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HomeMy WebLinkAbout2012-07-26 BEDC Packet AGENDA CITY OF MAPLEWOOD BUSINESS AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT COMMISSION Thursday,July 26, 2012 6:00P.M. Council Chambers -Maplewood City Hall 1830 County Road B East 1.Call to Order 2.Roll Call 3.Approval of Agenda 4.Approval ofMinutes: a.March 22, 2012 b.May 24, 2012 5.NewBusiness: a.Economic Development Consultant –Janna King b.Combination of HRA and BEDC 6.UnfinishedBusiness: 7.Visitor Presentations: 8.CommissionPresentations: 9.Staff Presentations: a.Development Summary (No Report) b.Update onJuly 9 EDA Meeting (No Report) 10.Adjourn MINUTES OF THE BUSINESS AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT COMMISSION 1830 COUNTY ROAD B EAST, MAPLEWOOD, MINNESOTA THURSDAY, MARCH 22, 2012 6:00 P.M. 1.CALL TO ORDER A meeting of the Commissionwas held in the City Hall Council Chambers and was called to order at 6:05p.m.byChairperson Jenkins. 2.ROLL CALL Commissioners Absent Gary Kloncz, Commissioner David Hesley, CommissionerPresent Mark Jenkins, ChairpersonPresent Jennifer Lewis, CommissionerPresent Beth Ulrich, CommissionerPresent Warren Wessel, CommissionerPresent Staff Michael Martin, Planner 3.APPROVAL OF AGENDA Commissioner Hesleymoved to approve the agenda as submitted. Seconded by CommissionerUlrich.Ayes –All The motion passed. 4.APPROVAL OF MINUTES Commissioner Ulrichmoved to approve the minutesforJune 23, 2011,as submitted. Seconded by CommissionerWessel.Ayes –Commissioner’s Lewis, Ulrich & Wessel Abstentions –Chairperson Jenkins & Commissioner Hesley The motion passed. Commissioner Hesley moved to approve the minutes forFebruary 23, 2012,as submitted. Seconded by Commissioner Wessel.Ayes –Chairperson Jenkins, Commissioner’s Hesley, Ulrich & Wessel Abstention–Commissioner Lewis The motion passed. March 22, 2012 1 Business and Economic Development CommissionMeetingMinutes 5.NEW BUSINESS a.Mark Philips –DEED Commissioner Mark Philips, DEED Commissioner of the Minnesota Department of Employment and Economic Development addressed and gave a presentation to the commission on local economic development. 6.UNFINISHED BUSINESS a.Update of Highway 120 and Interstate 94 Intersection i.Planner, Michael Martin gave a presentation on the update of the Highway 120 and Interstate 94 Intersection. 7.VISITOR PRESENTATIONS a.BEDC Liaison and City Councilmember, Marv Koppenspoke about redevelopment of an office building which is good for the tax base in Maplewood. 8.COMMISSIONPRESENTATIONS a.Chairperson Jenkins announced that 3M was acknowledged intheFortune magazine as th ranking the 17most respected companyin the country. 9.STAFF PRESENTATIONS a.Development SummaryUpdate i.Planner, Michael Martin updated the commission on new development in the city. -LA Fitness is goinginto the old Circuit City Building -Kline Auto World applied for a CUP to sell used cars at their lot -The City of Oakdale is working on the Tanners Lake Redevelopment potential and that could affect parking on the Maplewood side of this developmentarea. This potential redevelopment will be discussed at a workshop held at the City of Oakdale on Tuesday, March 27, 2012. b.Update on Work Plan and Consultant Schedule i.Planner, Michael Martin said there is a consultant identified to come to the April BEDC meeting to discuss the work plan to use the time efficiently. Chairperson Jenkins saidhe would be absent at the April BEDC Meeting. If commission members havenotes on things the commission would like to discussin 2012 they should pass those along to staff so staff can prepare information for the consultant and bring it back to the commission at the BEDC meeting in April. 10.ADJOURNMENT Chairperson Jenkinsadjourned the meeting at 7:21p.m. March 22, 2012 2 Business and Economic Development CommissionMeetingMinutes MINUTES OF THE BUSINESS AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT COMMISSION 1830 COUNTY ROAD B EAST, MAPLEWOOD, MINNESOTA 6:00 P.M., THURSDAY, MAY 24, 2012 1.CALL TO ORDER A meeting of the Commissionwas held in the City Hall Council Chambers and was called to order at 6:15p.m.byChairperson Jenkinsa quorum occurred at 6:30 p.m.. 2.ROLL CALL Commissioners Gary Kloncz, CommissionerPresentat 6:30 p.m. Absent David Hesley, Commissioner Mark Jenkins, ChairpersonPresent Absent Jennifer Lewis, Commissioner Beth Ulrich, CommissionerPresent Warren Wessel, CommissionerPresent Staff Michael Martin, Planner 3.APPROVAL OF AGENDA Commissioner Wesselmoved to approve the agenda as submitted. Seconded by CommissionerUlrich.Ayes –All Themotion passed. 4.APPROVAL OF MINUTES Due to a lack of a quorum the commission tabled the March 22, 2012, BEDC Minutes until the next meeting. 5.NEW BUSINESS a.Economic Development Consultant –Janna King i.Ms. Janna King addressed andgave a presentationto the commission on business retention and redevelopment projects. b.Combining HRA & BEDC i.Planner, Michael Martin gave the reporton combining the HRA & BEDC. The city council will be holding a workshop on June 4, 2012, at 5:15 p.m. to discuss the combining of boards and commissions. Chairperson Jenkins will be the BEDC representative to sharethe commission’s views on combining the groups. 6.UNFINISHED BUSINESS None. May 24, 2012 1 Business and Economic Development CommissionMeetingMinutes 7.VISITOR PRESENTATIONS None. 8.COMMISSIONPRESENTATIONS None. 9.STAFF PRESENTATIONS a.Development Summary i.Planner, Michael Martin gave the development report and answered questions. b.Local Business Recognition i.Planner, Michael Martin introduced the item and Chairperson Mark Jenkins spoke to the articlesrecognizing the 5-8 Club and Titlesmart, Inc.in Maplewood. 10.ADJOURNMENT Chairperson Jenkinsadjourned the meeting at 8:15p.m. May 24, 2012 2 Business and Economic Development CommissionMeetingMinutes MEMORANDUM TO: James Antonen, City Manager FROM: Michael Martin, AICP, Planner SUBJECT:Economic Development Consultant –Janna King DATE: June 19, 2012 INTRODUCTION Janna King will be attending the business and economic development commission (BEDC) meeting on June 28, 2012. Ms. King is assistingthe city indevising strategies for effective business retention visits and redevelopment projects. DISCUSSION At the June 28 BEDC meeting, the commission will continue its work with Janna King, the city’s economic development consultant. Ms. King was hired by the city to assist in developing strategies for redevelopment projects and a business retention program. At the meeting, Ms. King will work with the commission on aprocess forselecting priority sites for economic development and what elements need to be considered. Also, Ms. King will discuss factors to be consideredwhencreating a business retention program, such as follow-up capacity issues, geography, types of businesses and level of involvement. Staff will provide the BEDC with an update on the city council’s recent June workshop meeting in which it discussed economic development and priorities. RECOMMENDATION Cometo the June 28, 2012 BEDC meeting prepared to discusseconomic development with Janna King. MEMORANDUM TO:James Antonen, City Manager FROM:Michael Martin, AICP,Planner ChuckAhl,Assistant City Manager Combining HRA/BEDC SUBJECT: DATE:July 17, 2012 INTRODUCTION On June 4, 2012, the city council directed staff to proceed with developing a plan/process for combining the Housing and Redevelopment Authority (HRA) and the Business and Economic Development Commission (BEDC) into one commission. The purpose of combining these commissions would be to: Reduce the number of advisory commission reviews to simplify and shorten the review process. Improve the efficiency of time spent by commission volunteers and that of staff in attending meetings. Reduce the number of persons needed to serve onvarious commissions. Lately, there has been a lack of interest and difficultyin finding enough qualified candidates for all the commissions. The HRA and BEDC have similar pursuits and goals as well as overlap in their membership. There is not enough work for the HRA to hold regular meetings. A combined commission with the BEDC would alleviatehaving a seldom needed commission. DISCUSSION Membership Impact Currently, the number of seats on each commission is: HRA5 BEDC7 The BEDC presently has one vacancy. The members of both commissions said that they would not want their groups to grow in numbers too large to become unwieldy.A reasonable goal would be for a seven member combined commission. Staff would like to see representation of both the BEDC and HRA on this combined commission. Of those onthe BEDC, the membership terms are to expire as follows: David HesleySeptember 30, 2012 Beth UlrichSeptember 30, 2012 Mark JenkinsSeptember 30, 2013 Jennifer LewisSeptember 30, 2013 Warren WesselSeptember 30, 2014 Gary KlonczSeptember 30, 2014 Commissioners Hesley and Ulrich’stermswill expire this fallandthe city manager’s office will notify themto ask if theywould like to be reappointed. Staff would like all members, however, to state whether they would wish to serve a combined BEDC/HRA commission to help us plan for this changeover. When Would the Combination Take Place? Staff’s goal is to have the combination of the BEDC and HRA take place in January 2013. RECOMMENDATION Inform staff whether you would wish to serve a combined BEDC/HRA commission to help staffplan for this changeover to a combined commission. p:BEDC\Combining Commissions HRA & BEDC July BEDC_072612 2