HomeMy WebLinkAbout05-12-11 HEDRA Agenda notesHEDRA AGENDA NOTES FOR MAY 12, 2011
MINUTES
Please see attached HEDRA Meeting minutes from April 21, 2011 regular
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meeting and May 3 Special Meeting for your review and approval.
BILLS
April Bills
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Dakota County $32,234.36 Hudson Taxes – 1 Half*
EW Concrete & Masonry $1,582.00 Hudson Window Fill*
Himle Horner $553.00 Marketing Services - March
Mastercard $4.00 Parking - DEED
*Hudson Taxes and Window fill are reimbursable expenses from Hudson, and
MnDot, respectively. Please see attached general ledger detail for further
information.
BUSINESS
REPORTS
A.HEDRA Workshop – June 9th
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HEDRA will hold a workshop in lieu of the regularly scheduled June 9 Meeting.
Please see the attached draft agenda for review and comment.
Window Blocking
Masonry work on the blocking of five windows on the east side of Hudson has
been complete. The winning bid from EW Concrete and Masonry was $1,482;
and less than originally estimated. MnDot will reimburse HEDRA for the work
completed.
B.Hudson
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Approval of Grant Funds –
On April 19, the Dakota CDA authorized $145,000
in grant funds to HEDRA for use in demolition and environmental remediation of
the Hudson site.
Submittal for DEED and Met Council Environmental Funding –
Applications
for environmental cleanup funding have been submitted to both DEED and Met
Council. The funding would be used to complete the remaining Phase II
environmental review (more site testing to determine extent of contamination) and
to develop a RAP (Response Action Plan). The estimated costs for the activities
are $56,000.
Staff plans to complete environmental analysis of the site between now and fall,
and to apply for further clean-up dollars in November.
Dakota County\US EPA Assessment Grant –
Dakota County has secured
$400,000 in environmental assessment grant funds from the US EPA. HEDRA
has submitted a request to receive funding.
Hudson Taxes –
Per the Post Closing Occupancy Agreement, HEDRA is liable
to pay all taxes in 2011. Hudson is obligated to reimburse taxes on a pro-rata
basis. We will submit a request to Hudson for reimbursement of the $32,000 in
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1 Half Taxes shortly.
C.TH 61 Bridge
MnDot will be completing the temporary Block 29 Parking lot shortly.
Temporary gravel has been laid. The parking lot would be operational until fall,
2011, and should accommodate construction and staging of the potential Carlson
Office Building.
Piers are taking shape on the south end of the site. Work in the river is behind
schedule with the flooding.
D.Marketing
Currently Himle Horner is in the process of making the audit calls. From the list
of roughly 25 local business owners and developers Himle Horner will be in
contact with about 8-10 of these people. The intent is that neither HEDRA nor
staff knows which businesses are contacted. We will have some “big picture”
preliminary results from these calls at our next meeting in June.
E.Downtown Hard Wired Alarm RFP
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A pre-bid open house for potential RFP respondents was held on April 26.
About 15 firms were present and have expressed interest in responding to the
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Bids are due June 1. Work on the 35 mixed use buildings should be complete
within nine months.
ATTACHMENTS
HEDRA Minutes – April 21, 2011 – Regular Meeting
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HEDRA Minutes – May 3, 2011 – Special Meeting
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General Ledger Detail – April, 2011
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Draft Agenda – June 9 Workshop
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