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HomeMy WebLinkAboutCity Council - 01/05/2016 - HRA APPROVED MINUTES HOUSING AND REDEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY TUESDAY,JANUARY 5, 2016 7:00 PM, CITY CENTER Council Chamber 8080 Mitchell Road HOUSING AND REDEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY MEMBERS: Chair Nancy Tyra- Lukens, Council Members Brad Aho, Sherry Butcher Wickstrom, Ron Case, and Kathy Nelson CITY STAFF: City Manager Rick Getschow, Public Works Director Robert Ellis, Community Development Director Janet Jeremiah, Parks and Recreation Director Jay Lotthammer, City Attorney Ric Rosow and Council Recorder Jan Curielli I. ROLL CALL/CALL THE HRA MEETING TO ORDER Chair Tyra-Lukens called the meeting to order at 7:03 PM. All HRA members were present. II. APPROVE MINUTES OF HRA MEETING HELD ON DECEMBER 1, 2015 MOTION: Case moved, seconded by Nelson, to approve the minutes of the HRA meeting held December 1, 2015. Motion carried 5-0. III. APPROVE AMENDMENT 2 TO THE HOUSING PROJECT AGREEMENT FOR EDEN GARDENS Getschow said this will be the second amendment to the housing project agreement for Eden Gardens. The project has seen quite a bit of development of homes in the neighborhood,but there are 14 lots remaining out of the total of 36. A portion of the homes have been built in the mid-market range in addition to the higher priced homes. This amendment would allow more flexibility with a certain number of sites and would have the 14 remaining homes priced from under $372,000 to $440,000. Currently, the agreement sets $400,000 as the top of the range. He noted some buyers are limited in their ability to finance homes, and this would offer more of a range of home prices. Nelson asked if the homes are going up in price because people want more green amenities or because they want larger homes than expected. Getschow replied there can be a mix of both,but the green features are available to each home and are standard to the neighborhood Matt Hamish, Homestead Partners, said the price range was started in 2013. Since then there has been inflation of costs as well as potential buyers who want additional amenities, but there is a standard price cap in place. All of the homes would be Green Path certified homes. They have found ways to tighten up the requirements for that certification even more as they have continued to build the homes. Nelson said she thought all the homes would be solar ready. Mr. Haven said all of the homes can have solar as one of the options HRA MINUTES January 5, 2016 Page 2 available. Thus far one home has used that option. The homes are built to support solar panels and the wiring is in place so it could be added at any time. MOTION: Case moved, seconded by Butcher Wickstrom, to approve Amendment 2 to the Housing Project Agreement for Eden Gardens. Motion carried 5-0. IV. ADJOURNMENT MOTION: Aho moved, seconded by Butcher Wickstrom, to adjourn the HRA meeting. Motion carried 5-0. Chair Tyra-Lukens adjourned the HRA meeting at 7:09 PM.