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Home My WebLink About2005-06-05 URA MinutesRegular Scheduled Meeting CALDWELL URBAN RENEWAL AGENCY July 5, 2005 - 12:00 noon Caldwell City Hall, Conference Room The regular scheduled meeting of the Caldwell Urban Renewal Agency was held July 6, 2005 at 12:00 noon in the Conference Room @ City Hall with Chairman ElJay Waite presiding. The roll was called: present were ElJay Waite, Mayor Garret Nancolas, Rob Hopper, and Leona Fouts. Absent: Matt Beebe. Guests: Steve Fultz, Dennis Cannon, Rita Earl, Mike Gable, Wendy Miller. Motion to amend the agenda to add the Gulley museum and the 20 acre school/park site as New Business items #1 & #2 respectively, and approve the agenda as amended: Nancolas/Fouts M/S/P Motion to approve the minutes from the June 7, 2005 meeting: Fouts/Nancolas M/S/P Old Business CEDC Update: Steve Fultz, Executive Director, provided an update on CEDC activities which include: Mike Lemrick has signed for 3 parcels in SkyRanch; approval received on the $150,000 grant for the downtown study; provided demographic information to 7, marketing packets to 10 and information/consulting to 4 businesses; CA developer interested in purchasing 3 lots in Skyway and 6 in Sky Ranch for construction of large buildings subdivided for smaller facilities; the Wine Commission is hoping for a downtown location by September; continued negotiation with TVCC for use of the Blacker’s building; and considering a request for CEDC to manage the business incubator which will assist in revenue generation for CEDC. Dennis Cannon provided an update on the Indian Creek Project: The demo project bids are in and ready to award following clarification of licensing question submitted to Mark Hilty. After applying the DEQ grant of $50,000, the net cost will be $302,000. They will continue to look for ways to cut costs. Met with the Corp of Engineers and obtained agreement on the following: they will design and backfill the old channel, include riffles in the channel, bring the landscaping team on board at the beginning of the project, will accept a minor change in the creek path in land purchases vary from original plan. Dennis is working with them to try to accelerate the schedule to begin in spring of ’06 versus fall of ’06. The land purchases are still within budget. The City has completed a cost analysis for the Van Buren School parking lot. Their costs include all requests except the decorative lighting and the total cost is considerably less than the bid obtained by the school district. We will encourage the school district to use the City for the project. New Business Mike Gable, representing the Canyon County Historical Society (“CCHS”), presented a funding request for “Our Memories Museum” located at 12th and Main Street in Caldwell. Archie and Opal Gulley, owners, have offered to donate the collection to the CCHS if the building can be purchased by the CCHS. Tax role value is $200,000. A $90,000 endowment will come with the sale to be used for building maintenance. The building has meeting rooms available for the public, off street parking and Indian Creek frontage. CCHS made one other request for funding to Canyon County who in turn referred them to the City of Caldwell. It was noted by several commissioners that the building is outside of the URA boundary and there is no provision in the URA plan for museums. A more in- depth review of the plan needs to be done before recommendations can be made. CEURA, July 5, 2005, Page 2 Chairman Waite presented a proposed site for a new 20 acre school/park site between Marble Front and Lincoln, west of KCID Road. Sacajawea and Van Buren are at full capacity and the three new subdivisions planned for the area north of Highway 20/26 will fill a new elementary school. The proposed site is owned by Hubble Homes and they have offered to sell at their contract option price. 10-12 acres would be needed for the school with the balance used as park land. If the school district is not in favor of the proposed site, the full 20 acres can be developed as a park. Motion to authorize Mayor Nancolas and Chairman Waite to continue discussions with Matt Shultz, Hubble Homes, and the Caldwell School District in pursuit of land acquisition: Nancolas/Hopper M/S/P A preliminary FY 2005-2006 budget and cash flow was presented by Chairman Waite for review. Further discussion and approval will follow at the August meeting. Motion to authorize Chairman Waite to complete the action on Revenue Allocation Note Resolution #2005-1 which was approved at the June 7, 2005 CEURA meeting: Hopper/Nancolas M/S/P Financial report presented by Rob Hopper: As of Balance Interest Farmers & Merchants Checking Account 6/30/05 Not Available Farmers & Merchants Money Market Account 6/30/05 Not available Local Government Investment Pool 6/30/05 763,684.70 1,748.56 Motion to approve invoices as follows: $ 190.07 Canyon County Tax Collector Clinton Property closing tax credit $ 14,000.00 Skinner Fawcett Revenue Allocation $ 1,000.00 Negotiation Services Indian Creek Negotiations $ 63,806.21 Highgrade Underground Pipe Irrigation $ 720.00 Kane & Associates Indian Creek $ 850.00 Integrated Security Resources Charter School $ 30.80 Classified Advertising Revenue Notes $ 42,300.00 City of Caldwell Well #18 $ 3,500.00 Albert Hill Appraisal: St. George Property $ 15,000.00 CEDC Contribution: Business Continuation $ 149.68 Kelley Moore Paints Mural $165,000.00 City of Caldwell Sewer Project $200,000.00 CEDC Resolution 2005-3 Hopper/Fouts M/S/P The next meeting will be held Tuesday, August 1, 2005 at 12:00noon Motion to adjourn: Hopper/Nancolas M/S/P Meeting adjourned @ 1:25 pm Respectfully submitted, Leona Fouts, Secretary