Local Option Review Team

AGENDA LOCAL OPTION REVIEW TEAM Thursday, September 5, 2019 12:00 p.m. Fremont Municipal Building 400 East Military Avenue Fremont, Nebraska 1. Call to Order 2. Approval of minutes from May 2, 2019 meeting. 3. Review Fund Balance. 4. Consider request to pledge additional Local Option Economic Development Funds for Morningside Business Park Infrastructure Improvements. 5. Adjourn. This agenda was posted at the Municipal Building and was distributed to the members of the Local Option Review Team on August 30, 2019. The official current copy is available at City Hall, 400 East Military Avenue. A copy of the Open Meeting Law is posted for review by the public.  CITY OF FREMONT LOCAL OPTION REVIEW TEAM MAY 2, 2019 – 12:00 p.m. A meeting of the Local Option Review Team was held on May 2, 2019 at 12:00 p.m. in the 2nd Floor Conference Room at 400 East Military Avenue, Fremont, Nebraska. The meeting was preceded by publicized notice in the Fremont Tribune and the agenda displayed in the Municipal Building. The meeting was open to the public. A continually current copy of the agenda was available for public inspection at the office of the City Administrator, 400 East Military Avenue. The agenda was distributed to the Local Option Review Team on April 30, 2019 and posted, along with the supporting documents on the City’s website. A copy of the open meeting law is posted continually for public inspection. ROLL CALL Roll call showed Members George, Jacobus, Horeis, Benson, Vobejda, and Oliva present. McClain absent. 6 present, 1 absent. Others in attendance included Lottie Mitchell, City of Fremont; Kristin Klingsick, Accounting; Garry Clark, Director GFDC; and Kelly Gentrup, Dodge County Housing Program Manager/GFDC. APPROVE MINUTES Moved by Member Oliva and seconded by Member Horeis to approve the minutes of the April 4, 2019 meeting. Motion carried 6-0. REVIEW FUND BALANCE Mitchell reviewed fund balance. Moved by Member Benson and seconded by Member Vobejda to receive fund balance. Motion carried 6-0. CONSIDER LOCAL OPTION ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT FUND APPLICTATION FROM GREATER FREMONT DEVELOPMENT COUNCIL. Mitchell gave staff report. Clark and Gentrup gave overview of application and potential projects. Moved by Member Jacobus and seconded by Member Oliva to approve the application from Greater Fremont Development Council in the amount of $1,000,000. Motion carried 6-0. ADJOURNMENT Moved by Member Benson and seconded by Member Jacobus to adjourn at 12:24 p.m. Motion carried 6-0. 1  STAFF REPORT TO: Local Option Review Team FROM: Lottie Mitchell, Grant Coordinator DATE: September 5, 2019 SUBJECT: Morningside Business Park Infrastructure Improvements– Johnson Road South Recommendation: Move to recommend City Council approve resolution authorizing the use of Local Option Economic Development funds for improvements to Morningside Business Park. Background: Resolution 2013-095 was approved in 2013 by the City Council pledging $444,000.00 of Local Option Economic Development (LB840) funds for engineering and infrastructure improvements for the Morningside Business Park. Identified improvements include the relocation and paving of Johnson Road and the installation of water, sewer, and street lights. Today’s cost estimate for infrastructure improvements for Morningside Business Park, that includes the relocation and paving of Johnson Road and the installation of water, and sewer, is $1,579,424.00. It is requested that the Local Option Review Team consider recommending to City Council to pledge an additional $1,000,000.00 of LB840 funds for the Morningside Business Park infrastructure improvements. Fiscal Impact: $1,000,000.00 of Local Option Economic Development Funds (LB840)