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Date: Monday, April 13, 2026 at 5:00 AMActual: Monday, April 13, 2026 at 5:00 AM
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<strong><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><u>MINUTES</u><br />
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Mankato Economic Development Authority<br />
Regular Meeting<br />
April 13, 2026 - 6:53 p.m.<br />
IGC - Council Chambers</span></span></strong></td>
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<u><strong>Call Meeting to Order</strong></u><br />
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<strong>Members Present:</strong> Dennis Dieken, Michael McLaughlin, Jenn Melby-Kelley, Jessica Hatanpa, Kevin Mettler, Mike Laven, and Chair Najwa Massad.<br />
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## title: BID TABULATION
author: ese
date: D:20260306101230-06'00'
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## AGENDA
## Economic Development Authority
Monday, April 13, 2026
(following the Council Meeting at 6
p.m.)
## IGC - Council Chambers
1.Call Meeting to Order
2.Approval of Agenda
3.Approval of Minutes
## Economic Development Authority Meeting of January 26, 2026
## 4.Economic Development Authority Business
## A.Resolutions considering bids for Capital Improvement Project 11203; Orness Plaza RAD
Conversion Improvements and Orness Plaza RAD Appliance Replacement.
## B.Resolution considering bids for Capital Improvement Project 11204; Mankato EDA Scattered
Sites RAD Conversion Improvements.
## C.Resolution considering bids for Capital Improvement Project 11237; Orness Plaza HVAC
Upgrades Phase 1.
D.Resolution adopting the payment standard schedule for the Housing Choice Voucher Program
in Rock County.
## E.Resolution authorizing use of the Housing Trust Fund to support Connections Shelter Summer
Expansion.
## F.Resolution considering the Phase V contract with the Partnership Community Land Trust
for implementation services of the Community Land Trust.
G.Resolution adopting Tax Abatement Policy.
5.Adjournment
## MINUTES
## Mankato Economic Development Authority
## Regular Meeting
January 26, 2026 - 5:30 p.m.
## IGC - Council Chambers
(Meeting continued to January 26, since it was not able
to occur on January 12, 2026)
1.Call Meeting to Order
Members Present: Kevin Mettler, Mike Laven, Dennis Dieken, Michael McLaughlin, Jenn
Melby-Kelley, Jessica Hatanpa, and Chair Najwa Massad.
## Staff Present: Executive Director Susan Arntz, Community Development Director Mark
Konz, Associate Director of Housing and Economic Development Nancy Bokelmann, and
City Clerk Renae Kopischke.
2.Approval of Agenda
Mr. Mettler moved and Ms. Melby-Kelley seconded a motion to approve the agenda as
written. The motion carried unanimously.
3.Approval of Minutes
A.Ms. Hatanpa moved and Ms. Melby-Kelley seconded a motion to approve the Economic
Development Authority minutes of the Regular Meeting of December 8, 2025, as written.
The motion carried unanimously.
## 4.Economic Development Authority Business
A.Ms. Bokelmann explained that the Public Housing Capital Fund Budget has traditionally
been approved each year with the PHA Annual Plan to manage the formula funding for
modernization of the Mankato Public Housing units; however, HUD has separated the
procedures and adjusted timelines for the Capital Fund budget to align with the annual
operating budget process.
Ms. Bokelmann stated that the 2026 Capital Fund includes the continued modernization
and repair of the public housing units and site improvements required through RAD
process. She noted that the plan also includes work requirements based on the physical
needs assessment as required for the repositioning of the remaining Public Housing
through the RAD Small PHA Blend program. She indicated that for 2026, the capital fund
budg…
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