## ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT ## AUTHORITY ## MEETING ## City Hall Council Chambers August 24, 2026 ## AGENDA 1. Call to Order ## 2. Roll Call ## 3. Approval of Agenda and Consent Agenda These items are considered to be routine by the City Council and will be enacted by one motion. There isn't a separate discussion for these items unless a Councilmember so requests, then it is moved to the end of the Council Consideration Items. a. Approval of Minutes - Motion to approve the July 27, 2026, minutes ## 4. Commission Consideration Items ## a. EDA Update No Council Action Required — for Discussion Only. 5. Adjournment Page 1 of 12 ## Council Regular Meeting ## DATE: 8/24/2026 ## TO: Economic Development Authority ## FROM: ## THROUGH: ## BY: Shannon Pettit, City Clerk ## SUBJECT: Approval of Minutes ## Requested Council Action: - Motion to approve the July 27, 2026, minutes ## Background: ## Budget Issues: ## Inclusive Community Engagement: ## Antiracist/Equity Policy Effect: ## Strategic Priorities and Values: ## ATTACHMENTS: ## 1. 2026.07.27 EDA Page 2 of 12 ## 06/22/26 -1- DRAFT ## MINUTES OF THE PROCEEDINGS OF THE ## ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY ## OF THE CITY OF BROOKLYN CENTER ## IN THE COUNTY OF HENNEPIN AND THE ## STATE OF MINNESOTA ## REGULAR SESSION ## JULY 27, 2026 ## CITY HALL – COMMISSION CHAMBERS ## 1. CALL TO ORDER The Brooklyn Center Economic Development Authority (EDA) met in Regular Session, called to order by President April Graves at 6:24 p.m. ## 2. ROLL CALL President April Graves and Commissioners Dan Jerzak, Teneshia Kragness, and Laurie Ann Moore. Also present were Deputy City Manager Daren Nyquist, Planning Manager Ginny McIntosh, Economic Development Manager Ian Alexander, City Clerk Shannon Pettit, and City Attorney Siobhan Tolar. Commissioner Kris Lawrence-Anderson was absent and excused. ## 3. APPROVAL OF AGENDA AND CONSENT AGENDA President Graves moved and Commissioner Moore seconded to approve the Agenda and Consent Agenda, as amended, with the noted changes to the minutes, and the following item was approved: ## 3a. APPROVAL OF MINUTES 1. June 22, 2026 – Regular Session Motion passed unanimously. ## 4. COMMISSION DISCUSSION ITEMS Mr. Nyquist stated that the Staff doing the Novarium update are not at the meeting yet, but the EDA Update could be discussed first instead. President Graves noted that the two would be flipped then. ## 4a. EDA UPDATE Planning Manager Ginny McIntosh noted that she had two brief updates regarding some of the EDA properties that are single-family detached properties. EDA Staff have spoken to several Page 3 of 12 ## 06/22/26 -2- DRAFT developers or builders in the area about scattered sites that the EDA has, and the majority of the EDA's good residential properties were sold off a few years ago. The properties that the EDA does have for residential are really the leftovers that are sm…