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We’ll go ahead and call the Meeting back to order. I don’t

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think we need to do, do we need to do roll call? Because, OK, I 00:00:12.867 --> 00:00:15.533

am going to read this off so people have an understanding of

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what’s going on, but um, as previously noted, Commissioner

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Maria Tran of the Economic Development Authority. will be 00:00:23.100 --> 00:00:26.367

participating in the meeting by interactive technology pursuant

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to Minnesota statute, Section 13.D02 rather than in person at 00:00:31.533 --> 00:00:33.734

the economic Development Authority regular meeting place

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at City Hall, council chambers,, 5200 85th Avenue North,

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Brooklyn Park, Minnesota. I am physically present in the city 00:00:40.634 --> 00:00:44.266

council chamber along with commissioners Nicole Kanowski,

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Cushian Eriksson, Tony McGarvey, and Shelley Page. All

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commissioners can hear and see one another and can hear all 00:00:51.834 --> 00:00:54.467

discussion and testimony, members of the public can

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monitor the EDA meeting by watching on CCX Media Channel

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16 or by live streaming it at www.Brooklynark.org/ 00:01:07.266 --> 00:01:08.667

economic-development Authority slash. All right, so we’ll go

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ahead and jump into uh the meeting, uh, so we’ll head into 00:01:13.734 --> 00:01:17.734

Public involvement, uh. So we’ll start with response to

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prior public comment. Uh, thank you, Mr. President, uh, members 00:01:23.100 --> 00:01:25.000

of the commission. We didn’t have any comments that were

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part of the public comment period. We had several comments

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during the um Aon or Huntington Place discussion, as well as 00:01:33.000 --> 00:01:38.266

the 4D, but nothing specific during general public comment.

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OK, so we will go ahead and head into a public comment, uh, 00:01:45.367 --> 00:01:50.567

and we have Jeff von Felt. uh, so if you could, uh, uh, yeah, 00:01:50.567 --> 00:01:54.800

go ahead, uh, introduce yourself, went up there, um.

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State name, uh, address, uh, and then we ask folks to limit

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it to, is it 3 minutes? 3 minutes. Yes. Thank you, Mr. 00:02:05.000 --> 00:02:08.467

President. Members, uh, my name is Jeff Van Velt with Duffy

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Development. We are the developers, owners, uh, 00:02:13.100 --> 00:02:15.300

management company for Tuscan Ridge Apartments. On 8 5th

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Avenue. I’m just here tonight to um remind members who were 00:02:20.100 --> 00:02:24.266

here last year, some new members here now that uh we

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brought before. The EDA, uh, package of funding, um, to

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apply to the Minnesota Housing Finance Agency. Again last year. 00:02:32.500 --> 00:02:39.266

item was tabled at that time. Um, and I’m just back to remind

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folks, I believe that is still tabled. We are still interested 00:02:43.734 --> 00:02:49.467

in um Moving forward with that development and so just back

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here requesting. EDA to take another look at the phase two 00:02:54.166 --> 00:02:58.367

or a first look at the phase 2 development, um, And just a

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reminder at the time, uh, last year this was the rule where it 00:03:02.000 --> 00:03:05.467

required 2 members of. EDA minimum of 2 members of the EDA

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to to. Remove it from the table, so we’re here just to um let 00:03:11.367 --> 00:03:14.400

you know we’re still around, we’re still interested in

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developing that site, very similar building, if not. Looks

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exactly like the phase one building, and of course, we 00:03:20.767 --> 00:03:26.667

would follow all the cities. Requirements for that. Applic

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applications for the funding to the state are due in July, so

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it’s important now that we have time to review that with the 00:03:32.533 --> 00:03:37.467

city. And talk about funding sources and the development

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itself. Hennepin County’s already awarded $1.5 million to 00:03:41.734 --> 00:03:46.467

the development. Um, and it’s awaiting any further support

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from other entities. Finally I understand there’s a bus tour 00:03:50.834 --> 00:03:54.934

going around, uh, on Wednesday, Wednesday, um, I hope you’re

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all part of that and I understand that’s stopping at

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Tessman Ridge, so I look forward to seeing you all there 00:04:00.266 --> 00:04:10.467

if you will attend, OK? Thank you. Thank you. All right, so 00:04:10.467 --> 00:04:15.367

next we will move to. We don’t have any public, uh, there’s no

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public presentation or announcements. So we’ll go

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ahead and move to the consent agenda. Is there a motion to 00:04:21.367 --> 00:04:29.767

approve. The consent agenda. All right, so, uh, motion was

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made by Commissioner Kloanowski seconded by Commissioner 00:04:33.867 --> 00:04:42.500

McGarvey. So we will need a roll call. Commissioner Tran. I. 00:04:42.500 --> 00:04:53.133

Commissioner Eriksson. Right Commissioner Kloofsky. 00:04:53.133 --> 00:04:56.266

Commissioner McGarvey. Commissioner Page, President

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Winston. Motion carries with 6 yes and 0 nos. Right. Thank you. 00:05:04.367 --> 00:05:12.467

So next we’ll go ahead and move to Uh, let’s see, item 5.1. To 00:05:12.467 --> 00:05:21.667

consider approving the transfer of EDA owned land. Located at 00:05:21.667 --> 00:05:24.667

PID 1611921220094 to the city of Brooklyn Park for

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consideration of a subsequent sale to Adam, uh, Shiso for

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$2000. Yes Let’s do screen. that were good. All right, 00:06:05.233 --> 00:06:09.100

thank you, um, good evening, Mayor and EDA commissioners. uh,

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tonight we have a two-part agenda item regarding an EDA 00:06:12.734 --> 00:06:16.000

owned parcel of land, uh, item 5.1 tonight starts with a

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public hearing, of course, about the sale of this EDA

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parcel and following will be the consideration for 00:06:21.800 --> 00:06:25.467

transferring this parcel to the city of Brooklyn Park, um, to

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aid in facilitating its sale, and I’ll get to that a little

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bit more later, but first, I wanted to give this 00:06:31.734 --> 00:06:33.834

presentation for um all the here now and provide that

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context and background. the public hearing starts and

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consideration comes later. So, as I mentioned, the purpose is 00:06:44.533 --> 00:06:48.300

to hold the public hearing first and foremost to abide by

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state statute for Minnesota statute 469.105 for the sale or 00:06:51.100 --> 00:06:54.266

transfer of land owned by an economic development authority

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and of course here public comment and or questions

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regarding this potential sale and is mentioned following the

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public hearing we’ll move to a second part where you will, uh, 00:07:02.300 --> 00:07:04.367

consider approving this transfer of land to the city of

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Brooklyn Park, but I have a whole slide on that, so I will

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get to that expeditiously here. So 1st, 1st some table setting, 00:07:12.934 --> 00:07:15.634

the property location, as you can see from this map, the

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property is located along Ninety-Second Avenue, um. I put

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in a red arrow cause those always help, but it’s, it’s 00:07:23.000 --> 00:07:26.166

yellow highlighted there. It’s a small parcel. Uh, the nearest

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major intersection for reference is near the southwest

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corner of 93rd and Zane Avenues. It’s a small outlet adjacent to 00:07:33.266 --> 00:07:36.367

the petitioner tonight, Mr. Adam Chisel, who is in

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attendance, um, in his property at 5901 92nd Avenue North, and 00:07:40.834 --> 00:07:44.567

now it’s a good time to note that this property’s small size

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or regular location make it impractical for independent

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development. So for further table setting uh regarding the 00:07:53.900 --> 00:07:57.634

property’s information, the property in question is a small

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0.05 acre parcel identified as Olot A. It abutts 5901 92 as 00:08:02.467 --> 00:08:07.000

mentioned to the Northwest, um. Which is the home of Brooklyn

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Park resident Mr. Schisel. Mr. Sizel has been maintaining this 00:08:10.500 --> 00:08:12.166

property and recently discovered it was owned by the

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EDA rather than being part of his property. And since then

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he’s submitted a petition in the form of procuring an

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appraisal to purchase the land for $2000. This monetary value 00:08:21.200 --> 00:08:23.367

is consistent with the appraised value determined by

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the professional appraisal that was submitted to city staff and

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attached to your packets. So now moving on to property 00:08:32.400 --> 00:08:36.734

history, one of the things we wanted to find out was why is

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this parcel essentially exists? Why is it so small, regularly

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shaped and owned by the EDA through the help of our legal 00:08:42.500 --> 00:08:44.567

counsel and the county recorder’s office, we were able

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to find out that the subject properties complex ownership

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dates back to 1991. At that time, the city acquired 00:08:50.533 --> 00:08:53.166

easements over multiple adjacent properties through

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eminent domain. Uh, these properties were later conveyed

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to the city in fee in 1998 by the same owner at that time. In 00:09:00.200 --> 00:09:03.367

2001, the city transferred all of these properties to the EDA

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which then platted the area that same year, creating what

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is now outlet a the subject property. While public records

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do not specifically document the purpose of this outlaw. It 00:09:12.533 --> 00:09:15.100

appears the small parcel may have been intended as an access

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point to the cul-de-sac of 92nd Avenue North, jumping to 2005,

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the nearby properties to the north, now an assisted living 00:09:22.567 --> 00:09:25.834

facility in an early childhood development center were

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subsequently platted as part of the hogs Creek development, but

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the 2005 declaration. of access does not specifically mention a 00:09:32.734 --> 00:09:36.100

lot a, suggesting that whatever act access purpose it may have

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originally served was no longer necessary after the completion

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of that planet development. Now that brings us to the inquiring 00:09:43.400 --> 00:09:47.800

parties current. proposal, but first, I mentioned earlier, I

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wanted to have a slide just for the legal process requirements. 00:09:50.734 --> 00:09:54.100

I mentioned in the beginning that the first step would, if

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approved, uh, would be transferring this to the city,

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and the reason for that now is in consultation with legal 00:10:01.000 --> 00:10:03.634

counsel, we’ve determined that the EDA statutes restrict the

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sale of EDA owned property to only transactions that include

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certain development or capital improvement requirements, since 00:10:10.367 --> 00:10:13.834

Mr. Sizel’s intended use for this small allot will not meet

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these statutory requirements for capital improvements. Such

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as constructing a building or any other development purposes,

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the EDA cannot sell the property directly to him. So 00:10:21.834 --> 00:10:24.467

therefore, legal counsel has recommended that the EDA first

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transfer the property to the city of Brooklyn Park, which

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can then execute the sale to the adjacent property owner. 00:10:30.367 --> 00:10:33.667

This two-step process ensures Compliance with statutory

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requirements while still achieving a potential desired

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outcome. I’ll, I’ll pause there for a moment just because. If 00:10:41.033 --> 00:10:44.367

there’s any questions up until this point or the two-step

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process regarding the legality of the needs here, if there’s

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any initial questions. Otherwise, we can have Q and A

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at the end as well. To go. All right, so to add an extra layer 00:10:58.200 --> 00:11:01.533

to this, there are sewer and water lines running through the 00:11:01.533 --> 00:11:03.634

uh property and near the property that required

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continued public access for maintenance, our engineering

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and operations and maintenance departments have therefore

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recommended that the property have an easement created to 00:11:11.500 --> 00:11:13.367

cover the future potential maintenance needs within this

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property. Uh, legal counsel has identified several options for

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ensuring these rights. An example is shown here on the 00:11:20.567 --> 00:11:22.767

PowerPoint slide, but regardless upon an approval to

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the of a transfer to the city of Brooklyn Park, Staff would

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work towards bringing a recommendation to a future city

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council meeting. The overall goal in this again would be to 00:11:30.867 --> 00:11:34.000

ensure that the city maintains necessary access to its

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infrastructure while allowing the property transfer to

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proceed. Another way to put it is the property is so small, it 00:11:40.300 --> 00:11:46.200

is essentially all right away. Uh, financial detail details,

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the proposed sale price again is $2000 based on an

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independent appraisal procured by the petitioner and reflects 00:11:51.166 --> 00:11:54.367

the fair market value of the property, the property

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currently generates no revenue, being publicly owned, and its

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sale would place it back on the tax rolls, generating a small

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amount of property tax revenue for the city in the future. Uh, 00:12:03.266 --> 00:12:05.400

the transaction would incur nominal costs for recording the

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deed, recording the city right away easement and state taxes

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as shown on the screen there. And jumping ahead to the staff 00:12:12.934 --> 00:12:17.166

recommendation. After the public hearing is opened and

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closed after recommends approval of the resolution

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authorizing the transfer of EDA owned property to the city of 00:12:21.467 --> 00:12:24.100

Brooklyn Park to aid and facilitating the potential sale

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to Adam Sheel for $2000 subject, of course, to the inclusion of

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appropriate utility easements to protect public 00:12:31.000 --> 00:12:34.800

infrastructure. Uh, this recommendation is based on the

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property’s limited development potential, the fair market

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value being offered in the Proper protection of public 00:12:41.166 --> 00:12:44.900

infrastructure through appropriate easements. Here now

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would be the next steps if approved, the ED would transfer

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the property to the city via quick claim deed, which is um 00:12:51.834 --> 00:12:54.133

Recommended by legal counsel as the most appropriate and

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efficient method. The city would then review and approve

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any new purchase agreement with Mr. Sizil at a future city 00:13:02.200 --> 00:13:04.133

council meeting, and then in the meantime, staff would work

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with legal counsels of prayer any necessary legal documents,

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including the quick paying deed from the EDA to the city, the 00:13:11.100 --> 00:13:13.934

deed from the city to Mr. Shezel and the right of way

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easement and we’ll also handle recording all the documents of

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the Henin County to ensure the proper sequencing of these 00:13:20.634 --> 00:13:22.934

recorded needs. As far as timelines goes, each of these

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instances take a few weeks, so we estimate 60 to 90 days until.

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I am now happy to answer any questions you may have. 00:13:37.166 --> 00:13:39.467

Apparently it’s pretty straightforward, so there’s no

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questions. It’s a good report then, right? Yeah. There you go, 00:13:42.367 --> 00:13:48.500

Uh, so I will, um, having said that, uh, we’ll go ahead and uh

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open up the public hearing. Are there any Residents or anybody 00:13:52.834 --> 00:14:00.834

who would like to make a comment. All right. So, uh, 00:14:00.834 --> 00:14:04.133

we’ll go ahead and close the public hearing. Uh, does

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anybody Care to Because you’re asking us to, to, to kind of 00:14:10.533 --> 00:14:14.400

move forward with this process, right? Yeah, the approval to

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authorize. The transfer and go quickly. Uh, if I’m wrong, to

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the city to be um To considered at a future city council 00:14:23.567 --> 00:14:29.033

meeting. Uh, commissioner Klinowski. Thank you, President.

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I’ll go ahead and. Um, I moved to waive the reading and adopt 00:14:36.100 --> 00:14:41.300

the resolution approving the transfer of EDA on land located 00:14:41.300 --> 00:14:50.900

at PID. 0, 1611921220094 to the city of Brooklyn Park for the 00:14:50.900 --> 00:14:57.300

potential subsequent sale to Adam Scheel for $2000. So the

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motion was made by Commissioner Kanowski, uh, seconded by 00:15:02.100 --> 00:15:04.767

Commissioner Page. So we will need a roll call. Commissioner

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Eriksson. Commissioner Kloovski. Commissioner McGarvey. 00:15:12.867 --> 00:15:20.233

Commissioner Page. Commissioner Tran. Abstain President Winston. 00:15:20.233 --> 00:15:30.467

I Motion carries with 5 yes 0 no’s and 1 abstention. Right 00:15:30.467 --> 00:15:38.000

Wonderful. So, we will go ahead and move to item 6.1. Review

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Huntington Place Apartments loan forgiveness request. So 00:15:42.767 --> 00:15:45.100

we’ll let folks make the presentation and I know there’s

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some folks that want to speak. Uh, residents don’t want to

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speak. I go through the presentation first. Thank you, 00:15:52.367 --> 00:15:55.033

Mr. President. Excuse me, members of the commission and

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apologize for having some tech issues so our cameras not

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broadcasting the moment, so, uh, Commissioner Tran, we apologize. 00:16:01.533 --> 00:16:05.133

We’ll get this back up and running in a second. Um, today

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we’re back. We were just at the February meeting, EDA made a

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motion, made an approval. Uh, to grant loan forgiveness and a 00:16:15.300 --> 00:16:20.100

$3.8 million on two conditions. One, we get access to an unused 00:16:20.100 --> 00:16:23.634

$4 million federal grant and 2, an original offer from the

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lender. Um, national equity fund for a 450,000 cash

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settlement. Um, based on the action, we sent that 00:16:33.467 --> 00:16:36.667

information to the lender. They came back and said, if you get

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the $4 million on a $3.8 million dollar loan, um, we 00:16:41.467 --> 00:16:46.300

would rescind that extra $450,000. Keep in mind on a $70

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million plus loan, they’re getting about a $30 million

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purchase, so there aren’t any net proceeds, um, on this 00:16:52.900 --> 00:16:56.100

project, so they’re taking a significant loss, um, they

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didn’t think it was fair that we got more value than our

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original. Outstanding loan. Uh, we do have representatives from 00:17:03.266 --> 00:17:06.100

Aon and the lending group if they want to get dive into more

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detail on that, um, but that essentially sets up, um, what

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we are here to do. It’s not sharing at the moment, yeah, 00:17:16.667 --> 00:17:19.867

there’s some teams has crashed on this computer at the moment.

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Sorry. Um, I will, after we’re done speaking, I’ll try to get 00:17:22.567 --> 00:17:27.834

that back up. So that leads us with a few options. And the

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reason that we spent a little bit of time getting you a copy 00:17:31.033 --> 00:17:35.000

of the resolution is last week, uh, we got some concerning

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feedback from HUD on the $4 million loan, indicating that

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maybe chances were not very high, that we were going to get 00:17:41.200 --> 00:17:45.467

that $4 million loan. We had lots of discussions with HUD.

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Fast forward to this morning, we did have a better meeting

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with HUD this morning, um, who said, look, there is a pathway 00:17:51.834 --> 00:17:55.200

to approval, uh, with some additional steps that they’ve

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provided, um, based off of the timing of the Zane Wood teen

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Center already under construction. So city staff was 00:18:01.467 --> 00:18:04.634

part of that conversation with another member of the HUD staff.

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We’re feeling better and I just want to repeat what we

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mentioned last time. I can’t guarantee, we can’t guarantee

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that we’re going to get that $4 million federal loan, um, but 00:18:13.767 --> 00:18:15.200

indications are that there still is a pathway to make.

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that happen Um, so if you take an action today, an alternative 00:18:20.166 --> 00:18:25.000

number 2, which is the lender’s counter proposal that Priority

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number one is securing that $4 million. If we get that, the

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lender is saying we won’t offer the 450. If we don’t get the $4 00:18:33.000 --> 00:18:37.367

million loan, I think our stance would still be then that

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450,000 is still in play. That is still significantly less 00:18:40.533 --> 00:18:44.100

than our $3.8 million that’s due on the lawn, um, but keep

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in mind that there are not sufficient sale proceeds given

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the loss of value on this transaction to pay the loan 00:18:51.634 --> 00:18:53.834

back. If we push this much further, it’s likely that At

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this point, the project actually is going to go into

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foreclosure, in which case that would terminate the loan anyway. 00:19:00.367 --> 00:19:04.533

I won’t go into all the details we’ve had lots of updates on

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this EDA, um, if the general public wants to get additional

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information, we are more than happy to sit down with 00:19:11.000 --> 00:19:14.133

residents of Huntington or others. We’ve kept it very

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basic here today, solely because your only action here

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today is really, do you want to modify the conditions of loan 00:19:21.233 --> 00:19:24.266

forgiveness to make it either or instead of both. So with

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that, I will stand for any questions. So I, I guess I 00:19:36.467 --> 00:19:42.900

would just ask this, um, I think most people are kind of 00:19:42.900 --> 00:19:45.367

saying that they want to get something back for what’s

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occurred. So I, I guess I don’t know if this is a legal thing

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or what, but I think it’s uh, you know, 400 and You able to 00:19:54.100 --> 00:19:57.834

hear. Suddenly I couldn’t hear anything, so I signed up and I

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signed back in and do the same but now you, you just hear that 00:20:03.266 --> 00:20:07.166

Commissioner Tran, can you hear us now? Commissioner Tran, can

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you hear us? You’re on mute. I, I suddenly cut off. I couldn’t 00:20:16.367 --> 00:20:20.867

hear anything. Yeah. So I sign out and I signed back in. Uh, 00:20:20.867 --> 00:20:25.634

it’s not fine, but the system crashed on us. We just got it

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back up running. So our apologies. Technology failed. 00:20:31.500 --> 00:20:37.467

Sorry, yeah, thank you. All right, so, um, So I guess if we

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just reason this out, we say, OK, we, we, we want the 450 and 00:20:42.233 --> 00:20:44.900

and the 4 million, which is the offer that we made to say we’re

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gonna forgive the loan, right? Uh, and I think part of that

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was we don’t. We gave a pretty significant amount. Residents 00:20:53.934 --> 00:20:56.800

want their money back, and I don’t think that the city wants

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to feel like we’re easily kind of pushed around when it comes

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to these things. If I’m just being honest with you, so it’s 00:21:04.033 --> 00:21:08.467

And now they’re saying, well, if, if we agree, if, if that

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happens and you actually get the 4 million, then we We get 00:21:11.634 --> 00:21:16.667

the We’re not going to give you the 450, right? And that’s the

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deal. Now I don’t necessarily have an issue with that. I

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think the issue I have is that if, if I don’t think, I don’t 00:21:23.467 --> 00:21:26.133

think there is a will for people to simply just accept

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450. I think there’s not the will there, right? That’s kind 00:21:30.767 --> 00:21:34.533

of what I’m reading from folks. I can’t speak for everybody,

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but that is generally what I’m kind of feeling and and sensing

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from people, uh, and so I just want To see if I’m reasoning 00:21:42.667 --> 00:21:46.233

that out correctly in terms of what they’re offering us, what

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they’re kind of offering back. Correct. That is what they’re

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offering. Yeah, so we get the 450 if we don’t get the $4 00:21:55.834 --> 00:21:59.033

million grant. But Mr. President, what I’m hearing

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from you is almost we either get the $4 million or we don’t 00:22:01.934 --> 00:22:05.533

forgive the loan. Is that what you were suggesting just a

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moment ago and like I said, I can’t speak for everybody. I’d

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want to hear what other, you know, council members think 00:22:11.667 --> 00:22:15.734

about this, but that’s kind of what I’ve been feeling a little

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bit is that people do not want to walk away from, I can’t even

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remember how how much we’ve given, right? But people don’t 00:22:22.000 --> 00:22:26.867

want to walk away with 10% of that. Right, right. Uh,

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especially when, you know, we could, we could use those

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dollars for other things. I understand that the horror show 00:22:32.467 --> 00:22:35.900

that has been put in front of us, if, if, if this doesn’t go

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through, but I just want to make sure that we At at least 00:22:40.166 --> 00:22:43.000

communicate how we feel right now. Councilor, uh,

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commissioner Page. Thank you, President. uh, I think just two

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things for me is just listening to our residents that um I 00:22:54.567 --> 00:22:59.533

haven’t received any support for forgiveness, um, and also

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to address that we are. We’ve used it over and over again, 00:23:03.634 --> 00:23:06.400

but we’re kicking the can down the road. We’re passing this on

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to Every year or every month now. Um So I would also agree 00:23:14.900 --> 00:23:23.467

with what the president stated. All right, so I know we have a 00:23:23.467 --> 00:23:28.266

I’m not seeing any other. Questions. Um, I know we have,

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uh, rich Sheng wanted to speak to this. I’m gonna ask you to 00:23:33.100 --> 00:23:37.867

limit it to 3 minutes. Will do. Good evening, President

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Commissioner of Staff and the residents of Brooklyn Park. I 00:23:40.500 --> 00:23:43.767

want to start by expressing my empathy for the residents of

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Huntington Place. It’s got to be rough and tough knowing

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about filling the uncertainty of it all. Whatever decision is 00:23:50.166 --> 00:23:53.634

made, I know we all agree the residents in the city deserves

00:23:53.634 --> 00:23:58.100

better. Since the lender has now rejected the city’s

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conditions from the March EDA which look at whatever 00:24:02.900 --> 00:24:05.634

maneuvering you guys decide on that night was, you know, it

00:24:05.634 --> 00:24:09.934

was a great, it was a good move to try to get both. Um, fast

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forward to today, understanding with whatever was determined 00:24:13.934 --> 00:24:18.467

today with um Tim was talking about uh community development.

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I’m glad I was referring to something I have to dive into a 00:24:21.667 --> 00:24:24.834

little bit more. I just want to kind of come back to things

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that I’ve been concerned about as other residents were truly

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concerned about um mass capital, a bar that We’re not sure what 00:24:35.100 --> 00:24:38.734

they’re all about. Yes, we’re giving a loan keeps the

00:24:38.734 --> 00:24:40.467

affordability provisions on paper, but that’s not enough 00:24:40.467 --> 00:24:43.133

for us to for me to feel comfortable that the residents

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will get what they need, safe conditions, responsive

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management, and more moderate camp space and facilities. So

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with that being said, I would like the commission to with 00:24:54.266 --> 00:24:58.100

option one to try to capture at least that $4 million. Um, I

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think that was one of the options that was in the 00:25:00.567 --> 00:25:03.266

proposal. So, um, I, I can see the rest. of my time. Thank you.

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All right, so I, I’m, I’m going to move and just say that we 00:25:16.634 --> 00:25:20.900

are willing to move forward if the um I’ll make a motion 00:25:20.900 --> 00:25:23.634

saying that, uh, and I don’t know about the, the particular

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language we can wordsmith it as we go. We do have a lawyer over

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here as well, um, so, but, you know, I’m willing to be I think 00:25:33.166 --> 00:25:35.367

The motion needs to be, you know, that we need to create

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some language where it is contingent upon us receiving

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the $4 million from HUD. Um, I don’t think that. The will is 00:25:43.367 --> 00:25:47.734

up here. I would, I, I’m just, I’m not seeing it. Uh, people

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aren’t making comments, so I think it has to be contingent

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about getting the $4 million from, uh, from Hyde the 450 is 00:25:53.667 --> 00:25:57.233

not gonna do it, right? And I think us saying that changes it

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to where we don’t necessarily have to continue to mention the 00:26:00.934 --> 00:26:05.734

450K. So I’m not sure how we would actually put that into a

00:26:05.734 --> 00:26:09.100

motion, but, you know, that’s what I’m guess I’m putting

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forward right now. But I see, um, council member Erickson. 00:26:13.233 --> 00:26:23.367

Commissioner Erickson. a Um, I’m going to take a run at the 00:26:23.367 --> 00:26:30.900

motion just based on what’s already in the packet. Which OK. 00:26:30.900 --> 00:26:40.900

Just because I’m No, no, no, you, Just what the language 00:26:40.900 --> 00:26:43.667

would be and I can note it and then absolutely we can work on

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what it would be in the, in the, in the official motion is what

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I was asking. I move to waive the reading and adopt 00:26:53.233 --> 00:26:57.533

resolution 2025 for giving certain loan with Aon BP LLC,

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Huntington Place Apartments, contingent upon receipt of a $4 00:27:01.800 --> 00:27:08.166

million federal congressionally. Congressional spending grant.

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And Period. Or it can give us 4 million too. I was going to say, 00:27:18.533 --> 00:27:22.133

it could be a $4 million grant, federal grant, or they can give 00:27:22.133 --> 00:27:32.767

us 4 million. Um, yeah, ready for, for the, um, yeah, so I, I, 00:27:32.767 --> 00:27:38.000

I guess we can just limit it to the AI I mean to the uh To the,

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uh, what is it, the, the congressional spending grant 00:27:40.734 --> 00:27:42.867

because I, if I’m honest, they’re not going to match,

00:27:42.867 --> 00:27:47.667

they’re not going to give $4 million regardless. So yeah,

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I’ll second that motion. And Mr. President, If, if I could, for 00:27:53.033 --> 00:27:58.867

the EDA attorney, it seems that we would modify section 403 and

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0404 to modify that language. So I’m assuming the, the motion 00:28:02.800 --> 00:28:06.467

would include direction to the EDA attorney to change the

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resolution based off of that direction. Uh, yes, that is 00:28:11.100 --> 00:28:15.467

correct. That’s what I would request. So it’d be as if I

00:28:15.467 --> 00:28:20.266

believe it would be as you stated it, plus, uh, Ma a 00:28:20.266 --> 00:28:23.667

restatement, absolutely. OK. I’m going to restate the motion.

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I moved to waive the reading and adopt resolution 2025 for

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giving a certain loan with Aon BP LLC Huntington Place 00:28:34.100 --> 00:28:39.467

Apartments, contingent upon receipt of $4 million federal

00:28:39.467 --> 00:28:43.233

congressional spending grant. And instruct city staff to 00:28:43.233 --> 00:28:54.367

amend the resolution. Appropriately Right Second, So 00:28:54.367 --> 00:28:58.734

the motion was made by Commissioner Erickson, seconded

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by President Winston. We will need a roll call vote. 00:29:03.467 --> 00:29:08.000

Commissioner Erikson. Commissioner Klonofsky.

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Commissioner McGarvey. All right. Commissioner Page. Can 00:29:17.367 --> 00:29:21.233

you reread the motion for me, please, just so I hear it. I’m 00:29:21.233 --> 00:29:32.000

sorry. Moved to waive the reading and adapt resolution 00:29:32.000 --> 00:29:37.100

2025 for giving a certain loan with A on BP LLC, Huntington

00:29:37.100 --> 00:29:42.567

Place Apartments, contingent upon receipt of a $4 million 00:29:42.567 --> 00:29:46.734

federal congressional spending grant and instruct city staff

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to amend resolutions appropriately. Right. 00:29:52.033 --> 00:30:02.200

Commissioner Tran. Um, before I vote, I want to, uh, I need a 00:30:02.200 --> 00:30:07.667

clarification because I just got an email uh from Tim. Uh,

00:30:07.667 --> 00:30:16.567

about. We might not uh The, the HUD, uh, I’m not sure about the 00:30:16.567 --> 00:30:25.767

4 million. Um But the city Mr. President, I can take out an 00:30:25.767 --> 00:30:29.934

attempt at that. So we’re not guaranteed to get the $4

00:30:29.934 --> 00:30:33.767

million grant yet. So let’s say worst case scenario, we’re not 00:30:33.767 --> 00:30:37.033

successful in getting that grant. This resolution becomes

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null and void, and we’ve got to come back at that point or and 00:30:40.800 --> 00:30:44.900

and the lenders have to make a decision, so the loan

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forgiveness cannot move forward under the current motion unless

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we get that federal grant. OK, so this is for the. This way, 8. 00:30:57.166 --> 00:31:07.000

Can you confirm, was that an I? Yeah, it’s, I thank you. Thank 00:31:07.000 --> 00:31:13.233

you for explaining. President Winston? I Motion carries with 00:31:13.233 --> 00:31:19.166

6 yes and 0 no’s. All right, thank you. Thanks everybody. I

00:31:19.166 --> 00:31:22.467

know it’s not an easy decision. I know for Ann, this isn’t an 00:31:22.467 --> 00:31:34.567

easy situation either, so. All right, so next we will move to 00:31:34.567 --> 00:31:38.367

item 6.2. Consider selecting Beer companies and Gramercy

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companies for the Apo Common site in Krous Anderson for the 00:31:41.567 --> 00:31:45.367

former park and ride site and directing staff to enter into

00:31:45.367 --> 00:32:08.734

development partnership negotiations. Yes. Good to go 00:32:08.734 --> 00:32:12.634

again. All right, perfect. Well, thank you and good evening 00:32:12.634 --> 00:32:16.400

again, um, Mayor and EDA commissioners tonight I’ll also

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be presenting um agenda item 6.2 regarding the selection of 00:32:20.200 --> 00:32:22.667

development partners for the Oxboat Common sites in the

00:32:22.667 --> 00:32:26.834

former Park and Ride site following a request for

00:32:26.834 --> 00:32:32.300

qualifications process initiated late last year. So 00:32:32.300 --> 00:32:35.467

with that said, the purpose of this item is to consider

00:32:35.467 --> 00:32:38.100

selecting development partners for our EDA owned sites

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following the RFQ initiated September of 2024 and overall, 00:32:41.867 --> 00:32:44.834

the panel put together by city staff is recommending the

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selection of beer companies and Gramercy companies for the Oxbo

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Common sites and Kraus Anderson for the former park and ride 00:32:51.467 --> 00:32:55.166

site to continue negotiations towards feasible development

00:32:55.166 --> 00:32:57.834

concepts. This recommendation aligns with our original RFQ’s

00:32:57.834 --> 00:33:01.033

intent of seeking qualified partners who can work 00:33:01.033 --> 00:33:04.233

collaboratively, uh, with the EDA to develop. these sites as

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stated in our RFQ, we sought a quote unquote partner to

00:33:06.900 --> 00:33:09.634

develop these sites who is willing to push the boundaries

00:33:09.634 --> 00:33:12.233

on the current market and be a creative partner who thinks 00:33:12.233 --> 00:33:15.634

outside the box. Uh, given the current market conditions, this

00:33:15.634 --> 00:33:18.300

partnership approach gives us the flexibility to refine

00:33:18.300 --> 00:33:20.834

development concepts while working with these highly 00:33:20.834 --> 00:33:25.400

qualified development teams. So moving on to some background

00:33:25.400 --> 00:33:28.033

onto these sites, we have two significant development

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opportunities represented on these ED owned properties. The 00:33:30.467 --> 00:33:36.834

former park and ride site at 4201 95th Avenue North is 6.85

00:33:36.834 --> 00:33:39.567

acres with excellent visibility from Highway 610. The EDA

00:33:39.567 --> 00:33:43.767

purchased the site in 2018 for a little over 1.2 million. It 00:33:43.767 --> 00:33:45.834

is currently designated as institutional in the

00:33:45.834 --> 00:33:48.634

comprehensive plan and zoned as public institution, which will

00:33:48.634 --> 00:33:51.233

need to be amended to accommodate future development. 00:33:51.233 --> 00:33:54.467

Uh, the Oxville Commons development, on the other hand,

00:33:54.467 --> 00:33:58.233

consists of 4 parcels totaling approximately 16.9 acres. These

00:33:58.233 --> 00:34:01.867

were acquired by the EDA in 2014 for a total of just over 00:34:01.867 --> 00:34:06.834

$1 million. As a part of the Highway 610 corridor study in

00:34:06.834 --> 00:34:10.000

2023. These properties were rezoned and re-guided in the 00:34:10.000 --> 00:34:13.834

comp plan uh with two parcels being designated as high

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density residential and two as mixed use. Again, a visual for 00:34:20.100 --> 00:34:22.767

this presentation, as you can see on the map, both sites are

00:34:22.767 --> 00:34:26.533

strategically located within our Highway 610 corridor. Um,

00:34:26.533 --> 00:34:30.400

I’m going to move. This just in case that’s in the way for you 00:34:30.400 --> 00:34:34.500

all as well. The subject properties are highlighted in

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orange with Oxville Commons being that in the top left of

00:34:36.734 --> 00:34:38.934

the picture and the former park and ride being the orange one

00:34:38.934 --> 00:34:42.000

and the right. I also highlighted the parks just to 00:34:42.000 --> 00:34:44.467

give the visual reference. To know where it is for the public.

00:34:44.467 --> 00:34:54.233

All right, so now to touch on the RFQ process. The RFQ is 00:34:54.233 --> 00:34:58.000

open from September 23rd to November 18th of last year and

00:34:58.000 --> 00:35:00.166

resulted in 4 responses. During the same period, a panel was 00:35:00.166 --> 00:35:03.800

formed to aid in guiding, review and ultimately making a

00:35:03.800 --> 00:35:07.767

recommendation. This panel consisted of 7 members, uh,

00:35:07.767 --> 00:35:10.533

council member Klanowski, Community Development director 00:35:10.533 --> 00:35:14.567

Tim Gladhill, City Financial advisor Jason Arswald. Our

00:35:14.567 --> 00:35:16.734

housing and redevelopment coordinator John Cannara, 2

00:35:16.734 --> 00:35:19.467

members from our planning division with both senior

00:35:19.467 --> 00:35:23.634

planners Aaron McDermott and Kara Donovan and then. myself. 00:35:23.634 --> 00:35:24.834

Initial pre-screening connections took place

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throughout December and early January with formal interviews

00:35:28.100 --> 00:35:32.166

taking place on Friday, January 17th at City Hall. Since those 00:35:32.166 --> 00:35:35.233

interviews, the panel, staff, and city’s financial advisors

00:35:35.233 --> 00:35:38.033

worked with each of the proposals to conduct

00:35:38.033 --> 00:35:40.867

preliminary analysis and to ensure best fit from this 00:35:40.867 --> 00:35:44.467

research and analysis, the panel decided that 3 of the

00:35:44.467 --> 00:35:48.734

proposals aligned with the EDA’s vision for these sites.

00:35:48.734 --> 00:35:52.500

So for the Opo common selections, the panel is 00:35:52.500 --> 00:35:55.166

recommending Beer Companies and commerce companies based on

00:35:55.166 --> 00:35:58.367

their strong qualifications, including the combination of

00:35:58.367 --> 00:36:04.734

relevant experience. Let me go ahead and move this again. 00:36:04.734 --> 00:36:07.033

Their combination of relevant experience and openness to the

00:36:07.033 --> 00:36:10.567

potential for a mixed use in high density residential 00:36:10.567 --> 00:36:12.900

development, uh, this demonstrates their capability

00:36:12.900 --> 00:36:16.567

in handling project of this scope and complexity. They both

00:36:16.567 --> 00:36:19.734

have strong financial capacity and have shown creative

00:36:19.734 --> 00:36:21.000

approaches to development challenges which will be 00:36:21.000 --> 00:36:24.500

important given the market conditions going forward. The

00:36:24.500 --> 00:36:27.200

proposals were also on track with aligning with the EDA’s

00:36:27.200 --> 00:36:30.900

vision for creating dense, walkable environments at Oxwell 00:36:30.900 --> 00:36:33.567

Commons. Finally, they both demonstrated a commitment to

00:36:33.567 --> 00:36:36.233

quality design and community engagement, which again aligns

00:36:36.233 --> 00:36:40.000

with our community values and to talk specifics Beer 00:36:40.000 --> 00:36:42.200

Companies primarily has dealt with multi-family developments,

00:36:42.200 --> 00:36:45.300

however, they have the capability and expressed

00:36:45.300 --> 00:36:47.400

interest in exploring commercial components to this

00:36:47.400 --> 00:36:49.467

site, uh, which is something the panel strongly preferred to

00:36:49.467 --> 00:36:53.900

see. The Mercy companies who is offering a unique first of its 00:36:53.900 --> 00:36:58.100

kind, equitable home ownership model in the form of a non-age

00:36:58.100 --> 00:37:01.000

restricted cooperative is open to accompanying a commercial 00:37:01.000 --> 00:37:03.500

component, otherwise they offer the most equity on the

00:37:03.500 --> 00:37:13.634

individual resident level to the Brooklyn Park community. So 00:37:13.634 --> 00:37:16.467

for the former Park and Ride site, the panel is recommending

00:37:16.467 --> 00:37:20.000

Kraus Anderson based on a number of exceptional 00:37:20.000 --> 00:37:22.100

qualifications, including their successful track record with

00:37:22.100 --> 00:37:23.767

similar development projects and how that gives us

00:37:23.767 --> 00:37:26.800

confidence in their ability to execute a desirable development.

00:37:26.800 --> 00:37:29.734

They also have a vast experience incorporating

00:37:29.734 --> 00:37:32.767

commercial elements within the residential developments, which 00:37:32.767 --> 00:37:35.634

is the preference and most appropriate for this high

00:37:35.634 --> 00:37:38.200

visibility site. Also, they have an innovative approach to

00:37:38.200 --> 00:37:41.867

site planning. They thoroughly respected the adjacent uses, 00:37:41.867 --> 00:37:43.133

which is important to the surrounding neighborhood

00:37:43.133 --> 00:37:47.166

landscape. Capes. Lastly, they demonstrated the ability to

00:37:47.166 --> 00:37:49.500

navigate complex development processes with their long

00:37:49.500 --> 00:37:51.533

organizational history, which will be valuable as we work 00:37:51.533 --> 00:37:54.634

through things like comp plan amendments and uh site specific

00:37:54.634 --> 00:38:01.500

needs for this location. So next steps if the EDA approves 00:38:01.500 --> 00:38:04.233

the selection, staff will work with the developers to further

00:38:04.233 --> 00:38:06.734

refine development concepts based on feasibility and

00:38:06.734 --> 00:38:09.100

potential timelines. Our first step will be to provide the

00:38:09.100 --> 00:38:11.767

selected developers with our financial assistance 00:38:11.767 --> 00:38:14.100

application, which will help transform their preliminary

00:38:14.100 --> 00:38:16.734

financial estimates into more detailed and concrete numbers

00:38:16.734 --> 00:38:19.767

at the same time, we’ll continue exploring various

00:38:19.767 --> 00:38:22.166

financing structures and things like potential phasing options 00:38:22.166 --> 00:38:24.667

to adapt to the current market realities, all the while

00:38:24.667 --> 00:38:27.166

ensuring the developments are both viable and aligned with

00:38:27.166 --> 00:38:31.033

our vision. So, together with the partners, the goal is to 00:38:31.033 --> 00:38:33.667

identify opportun opportunities to maximize the potential of

00:38:33.667 --> 00:38:36.934

what each developer can bring to these sites, all the while

00:38:36.934 --> 00:38:39.634

focusing on creating high quality developments to benefit

00:38:39.634 --> 00:38:43.200

the community. Lastly, staff will return to the EDA at each 00:38:43.200 --> 00:38:46.467

significant milestone in this process, providing updates on

00:38:46.467 --> 00:38:49.300

the evolving development concepts, uh, specific

00:38:49.300 --> 00:38:52.367

locations within the Oville Common side of things and 00:38:52.367 --> 00:38:54.233

detailed information about what these developments could bring

00:38:54.233 --> 00:38:59.100

to the city. As far as the next slide in financial

00:38:59.100 --> 00:39:01.900

considerations, there are no immediate financial 00:39:01.900 --> 00:39:04.634

implications for this action. Any future development

00:39:04.634 --> 00:39:08.367

agreement will include specific financial terms and potential

00:39:08.367 --> 00:39:11.634

public assistance which each instance would return to the 00:39:11.634 --> 00:39:14.300

EDA for consideration. The development teams are also now

00:39:14.300 --> 00:39:16.900

preliminarily aware of the NDA’s financial parameters and

00:39:16.900 --> 00:39:20.166

we’ll work within this to develop feasible proposals. So 00:39:20.166 --> 00:39:24.367

I’ve said it a few times, I’ll just throw it up there for the

00:39:24.367 --> 00:39:27.000

staff recommendations of the selected developers to partner

00:39:27.000 --> 00:39:33.367

with and I’ll open it up for questions. Uh, thank you for 00:39:33.367 --> 00:39:38.367

that, uh, Commissioner Kanowski. Thank you, President, and thank

00:39:38.367 --> 00:39:41.467

you for the presentation and thanks for, I mean, all the 00:39:41.467 --> 00:39:46.800

work that you and the team did, getting the selection. Done and

00:39:46.800 --> 00:39:51.567

setting up all the interviews, um, having had the privilege to 00:39:51.567 --> 00:39:53.900

sit in with staff on a lot of these, uh, a couple of

00:39:53.900 --> 00:39:59.133

highlights I just wanted to share with the EDA, um, I think

00:39:59.133 --> 00:40:03.834

the KA team came with a really. I, I believe it was Aaron or a 00:40:03.834 --> 00:40:07.767

couple of staff members said this is really a perfect

00:40:07.767 --> 00:40:11.033

response. They put together an amazing team, including a 00:40:11.033 --> 00:40:15.133

black-owned architecture team. They had J. Benson as a partner

00:40:15.133 --> 00:40:19.533

to learn how to do development and Jay Benson is a minority

00:40:19.533 --> 00:40:23.734

owned general contractor, which the CEO Paul Edlund himself was 00:40:23.734 --> 00:40:27.367

a former attorney, so he worked with at-risk youth, and he

00:40:27.367 --> 00:40:31.233

talked a lot about how he hoped to come in and work with our 00:40:31.233 --> 00:40:34.300

community, our young people to get them involved in the

00:40:34.300 --> 00:40:37.133

project so they could have access to living wage jobs. It

00:40:37.133 --> 00:40:40.734

was just, I thought that interview was incredible. They 00:40:40.734 --> 00:40:44.100

came really well prepared. They cared about Brooklyn. Park and

00:40:44.100 --> 00:40:47.634

our success. They also community space, which I

00:40:47.634 --> 00:40:50.300

appreciated they built in community space and they were 00:40:50.300 --> 00:40:53.500

very, very willing to work with the community, the local

00:40:53.500 --> 00:40:56.367

community to make sure that everyone’s needs were met at

00:40:56.367 --> 00:41:03.033

the end of the day. Um, gramercy, what a unique model, 00:41:03.033 --> 00:41:04.300

um, generational wealth building, and it, the co op

00:41:04.300 --> 00:41:08.467

functions in a way that everyone owns a share of a

00:41:08.467 --> 00:41:11.233

corporation. So if I bought my share of the corporation, I 00:41:11.233 --> 00:41:14.400

could pass that to my children. It’s not, you don’t necessarily

00:41:14.400 --> 00:41:17.166

own the condo in the same way as like you’d own a real estate

00:41:17.166 --> 00:41:20.800

like your house. You own a share. So everyone is tied into 00:41:20.800 --> 00:41:24.734

the success of the property. I thought it was a fascinating

00:41:24.734 --> 00:41:26.734

model, one of a kind, really because it would be the first

00:41:26.734 --> 00:41:30.467

non-ag. restricted, you see senior co-ops, but this would 00:41:30.467 --> 00:41:35.166

be a community co op. Which we all loved. And then Bader

00:41:35.166 --> 00:41:37.834

responded really well to that particular site that we asked

00:41:37.834 --> 00:41:41.266

them to look at and being willing to entertain commercial 00:41:41.266 --> 00:41:44.834

with a focus on the walkability, specifically with all the

00:41:44.834 --> 00:41:49.033

connections to trails in the community. Um, we had another

00:41:49.033 --> 00:41:51.233

proposal that really didn’t fit the needs of the city, and I 00:41:51.233 --> 00:41:55.467

think they got eliminated really quickly, but, um, Yeah,

00:41:55.467 --> 00:41:59.734

this, this group that came and presented to us had really

00:41:59.734 --> 00:42:01.300

innovative and insightful approaches to development of 00:42:01.300 --> 00:42:14.233

Brooklyn Park. Commissioner Page. Thanks for the 00:42:14.233 --> 00:42:21.100

presentation, um, I would like to see more senior housing, so. 00:42:21.100 --> 00:42:24.100

I’m just wondering how that fits in here. I, I’m very

00:42:24.100 --> 00:42:29.100

familiar with co op. Um, it does limit your lending

00:42:29.100 --> 00:42:36.233

possibilities, but it also gives a lower price, um, to, to 00:42:36.233 --> 00:42:40.900

own a part of that. So I, I’m a little concerned about more 00:42:40.900 --> 00:42:45.734

high density. Living, so how does, is that what this

00:42:45.734 --> 00:42:49.900

contract will do to come up with those ideas that would be

00:42:49.900 --> 00:42:56.834

presented before the EDA to. Consider Yes, right now we’re 00:42:56.834 --> 00:43:00.100

at the conceptual level. What this RFQ, um, you know, 00:43:00.100 --> 00:43:02.734

announcing the partnerships and, and aligning with that original

00:43:02.734 --> 00:43:05.500

goal would be to take it to the next level. We need to get to

00:43:05.500 --> 00:43:07.900

the nitty gritty of the finances to find out what’s

00:43:07.900 --> 00:43:11.900

feasible, it’s kind of the way to put it, so. Any type of uh 00:43:11.900 --> 00:43:13.467

project or concept would always come back before the EDA for

00:43:13.467 --> 00:43:17.734

review. And are any of those folks here to answer questions

00:43:17.734 --> 00:43:20.900

or that typically goes through you. That, yes, I would go 00:43:20.900 --> 00:43:24.133

through me. We kept it close to chess. We didn’t want to, um,

00:43:24.133 --> 00:43:26.266

we decided not to tell them who was being awarded before the

00:43:26.266 --> 00:43:31.000

EDA. knew the news. So could I ask questions then about the 00:43:31.000 --> 00:43:35.300

one particular, OK, so for the projects that you put in here

00:43:35.300 --> 00:43:38.500

that was in comparison to the AOCA Co op. I’m trying to think

00:43:38.500 --> 00:43:44.900

where I saw that, um. How long did it take to build that and 00:43:44.900 --> 00:43:50.467

then how fast to, um, Have a 100% occupancy. I do know from 00:43:50.467 --> 00:43:53.734

the meetings and, and initial screenings and the interviews

00:43:53.734 --> 00:43:57.166

with Gramercy that it, uh, took them a little bit longer as a

00:43:57.166 --> 00:44:00.900

smaller developer, especially with the They’re they were 00:44:00.900 --> 00:44:03.233

originally proposing about 100 unit building and that’s a

00:44:03.233 --> 00:44:05.800

fraction of the size of the other two proposals, but their

00:44:05.800 --> 00:44:10.100

timeline was just as long, so I, I think I remember it being 4 00:44:10.100 --> 00:44:12.734

years without the proposal being in front of me. From

00:44:12.734 --> 00:44:18.100

start to finish. Because what they I have Tim if you can

00:44:18.100 --> 00:44:24.000

remember too, they do a Lisa prior to um advancing on phase 00:44:24.000 --> 00:44:27.100

one, much like you see with commercial phasing and things

00:44:27.100 --> 00:44:33.100

like that, they do the lease up before they keep advancing. Um, 00:44:33.100 --> 00:44:36.533

Mr. President, members of the commission, usually with multi

00:44:36.533 --> 00:44:39.033

family and I think this kind of fits within that for you window

00:44:39.033 --> 00:44:42.266

within there, yes, there’s the initial lease up so they have 00:44:42.266 --> 00:44:44.734

enough people that sign on board so they want to have a

00:44:44.734 --> 00:44:48.033

project but a project of this magnitude is going to be about

00:44:48.033 --> 00:44:51.634

12 to 18 month construction period and another 12 to 18 00:44:51.634 --> 00:44:54.300

month lease up here, and I think that was generally kind

00:44:54.300 --> 00:44:58.100

of what they saw when they had pretty big interest. I know all

00:44:58.100 --> 00:45:02.834

this project working next door in a similar community, um. 00:45:02.834 --> 00:45:07.166

There wasn’t anything unique in terms of major delays. This was,

00:45:07.166 --> 00:45:09.834

this project was also a city land purchase as well from the

00:45:09.834 --> 00:45:14.100

city of Anoka, so. Nothing stood out as like completely 00:45:14.100 --> 00:45:22.200

out of the ordinary from what we could tell. To you, 00:45:22.200 --> 00:45:36.000

Commissioner Eriksson. Thank you. Um. I definitely don’t 00:45:36.000 --> 00:45:42.367

have any problems with the density question. My concern 00:45:42.367 --> 00:45:49.300

would be more about. Kind of the timeline of an eventual

00:45:49.300 --> 00:45:53.634

project. So we enter into sort of a development partnership 00:45:53.634 --> 00:45:58.400

kind of memorandum of understanding right now, and

00:45:58.400 --> 00:46:02.634

then as they develop a proposal if they develop a proposal. We 00:46:02.634 --> 00:46:07.000

still own the land, so it’s kind of a iterative process of

00:46:07.000 --> 00:46:10.767

what we eventually end up with. Is that correct? Correct. So on 00:46:10.767 --> 00:46:13.900

the technical side of things, what we would do is extend them

00:46:13.900 --> 00:46:17.133

our financial, uh, developers’ financial assistance

00:46:17.133 --> 00:46:18.800

application with that application, we’d get their

00:46:18.800 --> 00:46:21.367

detailed financials where we could work with our Ellers, our 00:46:21.367 --> 00:46:24.500

financial advisor to find out essentially feasibility

00:46:24.500 --> 00:46:26.233

regardless of what the things look like right now, that’s why

00:46:26.233 --> 00:46:29.033

I added in the visuals at the end. I’m a visual person. I

00:46:29.033 --> 00:46:32.033

want you guys all to see, you know, each proposal that was 00:46:32.033 --> 00:46:35.100

sent in, but between now and feasibility, those might change

00:46:35.100 --> 00:46:37.934

about, uh, you know, a lot, so I didn’t want to put them as a

00:46:37.934 --> 00:46:42.800

focus point, um. During that time, what we do or what the 00:46:42.800 --> 00:46:44.800

city of Brooklyn Parks traditionally done is what’s

00:46:44.800 --> 00:46:49.033

called a term sheet. We’d come with a 12 pager of what would

00:46:49.033 --> 00:46:51.767

eventually turn into a developer’s assistance 00:46:51.767 --> 00:46:53.900

agreement, developer’s agreement, all that would be

00:46:53.900 --> 00:46:58.200

approved by the EDA and at that point, we would know concept,

00:46:58.200 --> 00:47:00.834

timeline construction lines, but a lot of it is in our 00:47:00.834 --> 00:47:05.100

ballpark once they get in that application, so I mean we can

00:47:05.100 --> 00:47:07.800

do application review too. There’s Um, I don’t wanna take

00:47:07.800 --> 00:47:10.667

up much more of your time. I know some cities do do that, 00:47:10.667 --> 00:47:16.467

but yeah. Every update would come before. OK, so we’re not,

00:47:16.467 --> 00:47:22.367

um, I guess my concern, I said it before, I’ll say it again. 00:47:22.367 --> 00:47:26.500

I’m I’m I’m less concerned about the noble site, but

00:47:26.500 --> 00:47:30.233

especially with the Zain Oak Grove area. It’s a little bit 00:47:30.233 --> 00:47:38.166

more central, bit more show PC. I I’m just concerned about the

00:47:38.166 --> 00:47:43.634

Out of the box apartment project number 3. thing So 00:47:43.634 --> 00:47:52.567

would, would love to see more creativity more. Um Something 00:47:52.567 --> 00:47:56.834

more interesting uh in that area, so. I’m glad we’re still

00:47:56.834 --> 00:48:04.400

early on. Yeah, I, I, I, that makes sense. Um, uh, I know 00:48:04.400 --> 00:48:08.634

that we have a resident that wanted to say a few words on

00:48:08.634 --> 00:48:14.734

this as well, so uh. Rich young Again, if you could just very 00:48:14.734 --> 00:48:18.233

announce who you are, but if you could limit it to 3 minutes.

00:48:18.233 --> 00:48:22.500

Thank you. Again, good evening, President Commissioner staff 00:48:22.500 --> 00:48:27.300

and residents of Brooklyn Park. My name’s Richone. I live at

00:48:27.300 --> 00:48:33.734

4034 Fox Glove Avenue. Because my previous one here’s my um I 00:48:33.734 --> 00:48:38.000

know this has been a long time coming, dating back to 2018,

00:48:38.000 --> 00:48:42.233

2019. I just want to commend uh both the two most recent 00:48:42.233 --> 00:48:46.000

councils have been earnest partners in having discussions

00:48:46.000 --> 00:48:48.767

with redevelopment project with um the residents. Thank you for

00:48:48.767 --> 00:48:52.934

doing that. Uh, I supposed wanna take a moment to thank, 00:48:52.934 --> 00:48:54.500

uh, Council member Koanowski and Council member Page for

00:48:54.500 --> 00:48:57.734

meeting with the residents, um, to talk about, um, that

00:48:57.734 --> 00:49:01.100

redevelopment. I can’t speak for everyone, but I speak for a 00:49:01.100 --> 00:49:04.734

number of us that we support in moving forward with Cross

00:49:04.734 --> 00:49:07.000

Anderson as a development partner for this former park

00:49:07.000 --> 00:49:10.200

and ride site, um, because it’s time, it’s time to kind of see 00:49:10.200 --> 00:49:15.934

what that, that lot can do. Um, however, I like to see an

00:49:15.934 --> 00:49:19.367

updated project timeline, continue to have opportunities

00:49:19.367 --> 00:49:22.867

to have further conversations with the developer, city staff, 00:49:22.867 --> 00:49:25.634

planning commissions, um, EDA and City council. I know things

00:49:25.634 --> 00:49:28.233

are not set in stone, but I’ll make sure we like to have those

00:49:28.233 --> 00:49:31.934

opportunities. down somewhere in the timeline. Um, things 00:49:31.934 --> 00:49:34.567

that are concerning, still concerning to us is traffic

00:49:34.567 --> 00:49:38.834

impacts, storm water management, uh mitigation strategies of the

00:49:38.834 --> 00:49:42.033

rainwater, community benefits and integrations within the 00:49:42.033 --> 00:49:44.367

nearby neighborhood. Um, I look forward to hearing the staff’s

00:49:44.367 --> 00:49:47.900

response to my requests and comments. Um, last, I would

00:49:47.900 --> 00:49:52.166

like to take a moment to recognize community development 00:49:52.166 --> 00:49:54.367

director Tim Gladhild. Um, he’s been a great addition to the

00:49:54.367 --> 00:49:57.500

city. I appreciate the thoroughness and presentations

00:49:57.500 --> 00:50:01.467

and his ability to explain things, situations, um, in 00:50:01.467 --> 00:50:04.500

layman terms. So those of us who aren’t in council or

00:50:04.500 --> 00:50:07.734

commission can kind of keep up. Uh, so, I would like to comment,

00:50:07.734 --> 00:50:12.500

um, Dylan is saying has been pretty speedy and respond to 00:50:12.500 --> 00:50:14.734

our questions and inquiries, and um we’re just looking

00:50:14.734 --> 00:50:18.900

forward to what this But this lot will do to benefit the city

00:50:18.900 --> 00:50:21.934

and to be beneficial to the neighborhood close to it. Thank 00:50:21.934 --> 00:50:31.767

you. Thank you. Um. Before I call you, Commissioner Page, I 00:50:31.767 --> 00:50:35.734

will say that um I think I have some of the same concerns as

00:50:35.734 --> 00:50:38.100

counsel, I mean, as Commissioner Erickson, I, I

00:50:38.100 --> 00:50:42.467

think this is a, uh, overall good approach, so. I’m inclined 00:50:42.467 --> 00:50:47.367

to, to vote for the motion as it’s, as it’s written. I just,

00:50:47.367 --> 00:50:50.000

I would like you to have some of that wow factor, but I know 00:50:50.000 --> 00:50:53.100

we’re early on in the process, so that will come in front of

00:50:53.100 --> 00:50:59.100

us, but, um, also, uh, to Commissioner Klowski, thank you

00:50:59.100 --> 00:51:02.100

for, um, bringing some of that information forward in terms of 00:51:02.100 --> 00:51:06.100

we have specific goals and and as a struggle as a city, we are

00:51:06.100 --> 00:51:09.200

struggling to figure this out. But I think when you have

00:51:09.200 --> 00:51:13.467

developers coming forward looking to help. Uh, I guess 00:51:13.467 --> 00:51:17.467

develop the next generation of talent and considering the

00:51:17.467 --> 00:51:21.000

diversity we have in our city, they’re looking to, to go along 00:51:21.000 --> 00:51:24.100

those lines, which could mean any number of things, right? Uh,

00:51:24.100 --> 00:51:28.767

I think that’s very much appreciated and I think that’s

00:51:28.767 --> 00:51:32.033

approach that um as a council, we can very much support, but I 00:51:32.033 --> 00:51:34.367

personally support because I think that that skill set does

00:51:34.367 --> 00:51:37.266

have to get to the next generation of developers, uh,

00:51:37.266 --> 00:51:40.100

and it has to get the folks that haven’t always had that 00:51:40.100 --> 00:51:43.367

opportunity. So maybe some of that wild will come from some

00:51:43.367 --> 00:51:47.100

of those newer ideas that come along with the newer folks

00:51:47.100 --> 00:51:49.734

learning those ideas. So thank you for bringing that forward

00:51:49.734 --> 00:51:54.000

and thank you for uh for working on this and, and thank 00:51:54.000 --> 00:51:57.133

you for uh Central District folks being so commissioner

00:51:57.133 --> 00:52:00.300

Page being so involved with this as well. Rich, thank you 00:52:00.300 --> 00:52:05.200

for being involved, uh, and, uh, uh, civil during the whole

00:52:05.200 --> 00:52:07.400

process because I know that you’ve been pretty passionate

00:52:07.400 --> 00:52:14.367

about this as well. So, um, Commissioner Page. I’m still 00:52:14.367 --> 00:52:18.367

doing my buttons. Thank you, President. um, it’s almost the

00:52:18.367 --> 00:52:21.166

same thing. I was, it’s almost like we have the same brain. I 00:52:21.166 --> 00:52:23.767

can’t imagine. I never, never believed that before I got

00:52:23.767 --> 00:52:27.734

elected or in this commission, but I will say this is exactly

00:52:27.734 --> 00:52:29.767

how things should go in the city. This is what people need

00:52:29.767 --> 00:52:34.166

to recognize is the city works super hard and detailed 00:52:34.166 --> 00:52:36.867

information and their strengths within all of the commissioners

00:52:36.867 --> 00:52:42.533

and our president, um, And our director where we all and I I 00:52:42.533 --> 00:52:46.734

said that first staff is first, um, they worked the hardest.

00:52:46.734 --> 00:52:49.500

And, but then for the residents to be active, engaged and

00:52:49.500 --> 00:52:52.800

involved, and to have these conversations, um, this is the 00:52:52.800 --> 00:52:55.300

way it should always work, where we all get better

00:52:55.300 --> 00:52:58.567

understanding of what we’re all trying to move, um, Brooklyn

00:52:58.567 --> 00:53:08.734

Park Forward, so I second what you were saying. Thank you. 00:53:08.734 --> 00:53:13.166

Commissioner Kloanowski. I want to go ahead and make the motion 00:53:13.166 --> 00:53:18.300

if we’re ready to go. Again, a big thank you to city staff and

00:53:18.300 --> 00:53:21.500

the developers in the community who have been looking out for 00:53:21.500 --> 00:53:25.200

their neighborhood and everyone and being passionate and

00:53:25.200 --> 00:53:30.000

open-minded. Um, I moved to waive the reading and adopt 00:53:30.000 --> 00:53:33.233

resolution 2025, selecting Baer companies and Gramercy

00:53:33.233 --> 00:53:36.634

companies for the Oxboll Common sites and Kraus Anderson for

00:53:36.634 --> 00:53:41.233

the former park and ride site and directing staff to enter 00:53:41.233 --> 00:53:47.734

into development partnership negotiations. Did you. So, uh,

00:53:47.734 --> 00:53:50.867

uh, so, uh, commissioner Kanowski made the motion. 00:53:50.867 --> 00:53:55.100

President Winston seconded it. We will need a roll call.

00:53:55.100 --> 00:53:58.834

Commissioner Klonowski. I. Commissioner McGarvey.

00:53:58.834 --> 00:54:06.467

Commissioner Page. Commissioner Tran. abstain. Commissioner 00:54:06.467 --> 00:54:14.467

Eriksson. President Winston. Motion curries with 5 yes, 0 00:54:14.467 --> 00:54:19.266

no’s, and 1 abstention, abstention. All right. Again,

00:54:19.266 --> 00:54:22.900

thank you, um, Director Gladhill and staff, you make 00:54:22.900 --> 00:54:25.033

everybody up here look smarter because of the work you guys do

00:54:25.033 --> 00:54:29.300

behind the scenes. So, uh, we very much appreciate it. So

00:54:29.300 --> 00:54:35.367

next we’ll, we’ll move to item. Let’s see, 6.3. Uh consider 00:54:35.367 --> 00:54:37.834

contract professional services with Fairmount Properties

00:54:37.834 --> 00:54:40.634

related to biotech innovation District implementation. Thank 00:54:40.634 --> 00:54:43.634

you, Mr. President. Members of the commission, I’ll keep this

00:54:43.634 --> 00:54:49.033

brief. At your last meeting, you narrowed down 8 different

00:54:49.033 --> 00:54:53.000

proposals down to one, which is Fairmont Properties who also 00:54:53.000 --> 00:54:56.567

merged with Burrow Appold. Uh, which is really the extension

00:54:56.567 --> 00:54:59.200

of the Northwest area plan. It’s the economic development

00:54:59.200 --> 00:55:02.367

and housing side, it’s implementation side over the 00:55:02.367 --> 00:55:07.233

next 2 to 3 years. Um, at that point, we noted that we were

00:55:07.233 --> 00:55:12.033

still working on the scope of services because we actually 00:55:12.033 --> 00:55:14.734

merged two proposals. We’ve done that. The city attorney

00:55:14.734 --> 00:55:17.500

has drafted a contract for services. So we really wanted

00:55:17.500 --> 00:55:23.233

to lock in actually authorizing staff to execute that agreement 00:55:23.233 --> 00:55:26.634

and um really established the final amount for the project.

00:55:26.634 --> 00:55:31.266

Keeping in mind this is over at least 2 fiscal years, if not 3, 00:55:31.266 --> 00:55:36.734

it is not to exceed $600,000. They do ask for some

00:55:36.734 --> 00:55:39.834

consideration on uh unique expenses as well. And this is

00:55:39.834 --> 00:55:43.567

really in line kind of with the median for the different 00:55:43.567 --> 00:55:47.367

proposals, uh, that we got. So again, this is to do the

00:55:47.367 --> 00:55:50.533

execution of the uh consultant selection that you made at your 00:55:50.533 --> 00:55:53.367

last meeting and at this point, staff will stand for any

00:55:53.367 --> 00:56:03.166

questions. Commissioner Kliowski. Unless there’s 00:56:03.166 --> 00:56:05.000

questions, I was going to make the motion. I feel like we’ve

00:56:05.000 --> 00:56:10.767

gone over this multiple times. OK, um, I move to waive the 00:56:10.767 --> 00:56:15.567

reading and adopt resolution 2025, proving contract for

00:56:15.567 --> 00:56:19.300

professional services with Fairmount properties related to

00:56:19.300 --> 00:56:25.166

biotech innovation district implementation. Oh *** was made 00:56:25.166 --> 00:56:28.467

by Commissioner Konowski, seconded by Commissioner

00:56:28.467 --> 00:56:34.233

McGarvey. So we’ll need a roll call. Thank you, Commissioner 00:56:34.233 --> 00:56:40.634

McGarvey. Commissioner Page. Commissioner Tran. think 00:56:40.634 --> 00:56:49.667

Commissioner Eriksson. Commissioner Kloowski. I

00:56:49.667 --> 00:56:54.166

President Winston? A. Motion carries with 5, yes, 0 no’s, 00:56:54.166 --> 00:56:59.367

and 1 abstention. All right, thank you. And then again,

00:56:59.367 --> 00:57:03.567

thank you to um Uh, because I know it was a pretty extensive 00:57:03.567 --> 00:57:07.367

process to actually get to,, to, to, to picking the consultants

00:57:07.367 --> 00:57:11.567

and so thank you to staff, uh, Director Gladhill for, for, for 00:57:11.567 --> 00:57:14.400

going through that process, uh, but also thank you to the

00:57:14.400 --> 00:57:17.900

council for, um, Being patient as we go through this process

00:57:17.900 --> 00:57:20.800

as well to plan out this particular area and thank you 00:57:20.800 --> 00:57:25.467

to residents. I’ve heard a lot of uh Now I was the most vocal,

00:57:25.467 --> 00:57:28.166

but residents have sent in things saying that they are

00:57:28.166 --> 00:57:32.033

supportive of this process, so, uh we appreciate those kind 00:57:32.033 --> 00:57:36.667

words from uh you as well. So next, we’ll go ahead and move

00:57:36.667 --> 00:57:42.000

to the EDA status updates. Thank you, Mr. President, 00:57:42.000 --> 00:57:44.667

members of the commission just want to call it a few things,

00:57:44.667 --> 00:57:47.834

um, earlier it was noted that we do have the development bus

00:57:47.834 --> 00:57:51.567

tour later this week, Wednesday, um, we’re leaving here at City 00:57:51.567 --> 00:57:55.767

Hall at 5 o’clock, um, and we like to show off some existing

00:57:55.767 --> 00:57:58.634

recent developments as well as some new and upcoming

00:57:58.634 --> 00:58:02.767

developments as well. Um, also wanna call out in our EDA staff 00:58:02.767 --> 00:58:05.734

report, we’ve been providing some development inquiry

00:58:05.734 --> 00:58:09.533

updates, uh, that is on page 6. It is section D development

00:58:09.533 --> 00:58:13.500

inquiries. We get unique proposals that may or may not 00:58:13.500 --> 00:58:16.834

fit either zoning or typical deal parameters. We’re putting

00:58:16.834 --> 00:58:19.367

them in here to let you know what we’re talking to these

00:58:19.367 --> 00:58:22.734

developers. If you ever see us say, no, this doesn’t meet our 00:58:22.734 --> 00:58:25.767

parameters, but you think it’s a really unique project? Let

00:58:25.767 --> 00:58:27.934

staff know and then we’ll be able to forward that to a

00:58:27.934 --> 00:58:31.100

future meeting too. So this is how we’re trying to make better 00:58:31.100 --> 00:58:33.767

use of staff time while giving you the opportunity to call

00:58:33.767 --> 00:58:37.033

time out and say, hey, we actually want to review that

00:58:37.033 --> 00:58:39.500

proposal. So don’t be shy when you see that, um, sort of thing.

00:58:39.500 --> 00:58:45.000

here as well. Um, we are in the process of filling, um, on a 00:58:45.000 --> 00:58:47.166

more permanent basis, our economic development and

00:58:47.166 --> 00:58:50.400

housing director role. We did a 2nd round of interviews. We’ve 00:58:50.400 --> 00:58:53.533

got one final round coming up, um, and then soon thereafter

00:58:53.533 --> 00:58:56.200

we’ll be looking at our workforce development role,

00:58:56.200 --> 00:58:59.367

director role as well, and then finally, just want to continue

00:58:59.367 --> 00:59:02.634

to call out that this is our 10th anniversary of our 00:59:02.634 --> 00:59:05.767

Brooklyn program. So later this summer, we’ll do a little bit

00:59:05.767 --> 00:59:08.500

of celebrating when they finish up their summer programming. Um,

00:59:08.500 --> 00:59:12.233

with that, that ends my updates and then we do have um a couple 00:59:12.233 --> 00:59:20.233

other updates, most notably SBC update right after this. All 00:59:20.233 --> 00:59:23.000

right, so yeah, I guess we’ll, we’ll move to that before we go

00:59:23.000 --> 00:59:26.634

to that, uh, wait, we have Brooklyn Park Smith. Yeah, SBC.

00:59:26.634 --> 00:59:29.500

So I did want to say, um, for our interim director in that

00:59:29.500 --> 00:59:32.000

role, and then for you, Director Gladhill, thanks for 00:59:32.000 --> 00:59:34.834

stepping in. I know you’ve taken on quite a bit, uh, in

00:59:34.834 --> 00:59:41.567

that role. I appreciate it and um and our interim director, uh, 00:59:41.567 --> 00:59:44.800

um, Malcolm, please forgive me for forgetting your last name,

00:59:44.800 --> 00:59:51.166

Hicks. Interim director Hicks. So, um, thank you. Uh, I know 00:59:51.166 --> 00:59:54.400

you made a presentation to us upstairs a little bit earlier.

00:59:54.400 --> 00:59:58.100

And as I was thinking about it, it felt like in some ways, your,

00:59:58.100 --> 01:00:01.834

your job is boiling the ocean, uh, and that is not an easy 01:00:01.834 --> 01:00:04.634

place to be in, uh, especially because you’ve been helping

01:00:04.634 --> 01:00:08.934

people at a very individual level as well. So just know, uh,

01:00:08.934 --> 01:00:12.033

it’s appreciated. People see what y’all are doing, uh, and 01:00:12.033 --> 01:00:14.300

What y’all are doing as a team. So very much appreciate it.

01:00:14.300 --> 01:00:19.100

Thank you. So next we’ll move to the uh Brooklyn Park Small

01:00:19.100 --> 01:01:39.634

Business Center quarterly updates. It’s OK. Right. Uh, 01:01:39.634 --> 01:01:45.400

good evening, um, President and commissioners, um, I’m uh 01:01:45.400 --> 01:01:48.634

Indrad Alexander, executive director for the Brooklyn Park

01:01:48.634 --> 01:01:52.467

Small Business Center here to give you a quarterly update, I 01:01:52.467 --> 01:01:56.200

think the last time I was here, um, it was before the end of

01:01:56.200 --> 01:02:01.467

the 4th quarter, so some of the information will also include 01:02:01.467 --> 01:02:08.100

um 4th quarter and um first quarter of 2025. Um, just a

01:02:08.100 --> 01:02:12.900

reminder, I know we do have some new commissioners, um, the 01:02:12.900 --> 01:02:16.000

mission of the small business Center is to the Brooklyn Park

01:02:16.000 --> 01:02:20.300

Small Business Center is to provide a multicultural 01:02:20.300 --> 01:02:24.367

collaborative space that fosters creativity and

01:02:24.367 --> 01:02:28.166

innovation for local entrepreneurs to grow small

01:02:28.166 --> 01:02:30.300

businesses to inclusive economic development. The 01:02:30.300 --> 01:02:34.000

vision of the small business center is to provide an

01:02:34.000 --> 01:02:37.767

inclusive workspace for small businesses to find resources

01:02:37.767 --> 01:02:43.100

and community to take their business to the next level. Um, 01:02:43.100 --> 01:02:48.533

this is just an an overview of what the um first quarter

01:02:48.533 --> 01:02:52.734

summary, um, will include and moving forward, this is the 01:02:52.734 --> 01:02:55.233

information that we plan to provide on our quarterly

01:02:55.233 --> 01:03:04.467

updates. Um, so, uh, just a brief, um. Overview of our 01:03:04.467 --> 01:03:08.367

operations, um, the hours of the Brooklyn Park Small

01:03:08.367 --> 01:03:12.567

Business Center, um. For our members, they do have access to 01:03:12.567 --> 01:03:18.500

the building 7 days a week, 8:00 a.m. to 8:00 p.m., um,

01:03:18.500 --> 01:03:21.567

they are allowed to stay in the building. We don’t ask anyone 01:03:21.567 --> 01:03:25.300

to leave the building, but it just, um, is a little bit more

01:03:25.300 --> 01:03:28.500

difficult to move around, so if someone is in the midst of

01:03:28.500 --> 01:03:31.367

working on a project, we don’t ask them to stop. They just 01:03:31.367 --> 01:03:35.033

know that if they leave after 8 p.m. that they won’t be able to

01:03:35.033 --> 01:03:40.367

get back in. Um, the other exception to um having access 01:03:40.367 --> 01:03:44.100

to the building, um, 7 days a week from 8:00 a.m. to 8:00

01:03:44.100 --> 01:03:49.367

p.m. is for our essential co-worker co-working members,

01:03:49.367 --> 01:03:53.000

um, which have a limited um work hour from 9 a.m. to 5:00 01:03:53.000 --> 01:03:57.300

p.m. They also have a limited workspace of really just being

01:03:57.300 --> 01:04:01.567

confined to um the main reception area. Um, our 01:04:01.567 --> 01:04:05.367

receptionist staff is available to assist members Monday

01:04:05.367 --> 01:04:10.266

through Friday, 8 or 9 a.m. to 8 p.m. and on Saturday 9:00 01:04:10.266 --> 01:04:17.166

a.m. to 7:00 p.m. Uh, just an overview of uh visitors um to

01:04:17.166 --> 01:04:21.367

the space. We do try to track all of our visitors that come 01:04:21.367 --> 01:04:23.667

into the space regardless if they are there to see a member

01:04:23.667 --> 01:04:28.767

or if there’s there as part of an event. So for the 4th

01:04:28.767 --> 01:04:35.233

quarter of 2024, we had 1,084 visitors. And then for the 1st 01:04:35.233 --> 01:04:44.934

quarter of 2025, we had 1370 visitors. Um, we also have 01:04:44.934 --> 01:04:48.634

several meeting spaces, so we have conference rooms,

01:04:48.634 --> 01:04:52.300

presentation rooms, um, and this is available to our 01:04:52.300 --> 01:04:57.100

members to use also we do make it available to outside

01:04:57.100 --> 01:04:59.900

organizations and other community members at a fee. Um,

01:04:59.900 --> 01:05:05.667

so we, for the 4th quarter of 2024, we had 149 bookings. Um, 01:05:05.667 --> 01:05:11.166

it was a total hours booked of 387 hours and 45 minutes, um, 01:05:11.166 --> 01:05:19.000

that brought in revenue of $76,330 and it also allowed for

01:05:19.000 --> 01:05:22.900

our members to use their credit hours, so they use 91 credit 01:05:22.900 --> 01:05:27.166

hours to be able to use the space. Um, in 2025 for the

01:05:27.166 --> 01:05:33.467

first quarter, we had 135 bookings, um, total hours 01:05:33.467 --> 01:05:39.834

booked of 262262 hours and 15 minutes, um, which generated

01:05:39.834 --> 01:05:46.767

revenue of $2,020,210,000. Um And then our members were able 01:05:46.767 --> 01:05:50.500

to use 150.5, um, our credit hours to go towards booking the 01:05:50.500 --> 01:05:57.000

spaces. In here you see just a a summary of our different

01:05:57.000 --> 01:06:01.500

memberships, the different rates that are available, the 01:06:01.500 --> 01:06:05.233

current number of members under each of those different types

01:06:05.233 --> 01:06:09.033

of memberships and then our projected or kind of our goals

01:06:09.033 --> 01:06:13.533

of what we think, um, we should be able to hit, so. Um, I won’t 01:06:13.533 --> 01:06:18.634

go through all of those for you. Um, this right here just gives

01:06:18.634 --> 01:06:25.100

you kind of a, a snapshot of our membership. Um, basis, so, 01:06:25.100 --> 01:06:30.467

uh, for the first quarter we saw 16 new members, uh, and uh 01:06:30.467 --> 01:06:34.166

we also had 7 members canceled in the 1st quarter, and this is

01:06:34.166 --> 01:06:38.467

a mix of the different types of memberships, and we do try to

01:06:38.467 --> 01:06:41.567

work with our members to make sure that we are supporting 01:06:41.567 --> 01:06:44.767

their businesses. We understand that most of these are new

01:06:44.767 --> 01:06:48.734

business owners that are also facing different challenges,

01:06:48.734 --> 01:06:51.734

financial challenges, so we do try to work with them. So right 01:06:51.734 --> 01:06:55.467

now we have 2 members with arrangements, um, and those are

01:06:55.467 --> 01:07:00.767

retail members at the time. OK, um, in here you’ll also see a 01:07:00.767 --> 01:07:04.533

graphic that kind of shows the different um new members, lost

01:07:04.533 --> 01:07:10.467

members, and the net effect on our membership. Um, the next 01:07:10.467 --> 01:07:14.166

few slides are really just demonstrating the different

01:07:14.166 --> 01:07:18.500

businesses that we are able to support as new members, um,

01:07:18.500 --> 01:07:22.100

starting in October, as you can see, November and December we 01:07:22.100 --> 01:07:27.100

get pretty slow, really the holidays. Um, and then you’ll

01:07:27.100 --> 01:07:30.834

see that in January it starts to pick back up again. February 01:07:30.834 --> 01:07:41.300

and March. Um, so the projected earned revenue for memberships 01:07:41.300 --> 01:07:46.100

for 2025 is 633,0624 and these numbers were really the same

01:07:46.100 --> 01:07:52.000

numbers that we presented um at our last presentation. On the 01:07:52.000 --> 01:07:56.233

next page is a summary of the budget again, this was, I

01:07:56.233 --> 01:07:58.667

believe we’ve covered this in the last presentation as well,

01:07:58.667 --> 01:08:05.867

right? So if anyone has any questions regarding that Um, 01:08:05.867 --> 01:08:09.233

some of the successes that we’ve seen, um, for the first

01:08:09.233 --> 01:08:15.033

quarter is really um. Creating a more formal process for um 01:08:15.033 --> 01:08:18.767

bookings, um, we brought on a meeting and event manager um

01:08:18.767 --> 01:08:23.500

who we brought on last year, um, she has done a phenomenal job 01:08:23.500 --> 01:08:29.367

of working with our members and outside guests in coordinating

01:08:29.367 --> 01:08:33.100

um different events, um, and the different types of meetings 01:08:33.100 --> 01:08:36.400

um that we are experiencing in the space, um, we started

01:08:36.400 --> 01:08:40.367

working in an employee handbook as well as a member handbook, 01:08:40.367 --> 01:08:45.900

um, and um the member handbook is updated on a regular basis

01:08:45.900 --> 01:08:50.166

and is also um available to our members, uh, real time on our 01:08:50.166 --> 01:08:54.567

member portal, which is Office R&D. Um, we launched a

01:08:54.567 --> 01:08:59.233

newsletter, um, a monthly newsletter, um, kind of helping

01:08:59.233 --> 01:09:03.033

our members know about different events going on as 01:09:03.033 --> 01:09:07.367

well as trying to bring in some additional resources to

01:09:07.367 --> 01:09:10.533

strengthen the foundations of many of these business owners, 01:09:10.533 --> 01:09:14.900

so one of the things that we’ve um launched is the lunch and

01:09:14.900 --> 01:09:18.634

learn series, um, where we try to focus on different topics

01:09:18.634 --> 01:09:24.400

throughout the week, um, from technology to insurance to. Um, 01:09:24.400 --> 01:09:27.567

just different business processes. Right now we are in

01:09:27.567 --> 01:09:32.467

the midst of a lunch and learn series with Stearns Bank, so 01:09:32.467 --> 01:09:36.634

they have um had different presenters, um, we’ve done this

01:09:36.634 --> 01:09:40.900

in a hybrid um type of environment, so our members can 01:09:40.900 --> 01:09:44.634

come into the training room, bring their lunch, and hear the

01:09:44.634 --> 01:09:50.467

presentation or they can join from their desks. Um, we have, 01:09:50.467 --> 01:09:54.300

um, we’re also bringing on interns or we’ve we’re um

01:09:54.300 --> 01:09:58.033

working with um North Hennepin Community College, which is our

01:09:58.033 --> 01:10:04.000

3rd, um, summer of um working or bringing on an intern, um, 01:10:04.000 --> 01:10:07.567

from North Hennepin. This year we are focusing on their

01:10:07.567 --> 01:10:11.467

graphic designers, um, seeing that we are doing a lot of 01:10:11.467 --> 01:10:14.667

marketing and um especially with the newsletter we saw that

01:10:14.667 --> 01:10:17.767

we were running into some limitations, so now we’re um

01:10:17.767 --> 01:10:22.000

looking at bringing on a graphic designer to help us, um, 01:10:22.000 --> 01:10:26.367

do that, so we actually um participated in their interview

01:10:26.367 --> 01:10:31.266

process last week, um, and then next week we will be bringing 01:10:31.266 --> 01:10:35.900

in those finalists to um do a tour and just get a, get to be

01:10:35.900 --> 01:10:40.734

able to experience the small business center, um, we’re also 01:10:40.734 --> 01:10:44.133

introducing or we did introduce quarterly member meetings given

01:10:44.133 --> 01:10:46.834

our meeting, our members the opportunity to give us some

01:10:46.834 --> 01:10:51.900

feedback. On, um, just how the space is running. What are some 01:10:51.900 --> 01:10:57.166

of their concerns. It gives us a lot of an opportunity to

01:10:57.166 --> 01:10:59.367

really help them understand many of the rules and

01:10:59.367 --> 01:11:02.634

regulations that are in place and the rationale behind those 01:11:02.634 --> 01:11:08.000

rules. Um, and then we, we had to do a little bit of adjusting

01:11:08.000 --> 01:11:13.000

on the member advisory board, um, but the, um, the members 01:11:13.000 --> 01:11:18.634

who were um. Who have been identified to participate on

01:11:18.634 --> 01:11:21.834

the advisory board were all notified last week and we’re 01:11:21.834 --> 01:11:24.734

waiting for a response, um, and I believe that their first

01:11:24.734 --> 01:11:28.233

meeting will be coming up shortly. And then last but not

01:11:28.233 --> 01:11:33.000

least is our rise networking. Um, session, uh, which takes 01:11:33.000 --> 01:11:37.834

place on the first Thursday of every month. We’ve had great

01:11:37.834 --> 01:11:41.033

participation um for both members and non-members, and I 01:11:41.033 --> 01:11:44.900

think we’ve even seen some staff there, um, coming to

01:11:44.900 --> 01:11:48.634

participate in some of the activities, so I think it’s

01:11:48.634 --> 01:11:53.200

something that um each month is growing larger and larger and 01:11:53.200 --> 01:11:57.000

uh folks are bringing are inviting um other members to

01:11:57.000 --> 01:12:01.800

come in and participate. Some areas of improvement that we’ve 01:12:01.800 --> 01:12:07.200

been working on is um really helping our members understand

01:12:07.200 --> 01:12:11.100

the incident reporting system, so we have an internal system 01:12:11.100 --> 01:12:16.266

of our staff and um to be able to report on any type of

01:12:16.266 --> 01:12:21.100

incidents within the center so that um me as the executive 01:12:21.100 --> 01:12:24.400

director and our uh management staff. We have a good

01:12:24.400 --> 01:12:27.567

understanding of what the incident was, um, and all of

01:12:27.567 --> 01:12:32.367

the the details behind it. And then also putting in place um 01:12:32.367 --> 01:12:37.767

an opportunity for our members who um want to be able to

01:12:37.767 --> 01:12:42.467

express themselves, um, have a way of, of communicating by um 01:12:42.467 --> 01:12:47.367

create or sending in an email, um, instead of emailing all of

01:12:47.367 --> 01:12:51.467

our commissioners’ uh, personally, so it really gives 01:12:51.467 --> 01:12:54.900

us an opportunity to to deal with that. Um, our retail bays

01:12:54.900 --> 01:12:57.834

we’re working on the ventilation and the sink

01:12:57.834 --> 01:13:02.667

installation. We did. have an initial um installation we have 01:13:02.667 --> 01:13:07.233

seen that there’s been um some um. I don’t know what’s the

01:13:07.233 --> 01:13:10.767

word you want to use, but um we’ve had some issues with it, 01:13:10.767 --> 01:13:15.100

so now we’re going back to readdress that, um, and it

01:13:15.100 --> 01:13:20.367

sounds like we have a plan moving forward, um, the other 01:13:20.367 --> 01:13:23.533

area that we’ve been hearing some complaints from our

01:13:23.533 --> 01:13:28.367

members is the soundproofing on the offices. The, um, we do

01:13:28.367 --> 01:13:32.200

have demisable walls on the office side, so we are looking 01:13:32.200 --> 01:13:35.800

to see if there’s an opportunity to create some

01:13:35.800 --> 01:13:40.133

sound barrier insulation. between those tiles, um, in the 01:13:40.133 --> 01:13:43.834

offices and then the last one is improved lighting on the

01:13:43.834 --> 01:13:46.767

reception area in the retail area, so those are some other

01:13:46.767 --> 01:13:51.867

things that we’re looking at. Opportunities moving forward, 01:13:51.867 --> 01:13:58.200

um, we have been moving forward with um the partnerships with

01:13:58.200 --> 01:14:01.400

the outside community organizations, um, in DC we are 01:14:01.400 --> 01:14:05.800

um looking to move forward with their Planet series, um,

01:14:05.800 --> 01:14:09.667

hosting one of their Planet series this fall, um, we

01:14:09.667 --> 01:14:12.767

attempted to do one last spring. Didn’t really get the 01:14:12.767 --> 01:14:15.667

participation, so we’re gonna hopefully see that this one

01:14:15.667 --> 01:14:18.734

will be a little bit more successful, the last one we

01:14:18.734 --> 01:14:21.500

were really trying to I do recruiting over the holiday 01:14:21.500 --> 01:14:24.367

season, so we felt like that probably wasn’t the best timing.

01:14:24.367 --> 01:14:28.667

Um, we’ve met with me several times just looking to see how

01:14:28.667 --> 01:14:32.467

we can get them in there and working with many of our 01:14:32.467 --> 01:14:38.200

businesses, um, we’re trying to also um. Yeah, I take advantage

01:14:38.200 --> 01:14:42.533

of our relationship with Elevate HC, um, they are going 01:14:42.533 --> 01:14:46.567

to be hosting another co-starter series this fall and

01:14:46.567 --> 01:14:50.533

um they are gonna be joining us on the lunch and learn series 01:14:50.533 --> 01:14:53.834

coming up as well. Um, and then I talked a little bit about

01:14:53.834 --> 01:14:59.033

Stern’s Bank, and then we do have a member who has an

01:14:59.033 --> 01:15:04.533

internal or has a um. Online directory type of portal, um, 01:15:04.533 --> 01:15:09.867

and so we are actually working with him. He is going to be um

01:15:09.867 --> 01:15:13.000

providing free profiles to all to all of our members, um, and 01:15:13.000 --> 01:15:16.734

giving them an opportunity to create profiles that not they

01:15:16.734 --> 01:15:22.133

can not only or can. Not only use on this portal, but to be 01:15:22.133 --> 01:15:26.867

able to use in more of their social media outreach, um, and

01:15:26.867 --> 01:15:30.734

then this is also kind of our starting point. We’re really 01:15:30.734 --> 01:15:34.467

looking at how we can create more of an e-commerce community

01:15:34.467 --> 01:15:42.400

to help support our retail uh members. Um, Let’s see, um, so 01:15:42.400 --> 01:15:47.300

that was, that’s pretty much it. And uh so open it if you have

01:15:47.300 --> 01:15:55.133

any questions. So I know that, um, thank you for that. I know 01:15:55.133 --> 01:15:57.800

you’ve done quite a bit of work there and I, I’ll speak on that,

01:15:57.800 --> 01:16:02.100

but I know Commissioner Page wanted you to go back to the Uh, 01:16:02.100 --> 01:16:17.634

was it the budget page? Yes. That you put to the Mhm I’m 01:16:17.634 --> 01:16:21.367

sorry, say that again. You were Malcolm, if you could just kind 01:16:21.367 --> 01:16:26.166

of high level walk through the budget. So for uh this budget

01:16:26.166 --> 01:16:30.934

summary, this is the approved budget for 2025, uh, consists 01:16:30.934 --> 01:16:35.867

of the EDA operators contract in Alexander agencies, um,

01:16:35.867 --> 01:16:44.867

beliefs in kind. Is EDA support to uh go toward the Lease and 01:16:44.867 --> 01:16:50.734

cams, um. Community area management or maintenance, my 01:16:50.734 --> 01:16:54.533

apologies, um, for the small business center, uh, the earned

01:16:54.533 --> 01:16:58.200

revenue membership, this number was arrived at by the By

01:16:58.200 --> 01:17:00.834

calculating the amount of memberships, current membership 01:17:00.834 --> 01:17:05.567

prices, um, taking into account the booking fees, um, and all

01:17:05.567 --> 01:17:09.934

other revenue generations, um, to determine this number. The

01:17:09.934 --> 01:17:14.667

deed contract, um, small business center along with 01:17:14.667 --> 01:17:17.000

Brooklyn’s Workforce Development Program, uh, was

01:17:17.000 --> 01:17:24.266

awarded, um. funding to go toward programming, uh, this 01:17:24.266 --> 01:17:31.200

$150,000 is um a 3 year grant, um, so it’s $150,000 per year. 01:17:31.200 --> 01:17:35.567

Uh, the expenses. Again, you’ll see the operator’s contract

01:17:35.567 --> 01:17:42.467

here that lease in Cammount for the. Small business centers, um, 01:17:42.467 --> 01:17:46.667

lease payments and CAMs to go toward Northwest Plaza, um.

01:17:46.667 --> 01:17:51.000

Which is also mentioned up here as well. Contractual services, 01:17:51.000 --> 01:17:54.800

uh, this number here is also listed here and broken down

01:17:54.800 --> 01:17:58.934

into the various areas, building security, uh, CAMs

01:17:58.934 --> 01:18:02.667

here within the center as mentioned, we do have some 01:18:02.667 --> 01:18:06.166

other construction some other construction. construction

01:18:06.166 --> 01:18:08.667

issues that we are currently working on, which consists of

01:18:08.667 --> 01:18:13.467

the plumbing and the beauty bays and the HVAC as well. Um, 01:18:13.467 --> 01:18:16.734

this budget is scheduled to take care of that and any other

01:18:16.734 --> 01:18:19.367

maintenance issues within the building. Uh, going back down

01:18:19.367 --> 01:18:23.100

this list, you’ll just see some other contractual services with 01:18:23.100 --> 01:18:28.367

vendors that we, um, utilized throughout the year, cleaning,

01:18:28.367 --> 01:18:33.133

Comcast, um, maintenance, HR, marketing advertisement, um. 01:18:33.133 --> 01:18:38.500

bring you to this total below. Uh, supplies and legal fees,

01:18:38.500 --> 01:18:41.467

those are the last two, which brings us to the overall budget. 01:18:41.467 --> 01:19:00.400

Commissioner Page. Thank you, President. So just explain to 01:19:00.400 --> 01:19:06.367

me, I’m not really well versed on commercial leasing. So where

01:19:06.367 --> 01:19:13.734

it says lease and Cam’s 500,000 as an expense, but there’s also 01:19:13.734 --> 01:19:17.467

Another 200,000. Can you just explain to me what’s in the

01:19:17.467 --> 01:19:22.266

500,000. You said the 200,000 was the additional plumbing. 01:19:22.266 --> 01:19:29.300

Yes. So, For the 500,000 that goes to leasing CAMs that

01:19:29.300 --> 01:19:33.000

includes the payment for the small business center, uh, to 01:19:33.000 --> 01:19:38.533

maintain that space, the CAMs is the Overall funding amount

01:19:38.533 --> 01:19:43.100

divided by all of the tenants within the plaza to take care 01:19:43.100 --> 01:19:47.467

of um common area of maintenance that includes, um,

01:19:47.467 --> 01:19:51.634

any maintenance fees outside of the building, um, parking lot, 01:19:51.634 --> 01:19:55.367

um, plowing, um, landscaping. Anything that all of the

01:19:55.367 --> 01:19:59.533

tenants can benefit from, um, that’s what that specific $500

01:19:59.533 --> 01:20:04.400

is for, uh, what may be confusing is that it says Kim’s 01:20:04.400 --> 01:20:08.734

under the um expenses and then also cams under the contractual

01:20:08.734 --> 01:20:11.934

services. The cam under the contractual services is for the 01:20:11.934 --> 01:20:16.767

small business center itself. So any services or um. Any

01:20:16.767 --> 01:20:21.000

items that may need to be fixed, such as the HVAC units, uh, the 01:20:21.000 --> 01:20:24.734

plumbing within the center itself. Uh, North Wind Plaza is

01:20:24.734 --> 01:20:28.934

not responsible for that. So that Cam under that category is

01:20:28.934 --> 01:20:32.734

budgeted to take care of those items specifically. So what’s 01:20:32.734 --> 01:20:35.634

included in the operator contract for that expense. No

01:20:35.634 --> 01:20:42.900

repairs. No, so the operator contract is um. Funding 01:20:42.900 --> 01:20:46.200

budgeted for Indred and her team and that is um

01:20:46.200 --> 01:20:52.533

specifically for staffing. And how many staff? Well. 12 2. Got 01:20:52.533 --> 01:21:04.200

you. Thank you. Yeah, I don’t know that I have a, a, a ton of 01:21:04.200 --> 01:21:08.000

questions. I, um, In the office out of there, so thank you guys

01:21:08.000 --> 01:21:10.233

for, you know, doing an excellent job from that 01:21:10.233 --> 01:21:15.467

perspective, but also from a city perspective, I think, um,

01:21:15.467 --> 01:21:18.767

uh, you know, it is very much a jewel that people are noticing

01:21:18.767 --> 01:21:22.467

or, you know, I, I, somebody asked me, they want to have an 01:21:22.467 --> 01:21:25.133

event somewhere. And I said, we’ll do it at the SPC. And

01:21:25.133 --> 01:21:30.934

they ignored me. You know, sometimes I get angry, but 01:21:30.934 --> 01:21:33.734

they’re good friends, so I just kind of let it pass, and then

01:21:33.734 --> 01:21:36.800

they brought it to me again and I said, I told you SBC, and

01:21:36.800 --> 01:21:39.467

then I showed them a picture of the SPC and they said, oh, I

01:21:39.467 --> 01:21:42.133

didn’t know SBC looked like that. And I said, I told you. 01:21:42.133 --> 01:21:45.500

What it, you know, that is a nice place. So I think part of

01:21:45.500 --> 01:21:48.166

it is getting the word out about it, but it is, it’s a

01:21:48.166 --> 01:21:50.800

really nice place and I think when my friend saw it, they 01:21:50.800 --> 01:21:55.000

were like, wow, OK, now I wanna see what I can do there, or,

01:21:55.000 --> 01:21:59.133

you know, programming wise or whatever, so um thank you for

01:21:59.133 --> 01:22:02.400

making it, you know, that type of location because I think 01:22:02.400 --> 01:22:04.634

people forget how difficult it was to, to get it going. I

01:22:04.634 --> 01:22:09.000

think one of the things that um you know, that takes time to

01:22:09.000 --> 01:22:11.934

figure out, right? It’s just, you know, as the offices fill 01:22:11.934 --> 01:22:17.000

up. uh, the retail is doing pretty well. I think those, you

01:22:17.000 --> 01:22:21.767

know, those kind of co-working spaces and, and how do we begin 01:22:21.767 --> 01:22:24.834

to fill those in, right? So that we have more people coming

01:22:24.834 --> 01:22:28.533

in using it for 2 to 3 hours, uh, I know that they’re

01:22:28.533 --> 01:22:31.266

starting to use more the, the, the temporary meeting rooms 01:22:31.266 --> 01:22:34.467

that people can use, but how do we begin to get more traffic in

01:22:34.467 --> 01:22:38.400

there. I will say you’ve done a good job in terms of getting um

01:22:38.400 --> 01:22:41.000

a number of folks that just have events there to look at 01:22:41.000 --> 01:22:44.100

the space, to pay for the space, to use the. space, right? So

01:22:44.100 --> 01:22:47.266

that’s, that’s incredibly important, uh, but I, I also

01:22:47.266 --> 01:22:52.100

feel like you have had to do a lot of the work of In marketing 01:22:52.100 --> 01:22:57.467

this in some creative ways. So it’s not um It’s not criticism,

01:22:57.467 --> 01:23:00.233

right? It’s just, that’s the one thing I I see that we, we 01:23:00.233 --> 01:23:04.000

really need to work on, but I also realized that you’ve

01:23:04.000 --> 01:23:06.634

really had to fight maybe some assumptions of what that space

01:23:06.634 --> 01:23:09.734

would look like, and you’ve had to bring people in there

01:23:09.734 --> 01:23:12.400

through your network, through the city’s network. And so now 01:23:12.400 --> 01:23:15.166

it’s getting out, but I think that’s the place that we, you

01:23:15.166 --> 01:23:17.800

know, um, I don’t know if you want to speak a few words to it,

01:23:17.800 --> 01:23:22.634

but how we can improve getting More people in for that 01:23:22.634 --> 01:23:25.200

particular co-working space. Yeah, thank you for bringing

01:23:25.200 --> 01:23:34.266

that up. So um we actually are, are shifting now, um, to a more 01:23:34.266 --> 01:23:38.100

um marketing um approach. Um, we’ve really have had to uh

01:23:38.100 --> 01:23:42.800

deal with the center in in phases um from development to 01:23:42.800 --> 01:23:46.533

filling it up, um, you know, now we’re, we’re really

01:23:46.533 --> 01:23:49.667

focusing on the programming and marketing. Um, so this

01:23:49.667 --> 01:23:54.533

afternoon I actually or this. morning, uh, actually met with 01:23:54.533 --> 01:23:58.467

uh the new uh manager over at Edinburgh, um, and we are

01:23:58.467 --> 01:24:03.734

talking about how we can do um some more uh collaborative 01:24:03.734 --> 01:24:07.467

marketing to really get folks to look at Brooklyn Park, um,

01:24:07.467 --> 01:24:13.400

as a, as a destination place for events, um, so, um, as 01:24:13.400 --> 01:24:17.166

she’s trying to, you know, get things up and running. Um, I’ve

01:24:17.166 --> 01:24:21.367

been kind of, I’ve um. have offered to kind of assist her 01:24:21.367 --> 01:24:24.000

and in some of the software that we’re using and some of

01:24:24.000 --> 01:24:27.667

the things, the events that we’re looking to bring to the

01:24:27.667 --> 01:24:34.567

table, um, we now have a um a more um focused marketing 01:24:34.567 --> 01:24:41.000

director, um, who has had a lot of experience in um marketing 01:24:41.000 --> 01:24:47.400

marketing forum theater, um, uh, commute and um more public

01:24:47.400 --> 01:24:50.767

relations communication, so now her focus is really on helping 01:24:50.767 --> 01:24:56.467

us build out a more um concise marketing campaign. Um, one of

01:24:56.467 --> 01:24:59.667

the things that we’ve um started looking at working with

01:24:59.667 --> 01:25:04.634

the city and getting um the list from the real estate um 01:25:04.634 --> 01:25:10.400

forum, um, and, uh, I think we had a Malcolm had mentioned at 01:25:10.400 --> 01:25:13.734

the real estate forum, just how the realtors can actually come

01:25:13.734 --> 01:25:18.100

and use that space. It’s an excellent um space for realtors

01:25:18.100 --> 01:25:21.834

to either the dedicated ated deaths or the co-working space 01:25:21.834 --> 01:25:24.734

when they’re meeting with their clients. Um, so we’re just

01:25:24.734 --> 01:25:28.533

trying to look at different ways um to really kind of bring

01:25:28.533 --> 01:25:32.300

the community and and focus on the co-working space and the 01:25:32.300 --> 01:25:41.867

dedicated desk. Thank you, uh, Commissioner McGarvey. Thank 01:25:41.867 --> 01:25:46.233

you, Mr. President. So just a quick question. The 12, uh,

01:25:46.233 --> 01:25:49.867

employees you have there, are they employees of the city or

01:25:49.867 --> 01:26:00.667

are they employees of employees of my firm. Alright, seeing no 01:26:00.667 --> 01:26:03.200

further questions, um, thank you again for the work you’ve

01:26:03.200 --> 01:26:06.467

done and assuming this responsibility and then Malcolm,

01:26:06.467 --> 01:26:09.734

uh, I’m sorry, uh, Director Hicks, um, interim director

01:26:09.734 --> 01:26:12.934

Hicks, thank you for, uh, can I see you there, working through 01:26:12.934 --> 01:26:18.634

a lot of those problems from day one, I don’t think people

01:26:18.634 --> 01:26:20.467

understand when, when I walked in there when I first came in 01:26:20.467 --> 01:26:23.133

there, it was just dusty and we’re looking at the place

01:26:23.133 --> 01:26:27.367

saying you have to get this ready by when, um, so you guys

01:26:27.367 --> 01:26:31.000

have made a lot of progress on that, so I appreciate the 01:26:31.000 --> 01:26:33.634

dedication and professionalism all around for that, but um,

01:26:33.634 --> 01:26:37.400

you know, the more we can do to, to get the uh co-working spaces

01:26:37.400 --> 01:26:40.033

filled, I think the more vibrant it’s gonna be. And then 01:26:40.033 --> 01:26:42.533

of course for our bottom line is a city that’s gonna do quite

01:26:42.533 --> 01:26:46.634

a bit as well, so. Thank you. All right, thank you. All right.

01:26:46.634 --> 01:26:54.166

So next, uh, we will go ahead and move to verbal commissioner 01:26:54.166 --> 01:26:59.734

reports and announcements. Are there any? Commissioner

01:26:59.734 --> 01:27:08.033

McGarvey. Thank you, Mr. President. I am sorry. I, oh, 01:27:08.033 --> 01:27:15.266

here we go. Didn’t include the date. I, I wanted to appeal 01:27:15.266 --> 01:27:18.000

once again to folks in Brooklyn Park and remind them that the

01:27:18.000 --> 01:27:26.033

um That the veterans Uh, this, this disabled veterans of 01:27:26.033 --> 01:27:29.667

America Olympics is being held here in Minnesota this year and

01:27:29.667 --> 01:27:32.900

in Brooklyn Park specifically, there are 2 days at Bowlero, 01:27:32.900 --> 01:27:36.667

where the bowling will take place and, uh, they are still

01:27:36.667 --> 01:27:41.500

in need of If you volunteers, so I’ll keep bringing that up 01:27:41.500 --> 01:27:44.634

till it happens. It happens in July, and I apologize for not

01:27:44.634 --> 01:27:48.800

having the date right with me. That’s my bad, but uh, thank

01:27:48.800 --> 01:27:58.100

you. All right. Seeing there are no more uh comments or