[0:03] all

[0:04] right Well good morning everybody and

[0:06] welcome to the uh Thursday May 15th 2025

[0:10] meeting of the Adana Housing

[0:11] Redevelopment Authority Uh it is

[0:15] 7:33

[0:16] a.m And uh we are doing these meetings

[0:19] uh in a hybrid fashion You can watch

[0:22] them on

[0:24] uh cable TV or on YouTube TV

[0:29] YouTube.com/edanatv Uh we've got one

[0:31] opportunity here doing community comment

[0:33] for folks to call in for

[0:36] um the purpose of expressing any

[0:39] concerns that they might have about uh

[0:41] things that aren't on the agenda or

[0:43] scheduled for a future public hearing

[0:46] And um having provided that information

[0:48] there's a number on the screen that you

[0:50] can call in for community comment And we

[0:53] will now call the meeting to order and

[0:55] our executive director Scott

[0:57] Neil will call the role

[1:01] Thank you Mr Chair Commissioner Richer

[1:03] here Commissioner Jackson here

[1:05] Commissioner Pierce is absent

[1:07] Commissioner Agnu is absent Chair

[1:09] Huffland here President Uh next is the

[1:12] pledge of

[1:16] allegiance Allegian to the flag of the

[1:19] United States of America and to the

[1:21] republic for which it stands One nation

[1:25] under God indivisible with liberty and

[1:28] justice for all

[1:34] Uh we have a meeting agenda that's been

[1:36] published and for our benefit and the

[1:38] benefit of the public so they know what

[1:40] we're doing at these meetings of the HR

[1:43] or the city council And uh is there

[1:45] anyone that wishes to modify the agenda

[1:47] in any form or fashion any commissioner

[1:49] or staff is there a motion to approve

[1:51] the meeting agenda as published so moved

[1:54] Second Mr Jackson moves Commissioner

[1:56] Risser move seconds to adopt the meeting

[1:58] agenda as published Any further

[2:00] discussion all those in favor of

[2:01] adopting adopting the meeting agenda as

[2:03] published say I I I Opposed Carried Uh

[2:07] and now it is time for community comment

[2:09] We have no one uh joining us live this

[2:12] morning uh probably because we will soon

[2:15] be going into closed session But

[2:16] nonetheless we have nobody here live and

[2:18] waiting to hear from Director Benerott

[2:20] whether we have anybody joining us

[2:22] online that wishes to address the

[2:23] council or the the HR on a matter of

[2:26] concern to them Good morning Chair

[2:28] Hublin I do not yet have anyone on the

[2:30] line but because there is a brief delay

[2:33] in the broadcast I would recommend we

[2:35] wait about one minute or so um to ensure

[2:38] we're giving people time to call in My

[2:41] clock shows that it's 7:35 so I will

[2:43] come back to you at 7:36 or when I have

[2:45] a caller whichever is first Thank you

[3:59] It's been about a minute and I still

[4:01] don't have a caller So I think it's safe

[4:03] for you to move forward with the agenda

[4:04] All right Thank you We will now uh move

[4:08] by community comment and move to the

[4:10] executive director's response to

[4:11] community comments that were made at a

[4:12] prior meeting Do we have any responses

[4:15] that are required uh no sir we don't

[4:17] Okay Uh next is the consent agenda We

[4:20] got a couple items on the consent agenda

[4:22] Is there any commissioner that wish

[4:23] wishes to remove an item from the

[4:25] consent

[4:26] agenda hearing nothing Is there a motion

[4:28] to adopt the consent agenda in a items

[4:30] in a single motion so moved Second We

[4:33] got a motion a second to adopt the

[4:35] consent agenda items in a single motion

[4:37] Any further discussion all those in

[4:38] favor of adopting the items on the

[4:40] consent agend agenda in a single motion

[4:42] say I I Opposed Carried the agenda uh

[4:47] the items on the consent agenda are

[4:50] adopted And now we are at kind of the

[4:52] heart of the meeting which is as folks

[4:55] uh may know that will watch the tape or

[4:58] may be listening in um we've been

[5:01] discussing for uh years now ideas and uh

[5:06] uh on the sale of the uh or use of the

[5:08] potential property uh the uh property

[5:11] over at the old public works site on

[5:13] Eden Avenue And uh we have a latest

[5:16] round of RFPs that went out Uh Bill

[5:19] Nounorf our

[5:22] our planning director not our planning

[5:24] director but our economic development

[5:26] director uh has been leading the way on

[5:28] that effort And we had 11 responses to

[5:31] the request for uh proposal and we're

[5:35] going to move into close session uh as

[5:37] permitted by Minnesota statutes to

[5:38] review and discuss these proposals for

[5:40] sale of that land at 5146 Eden Avenue uh

[5:44] this morning So uh is there a motion uh

[5:48] by one of the commissioners as permitted

[5:49] by Minnesota statute

[5:51] 13D.05 subdivision 3 to move into close

[5:54] session to review and discuss the

[5:56] proposals for the sale of land at 5146

[5:59] Eden Avenue So moved Commissioner

[6:01] Jackson moves Commissioner Richer

[6:03] seconds The motion as stated to move

[6:05] into close session Any further

[6:07] discussion all those in favor of

[6:08] adoption of the motion as stated say I I

[6:11] I Opposed Carried

[6:14] All right Um we have been in closed

[6:17] session to discuss the 11 uh requests

[6:20] for proposal responses involving the

[6:23] property at 5146 Eden Avenue which is

[6:25] the old public works site We've had a

[6:28] thorough discussion amongst those

[6:29] attending We're going to have a future

[6:30] special uh session that's again closed

[6:34] to continue those conversations around

[6:36] the proposals for the sale of land at

[6:38] 5146 Eden Avenue And we are now back in

[6:42] open session and uh Commissioner Jackson

[6:45] has a point that she wanted to make and

[6:47] then we're going to go into the final

[6:49] comments here from H members and our

[6:51] executive director Thank you Mr Chair

[6:54] Yeah I had occasion to think about um

[6:56] our affordable housing programs in

[6:58] general and the second mortgage program

[7:00] that we've had to put on hold um and

[7:03] then to have this discussion today about

[7:05] this uh 5146 Eden Avenue Um I just want

[7:08] to make a note now because I'll forget

[7:11] maybe in the me in the future that I

[7:13] would like to see some of these proceeds

[7:15] uh put towards that program Um so it's

[7:18] an idea I had Um I'm very sad that that

[7:21] program's been suspended Um you know one

[7:23] of the goals we have for this uh

[7:26] property is to look at affordable

[7:28] housing opportunities and ownership

[7:30] opportunities and one of the ways that

[7:31] we could meet that is by putting some of

[7:33] these funds towards a second mortgage

[7:35] program So I just wanted to make a

[7:37] record of that before it slipped my mind

[7:38] Yeah good thought Uh any other H member

[7:41] comments at this point in time um well

[7:44] since Carolyn just made that um or

[7:47] Commissioner Jackson made that point um

[7:49] I I remain very concerned that you know

[7:53] the the weather is heating up The

[7:55] temperatures are rising Um and again we

[7:58] have summer It's already you know really

[8:01] really hot out It's only May but um and

[8:03] the Lewis Park building does not have

[8:05] HVAC And I just you know talking about

[8:08] how funds could be spent we need to take

[8:10] care of our infrastructure and that park

[8:14] does serve um so many people including

[8:18] people who live in affordable housing

[8:19] and so I think you know I we're probably

[8:23] going to have a lot of issues or um

[8:25] ideas for how to use any proceeds that

[8:27] emerge but um that is high on my list

[8:31] and so that's all I've got Thanks Okay

[8:32] good both good comments uh about

[8:36] potential future use of uh funds that

[8:38] may come about from the sale of property

[8:41] at 5146 Eden Avenue Uh just a a quick

[8:44] reminder for folks uh this weekend

[8:47] Saturday morning is a busy morning for

[8:49] the Rotary Club and the South Del Y It

[8:52] is the Dina Rides morning Uh and it

[8:55] kicks off at 9:00 from the South Del Y

[8:59] And uh member Jackson and I will be over

[9:01] there Commissioner Jackson I will be

[9:02] over there I help kick it off And then

[9:05] uh at noon on Saturday over at Rosland

[9:08] Park is the um uh what we call the EAA

[9:12] the Dina Asian-American Alliance and

[9:14] their affiliates having a celebration of

[9:17] of uh that I'll call it South Asian

[9:19] broadly South Asian culture And it's a

[9:22] wonderful event that they started a year

[9:23] or two ago and it's really grown nicely

[9:26] Invite people over there Uh should be a

[9:28] fairly decent day It sounds like we're

[9:30] back to normal May temperatures on on on

[9:32] Saturday that we're used to Uh unlike

[9:35] the ones we've been having as member as

[9:38] Commissioner Risser points out at least

[9:40] we're not in Texas where they're getting

[9:43] record temperatures in May Um okay

[9:46] that's all I've got And executive

[9:48] director any comments uh thank you Mr

[9:50] Chair Just very briefly we we will begin

[9:53] the process of assessing your calendars

[9:55] the calendars of of the other two

[9:58] commissioners who aren't here and staff

[9:59] So I would say keep your keep your

[10:02] calendar sharp uh for about the next 60

[10:04] days and we'll get this done Uh Jennifer

[10:07] Garski is particularly good at it We'll

[10:09] sign her this later today Thanks

[10:12] And then we're continuing to work on uh

[10:15] there these 11th hour housing bills

[10:17] popping up at the legislature that are

[10:20] ill thought through in my opinion as

[10:23] they try to do something about housing

[10:25] production and affordability So we're

[10:28] continuing to monitor those as well Um

[10:31] and then manager Neil I wanted to talk

[10:33] to you quickly about train noise as we

[10:36] get done here I'll do that offline Uh um

[10:39] so is there a motion to adjurnn so moved

[10:42] Second Get a motion and a second to

[10:44] adjurnn the meeting of the HR this

[10:46] Thursday May 15 2025 It is 9:25 a.m Any

[10:50] further discussion about adjourning All

[10:53] those in favor of adjournment say I I I

[10:55] Opposed

[10:57] Carried The H meeting on Thursday May 15

[11:00] 2025 is adjourned