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MINUTES OF THE HOUSING AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT COMMISSION
1830 COUNTY ROAD B EAST, MAPLEWOOD, MINNESOTA
SEPTEMBER 20, 2018
6:00 P.M.
1. CALL TO ORDER
A meeting of the Commission was held in the City Hall Council Chambers and was called to order
at 6:01 p.m. by Chairperson Jenkins.
2. ROLL CALL
Commissioners
Denis Dupee, Commissioner Present
Brian Finley, Commissioner Absent
Mark Jenkins, Chairperson Present
Jennifer Lewis , Commissioner Absent
Benosi Maduka, Commissioner Present
Joy Tkachuck, Vice Chair Present
Dennis Unger, Commissioner Present
Staff
Michael Martin, Planner, Economic Development Coordinator
Jason Brash, Building Official
3. APPROVAL OF AGENDA
Commissioner Tkachuck moved to approve the agenda as submitted.
Seconded by Commissioner Dupee. Ayes – All
The motion passed.
4. APPROVAL OF MINUTES
Commissioner Tkachuck moved to approve the minutes for May 17, 2018 as submitted.
Seconded by Commissioner Dupee. Ayes – All
The motion passed.
5. NEW BUSINESS
a. Rental Housing Licensing Discussion
i. Economic Development Coordinator, Mike Martin gave the report on Rental Housing
Licensing and answered questions of the commission.
ii. Building Official, Jason Brash, addressed and answered questions of the commission
regarding rental housing.
Commissioner Maduka had concerns about evictions, records and plaguing. He asked if other
agencies already do similar inspections for subsidized units/tenants. He was worried about any
overlap.
Commissioner Dupee asked about standards between subsidized and market rate housing.
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Chairperson Jenkins asked if there is a gap or a need that the city is trying to address. If there is
no need to address it here than why is the city doing it? Is it just to get in line with what other
cities are doing? Chairperson Jenkins asked how manufactured home parks that have rentals
would fit in here.
Chairperson Jenkins wanted to make sure the city is not creating disincentives for rentals
particularly single-family homes. He would want to make sure to give landlords plenty of time to
account for new fees and requirements. There should be incentives for engaging in the rental
licensing program.
Commissioner Dupee would like more information on what the benefits of this are. If there are
already problem properties or code issues aren’t there tools the city can utilize to address the
issues?
Chairperson Jenkins stated he supports the process of the city looking further into this over the
next 6 months and what the benefit is.
b. North End Vision Plan and Selection of Working Group Member
i. Economic Development Coordinator, Mike Martin gave the report on the North End Vision
Plan and the Selection of a Working Group Member
Commissioner Maduka moved to recommended nominating Joy Tkachuck to be the North End
Vision Plan working group member.
Seconded by Commissioner Dupee. Ayes – All
The motion passed.
c. Update on 2018 Business Engagement Program (No Report)
i. Economic Development Coordinator, Mike Martin gave a brief update on the 2018
Business Engagement Program.
Commissioners spoke regarding their experience during the business engagement visits.
d. Community Engagement Breakfast – November 1 (No Report)
This is held at Maplewood Community Center November 1, 2018. More information will be on the
city’s website.
6. UNFINISHED BUSINESS
None.
7. VISITOR PRESENTATIONS
None.
8. COMMISSION PRESENTATIONS
Chairperson Jenkins discussed the new packet format he likes the report piece but he misses the
power point part and more informative pieces. It is nice to have the summary but he felt the more
information staff can provide the commission, the better.
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9. STAFF PRESENTATIONS
a. Development Summary (No Report)
Staff discussed the development of 152 unit market rate apartments called Trails Edge that would
be located by Costco.
3M requested permission to put up window and banner displays as part of their marketing for 3M.
10. ADJOURNMENT
Chairperson Jenkins adjourned the meeting at 7:58 p.m.
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