05-08-12 Special HRA Minutes HOUSING AND REDEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY
Special Meeting
May 8, 2012
Pursuant to due call and notice thereof, a regular meeting of the Housing and
Redevelopment Authority of the City of Golden Valley, Hennepin County, Minnesota, was
held at 7800 Golden Valley Road in said City on May 8, 2012 at 6:06 pm, in the Council
Conference Room.
The following members were present: Chair Paula Pentel and Commissioners Joanie
Clausen, Mike Freiberg, Shep Harris and DeDe Scanlon. Also present were HRA Director
Thomas Burt, Assistant HRA Director Jeanne Andre, Finance Director Sue Virnig, Mark
Grimes, Director of Planning and Development and Joe Hogeboom, City Planner,
Description of Past Projects - Redevelopment Tools - Future Direction of the
Housing and Redevelopment Authority
Assistant Director Jeanne Andre presented a PowerPoint. It included before and after
pictures of the projects autlined in the Executive Summary, a review of redevelopment
tools and ways that the HRA and Council have approached community development over
time. She asked the Commissioners to discuss how they would like to approach community
development now. Many ideas were discussed, including: looking at recent studies; taking
a bus tour to take stock of the community; reviewing the Envision Guide; considering
community input through surveys, a task force, or work with the Planning Gommission;
looking for public-private partnerships; considering the Commission's risk tolerance; and
looking for ways to avoid vacant, blighted land.
The Commissioners asked staff to compile a list of approaches for further discussion by
the HRA. The goal of future discussion will be to identify an approach help the Council
develop consensus on community development goals and a means to achieve them.
Adjournment
MOVED by Scanlon, seconded by Freiberg and motion carried unanimously to adjourn the
meeting at 7:12 pm.
Paula Pentel, Chair
ATTEST:
Jeanne Andre, Assistant HRA Director