnesota Housing Corporation (GMHC) until a final date of February 13, 31 2015, subject to approval by the Roseville City Council at their January 26, 2015 regular 32 business meeting; with GMHC and Western Bank (lender) providing final financing 33 decisions and satisfactory completion and submission to HRA staff under the terms 34 previously outlined (page 3, Section 3, item f) in the expired Preliminary Development 35 Agreement by February 13, 2015; and satisfactory completion and submission to HRA 36 staff of terms by the GMHC as outlined (page 2, Section 3, items a through e), by 37 February 9, 2015; with the understanding that if the City Council subsequently 38 terminates negotiations, the HRA also ratifies the termination. 39 40 Ayes: 6 41 Nays: 0 42 Motion carried. 43 44 Discussion ensued regarding the actual language of the motion in consultation with Ms. 45 Ingram; and as agreed upon by consensus and as stated in the final above-referenced motion. 46 47 Ms. Ingram addressing timing of documents being provided as background material in meeting 48 packets versus arriving under separate cover based on delivery and meeting schedules. 49 50 At the request of Member Wall, referencing page 5, Section 12 of the PDA regarding breach of 51 contract and waiver of covenants contained in the agreement, Ms. Ingram reiterated that the 52 PDA had terminated on June 30, 2015; and any extension would be implied as negotiations, 53 not an extension of the PDA. 54