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HOUSING AND REDEVELOPMENT
AUTHORITY MEETING MINUTES
Richfield, Minnesota
Regular Meeting
December 19, 2011
CALL TO ORDER
The meeting was called to order by Chair Sandahl at 7:02 p.m.
ROLL CALL
HRA Members Sue Sandahl, Chair; Steven Quam; Debbie Goettel and Doris Rubenstein
Present
Staff Present: John Stark, Acting Executive Director; Karen Barton, Assistant Community
Development Director; and Nancy Gibbs, City Clerk.
Item #1 APPOINTMENT OF HRA ACTING SECRETARY FOR DECEMBER 2011
Commission Member Goettel nominated Doris Rubenstein.
M/Goettel, S/Quam to appoint Doris Rubenstein as HRA Acting Secretary for December
2011.
Motion carried 4-0.
Item #2 APPROVAL OF MINUTES OF (1) SPECIAL HRA WORKSESSION OF NOVEMBER
21, 2011 AND (2) REGULAR HRA MEETING OF NOVEMBER 21, 2011
M/Rubenstein, S/Goettel to approve the minutes of the (1) Special HRA Worksession of
November 21 2011 and (2) Regular HRA Meeting of November 21, 2011.
Motion carried 4-0.
Item #3 HRA APPROVAL OF AGENDA
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M/Goettel, S/Quam to approve the agenda.
Motion carried 4-0.
Item #4 CONSIDERATION OF ANNUAL CONSULTANT SERVICES AGREEMENT WITH
GREATER METROPOLITAN HOUSING CORPORATION FOR 2012 (STAFF
REPORT NO. 54)
Assistant Community Development Director Barton presented Staff Report No. 54.
M/Rubenstein, S/Quam to approve the annual consultant services agreement with Greater
Metropolitan Housing Corporation for 2012.
Motion carried 4-0.
Item #5 CONSIDERATION OF RESOLUTION GRANTING ASSISTANCE IN AMOUNT OF
$250,000 AND APPROVING FUNDING AGREEMENT WITH PIZZA LUCE FOR
ACQUISITION AND REDEVELOPMENT OF 800 WEST 66T" STREET (STAFF
REPORT NO. 55)
Assistant Community Development Director Barton presented Staff Report No. 55.
J.J. Heywood, CEO, and Laura Hansen, Chief of Operations of Pizza Luce, presented a
PowerPoint of the new Pizza Luce Restaurant that will begin construction early 2012.
M/Quam_ , S/Sandahl that the following resolution be adopted and that it be made part of
these minutes:
HRA RESOLUTION NO. 1110
RESOLUTION APPROVING THE EXECUTION AND DELIVERY OF
A FUNDING AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE RICHFIELD HRA AND
[PIZZA LUCE ENTITY]
Motion carried 4-0. This resolution appears as HRA Resolution No. 1110.
Item #6 CONSIDERATION OF CONTRACT WITH STANTEC CONSULTING SERVICES TO
CONDUCT RENTAL HOUSING INVENTORY AND NEEDS ASSESSMENT (STAFF
REPORT NO. 56)
Community Development Director Stark presented Staff Report No. 56 and introduced Jay
Demma of Stantec Consulting.
Mr. Deema explained that he understood the concerns the commissioners had and he
would address these concerns in his report.
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M/Goettel, S/Quam to approve a contract with Stantec Consulting Services to conduct
rental housing inventory and needs assessment.
Motion carried 4-0.
Item #7 HRA DISCUSSION ITEMS
None.
Item #8 EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR REPORT
None.
Item #9 CLAIMS AND PAYROLL
M/Rubenstein, S/Quam that the following claims and payrolls be approved:
U.S BANK 12/19/2011
Section 8 Checks: 121293-121406 $ 148,233.09
HRA Checks: 31356-31373 $ 157,572.62
TOTAL $ 305,805.71
Motion carried 4-0.
ADJOURNMENT
The meeting was adjourned by unanimous consent at 7:58 p.m.
Date Approved: January 17, 2012
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