05-26-15 Special CC-HRA Meeting HOUSING AND REDEVELOPMENT
AUTHORITY MINUTES
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Special Concurrent Housing and
Redevelopment Authority
and
City Council Meeting
May 26, 2015
CALL TO ORDER
The meeting was called to order by Mayor Goettel at 6:00 p.m. in the Bartholomew Room.
Council Members Debbie Goettel, Mayor; Pat Elliott; Michael Howard; Edwina Garcia; and Tom
Present: Fitzhenry.
HRA Members Mary Supple, HRA Chair, Pat Elliott; Debbie Goettel; Doris Rubenstein;
Present: and David Gepner.
Staff Present: Steven L. Devich, City Manager/HRA Executive Director; John Stark,
Community Development Director; Karen Barton, Assistant Community
Development Director; and Cheryl Krumholz, Executive Coordinator.
Item #1 CONSIDERATION OF THE RANKING OF DEVELOPMENT PROPOSALS FOR THE
CEDAR POINT HOUSING REDEVELOPMENT AREA (COUNCIL S.R. NO. 77/HRA
S.R. NO. 20
City Manager/HRA Executive Director Devich presented Council Staff Report No. 77/HRA
Staff Report No. 20. City Council Members and HRA Commissioners will be asked to individually
rank their development proposal preferences tonight. Staff will subsequently compile the rankings
and provide the City Council and HRA with a follow-up memo detailing the results.
Community Development Director Stark discussed the Cedar Point housing area process for
soliciting feedback from the public, including a virtual open house through Richfield Connect and the
City's website.
Mr. Stark provided an update on the Cedar Corridor Tax Increment Financing Extension
legislation. The Legislature failed to pass a tax bill this season so the extension was not approved.
He explained the impact this could have on the proposals for the Cedar Point Housing
Redevelopment area.
The City Council and HRA discussed the feedback received from the public regarding the
proposals, including a park-like setting, walk-ability, parking lot location, traffic, driveway access,
construction timeline, ages and dynamics of people, use of amenities, attracting young professionals,
and support for a combination of rental and ownership.
Community Development Director Stark stated that the City Council and HRA will formalize
the ranking at separate meetings.
Special Meeting Minutes -2- May 26, 2015
Mr. Stark acknowledged there is a conflict regarding traffic on 16th Avenue due to Three
Rivers Park District desire to limit driveway access on Richfield Parkway because of the trail.
Assistant Community Development Director Barton distributed the ranking form to each City
Council Member and HRA Commissioner. She collected the form upon its. The meeting was then
adjourned.
ADJOURNMENT
The meeting was adjourned by unanimous consent at 6:30 p.m.
Date Approved: June 15, 2015.
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Executive Coordinator Executive Director