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HEDRA AGENDA NOTES
September 24, 2020
6:00pm
II. MINUTES
Please see the attached HEDRA Meeting minutes from the August 13th regular
meeting and August 27th workshop for your review and approval.
III. BILLS
August Bills
Safety Signs $4,109.00 COVID - Downtown Barricades
Schlomka Portable Restrooms $512.00 COVID - Downtown Toilets
Stantec Consulting $412.28 Confluence - Environmental - Wood Sealing
Campbell Knutson P.A. $225.00 Legal - General Business
* Reimbursable Expenses
Please see attached general ledger detail from the last two months for further
information.
IV. BUSINESS
A. Authorize Signature: Preliminary Development Agreement - Spades - Block 1
Please see the attached staff memo for further information.
B. Authorize Signature: Subrecipient Agreement - United Way of Hastings
HEDRA is asked to authorize signature of the attached Subrecipient and Services
Agreement between HEDRA and United Way of Hastings granting the United Way
the power to manage a COVID-19 relief program for smaller local non-profit
agencies. Grant would be up to $5,000 each. On September 8th, City Council acted
to allocate a portion of the City’s 1.7 in federal CARES Act funding towards
assisting local non-profits.
HEDRA’s establishment has an economic development agency better fits the
mission of providing business assistance than that of the City Council.
C. Authorize Signature: Subrecipient Agreement - Non-Profit Relief Program
HEDRA is asked to authorize signature of the attached Subrecipient Agreement
between the City of Hastings and HEDRA pertaining to management of the Hastings
Non-Profit Relief Program. The program allocates a portion of the City’s $1.7 in
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federal CARES Act funding towards assisting local larger non-profits with grants up
to $50,000 each. The Council discussed funding for YMCA Hastings, Hastings
Area Chamber of Commerce, and Hastings Family Service. These would be outside
the management of the United Way’s subrecipient program.
HEDRA’s establishment has an economic development agency better fits the
mission of providing business assistance than that of the City Council.
V. REPORTS AND INFORMATION
A. CARES Funding - COVID-19 Economic Development Assistance
The City of Hastings received $1,743,298 through the federal CARES Act for
responding to the COVID-19 public health emergency. The City Council has
allocated a portion of the funding towards economic assistance as follows:
Local Business Grants - $259,000 - Funding would be used to provide 25
grants to local businesses. This would supplement Dakota County’s Small
Business Relief Grant Program providing 1,000 grants. Both programs
would have identical qualifications and provide $10,000 grants through a
random selection of qualified businesses. The grant program would be
managed through an outside vendor (NextStage) with an administrative
cost of around $9,000. NextStage would provide a list of 25 businesses
that were not funded through Dakota County’s program for funding by the
City of Hastings. Funding for the grant would likely be allocated to
HEDRA to process payments. The administrative duties for City Staff
would be minimal. Dakota County is currently accepting applications for
their program until August 14th.
Non Profit Organization Grants - $250,000 - Funding would be
allocated to HEDRA for disbursement to local non-profit organizations.
This would likely require development and management of a grant
program in house.
Potential Reimbursement Business Assistance - HEART Grant and
Downtown Assistance ~ $206,000 - Council discussed reimbursing
$181,000 in HEART Grant Assistance and $25,000 of downtown barriers,
traffic delineators and portable restrooms. A final decision has not been
made.
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B. Commercial Vacancy
Available
September, 2020
Available
August, 2020
Net
Change
Downtown 770
Highway 55 14 14 0
Vermillion Street 13 13 0
Industrial Park 440
TOTAL 38 38 0
C. Development Update
The Confluence - Exterior works continues with replacement of roofing and
windows. Brick tuckpointing has begun.
Villas at Pleasant - 32 villa home sites located at the northwest corner of
Pleasant Drive and Northridge Drive. Project targeted towards empty nesters
and seniors. City Council will review on September 21st.
Sieben Ridge - 116 home sites, half villa homes, half traditional single
family. Located west of General Sieben Drive and south of St Elizabeth Ann
Seton Church. City Council will review on September 21st.
D. Economic Development Coordinator
We are currently conducting background investigative work on a candidate for the
position. I hope to have more information at the meeting.
ATTACHMENTS
Minutes - August 13th and August 27th
Bills – August, 2020
Staff Memo - Spades Preliminary Development Agreement
Subrecipient Agreement - United Way
Subrecipient Agreement - City of Hastings