Housing and Redevelopment Authority Meeting

CITY OF MARSHALL HOUSING AND REDEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY MEETING MINUTES Tuesday, January 12, 2021 The special meeting of the Housing and Redevelopment Authority was held on January 12, 2021 in the Minnesota Emergency Response and Industrial Training (MERIT) Center, 1001 Erie Road. The meeting was called to order at 5:15 P.M. by Chairman Robert Byrnes. In addition to Byrnes the following members were present: Craig Schafer, Steve Meister, Don Edblom, John DeCramer, Russ Labat, James Lozinski. Absent: None. Staff present included: Sharon Hanson, Executive Director; Dennis Simpson, City Attorney; Lauren Deutz, Economic Development Director and Kyle Box City Clerk. Consider approval of the Mayoral appointment to the Housing and Redevelopment Authority. 69.003 CITY HOUSING AND REDEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY. Subd. 6. Appointment; approval; term; vacancy. The commissioners shall be appointed by the mayor, with the approval of the governing body. Those initially appointed shall be appointed for terms of one, two, three, four, and five years, respectively. Thereafter all commissioners shall be appointed for five-year terms. Each vacancy in an unexpired term shall be filled for the remainder of the term for which the original appointment was made. Any member of the governing body of a city may be appointed and may serve as a commissioner of the authority for the city. The council of any city which appoints members of the city council as commissioners may set the terms of office of a commissioner to coincide with the commissioner's term of office as a council member. Motion made by Board Member Meister, Seconded by Board Member Lozinski to approve the Mayoral appointment of commissioner Donald Edblom to the Housing and Redevelopment Authority for a term to coincide with the term of office as a council member. Voting Yea: Chairman Byrnes, Board Member Schafer, Board Member Meister, Board Member Edblom, Board Member DeCramer, Board Member Labat, Board Member Lozinski. The motion Carried. 7-0 Consider Approval of a Land Sale to Border States Industries, Inc. Staff has received a building plans from BSE to develop a 13,200 sq. ft facility on approximately 2.5 acres of land located on the corner of London Road and Channel Parkway. The construction of the new facility would provide an increase in EMV of approximately $620,000 and the retention of 12 employees. A Land Sale Proposal is included for the sale of land from the Marshall Housing and Redevelopment Authority to Border States Electric. Land Proposal includes: 2.5 acres of Lot 2 Block 1, McLaughlin Industrial Park 2nd Addition (Parcel 27-538002-0) for $15,000 per acre for a total of $37,500. Motion made by Board Member Schafer, Seconded by Board Member DeCramer to close the public hearing. Voting Yea: Chairman Byrnes, Board Member Schafer, Board Member Meister, Board Member Edblom, Board Member DeCramer, Board Member Labat, Board Member Lozinski. Th motion Carried. 7-0 Motion made by Board Member Lozinski, Seconded by Board Member Schafer To Approve the Land Sale between the City of Marshall and Border States Industries, Inc. Voting Yea: Chairman Byrnes, Board Member Schafer, Board Member Meister, Board Member Edblom, Board Member DeCramer, Board Member Labat, Board Member Lozinski. The motion Carried. 7-0  Housing and Redevelopment Authority Meeting January 12, 2021 Minutes Page 2 of 2 Adjournment Motion made by Board Member DeCramer, Seconded by Board Member Lozinski to adjourn. Voting Yea: Chairman Byrnes, Board Member Schafer, Board Member Meister, Board Member Bayerkohler, Board Member DeCramer, Board Member Labat, Board Member Lozinski. The motion Carried. 7-0 ____________________________ Robert J. Byrnes Chairman ATTEST: ___________________________ Sharon Hanson Executive Director