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HomeMy Public PortalAboutMinutes - MURA - 2005-08-09City of McCall Urban Renewal Agency Minutes 08/09/05 City of McCall Urban Renewal Agency Meeting Minutes August 9, 2005 Call to Order The meeting was called to order at 8:05 AM. Present were Rick Fereday, Scott Findlay, John Watkins, Bonnie Bertram and Fred Drake. Absent was Jerry Greer. Also present was Community Development Director Roger Millar. There is one vacancy. The Urban renewal plan update — On August 22nd and August 23rd there will be a work session and a community workshop for the public on community housing. Review and Approval of Minutes There were no Minutes for approval. Old Business Scope of Services for the McCall Urban Renewal Plan Update Mr. Millar discussed a few ideas with the committee for study in the update. One would be to create parking, another to fund improvements to the lakefront, another is community housing. Mr. Millar also discussed funding improvements for the highway i.e. the corner of Hwy 55 & Jacobs, and the last being the Urban renewal area at the airport. Jud deBoer owns property. There is talk of putting a district together to pay for infrastructure improvements. Mr. Millar states there are over 600 hours of level of effort. Mr. Findlay expressed concern as to whether we are getting our money's worth here? He believes they were talking about $40,000 before. Mr. Millar stated they will talk to approximately 200 people from the community by the end of the programs. There would be less cost if the public was not involved. Mr. Findlay inquired as to how much the city is willing to pay? Mr. Millar said if the districts are created, the districts can fund the cost. Mr. Findlay stated it was too big of an "if" for him. Mr. Millar said the highway needs to get improved. Jacobs Street on down is ready to go as well as others. Ms. Bertram said the key is now. MIC has a lot of good data. Mr. Millar is concerned if we are going to go on August 27th then we need to make a decision. -1- City of McCall Urban Renewal Agency Minutes 08/09/05 Does the Agency expanding boundaries or create new Urban Renewal districts? Distinct geographical areas vs. one great big area. Mr. Fereday said if we ask the city for money then URA will be doing their job as a community. Mr. Findlay said he would rather make a mistake on a storm drain at Hemlock than in paper. Ms. Bertram said that she has been on the committee for over a year and that Urban Renewal is a part of a bigger plan. The southern corridor is further along than people think. Mr. Drake said the stakeholders that would be benefiting are not within the current Urban Renewal boundary. Mr. Fereday said we need an update to our plan. If there is another district or two formed out of this they should split the cost with us. Fred Drake questioned how much we want to take on? Mr. Findlay said he is willing to gamble and put the $74,000 forward. Mr. Fereday asked Mr. Millar as to what he has seen in the past? Mr. Millar stated this community will see substantial growth in revenue in the future. It will take time to put districts in place, but it is a reasonable request to the city. Mr. Fereday expressed concern. He said CH2MHill has 18 hours at gathering maps and data physical plans with cost. What would come out of the week — the scope, cost estimate, projects, designs, and district boundaries? Mr. Millar addressed the committee and explained to them that the first task will be a work session with this group and asked what they want out of this. Ms. Bertram said a little more infrastructure focus. Maybe take the airport out of this. We have and I & I study right now. CH2MHill is working in this. Can we talk with Idaho Power? Ms. Bertram made a motion to commit to CH2MHill not to exceed $ 75,000. They will expect reimbursement if new districts are formed, otherwise we'll go to the city for the money. The pay back will be $25,000 in 3 years. Seconded by Mr. Drake the motion carried unanimously. -2- City of McCall Urban Renewal Agency Minutes 08/09/05 Community Housing on URA property Davis Avenue is an opportunity. It has the potential for 2 5,000 square foot lots. There can be zero lot line town -homes built — 3 bdrm 2 % bath at $100-$125/sf cost. Could possibly be a duplex or even triplexes. The school district is within the urban housing. It could be deed restricted for the 2 front lots. We can possibly construct the homes for the 2 lots in front to be sold. Shawn is willing to front the cost. Mr. Millar stated he needs permission from this committee to talk with Shawn over this if they would like to take this on. He stated after the product is finished and is free and clear then we would pay him off. Mr. Findlay asked if we should sell the land to Shawn? Mr. Fereday said he thinks that is not a good idea. The mean income for the houses would be $50,000. $175,000 per house is affordable. Everyone agreed. Mr. Millar said that it has to be structured. He stated they can apply for a ROS. This is allowed in the moratorium. This would be on the September 6 Planning and Zoning agenda. Mr. Findlay made a motion for the ROS — 2 duplexes for Shawn Harriman to build, possible triplex in the back. Develop a partnership to be determined. The motion was seconded by Ms. Bertram and carried. EDA Grant There is a $40,000 EDA grant that needs to be spent by September 30th or it will go away. It may be possible to participate in the funding of the Conference center with the hotel. New Business June Financial Statement Financial Statement and adopting budget for next year. The current budget is $170,900. To date $125,000 has been spent. Total revenue: $153,000. Total expenditure: $ 27,700. Total URA expenses unexpended: $143,000 Operating expense unexpended: $ 77,000 There was discussion on checking and affordable housing and revenue, also on drawing down the fund balance. - 3 - City of McCall Urban Renewal Agency Minutes 08/09/05 Old Business Mr. Drake discussed the art sculptures; he has the cement to place the 5 sculptures in the ground. He will be getting together with Bill Keating next week. He would like to have this completed by fall. Adjournment There being no further business, the meeting was adjourned at 9:20 AM. -4-