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DRAFT GOALS STATEMENT 2-12-09
The HEDRA combines the powers and goals of an HRA and an EDA.
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HRA powers are meant to facilitate the redevelopment and rehabilitation
of commercial and residential property thereby stabilizing and revitalizing
neighborhoods.
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EDA powers are meant to facilitate the establishment or expansion of
businesses thereby increasing the tax base and number of job
opportunities.
HEDRA ROLE:
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Provide planning and leadership for long term commercial, residential and
infrastructure improvements within redevelopment and development
areas.
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Form partnerships with individuals, businesses and organizations to
achieve results.
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Emphasize redevelopment and reuse of existing infrastructure and
services where possible. Support historic preservation for housing
stability, tourism development and job creation.
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Emphasize creation of good jobs and an increase in the tax base as key
public purposes for business assistance.
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Recover costs and develop non-tax revenues to support ongoing
programs as much as possible.
Downtown Redevelopment Area
1. Transit development goal: Support the establishment of commuter service
and transit-oriented developments centered on Blocks 1, 16 and 23 in
cooperation with Red Roc k Corridor, MTC and private developers.
2. Building preservation and improvement goal: Assist owners to provide
competitive commercial space, attractive residential rental units, maintain
historic appearances and new buildings consistent with the downtown character
and the Heart of Hastings Master Plan.
3. Redevelopment goal: Blighted, non-conforming and vacant properties cleared
and reused for new construction by private developers including Block 1, 3 and
29.
Vermillion Street Redevelopment Area
1. Redevelopment goal: Facilitate new mixed use development consistent with
the area plan (Vermillion Street Development Guidelines), emphasizing property
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at controlled intersections such as 11th, 15th, 18th and 23 Streets. Where
properties are blighted and obsolete, facilitate removal and reuse or remodeling.
2. Appearance goals: Ensure that remodeled and new commercial buildings are
consistent with visual continuity and architectural standards, scale, massing and
materials. Facilitate new and replacement signage, lighting and landscaping to
create a unified, quality impression of Vermillion Street and Hastings.
3. Access goals: Balance business access with public safety by encouraging
controlled intersections, new street connections, right turn lanes, shared access
and shared parking.
Community Housing
1. Housing preservation goal: Encourage the maintenance and improvement of
housing of all ages and sizes though rehabilitation programs.
2. Affordable housing goal: Facilitate the creation of new housing opportunities
for persons of all ages, economic groups and family sizes by cooperating with
private development, public organizations and non-profits.
Industrial and Business Areas
1. Marketing goal: Promote Hastings? assets as a commercial-industrial location.
2. Development goals: Complete the development of the remaining 40 acres in
the existing industrial park. Facilitate an increase the amount of land available
and zoned for business-industrial use in other locations.
3. Appearances: Ensure that materials, design and landscaping for new and
remodeled buildings consistent with design standards.
4. Job creation: Emphasize the creation of permanent living wage jobs when
considering financial assistance for business growth and expansion.
Economic Development Authority (EDA)
2009 Work Plan
INITIATIVE DETAILSTIME DEVOTED
INITIATIVEACTION STEPSCURRENT STATUS
GOALTO ACTIVITY
INFILLAssist and facilitate the re-?Database under
Create and maintain an accurate
REDEVELOPMENTdevelopment of (Infill) parcels development
data base of all parcels- land and
MARKETINGcurrently located within the City of
buildings available for infill and
PUBLIC RELATIONSNorthfield. This will assist existing
Directory and specification
redevelopment. Create
and new businesses.
sheet of property listings
specification sheet for each parcel
Infill/Redevelopment
or building. Include available
SubcommitteePursuing infill development will
rental commercial properties.
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Infill map complete
assist the City maximize its existing
Verify information with realtors
infrastructure, and thus lower
and developers.
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Jim Pokorney
Paul working on base map
development costs
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Victor Summa
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Create maps of different Infill
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Resource book (?)
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The intent of fostering new business
opportunities.
Marketing
expansion and development is to
Subcommittee?
Working with economic
spread the tax burden amongst a
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Marketing efforts should target development partners
larger tax base, thus lowering the
realtors and developers inside and
ongoing
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Victor Summa
tax burden for existing commercial,
outside of the community.
industrial, and residential
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Initial conversations have
properties.
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taken place with partners
Determine feasibility of infill
Budget
that desire a consistent look
properties for redevelopment or
Continue efforts to foster a positive
with marketing materials
purchase.
$121, 000.00
relationship with the entire
(ongoing)
community as well as all Economic
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Develop coherent marketing plan
Development Partner
outlining strategy using
Organizations.
Comprehensive Economic
Development Plan as its
Further Northfield?s efforts to
foundation.
market an image to new and
existing businesses as a ?Business
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Coordinate with Economic
friendly community? ?A
Development partners on
Community to Work, Live, and
universal marketing campaign
Play?. At this stage our marketing
efforts will focus on infill &
redevelopment sites.
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Economic Development Authority (EDA)
2009 Work Plan
INITIATIVE DETAILSTIME DEVOTED
INITIATIVEACTION STEPSCURRENT STATUS
GOALTO ACTIVITY
BUSINESS PARK Manage the proposed development ?The EDA has contracted with
Identify ?Greenfield?
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COMMITTEEof a new (3 Business Center(s) at Loucks Associates to present
development site(s) and secure
the edge of the City of Northfield. options and staging for
control of the land if warranted.
The development of the business development of area identified
park will provide land resources by the City for annexation.
Business Park
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Prepare concept design of
for existing business expansion
Subcommittee
selected site(s) and support
and new business recruitment.
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Discussions with land
efforts of the City to annex
Successful efforts to attract new
owners in regions of the
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property.
Rick Estenson
businesses to the proposed
City have been approached
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Prepare master site plan
Dave Van Wylen
business park will broaden the tax
to discuss the development
development and initial
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Scott Davis
base; reducing the overall tax
of a future business park.
financing strategy.
burden for existing commercial,
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McGough Development has
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Develop marketing plan to
industrial, and residential
been consulted about the
promote new business
Budget
properties.
general financial feasibility
development sites.
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of developing a 3 business
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Identify financial incentives for
$121, 000.00
and industrial center.
businesses locating in new
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Discussions are ongoing
business park.
with individual
stakeholders, elected
officials, and residents of
Northfield regarding the
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development of a 3
business and industrial area.
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Economic Development Authority (EDA)
2009 Work Plan
INITIATIVE DETAILSTIME DEVOTED
INITIATIVEACTION STEPSCURRENT STATUS
GOALTO ACTIVITY
RELATIONSHIP Continue positive and cooperative
BUILDING & relationship with all partner
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Participate in Monthly Partner
COMMUNICATIONorganizations. Include relationships
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Organization meetingsIn Progress
with County and other resource
organizations to help expand
Subcommittee
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Schedule meetings with Workforce
services to businesses in Northfield.
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Meeting with Sue Wold
agencies (Feb)
This would include State agencies
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Jim Pokorney
and workforce groups that can assist
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Schedule presentation from SBDC
new employers and expanding
(March)
organizations.
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Budget
NEC
NDDC
SMIF
Dakota Futures
Rice County
Budget
$104, 000.00
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Economic Development Authority (EDA)
2009 Work Plan
INITIATIVE DETAILSTIME DEVOTED
INITIATIVEACTION STEPSCURRENT STATUS
GOALTO ACTIVITY
BUSINESS Coordinate Joint BRE program ?
Meet with Chamber to learn of their
RETENTION & with the Chamber of Commerce,
BRE Schedule for 2008 (Feb)
EXPANSION (BRE)and supplement the Chamber visits
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Meet with NDDC to learn of their
(Strategy 1B)by conducting 3 business visits per
BRE Schedule for 2008 (Feb)
quarter by the EDA.
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Establish list of other possible
Visit employers in Northfield area
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Staff
employer visits that could be timely
to learn of their growth and
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NDDC-Downtown
(Feb)
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expansion plans and needs
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Chamber
Connect appropriate City Staff to
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Rick Estenson
assist in understanding their needs
and attempt to provide solutions
Budget
that keep them growing and
prospering in Northfield
N/A
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Economic Development Authority (EDA)
2009 Work Plan
INITIATIVE DETAILSTIME DEVOTED
INITIATIVEACTION STEPSCURRENT STATUS
GOALTO ACTIVITY
FIBER OPTICSInvestigate the Feasibility of ?First Meeting of 5 week
Assist in the education and
(Strategy 1E)Providing Fiber Optic series began
awareness program with
Infrastructure to meet the needs of
stakeholders in Northfield.
citizens and businesses in
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David Van Wylen
Northfield. This may include
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Scott DavisWrite an RFP to solicit
fiber to the premise, fiber to the
consultant assistance to
home, or providing a fiber optic
study fiber optic
Initiative will be lead by
ring similar in fiber optic
infrastructure feasibility.
Northfield?s IT Director.
configuration.
Northfield?s IT budget and the
Blandin Foundation will
provide funding for the
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Conduct the Open Access
Feasibility Study.
Fiber Optic Feasibility
Study.
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The EDA may be asked to
participate in funding a portion
of this imitative. When and if
the EDA is approached to
provide funding, the request
will be brought back to the
EDA board for consideration.
Budget
N/A
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Economic Development Authority (EDA)
2009 Work Plan
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Economic Development Authority (EDA)
2009 Work Plan
INITIATIVE DETAILSTIME DEVOTED
INITIATIVEACTION STEPSCURRENT STATUS
GOALTO ACTIVITY
REVIEW EDA ?
Review and recommend 2009 ?Micro Grant almost
Establish more regular
PROGRAMS,
Budget complete
le to address
meeting schedu
PROCESSES, &
needs of EDA and assist in
PROJECTS
Create Tool Box for use by ?Small loan complete
planning monthly
EDA and City Staff to improve
meetings. (Feb)
Executive Committee
economic development ?Need to look at large
opportunities loan
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Develop measurement
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Rick Estenson
system to evaluate the
President
Administer Micro Grant ?Create new
effectiveness of carrying
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Scott Davis
requests with recommendations opportunities
out the EDA?s work plan.
Vice President
from NEC and EDA Director
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Vacant
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In Process
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The EDA Director will
Secretary/Treasurer
Review and recommend
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prepare potential changes
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Vacant
changes to the loan
to programming and
Assistant Treasurer
applications and procedures if
possible program changes
warranted.
for consideration and
refinement by Exec.
Micro Grant
Keep EDA Board informed of all
Commi
ttee (Mar)
meetings and results in all
Budget
transportation studies and
opportunities. Keep in touch with
$30,000.00
MINDOT studies and information
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Several studies under way
pertaining to any road
TRANSPORTATION
improvements or access
opportunities.
Paul Smith
Public services-ENG
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Economic Development Authority (EDA)
2009 Work Plan
BUDGETED TIME DEVOTED
PROGRAM AREA
AMOUNTSTO ACTIVITY
1.INFILL / REDEVELOPMENT
MARKETING & PUBLIC RELATIONS $121,000 %
2.BUSINESS PARK COMMITTEE $121,000 %
3.RELATIONSHIP BUILDING & COMMUNICATION $104,600 %
4.BUSINESS RETENTION & EXPANSION (BRE) N/A %
5.FIBER OPTICS N/A %
6. $30,000 %
REVIEW EDA PROGRAMS, PROCESSES, & PROJECTS
7.TRANSPORTATION
N/A %
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TOTAL
Executive Summary
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