Title
Approving the November 8, 2017 HRA Board Meeting Minutes
Body
ROLL CALL
Present 6 - Commissioners Bostrom, Noecker, Prince, Stark, Thao and Chair Brendmoen
Absent 1 - Commissioner Tolbert
COMMUNICATIONS & RECEIVE/FILE
1. Amending the 2017 HRA Debt Service Budget to Accommodate Actual Tax Increment Bond Debt Service and Tax Increment Transferred to Tax Increment Financing Districts
Received and Filed as set forth in AO 17-83
2. Amending the 2017 HRA General Fund Budget to Reflect Revised Estimated PED Administration
Received and Filed as set forth in AO 17-84
CONSENT AGENDA
3. Approving the October 25, 2017 HRA Board Meeting Minutes
Adopted as set forth in Min 17-36
Moved by Commissioner Bostrom, Consent Agenda is Adopted
VOTE: Yeas - 6 Nays - 0
FOR DISCUSSION
Commissioner Tolbert Arrived
4. Resolution Approving and Designating The Ackerberg Group as Tentative Developer for the Public Safety Annex at 100 East 10th Street, Saint Paul, MN, District 17, Ward 2
Mr. Sage-Martinson, HRA Executive Director, stated this item is the recommendation to designate The Ackerberg Group as Tentative Developer for the building known as the Public Safety Annex at 100 East 10th Street. This building has long served a public purpose, including as a police training facility. As the City was considering use of this site after the police training facility relocated, the City was hearing from a lot of businesses downtown that they couldn’t find creative modern office space that they were looking for. That included two very public cases where we had innovation firms leave the City of Saint Paul because they couldn’t find appropriate space. We also knew that there were other developers beginning to develop this kind of creative office space downtown Saint Paul. The City collectively took a step back. Staff consulted with the local council member and leadership in the council, as well as other departments in the City. We decided to test the market to see whether or no...
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