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Home My WebLink About3-1-2005 URBAN RENEWAL MINUTES Regular Scheduled Meeting � CALDWELL URBAN RENEWAL AGENCY March l, 2005 - 12:00 noon Caldwell City Hall, Conference Room The regular scheduled meeting of the Caldwell Urban Renewal Agency was held March 1, 2005 at 12:00 noon in the Conference Room @ City Hall with Chairman E1Jay Waite presiding. The roll was called: present were ElJay Waite, Rob Hopper, Matt Beebe and Leona Fouts. Mayor Garret Nancolas was absent. Guests: Steve Fultz, Dennis Cannon, Elaine Clegg Motion to approve the agenda: Fouts/Beebe M/S/P Motion to approve the minutes from the February 1, 2005 meeting: Fouts/Hopper M/S/P Old Business CEDC Update: Steve Fultz, Executive Director, provided an update on CEDC activities which include: meeting with reps from SkyRanch and SkyWay Business Park, almost ready to close with Gem State Manufacturing; working with Downtown Steering Committee; hosted Business After Hours; will be featured in upcoming issue of Business Expansion Journal; airport and parks to be featured in upcoming issue of Business Review; 3 business leads (2 call centers, 1 steel panel manufacturer from Seattle); 2 small business assists; 3 new potential startup businesses in downtown , (1 candy shop interested in Trolley Square and 1 interested buyer for Caldwell Floral); facilitating a meeting of developer's on 3/30/O5; A1 Ames working on downtown and airport grants; 3 newsletter going out; five requests for demographic information; 18 marketing packets sent out in February; have completed the move to the new office location at the incubator. � Steve briefly mentioned the proposed MOU withCF,DC and indicated that the contracts are under review but appear to be acceptable. Dennis Cannon provided an update on the Indian Creek Project: Gratitude expressed to the County for the donation of the carwash which has allowed us the funds to do a quality job in landscaping the first phase at l O and Arthur. The demolition bid for Bill's Service Parts is expected to be approximately $51,000 due to asbestos on the premises. The design for the first phase is expected to be completed in May with construction planned for June and project completion by September. Of the ten property owners receiving offers, five have responded favorably and five have not responded at all. Larry Rinkover is continuing to work with owners and a second offer package will be forwarded to the five non-respondents. The design for the remaining project should be done by September with construction to start by spring 2006. Chairman Waite stated that the MOU for the Charter School is still in process and he will be meeting with the school board to review the agreement. They are currently negotiating with Jamie Hoover for land purchase. The site drawing has been received at City Hall and is in process in the engineering department. The Impact Fee Funding Agreement was not available for discussion and will be included on the agenda for April. • CEURA, 3/1/O5, Page 2 •New Business Presentation from Elaine Clegg, Co-director of Idaho Smart Growth, which is a non-profit organization available to cities in the State of Idaho offering education and technical assistance for growth management. Their funding is primarily from grants that are usually proj ect specific. Requests for other types of assistance are becoming more frequent causing them to look for additional funding sources. They have developed a Community Partner Program with an annual membership fee of $5,000. Chairman Waite stated that this is a worthy project and Caldwell would like to participate at some level. CEURA needs to determine what action the City of Caldwell will be taking and review the URA budget before making a final decision. I� i Motion to approve Progress Payment #2 of the Skyway Business Park irrigation project and request funds from other participants: Hopper/Beebe M/S/P Chairman Waite noted that Heartland Development has not yet paid their share of Progress Payment Number 1. The extension of the sanitary sewer requested by Jamie Hoover and approved at the February 1, 2005 meeting has been withdrawn by Mr. Hoover. Labor costs have been incurred by CEURA for engineering services and design work totaling $263.95. Motion to bill Freehold Development for $263.95 to cover the engineering and design costs incurred on the sanitary sewer extension request: Beebe/Hopper M/S/P Idaho Power has agreed to a line upgrade on the extension from Aviation Way to the pump station for the benefit of Freehold Development. A proposed cost split has been received� from Idaho Power •which breaks out Freehold's cost of the upgrade: Invoice far $9445, Freehold owes $1,832 far the upgrade, with the balance of $7613 to be split according to the project Gost Allo��tion of 43.7% for URA and 29.9% for Freehold. Motion to approve the split proposed by Idaho Power, pay the invoiced amount of $9445, and assess Freehold Development for the upgrade cost of $1,832 and the cost allocation amount of $7613 @ 29.9%: Hopper/Beebe M/S/P Chairman Waite provided an update on Griffiths Park that has been progressing much quicker than planned. Funds are needed and Chairman Waite suggested diverting funds from the Rotary Pond that will not be used in this fiscal year. Motion to divert $10, 000 from Rotary Pond to Griffiths Park: Hopper/Fouts M/S/P Motion to approve invoices as follows: $ 1, 000.00 Eide Bailly Audit Expenses $ 620. 00 Columbia Tech Asbestos Assessment — Bill's Service Parts Bldg $ 172.50 Moffitt Thomas License Agreement — Skyway legal $ 5,390.00 SkinnerFawcett YMCA $15,974.82 Gopher Bleachers for 3 fields $I5, 000. DO CEDC Z Q uarter Jan-Mar $52,000.00 Lambert Construction Demolition ofBill's Service Parts (estimate) Beebe/Fouts M/S/P • CEURA, 3/I/O5, Page 3 • Financiai Report provided by Rob Hopper: Farmers & Merchants checking account balance as of 1/31/O5: $714,440.51 Farmers & Merchants Money Market account balance as of 1/31/O5: $397,089.44 Interest earnings of $ 653.05 Local Government Investment Pool balance as of 1/31/04: $755,790.13 Interest earnings of $1,223.88 Wells Fargo Bond Fund: $548,682.06 The next meeting will be held Tuesday, Apri15, 2005 at 12:OOnoon Motion to adjourn: Fouts/Hopper M/S/P Meeting adjourned @ 1:22 pm Respectfully submitted, Leona Fouts Secretary ', • •