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HomeMy WebLinkAbout06-28-05-05 City of Lakeville Economic Development Commission Meeting Minutes June 28, 2005 Marion Conference Room, City Hall Mem-bens Present: Comms. Brantly, Emond, Erickson, Gehrke, Matasosky, Miller, Pogatchnik, Schubert, Smith. Members Absent: Tushie, Mielke, Bornhauser. Others Present:: Staff present: David Olson, Community & Economic Development Director; Penny Brevig, Recording Secretary. 1. Ga11 Meeting to Order. Chair .Matasosky called the meeting to order at 6:00 p.m. in the Marion Conference Room of City Hall, 20195 Holyoke Avenue, Lakeville, Minnesota. 2. Approve April 26, 2005 Meeting Minutes Motion 05.08 Comms. Erickson/Emond moved to approve the minutes of the April 26, 2005 meeting as presented. Motion carried unanimously. 3. Presentation of 2005 Community Survey Results by Dr. Bill Morris of Decision. Resources Ltd. Chair Matasosky introduced. Dr. Bill Morris, founder and president of Decision Resources. Ltd. who will be presenting the results of Lakeville's 2005 Community Survey at tonight's meeting. Mr. Morris stated that the theme throughout the survey indicated the heart of a small town. The Commissioners asked if Mr. Morris knew why there was such a dip in satisfaction of all aspects of the City in 1999. Mr. Morris stated that the City was different back then, "It didn't know what it wanted to be when it grew up." He stated. that the City services could not keep up. Commissioner Erickson asked Mr. Morris if he felt the price of gas would have an affect on public transportation. Mr. Morris indicated that there was real .insensitivity to the gas prices. People still want their quiet time in the morning and they still feel public transportation is too inconvenient. Economic Development Commission Meeting Minutes June 28, 2005 • Commissioner Brantly stated. that the City needs to make a special effort to attract restaurants. Mr. Olson discussed the restaurants that will be opening up in Lakeville by the end of the year, and the Commissioners reviewed where in Lakeville restaurants are still needed. The Commissioners thanked Mr. Morris for his presentation and indicated that it was very interesting and helpful 4. Update on Strategic Plan Work Program Mr. Olson updated the EDC on the progress of the Strategic Plan Work Program. Goal #1: Facilitate an effort to create a long term plan to promote downtown economic viability while retaining its unique and historical characteristics. Mr. Olson stated that at their June 21, 2005 meeting, the Dakota County CDA approved the use of up to $70,000 in 2004 Community Development Block Grant funds for the preparation of the Downtown Redevelopment Plan. Mr. Olson stated that City staff will be finalizing a Request for Proposals which will be sent to three consulting firms by July 1, 2005 and are due back to the City by July 18, 2005. He indicated that a firm would be selected and approval of a contract by City Council will be completed by August 15, 2005. Regarding the Downtown Planning Task Force, Mr. Olson indicated that the target date for a kickoff meeting will be the week of August 22, 2005. He stated that it is proposed to be comprised of no more than nine persons from representatives of the City Council, Planning Commission, EDC, Downtown Lakeville Business Association, Chamber of Commerce and several Downtown property andlor business owners and residents. Mr. Olson stated that the task force would meet once a month for 6-9 months. Mr. Olson stated that a motion from the EDC to designate an EDC representative to serve on the Downtown Planning Task Force is needed at tonight's meeting. Motion 05.09 Comms. Matasosky/Brantly moved to recommend Commissioner Erickson to be the EDC representative to serve on the Downtown Planning Task Force. Motion carried unanimously.. Goal #2: implementation of a process to facilitate the development of East- West Corridors. Mr. Olson stated that Dakota County staff has scheduled an open house on Phase II of the East-West Corridor Preservation Study for Tuesday, July 26 at the Farmington Maintenance Facility. He indicated that a notice of the Open House and newsletter 2 Economic Development Commission Meeting Minutes June 28, 2005. regarding the status of the study will be sent to property owners along the proposed corridors and will be on the County's web site prior to the open house. Mr. Olson stated that a portion of Alignment C that will result in an extension of 195tH Street from Flagstaff Avenue in Farmington to 185tH Street at Cedar Avenue in Lakeville has recently been included in the Capital Improvement Program for the City of Lakeville and is currently programmed to be constructed in 2009. Goal #3: Completion of a study to determine the minimum market value of a residential housing unit that generates sufficient City taxes to pay for the City services required by that unit. Mr. Olson indicated that staff met with representatives of Springsted Inc. and has received a draft proposal to complete an Economic Benefits Study. He indicated that this draft proposal is to assist the City in developing a benefits system that would enable the City to estimate both the costs and the benefits that. are likely to result from both residential and commercial/industrial projects within the Gity. Mr. Olson stated that Staff is reviewing this proposal and will work with Springsted to determine the exact scope of the study and cost of completing this study. Goal #4: FaciFitate a process with the City Council to establish affordable housing goals for the City. Mr. Olson stated that Dakota County has recently retained the firm of Maxfield Research to complete a "Comprehensive Housing Needs and Conditions Survey" for Dakota. County. He referred to the memo from Dan Rogness of the CDA which was included in the EDC packets, which describes the study and identifies the topics and issues to be addressed in the Study. Mr. Olson indicated that the information to be provided for each City would be the same type of information that would be collected by Lakeville if we were to undertake our own study to determine. affordable housing goals for the City. Mr. Olson recommended that we wait for the County Housing Study to be completed in October or November and then determine at that point what, if any, additional work would need to be completed by the City in order to establish affordable housing goals. The Commission agreed with this recommendation. 5. Director's Report Mr. Olson indicated that new updates of the local construction projects are prepared weekly and are included in the Messages page in the Life and.Times, posted on the home page of the City's Web site, and included in the Chamber of Commerce weekly broadcast e-mails. • 3 Economic Development Commission Meeting Minutes June 28, 2005 Mr. Olson indicated that City staff have been in discussion with Eureka Township Board representatives since January of 2005 regarding the annexation of 96 acres of land owned by Airlake Development on the east side of Cedar Avenue. He explained the current annexation option proposed by the City, which Eureka Township is scheduled to discuss at their July 11t" meeting. Mr. Olson distributed and discussed at tonight's meeting a StarTribune article from. Friday, June 24, 2005 regarding the Supreme Court ruling to broaden the use of eminent domain. Mr. Olson stated that there was a 4-3 vote of the County Board to install traffic signals afi County Road 70 and Jacquard Avenue, over by the new high school. He indicated that they will not be installed in time for school to start. Mr. Olson reminded the EDC members that there will be no EDC meeting in July. and that the next EDC meeting will be August 23~a 6. Adjourn. The meeting was adjourned at 7:03 p.m. Respectfully submitted by: Attested to: > , Penny B ,Recording ec tary R. T. Brantly, Secretary 4