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HomeMy WebLinkAbout07/11/2001 AGENDA MAPLEWOOD HOUSING AND REDEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY WEDNESDAY. JULY 11, 2001 7:00 P.M. CITY HALL MAPLEWOOD ROOM 1. Call to Order 2. Roll Call 3. Approval of Minutes November 14, 2000 4. Approval of Agenda 5. Communications a. Annual City Tour (1) July 30, 2001 (2) HRA's Involvement 6. Unfinished Business a. Home Replacement Program - Property Purchases 7. New Business 8. Date of Next Meeting 9. Adjournment c:memo\HRAAGEND.MEM MINUTES OF THE MAPLEWOOD HOUSING AND REDEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY JULY 11,2001 I. CALL TO ORDER Chairperson Fischer called the meeting to order at 7:00 p.m. II. ROLL CALL HRA Commissioners: Lorraine Fischer, Gary Pearson, Beth Ulrich. Absent: Tom Connelly, Joe O'Brien Staff Present: Ken Roberts, Associate Planner Melinda Coleman, Assistant City Manager Chuck Ahl, City Engineer III. APPROVAL OF MINUTES November 14, 2000. Commissioner Pearson moved approval ofthe minutes of November 14, 2000, as submitted. Commissioner Ulrich seconded. Ayes-3 (Fischer, Ulrich, Pearson) The motion passed. IV. APPROVAL OF AGENDA Commissioner Pearson requested that Item 6a., Unfinished Business, be discussed before Item 5, Communications. Commissioner Pearson moved approval of the agenda, as amended. Commissioner Ulrich seconded. Ayes-all VI. UNFINISHED BUSINESS Home Replacement Program-Properly Purchases. Mr. Roberts presented the staff report for the city. City staff is asking for city approval to buy three properties on Larpenteur Avenue as part of the Housing Replacement Program. The properties under consideration for purchase are at 209, 211 and 215 Larpenteur Avenue. Unfortunately, these homes were flooded during the rainstorm on April 23, 2001, and received a large amount of damage. Since then, the city has been trying to work with the properly owners to help them in any way possible. After reviewing this matter with the city attorney and with the League of Minnesota Cities, staff has determined that the best available remedy the city could provide to the properly owners would be to buy the properties. 2 HRA MINUTES 7-11-2001 The city recently had appraisals done for each of these properties and has reached tentative purchase agreements with each of the property owners. The following is the information about these properties: Prooertv Address 209 Larpenteur Avenue 211 Larpenteur Avenue 215 Laroenteur Avenue Total 2000 Tax Market Value" $102,800 $110,000 $102.100 Neootiated Purchase Price $145,000 $155,000 $146000 $446,000 "Note: The tax-market value can be 20-25 percent below market value. Properly values have increased about 10-15 percent for 2001. The city's net cost for the purchase of each properly (after reselling the lots) will range from $80,000 to $100,000 for a total city cost of about $250,000 to $300,000. Chuck Ahl, the Maplewood City Engineer, gave the HRA more background and history about the sewer back ups and flooding at these properties. Mr. Ahl said that the various insurance carriers for the various agencies were starting to come to the table and may agree to pay for some of the damage and loss suffered by the properly owners. Commissioner Pearson commended the city on taking the high road in trying to help the properly owners. Commissioner Pearson moved that the HRA recommends to the city council that they authorize city staff, including the city manager and city attorney, to complete negotiations with the properly owners of 209, 211 and 215 Larpenteur Avenue to purchase their properties. Staff will: 1. Conduct these negotiations and purchases under the Maplewood Housing Replacement Program. 2. Have the city council approve any purchase agreements. Commissioner Ulrich seconded the motion. Ayes all. The motion carried. Staff has scheduled this item to go to the city council on July 23, 2001. V. COMMUNICATIONS Ken Roberts, associate planner, noted that the annual city tour will be July 30th. He discussed possible sites of interest including the homes on Larpenteur Avenue that the city may buy and Sandy Lake with the HRA. All three commissioners in attendance said that they plan on going on the tour. HRA MINUTES 7-11-2001 -3- VII. NEW BUSINESS There was no new business scheduled. The HRA discussed the city rental housing and owner- occupied housing maintenance codes. The HRA decided that they may want to discuss ideas for strengthening these codes with the city council at a workshop session. VIII. DATE OF NEXT MEETING The date of the next HRA meeting is unknown. The HRA did discuss various truth-in-housing programs in other cities in the metro area. This discussion centered around the issue of programs having disclosure only versus requiring code compliance and enforcement. IX. ADJOURNMENT Chairperson Fischer adjourned the meeting at 8:00 p.m.