1. Minutes dated 1-14-08
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CHANHASSEN ECONOMIC
DEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY
SPECIAL MEETING
JANUARY 14,2008
Chairman Furlong called the meeting to order at 7:40 p.m.
MEMBERS PRESENT: Tom Furlong, Bethany Tjornhom, Vicki Ernst, and Bryan Litsey
STAFF PRESENT: Todd Gerhardt, Roger Knutson, Laurie Hokkanen, and Kate Aanenson
ORGANIZA TIONAL ITEMS: ELECTION OF CHAIR AND VICE-CHAIR.
Furlong: First item is organizational items. Election of Chair and Vice Chair. I'll open that up
for nominations for the Chair at this point.
Tjornhom: I nominate Mayor Furlong.
Furlong: Thank you. Is there a second?
Litsey: Second.
Furlong: Thank you. Any discussion? Any other nominations?
Tjornhom moved, Litsey seconded to elect Tom Furlong as Chairman of the Economic
Development Authority. All voted in favor and the motion carried unanimously with a
vote of 4 to o.
Furlong: Next would be appointment of a Vice Chair. Nominations?
Litsey: Yeah, I would nominate Councilwoman Tjornhom. Are you okay with that? Ijust
thought I'd keep it consistent with the Council hierarchy. Does that make sense?
Tjornhom: Okay.
Furlong: Sure. That makes sense.
Hokkanen: You only meet once a year.
Tjornhom: Okay. I'd like to, if! can only do two meetings a year then...
Litsey: I'm sorry, you know I just thought there was a consistency there.
Furlong: I think it makes sense. I think that makes sense so with that is there a second with that?
Ernst: Second.
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Furlong: Made and seconded. Any discussion?
Litsey moved, Ernst seconded to elect Bethany Tjornhom as Vice Chair of the Economic
Development Authority. All voted in favor and the motion carried unanimously with a
vote of 4 to O.
APPROVAL OF MINUTES: Litsey moved, Tjornhom seconded to approve the Minutes of
the Economic Development Authority meeting dated May 29, 2007 as presented. All voted
in favor and the motion carried unanimously with a vote of 4 to O.
APPROVE CERTIFICATE OF COMPLETION FOR GA TEW A Y PLACE
APARTMENT PROJECT.
Hokkanen: Part of the agreements that we signed with the.. .Company who built the Gateway
apartments on Highway 101, that are now completed and Ii ved in. Part of that was that we
would issue a Certificate of Completion once they got a Certificate of Occupancy saying that
they had met the minimum improvements that we expected them to make by receiving grant
dollars. There were issued that CO. There's people living in there and so this is really a
procedural to say yes, you have completed this step.
Furlong: Thank you. Any questions on the nature of this? Seeing none, is there a motion to
approve?
Litsey: So moved.
Furlong: Thank you. Is there a second?
Tjornhom: Second.
Furlong: Thank you. It's been moved and seconded. Any discussion?
Litsey moved, Tjornhom seconded that the Chanhassen EDA approve the attached
Certificate of Completion for Gateway Place. All voted in favor and the motion carried
unanimously with a vote of 4 to O.
RELEASE OF CONTRACT FOR PRIVATE REDEVELOPMENT/ASSESSMENT
AGREEMENT/REPA YMENT AGREEMENT; ROBERTS AUTOMATIC PRODUCTS,
INC., LOT 1, BLOCK 1, CHANHASSEN LAKES BUSINESS PARK SIXTH ADDITION.
Hokkanen: This is a Release. They were.. .TIF District #1. They are in the process of
refinancing and a request of their financing company is to obtain a Release from this document.
Pretty standard how we get approached to get these Releases. The TIF District was decertified in
2004, so they've met all their obligations. We've met all our obligations, and again this is just
reaffirmation of that.
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Furlong: Thank you. Any questions for staff on this item? Hearing none, is there a motion to
approve?
Litsey: So moved.
Furlong: Thank you. Is there a second?
Tjornhom: Second.
Furlong: Thank you. It's been moved and seconded.
Litsey moved, Tjornhom seconded that the Chanhassen EDA approve the attached
"Release of Land from Contracts for Private Redevelopment and Assessment Agreement"
for Roberts Automatic Products, Inc., Lot 1, Block 1, Chanhassen Lakes Business Park
Sixth Addition. All voted in favor and the motion carried unanimously with a vote of 4 to
o.
Furlong: Any other items to come before our EDA this evening? Seeing none, is there a motion
to adjourn?
Ernst moved, Litsey seconded to adjourn the Economic Development Authority meeting.
All voted in favor and the motion carried unanimously with a vote of 4 to O. The EDA
meeting was adjourned at 7:45 p.m.
Submitted by Todd Gerhardt
City Manager
Prepared by Nann Opheim
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