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Home My WebLink About10-13-03 Special MeetingSpecial City Council Meeting Minutes Hastings, Minnesota October 13, 2003 The City Council of the City of Hastings, Minnesota met in a special meeting on Monday, October 13, 2003 at 7:00 p.m. in the Community Room, 101 4th Street East, Hastings, Minnesota. Members Present: Councilmembers Hazlet, Schultz, Hicks, Moratzka, Riveness, and Yandrasits; Mayor Werner Members Absent: None Staff Members Present: David Osberg, City Administrator; John Grossman, HRA Director The meeting was joint meeting with the Housing and Redevelopment Authority for purposes of hearing presentations, and conducting interviews with four firms who had submitted proposals for the downtown redevelopment project. Mayor Werner opened the meeting, and asked Jim Prosser from Ehlers and Associates to outline the process for conducting the interviews and presentations. The process would include a 20 minute presentation by the Development team, followed by John Grossman and Dave Osberg alternating asking a total of six questions, with the HRA and City Council having an opportunity to ask follow up questions. The last five minutes for final comments by the Development team. The proposals, and primary presenters from each Development team, were, in order: Rob McCready, MetroPlains Kurt Larson, Imaging Development Group, LLC. Jim Winkels, Amcon Construction Company Loren Bruggeman, Sherman Associates City Councilmember Yandrasits was excused prior to the presentation by Sherman Associates, at approximately 8:35 PM. After completion of the interviews and presentations, Mayor Werner suggested the following format and schedule for making a final selection: a.) Establish a special sub-committee of the City Council consisting of Ward One Councilmember Janette Yandrasits; and At-Large Councilmembers Lynn Moratzka and Paul Hicks, to meet with the HRA or a sub-committee of the City Council to make a recommendation on the final selection of a Development team; b.) The City Council take action at its meeting on November 3, 2003, narrowing the list of Development teams to two; c.) The City Council take action at its meeting on November 17, 2003 making a final selection of a Development team, after having received a recommendation from the special sub-committee of the City Council, as outlined in item (a.), noted above. The City Council reached an understanding that this process would be acceptable, and that said items would appear on the agenda's at the above City Council meetings. Adjournment Moved by City Councilmember Schultz, seconded by City Councilmember Moratzka to adjourn the meeting at 9:30 PM. Ayes: City Councilmembers Schultz, Moratzka, Hicks, Riveness, Hazier and Mayor Werner.