05-20 CC-HRA Work Session
HOUSING AND REDEVELOPMENT
AUTHORITY MEETING MINUTES
Richfield, Minnesota
Special Concurrent City Council and
Housing and Redevelopment Authority
Work Session
May 20, 2019
CALL TO ORDER
The work session was called to order by Chair Supple at 5:30 p.m. in the Bartholomew Room.
HRA Members Mary Supple, Chair; Pat Elliott; Maria Regan Gonzalez; Sue Sandahl; and
Present: Erin Vrieze Daniels.
Council Members Maria Regan Gonzalez, Mayor; Mary Supple; Edwina Garcia, and Ben
Present Whalen.
Council Members Simon Trautmann.
Absent:
Staff Present: Katie Rodriguez, City Manager; John Stark, HRA Executive
Director/Community Development Director; Julie Urban, Housing Manager;
and Melissa Poehlman, Assistant Community Development Director.
Item #1 REDEVELOPMENT PRIORITIES
Community Development Director Stark presented an overview of redevelopment and the
agenda for the work session.
Policymakers spent time answering the question, “Why do we redevelop?” Community
Development Director Stark and Assistant Community Development Director Poehlman described
several geographic areas that are identified for potential redevelopment in the Comprehensive Plan,
along with topic areas of Housing Opportunities and Missing Uses and described the strengths,
weaknesses, opportunities, and threats (SWOTs) of each area. Policymakers added to SWOTs to
each area.
Assistant Community Development Director Poehlman and Housing Manager Urban asked
policymakers to then prioritize four of the areas. Working in pairs they narrowed down the priorities to
two areas and presented those priorities to the group. Results indicated that specific geographic areas
were less of a priority and that jobs, new/missing uses, and housing were important to the group.
ADJOURNMENT
Special concurrent Council and HRA Work Session -2- May 20,2019
The work session was adjourned by unanimous consent at 6:58 p.m.
Date Approved: June 17, 2019
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