HomeMy WebLinkAbout2013-06-04 Council Work Session MINUTES
OF THE WORK SESSION OF THE
EDINA CITY COUNCIL
HELD AT CITY HALL
JUNE 4, 2013
5:10 P.M.
CALL TO ORDER
The meeting was called to order by Mayor Hovland at 5:10 p.m.
ROLL CALL
Answering roll call were Members Bennett, Brindle, Sprague,Swenson and Mayor Hovland.
Staff attending the meeting included:Jennifer Bennerotte, Communications &Technology Services
Director; Karen Kurt, Assistant City Manager; Debra Mangen, City Clerk; Scott Neal, City Manager;
and Bill Neuendorf, Economic Development Manager.
Mayor Hovland stated the purpose of the meeting was to receive review vacancies of some boards
and commissions, discuss the make-up of the Grandview Community Advisory Team and to host a
joint meeting with the Edina Housing Foundation.
BOARDS AND COMMISSION VACANCIES REVIEWED
City Clerk Mangen noted three resignations had been received leaving openings on: 1) the
Heritage Preservation Board for a term ending 2/1/2016; 2) the Human Rights & Relations
Commission for a term ending 2/1/2015; and 3) the Edina Community Health Committee for a
term ending 2/1/2015. The Council discussed possible candidates from those applicants that had
been interviewed in February. Consensus was to direct the Clerk to contact Michael Birdman for
the Heritage Preservation Board, Patrice Arsenault for the HRRC and Kristen Conner for the Edina
Community Health Committee.
GRANDVIEW COMMUNITY ADVISORY TEAM
Economic Development Manager Neuendorf presented the slate of residents interested in serving
on the Grandview Community Advisory Team. Following discussion, the Council directed Mr.
Neuendorf to contact the following persons they would appoint at their regular meeting: Nancy
Grazzini Olson, Bill McReavy, Kevin Staunton, Michael Schroeder, Jennifer Janovy, Sue Jacobson,
Pat Olk,Jimmy Bennett, Sandy Fox, Bright Dornblaser and Mike Fischer.
EDINA HOUSING FOUNDATION
At 5:43 Jim Nelson, Jack Huggett, Mary Kay McNee, Douglas Mayo and Jack Rice of the Edina
Housing Foundation joined the meeting along with Edina staff members Joyce Repya, Associate
Planner and Cary Teague, Community Development Director.
Members of the Foundation made a presentation to the Council noting the Foundation was a
501(C) (3) organization that served residents of Edina in the area of affordable housing. They
reviewed the Foundation's mission: 1: Provide modest cost housing opportunities for persons of
low and moderate incomes; 2) Provide assistance to non-profit or not-for-profit developers or
sponsors of low and moderate income housing, including housing for the elderly under Section
202 of the National Housing Act of 1959; and 3) Receive block grants or similar funds from the City
Minutes-Work Session/Edina City Council/June 4, 2013
or other governmental agencies or subdivisions, including the Edina HRA, and to put to productive
use all of such funds exclusively for affordable housing purposes. The group reviewed their history
and the various funding initiatives that have been undertaken including the second mortgage
programs at Edinborough and Centennial Lakes, the Mount Olivet Rolling Acres single family group
home, 6300 Rolf home that was purchase, rehabilitated and sold, the three single family homes in
the Valley View and Wooddale Avenues area, the Oak Glen grant to fund, rehabilitate and protect
the Section 8 status of the 26 units of affordable townhomes. Foundation members updated the
Council on the Come Home 2 Edina program that has provided 52 loans allowing the purchase of
34 single family home, 15 condos and three townhomes. It was noted that the Foundation
assisted the City in attaining its Livable Community Act (LCA) scores, the Foundation has the funds
to assist with incentivizing affordable housing and that partnership with the City will be vital to the
success of affordable housing projects within Edina.
Mayor Hovland declared the meeting adjourned at 6:55 p.m.
Respectfully submitted,
Debra A. Mangen,City Clerk
Minutes approved by Edina City Council,June 18, 2013.
James B. Hovland, Mayor