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February 24, 2026 Housing and Redevelopment Authority Meeting

Bloomington City CouncilWednesday, February 25, 2026
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I would like to call to order theTuesday, February 24th Hing. Uh, first item is approval of theagenda. Are there any edits or changes? Right. May I have a motion to approvethe agenda? >> So moved.>> Moved by Commissioner Carter. >> Second.>> And second by Commissioner Hooim. We need to do a roll call vote. >> Commissioner Robertson.>> Hi. >> And Commissioner Eay is not presenttoday. Commissioner Huim. >> Hi.>> Commissioner Carter. >> Hi.>> Commissioner Dolinger. >> Hi.>> Commissioner Wooden via WebEx. I >> chair Mueller>> I. So motion passes 6 to zero. Uh we have one uh cons consent item and thatis the um February 10th 2026 H board meeting minutes. So um would anyone liketo pull this for discussion? All right. Hearing none, then I need amotion to approve this consent item. >> So moved.>> Moved by Commissioner Dolinger. >> Second.>> And second by Commissioner Robertson. May we have the roll call vote. >> Commissioner Robertson>> I. >> Commissioner Huim.>> I. >> Commissioner Carter.>> Hi. >> Commissioner Dolinger.>> Hi. >> Commissioner Wimia Webex. I>> chair Mueller >> I motion passes six to zero. Now we areon to new business which is uh a public hearing on theproposed sale of these three four different properties. Do we need to dosomething to open and close it? >> I'm sorry they will Oh, got it. All right. So, may we havethe staff report? >> Thank you, chair, commissioners. Uh, I'mhere today to talk uh about uh we'll have a public hearing uh for conveyingland for four properties that the HA owns for the Bloomington Affordable HomeOwnership Program. There we go. Uh just a quick refresherand background. We've talked a lot about this project for the sake of the record.Uh we have the Bloomington Affordable Home Ownership Program which isprimarily funded through a grant from Minnesota Housing to develop 27 singletwo family owner occupied homes. They're affordable to uh households making 80%area median income. Uh we have another phase that's workingwith Twin Cities Habitat currently. Uh this phase we're calling phase two uhwill be working with two developers, Outlaw Development and Magnolia Homes.As you recall, we did an RFP for uh proposals and selected these twodevelopers. Um so this is the next step now that we're moving forward with thedevelop developers. Uh we had four lots identified in that RFP. Uh, one at 1210West 82nd Street, uh, one at 8935 Stevens, uh, one at 8313 Blazedale, andthen one at 10117 First Avenue. So, we acquired these over the years in acouple of different ways. The 82nd Street lot we uh, acquired as rightwayacquisition. our public works department had that and as you recall we were ableto uh acquire those lots from the public works department as they were no longerneeded for rightway. Um so that was part of the humble lots that was actuallyincluded in those that Twin Cities Habitat is working on. Uh the other twoyou see Stevens and Blaze we purchased with community development block grant.They were blighted properties. we purchased them, tore down the theblighted homes and now we'll go to an affordable homeowner. And then uhsimilarly uh we used HA funds for similar activity at the First Avenuelot. So you can see where they're locatedthat 82nd Street is near uh uh the 35W and the others are Yeah. The two inyellow are the two lots that would be going to Outlaw Development and the twoin red are the two lots that would be going to Magnolia Homes. And to give you an overview, so 82ndStreet here, you can see that's the 35W on-ramp there. So there was a homepreviously there. We were thinking that we need to expand that uh for uh rightaway for more access to the on-ramp, but you know, best planning things change.We now have different entrance ramp configuration. We no longer need that uhextra right of way. Uh so we can put a new home back on there. Uh the lot onthe right, the Blaze, similar situation that was blighted, torn down, vacant lotready for development. These two again blighted and torn down.They're a little bit larger lots. Uh they at the time were occupied by singlefamily homes, but due to zoning code standard updates, we now can actuallyfit two family homes on both of them. So slightly more density in theneighborhood. And you can see they're really well situated by the parks. Theylook very similar, but they're actually in completely different parts of thecity. Uh so some key terms uh as we know at80% uh there's still going to be a gap even with uh fun uh the grant that wereceived. So we're proposing to sell these lots for a dollar. So essentiallya land rate down um knowing that we utilize various funding sources toacquire them in the first place. Uh so I just put roughly $100,000. you know, thelots vary. Uh, but, uh, for all intents and purposes, they're getting a lot fora dollar. Uh, Outlaw would do the two singlefamily and Magnolia would be doing two two families. Um, with this purchaseagreement, this is the first step. This would allow them access to the site andsite control so they can start negotiating with their lenders. Uh we'llcome back in a short period here to do a development agreement that will outlinethe get into some details about funding uh t real specifics on timeline and whathappens if they don't meet those milestones and what do we do with theproperty. Um but it really that will outline a lot of those details too thataffordability coming in. This is kind of that first step that gives them the thatsite control to start moving into the next phase. Uh the total developmentcost for the single family homes is a little bit over 600,000 per unit. Andthen with the two family, it's about a million dollars, a little bit more thana million dollars, but you're getting two units there. So, uh in quarter one here, we'll conveythe land. Uh that Blaze Dale property actually was an unplatted lot. So, wehave to go through the platting process. Then they've already started initiatingthat and have a surveyor working application in at the city. Um, and thenonce we get through development agreement and purchase agreement here,they'll start to do some construction. Outlaw is ready to go. They want tostart construction here in the spring. Magnolia Homes uh will likely start alittle bit later, probably end of summer, early fall before they actuallystart construction on their home. But we'll continue to do constructionthroughout this year and look to sell those homes either late in quarter fouror likely quarter 1 in 2027 meaning our grant deadline. So this is a real high level uh estimateof kind of cost just so you have an idea of why we're doing the land write downand then we'll get more into detail. We're working on proformas right nowwith each developer. Um, and that'll be part of the development agreement uhthat we'll bring back to the HA. But just to give you an idea, right now80% AMI. The sale price would then be capped at 306,000.Um, and that will shift possibly next year. If incomes go up or down, that canvary each year. Um, that's standard. We have the land right down in there. Um wehave uh I put impact funds Bloomington HR impact funds. So in the grant weidentified 118,500 for each unit. So that is kind of thebaseline that we would expect to give um for the unit. Now we can go above andbelow that to a certain threshold if funding is needed. So the habitat lotswill likely give less money we've identified for that. So um you'll seehere there's still a gap even after this after la funds we could fill that gapwith additional impact funds. Um we were allowed to go up to 50% more of that uhper unit or other funding sources. We uh both developers applied for HenmanCounty uh affordable housing incentive fund AHIFF. Um, so we'll hear back uhmidsummer if they receive grant funds for that. Um, so there there are stilloptions to fill that gap. We're we're confident that small amount gap couldeither be filled with impact funds or other funding sources.Um, and so we put a range of gap in there because uh the two family homegets some efficiencies. So it's not as straight per unit. Um so it is a littlebit uh less construction cost when you do a two family home. So for the sake of today we're focusedon the public uh we're conveying the land or the purchase agreement. Uh so itis two two public hearings that we would do. Um we would open one do thediscussion vote close that public hearing before we enter the other. Soyou'll see two slides here. Uh the first one we have with Magnolia Homes for thetwo lots for the two two family homes and then after we go through thatprocess and close that public hearing then we would enter the next publichearing. With that I'll open up for anyquestions. >> Questionscomments. So we open the publicso the mo the um public hearing is now open. Do we have to have a motion to open? No.Okay. And is there anyone online or >> Oh, this is the public hearing. Sorryfor Magnolia Homes. um development of the two lots. >> Madame Chair, if I could just make arecommendation, >> please>> um call for testimony for anyone who wants to testify. I I understand there'sno one in the room. Just make a record that you're calling for testimony um onthe public hearing for the sale of 8935 Stevens Avenue South and 1017I can't read the rest of that one. Avenue South in the city of Bloomington.And if no one um approaches to testify, then you can close the public hearingand move on. >> Okay. And I can't just say what shesaid, huh? So, I'm opening the testimony for thepublic hearing um to adopt a resolution approving thesale to Magnolia Homes of 8935 Stevens Avenue and 10117First Avenue in the city of Bloomington. >> So, moved.>> Whoops. So, there is no one here to testify and no one online. So now wewill close the public hearing and we can move on to the motion phase. Okay. So Ineed a motion to adopt a resolution approving sale to Magnolia Homes LLC ofproperty located at 8935 Stevens Avenue and 10117First Avenue in the city of Bloomington. >> Motion to approve. Motion byCommissioner Wooten. >> Second.>> And second by Commissioner Robertson. Uh may we have the roll call vote? >> Yes.>> Um so um uh one of the funding pieces wasLawa funding. Correct. Um, so a question that I have and it's kind it's relatedto this. Um, but I am wondering uh are we doing anykind of like longer term modeling for the law spending the LAAHA funding? Um,because I feel like it's very easy to be like, oh, we'll just, you know, likewe're going to use LAA funds this year for some emergency rent assistance andthen maybe next year we'll use it for this. And like I'm just wondering howthe LAA funds are being kind of modeled and over time Yeah, chair and commissioners, we have acouple different categories of use for the LAA dollars. One of them is arounduh grants or loans for the development and redevelopment multif familyprojects. For these types of projects, the gaps are really large and there'snot really an opportunity once the house is sold to recoup those funds. So, it'shard to structure these as a loan. But we do have some opportunities for use ofLAA funds for like for example multif family properties that we could considerstructuring as a loan to get like a revolving loan process for thesedollars. And I I'll also say it's an annual allocation. So we do also expectto continue receiving new dollars annually.>> And I think it's like we were estimating maybe like a million dollars a year. Isthat correct? >> Yes, chair commissioners. We wereestimating about a million. Last year we received 1 almost 1.5.>> So that estimation will vary a little bit.>> Okay. Yeah. >> Um, so maybe that's just a futureconversation of, you know, I think about kind of the CIP right on the city sideof like these are the things we know that are coming and that we have to planfor and like nothing that big or you know, but just something like that thatso we can be kind of monitoring as a body as we're making decisions um sothat we know when we're getting low or um not or when we have a lot of dollarsthat need to be spent. Um, and then I think my other question was actuallyanswered. So between the LAA funding and then the grant fundingum and the sale price of the home, it's all it is all covered then up to the600,000 and the a million for the cost of the development.>> Yes, chair commissioners. We're still finalizing the performance for these,but I think we're pretty close on our estimates. So we would use those twosources. No H levy funds for the gap at this stage. Yeah,>> those are my questions. Thank you, >> Commissioner Hulim.>> Thank you, Chair. Um, my question is regarding that gap. Um, but I guess Ijust want clarification, but they're going they're also applying to HenipinCounty. So would that then take over the law funds? Would that be separate fromthat? I just want to a clear I guess I I just in clarity I feel like usually wedo and I just usually we have the public hearing and then we usually have adiscussion before we um before we make the motion. And so I justwanted to so that's why I held my question so I apologize but>> you're fine. Uh chair uh commissioner Hooim uh so they have applied for HenmanCounty funds I believe oh when was that like about three weeks ago uh theyapplied um so yeah some a lot of times we'll do a purchase agreement anddevelopment agreement together. Um, but we wanted to give them site control andmake sure that they had that and had some formalized agreement quicker thanlater so they can start working on their financing piece. Um, so we took themseparately. Um, but so that's why it's coming a little bit later because we'rehoping to maybe hear back from Henman County. Depending on what that awardamount, it would reduce potentially those LAA dollars or some other you knowthat that's where there's still a little bit of malibility in that. That's whyit's an estimate at this point and as we they have clearer understanding too ofprevailing wage requirements and what you know construction costs as we'regetting nearer to an actual construction date you know that also might influencea little bit to that cost. So it is a kind of back and forth between the two >> continue. Thank you madam chair. Um sojust a follow-up question. So, if I guess worst case scenario, whathappens if like they don't get that and then they the prevailing wage isn't whatthey expected and maybe we can't provide what they need? I mean, I guess I'm justmy only concern is what happens if it ends up being a lot more than what weanticipate? Like what's the worst case kind of scenario in this whole thing?>> Chair, Commissioner Hooim, worst case scenario is we don't move forward withthe project. that the gap is insurmountable that we have some fundingbut not enough funding and I think uh we would be in conversations with the boardabout you know do we need additional funds is it worth putting additionalfunds in I think at this point that gap is minor enough we have other ways tofund it for comfortable moving forward but if they come back and say actuallyit's going to be 50 60,000 more than we thought can you provide that then wewould have to seriously look at what sources we have and is it worth movingforward with the project or whatever that threshold is. I think you know wedo a little bit of financial analysis and budget review and that would besomething again it would be reflected in that developer agreement. So we would bebringing that back. >> And thank you>> chair commissioners. I might add there may be some other avenues to explore aswell. So, for example, the size of the house or the type of project, maybethere are some adjustments that could be made to make it more cost-effective orum there are other considerations around, you know, for the Minnesotahousing grant, is it exactly that amount per project or is there some flexibilitygiven spending on other projects. So, I I think we have opportunities to exploreplugging the gap even if it grows. But, we are holding off on that voting ofapproving that assistance until we get a better picture.>> Thank you. I appreciate the clarification.Thank you. Do we need to do another vote on themotion or we did it and passed? >> You you need to vote on the motion toadopt to approve the the to approve the sale of the property. So I I should havementioned before once you close the public hearing um you have a motion toapprove and then a discussion and then following the discussion is when youwould make do the final vote. So that's the opportunity for your board to askquestions of staff and anyone else in the room. Um but so that's so right nowyou've had that motion to approve. You've had your discussion. So now it'sappropriate for a motion to or I for to for a vote on the motion to approve.Sorry. >> Okay.>> All right. Um so wenow h need to vote on the motion that we alreadypassed with approving the sale to Magnolia Homes. So may we have the rollcall vote? Commissioner Robertson. >> Hi.>> Commissioner Huim. >> Hi.>> Commissioner Carter. >> Hi.>> Commissioner Dolinger. >> Hi.>> Commissioner wouldn't be via WebEx. >> I.>> Chair Mueller. >> I. So motion passes six to zero. So, next we have we will have a publichearing on the approving this sale to Outlaw Development of 8313 BlazedaleAvenue and 1210 West 82nd Street in the city of Bloomington. So, um do we have any testimonyfor the public hearing? No one is in the audience. Do we haveanyone online? No one is online. Okay. So, we are now closing the publichearing portion and we need a motion to approve thediscussion. No. What am I doing wrong? Will you keep?>> So, it would be appropriate for you to call for a motion to approve the sale ofthe property. If you get a motion and a second, then you call for discussion onthe motion. And then after the discussion, it's time for a vote.>> Okay. Okay. So, we need a motion to approvethe sale to Outlaw Development LLC of the property located at 83133Blaze Avenue South and 1210 West 82nd Street in the city of Bloomington.>> So, moved. >> Moved by Commissioner Carter.>> Second, >> and second by Commissioner Dolinger. Um,are there questions or comments? Commissioner Hooim. Thank you, MadamChair. Just for clarification, just for full transparency, I would assume, and Idon't like to assume, but the same situations regarding funding and all ofthat are the same for this property as they were the previous property. I justwant to make sure that that's clear. Yes, Cher, that is correct. I will saythis, the single family homes because there's some efficiencies with buildingtwo homes as twin homes, there are the gaps are slightly larger on the singlefamily homes, but yes, the same conversation applies.Thank you. >> Any other questions or comments?Well, then may we have the roll call voteapproving the sale to outlaw development of these two forementioned properties. Commissioner Robertson.>> Hi. >> Commissioner Huim.>> Hi. >> Commissioner Carter.>> Hi. >> Commissioner Dolinger.>> Hi. Commissioner Wooden >> I.>> Chair Mueller >> I. So motion passes six to zero.Um next item is the um South View Estate Substantial RehabilitationProject. May we have the staff report? Okay, chair and commissioners, I'm hereto present on Southview estates. Okay. All right. Um, some background onthis. This is not the first time the HR H will be seeing this project. In July2024, there was a discussion around uh deferring the loan and providing a localmatch for uh as one of the sources for this substantial rehabilitation project.At that time, the H board um requested staff to consider and the developer toconsider that service included in that request and also expressed interest inmatching up to what was thought to be the maximum of $500,000. um one of theirfunding sources requires a dollar for-dollar local match. And so over thepast year, approximately just over a year, um they have secured other fundingsources. The big one is Minnesota housing tax credits. And then thatmatching fund was actually increased. So instead of getting 500,000 between the100 and 500,000 that was initially estimated, we received a $700,000 grantwhich does increase the match requirement up to $700,000 locally. And this is just a quick map so you cansee where South Estates is located is a 47 unit uh property. Okay. And some quick background on theproject. It was constructed in 20 sorry 22 2002. I can't remember how to say myearly 2000s apparently with financial assistance from the HR. Um it had a30-year affordability period that which would end in 2033 at that time. Theproject is 80% affordable at 60% AMI which means 37 of the 47 units areaffordable at those levels. Um they have received funding from Minnesota Housingand the Met Council and also applied for additional funds through Henipin County.That application is still pending and the HA supported this project throughtwo different loans. Uh the the loan amounts are here you can see on yourscreen there's a breakdown of both. The first loan is $165,000 with an interestrate of 3% and um the second loan was $150,000 with a 0% interest rate. Bothcoming due in 2033. The current outstanding balance is around 470480,000 on those. We are planning to use those uh towards a local match. That wasalso a request that came up at the previous discussion. And some notes about the project. Uh thebuilding was developed in 2002 and uh still needs some renovations andimprovements. So there's quite a comprehensive list which I'll talk abouton the next slide. But um is important to continue to invest in our affordablehousing properties. There is also an extension of the affordability withthis. So through getting the additional funding sources um the restrict theactually that's a typo. The new commitment would be for another 50years. So we're gaining about 40 years of additional affordability throughsupporting these uh these funding sources and this new this financingproject. Uh leverages external funds. So, we've talked before that H isexceptional at this, but um continues to use make good use of funds from othersources and uh local project support is often really important in securing thesefunds. So, the HA contributing through uh a deferral of our existing loan um isan important piece of making these projects competitive for these othersources of funding. And uh as requested, we were able to negotiate some debtservice on this loan. So previously there were no payments due on the loan.Um it was all due in 2033 and with this uh this new loan structure there wouldbe some debt service coming annually to the H. And here uh this is a quick slide toslow show on the left is the current affordability. You can see the um 60%AMI levels there all 37 units. This proposed affordability structure addssome high priority units for so units for people with disabilities, units forhigh priority homeless. It also uh restricts some units for 30% AMIhouseholds. And you can also see market rate units are declining. So uh thiswill no longer be a project with any market rate units. All the units will beaffordable. So the total number of units isn't changing but we are adding somerestrictions to provide some of these uh high need units and also to deepen theaffordability levels at the project. And here's a list of some of theanticipated improvements. Interior flooring, cabinetry, bathrooms,countertops, energy saving improvements, exterior drainage and grading, roofing,gutters. Uh there's HVAC upgrades. The total project cost is currentlyanticipated to be about $5.2 million for this comprehensive upgrade andrenovation. And where is that local $700,000 matchcoming from? Um, so we are able to use our uh existing loans by deferring theloan period for uh 31 years instead of having them come due in 2033. That doescount as a portion of the local match. Um, we're also proposing to use LAHA,local affordable housing aid again in this project. Um, with this annual debtservice, we would anticipate receiving the vast majority of this um, loan paidback over the course of 31 years. Um, I'll also note this project has been inthe works for a while and uh, in our initial LAA proposal, we had listed thisas an example project for one of those multif family properties um, that wouldbe a good use of LAA funds. So, we have budgeted about 300 up to $385,000 in LAfunds for that use. However, because uh, we have gotten a preliminary okay to usethe capitalized interest as a match. And so, uh, while the resolution does allowus to use that full amount up to 385, right now we're anticipating around that222 225,000 of LAA dollars. And again, this is a loan that would be repaid overtime. And with that, that brings me to themotion. I'm happy to answer any questions. And the uh, developmentcompany is here as well to answer questions. >> Questions or comments? Commissioner Furder,>> thank you. Uh, so just a clarification. So you said it will be paid back. Therewill be some paid back annually. So it' be around that that little over 26,000>> a year over the course of 31 years. >> Correct.>> Okay. Which is different than the former loan which was supposed to be paid backall at once >> at 20 in 203. Yes. Yep. All right. Um,can you go back to actually the sources of like the different funding? >> I think slide. Yeah.>> So, the total project is 5.2 million, correct?>> Renovations and we're our total is >> with the deferred loans and the LAA is700,000. Correct. It's actually a very small>> percentage of the total cost. Yes. Um, so the property itself is investing alot of money back into, you know, we've had we've had some, andI'm sure that there's probably grants and other funding sources. Um, I thinkwe've had some projects come before us, especially like in the past year or two,where we are really footing the bill. And so I think it's just important forpeople in the community who are listening um to just make thesedecisions that um that the property um the owner of the property is actuallyin investing a lot into the property. So um and the 700,000 is a pretty smallpercentage. I don't know if you want to say anything. Yeah,>> I might ask the development representative to come up and talk aboutthe sources and >> chairwoman. Is that okay?>> Yes. Okay. Um yes. So, there will also be um low-inccome housing tax creditsthat are were allocated for Minnesota housing that are being syndicated um bya um Midwestern company. Um and then there will be a first mortgage that'sleveraged um pretty substantially on the property per Minnesota housingguidelines. Um there's also with this um local match the $700,000 from LHIA willflow through the city um that or the county depending on how we do that. Andthen um there is oh gosh no uh we also did apply toHenipin County in their latest round at the end of January um depending on thefinal scope of work that we're working with Minnesota housing on right now.>> So >> thank youresources. >> Yes. Sorry. And I'm Megan Carr. I shouldreport that for the record with Sand Development representing the owner here.>> Thank you. >> And then my only other comments,>> sorry. My only other comments were I really appreciate that it's going to be100% affordable now, and I really really appreciate um that there will be unitsreserved for people low-income individuals who are living withdisabilities. Uh I think that's definitely an area of need that we hearabout frequently. Um, and then my only other I would just make the same commentI made earlier about LAA funds is just like, you know, spending it here andhere and here, but that's fine for now. I think it would just be great if we hadkind of a longer term picture. So, >> thank you.Other questions, comments? >> Commissioner Hikim.>> Thank you, Madam Chair. Um, I just want to say I appreciate the developer beinghere and I really appreciate the fact that they're willing to put so much intothis property. Um, and again, just to piggyback, um, we dosee these kind of things come forward. AndI can't I can't say enough how important keeping our affordable housing inBloomington is. And I I just have to say I really commend again the developer andthe owner for putting money back into this property um and and keeping itaffordable. So um kudos to that. I very much support this project. SoI echo what um they say. I also like the location of it. It's very convenient togrocery store and gas station and pharmacy and and other needed things.So, I do appreciate the continued effort to keep this andmake this completely affordable. >> Commissioner Robertson,>> thank you, Chair. Um, pardon me. I just wanted to um echo some of what wasalready said and just say I really do appreciate the developer making surethat there's on-site services. That's so important and so I really look forwardto this project. So, thank you. >> All right.So, any other comments, questions? Then we>> chair and commissioners, I'm so sorry. I should have mentioned I just wanted toclarify, too, that the application for Henpen County funds is still pending andif they were to receive those funds, then the city match would go couldpotentially go substantially down. So, that is also still in the process. Yep.>> Okay. Do you want to go to the screen with the motion?>> Yes. All right. So, uh, I will need a motionto adopt resolution number 2026 to be determined. A resolutionauthorizing renegotiation of the loans within Bloomington SouthView Limited Partnership and the Housing and Redevelopment Authority in and forthe city of Bloomington and making related budget adjustments.>> So moved. Moved by Commissioner Hooim. >> Second.>> Second by Commissioner Robertson. May we have the roll call vote. >> Commissioner Robertson.>> I. >> Commissioner Huim.>> I. >> Um, Commissioner Carter.>> I. >> Commissioner Dolinger.>> I. >> Commissioner Wooden.>> I. >> Chair Mueller.>> I. Motion passes six to zero. Next is discussion items. HR administratorupdates. >> Yes, chair and commissioners, a couplequick updates. Our next meeting is March 10th in two weeks. That is we will havethe HR meeting at 6 p.m. and then the joint manybody meeting at 6:30 p.m. Um,and then after that, we'll be shifting to our months a month schedule. So, ournext meeting after that will not be until April 14th. Um, also at the lastmeeting I mentioned the what home means to me competition. We have posted thaton our on our website and sent that out to a number of families locally who areeligible. Um, and so we look forward to seeing uh this is our first year doingit. So hopefully we'll make it bigger and better next year. Um, but we lookforward to seeing submissions that we get on that. And then uh the last thingI wanted to note is that um for the Bloomington Affordable Home OwnershipProgram, we've talked about the St. Mark's site before and working throughthe challenge of the cell tower. Um as >> we we will be proposingum a code amendment. It's essentially it's a a privately initiated codeamendment is what it's called. Um for the location currently our zoning codeallows these cell towers to exist in existing houses of worship. will beproposing that it is allowed for them to exist on redeveloped lands that aredeveloped for residential uses as well so that that property can develop andthe code is uh the south tower is in compliance. That is a long process butwe will be submitting um that request on behalf of the H uh shortly. So I justwanted to let you know that that would be going before the council and that isit. Those are all my announcements. >> I have a question about that. Does thisdelay the timeline of the project, >> chair commissioners? No, it does not. Weare planning to move forward. Um we're we're actually planning to move quicklyforward so that it so that it doesn't delay. Um we'll we'll be doing a lot ofdifferent land use planning and actions um around that site in the next year.And so this is one of the first ones. >> Okay. Thank you. All right. So we havereached the end of our agenda. So, may I have a motion to end the February 24th,2026 HA meeting? >> So, move.>> Moved by Commissioner Wooten. >> Second.>> And second by Commissioner Hooim. May we have the roll call vote. >> Commissioner Robertson.>> I. >> Commissioner Huim.>> I. >> Commissioner Carter.>> Hi. >> Commissioner Dolinger.>> Hi. >> Commissioner Wooden.>> I. >> Chair Mueller.>> I. Motion passes. 6 to zero. Thank you everyone.>> Hi everybody.