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HomeMy WebLinkAbout1983 11-21 HRAP HRA AGITTDA CITY OF ERO01,1YN CITTTI EO "v -1 ,1 1DIR 21, 1983 (Following adjournment of the City Council Meeting) 1. Call to Order 2. Roll Call 3. Approval of Minutes — ITovember 7, 19,83 4. Resolution Requesting the City Council to Issue General Obligation max Increment 'fonds and Authorizing the Execution of a max Increment Agreement for a Hoeing Development Project in the City of Brooklyn Center 5. Resolution Approving Four Rehabilitation Grants G. Adjournment MINUTES OF LH E , PROCT FDINGS OF THE HOUSING AND REDEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY OF THE CITY OF BROOKLYN CENTER IN THE COUNTY OF F11 AND THE STATE OF MINNESOTA SPECIAL .`SESSION M "IBER 7, 1983 CITY HALL CALL TO ORDER The Brooklyn Center Housing and Redevelopment Authority met in special session and was called to order by Chairman Dean Nyquist at 9:01 p.m. ROLL CALL Chairman Dean Nyquist, Commissioners Gene Tuhotka, Celia Scott, Bill Hawes, and Rich Theis. Also present were HRA Director Gerald Splinter, Director of Public Works Sy Knapp, Director of Finance Pail Holm_lund, Director of Planning & Inspection Ron I-arren, City Attorney Richard Schieffer, and Administrative Assistants Brad Hoffman and Tom Bublitz. APPROVAL OF MINUTES - OCTO 26, 1983 There was a, motion by Commissioner Scott and seconded by Commissioner Theis to approve the minutes of the October 26, 1983 Brooklyn Center Housing and Redevelopment Authority meeting as submitted. Voting in favor: Chairman Nyquist, Commissioners Scott, Hawes, and Theis. Voting against: none. The motion passed. Cozmrissi.oner L otka abstained from the vote as he was not present at the October 26, 1983 meeting. RESOLUTION NO. 83--20 vember Celia Scott introduced the following resolution and moved its adoption: RESOLUTION AM.FIMING CONTRACT WITH BRUTGER C01MPANIES REGARDING SENIOR HOUSING PROJECT The motion for the adoption of the foregoing resolution was duly seconded by member Bill Hawes, and upon vote being taken thereon, the following voted in favor thereof: Dean Nyquist, Gene Lhotka, Celia Scott, Bill Hawes, and Rich Theis; and the following voted against the same: none, whereupon said resolution was declared duly passed and adopted. RES OLUTION NO. 83 -21 :ember Gene Lhotka introduced the following resolution and moved its adoption: RESOLUTION APPROVING (4) FOUR Rr ABILITATION GRANTS The motion for the adoption of the foregoing resolution was duly seconded by member Rich Theis, and upon vote being taken thereon the following voted in favor thereof: Dean Nyquist, Gene Lhotka, Celia Scott, Bill Hawes, and Rich Theis; and the following voted against the same: none, whereupon said resolution was declared duly passed and adopted. ADJOURtv'��'IEIvT There was a motion by Commissioner II<awes and seconded by Commissioner Lhotka to 11 -7 -83 -1- adjourn the meeting. Voting in favor: Chairman Nyquist, Commissioners Ihotka, Scott, Hawes, and Theis. Voting against: none. The motion passed. The Brooklyn Center Housing and Redevelopment Authority adjourned at 9:03 p.m. Chairman 11 -7 -83 -2- Member introduced the following resolution and moved its adoption: HRA RESOLUTION 1 1 10. RESOLUTION REQUESTING THE CITY COUNCIL TO ISSUE GENERAL OBLIGATION TAX INCREMENT BONDS AND AUTHORIZING THE EXECUTION OF A TAX INCREMENT AGPLEMENT FOR A 110USI111G DEVELOPMENT PROJECT IN THE CITY OF BROOKLY CENTER WHEREAS, the Brooklyn Center Housing and Redevelopment Authority has approved a certain Housing Development Project and Housing Tax Increment Financing District (TIF District) described in that certain document: entitled "The Brooklyn Center Housing and Redevelopment Authority Housing Development Project Plan and Tax Increment Financing Plan for Brutger Proposal" (the Plan) on file with the City Clerk and incorporated herein by reference (Project), and has, by appropriate action, established the TIF District, applied to the City Council for approval of the Project and related Tax Increment Financing Plan (Plan); and WHEREAS, the Authority wishes to request that the City Council of the City of Brooklyn Center issue General Obligation Tax Increment Bonds for the financing of development costs of the Project, all as described in the Project and Plan heretofore approved by the City Council; and WHEREAS, the Authority has reviewed and considered a proposed Tax Increment Financing Agreement, a copy of which is attached hereto as Exhibit 1, hereby incorporated herein by reference; and WHEREAS, the Authority wishes to provide for the execution and delivery of the Tax Increment Financing Agreement and to secure the issuance of bonds by the City Council; NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by the Housing and Redevelopment Authority of Brooklyn Center, Minnesota, as follows: 1. The City Council of the City of Brooklyn Center_ is hereby requested to issue its General Obligation Tax Increment Bonds of 1983 for purposes of financing development costs of the Project as described above. 2. The City Council is further requested to authorize the execution of the attached Tax Increment Agreement. 3. The Chairman and Executive Director of the Authority are hereby authorized and directed to execute and deliver the attached Tax Increment Agreement to the City Council. Date Chairman The motion for the adoption of the foregoing resolution was duly seconded by member , and upon vote being taken thereon, the following voted in favor thereof: and the following voted against the same: whereupon said resolution was declared duly passed and adopted. FIRA RESOLUTION NO. . Exhibit 1 CITY OF BROOKLYN CENTER HOUSING AND REDEVELOPi•IE'l -IT AU`T'HORITY OF THE CITY OF BROOKLYN CENTER HOUSING DEVELOP-,ENT PROJECT TAX INCREMENT AGREEMENT THIS AGREEMENT, made and entered into this 21st day of November, 1983, by and between the City of Brooklyn Center, Minnesota, a municipal corporation organized and existing under and by virtue of this charter and the Laws of the State of Minnesota (the City) and the Housing and Redevelopment Authority of the City of Brooklyn Center, Minnesota, public body corporate and politic formed and existing under the Laws of the United States of America and the State of Minnesota (the Authority). WITNESSETH: WHEREAS, the Authority has approved a certain Housing Development Project and Housing Tax Increment Financing District (TIF District) described in that certain document entitled "The Brooklyn Center Housing and Redevelopment Authority Housing Development Project Plan and Tax Increment Financing Plan for Brutger Proposal" on file with the City Clerk and incorporated herein by reference (Project), and has, by appropriate action, established the TIF District, applied to the City Council for approval of the Project and related Tax Increment Financing Plan (Plan); and WHEREAS, the City has by resolution adopted April 11, 1983 duly approved the Project, the Plan, and the TIF District; and WHEREAS, Minnesota Statutes, Section 273.77 authorizes and requires tax increment agreements between the Authority and the City prior to the issuance of general obligations by the City to finance Project costs; NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the mutual covenants and agreements hereinafter contained, it is hereby agreed by and between the parties hereto as follows: 1. The Authority hereby expressly pledges that all tax increment payments made to the Authority by the Hennepin County Auditor (Director of Property Taxation) from the Project Area and all revenues from land within the Project Area, while owned by the Authority, shall be pledged and assigned to the City, for the purpose of paying principal of, interest on and redemption premium, if any, of any and all bonds of the City which may hereafter be issued by the City for the financing of public development costs in the Project Area, provided, however, that so much of such JiRA RLSOLUTION 140. tax increments and revenues as are needed by the Authority to reimburse the Zl.uthority for its expenditures for public development costs of the Project (as identified in the Housing Development Project Plan for the Project Area) may be retained by the Authority. 2. The City expressly agrees that it will from time to time and at the request of the Authority issue its General Obligation Bonds in separate series of bonds to finance public development costs in the Project Area, but the decision -to issue such bonds shall remain with the City Council. 3. The City hereby acknowledges the request of the Authority by its resolution of Noveinber 21, 1983, to authorize and issue General Obligation Tax Increment Bonds to finance the public development costs identified therein, and agrees that it will authorize and issue such Bonds. 4. All series of bonds issued pursuant to this Agreement shall be on a parity one with the other, and the tax increment and other revenues pledged hereby shall be used solely for the purposes specified in this Agreement. 5. The parties hereto do hereby mutually agree that it is the express intent and purpose of this Agreement to utilize the provisions of Minnesota Statutes, Sections 273.71 to 273.78, to finance the public housing development costs in the Project Area described in the Plan, and, subject to the provisions of Minnesota Statutes, Section 273.75, that all tax increments received with respect to the Project Area shall be segregated by the Authority in a special account on its official books until the public development costs of the Project, including interest on all money borrowed therefor, has been fully paid, and the City has been fully reimbursed from the tax increments or revenues from lands within the Project Area for all principal and interest on General Obligation Bonds which the City has issued in aid of the Project Area, or which it has paid from taxes levied on other property within the City's corporate limits. IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this Agreement to be executed the day and year first above written. CITY OF BROOKLYN CENTER Mayor (SEAL) City Manager • w ffRA RESOLUTION NO. ROUSING AND REDEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY OF THE CITY OF BROOKLYN CENTER; MINNESOTA Chairman (SEAL) Executive Director —' o IIRA RESOLUTION NO. STATE OF MIN '.-IESOTA ) COU INTY Oi' HENNEFIN ) SS. CITY OF BROOKLYN CENTER ) I, the undersigned, being the duly qualified and acting Executive Director of the Housing and Redevelopment Authority of Brooklyn Center, Minnesota, do hereby certify that I have carefully compared the attached and foregoing Extract of Minutes of Meeting of the Brooklyn Center Housing and Redevelopment Authority held on Monday, November 21, 1983, with the original thereof on file in my office and the same is a full, true and complete transcript therefrom insofar as the same relates to the Tax Increment Financing Agreement between the Housing and Redevelopment Authority and the City of Brooklyn Center and the issuance and sale of $930,000 General Obligation Tax Increment Bonds of 1983, of the City. WITNESS My hand as Executive Director and the corporate seal of the Housing and Redevelopment Authority this 21st day of November, 1983. Executive Director Mousing and Redevelopment.Authority of Brooklyn Center, Minnesota (SEAL) Member introduced the following resolution and moved its adoption: HRA RESOLUTION NO. RESOLUTION APPROVING FOUR (4) BROOKLYN CENTER HOUSING REIIAB:CLITATION. GRANTS WHEREAS, the Brooklyn Center Mousing and Redevelopment Authority has established a Home Rehabilitation Grant Program to assist low and moderate income individuals in the maintenance and repair of their homes; and WHEREAS, the Brooklyn Center Housing and Redevelopment Authority has received four (4) applications from an eligible individual to receive grant assistance; and WHEREAS, an inspection by the City of Brooklyn Center has determined that the work is necessary and appropriate under the Brooklyn Center Housing Rehabilitation Grant Program; and WHEREAS, the estimated cost of the proposed grant applications are estimated at $33,000. NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by the Brooklyn Center Housing and Redevelopment Authority that: 1. The Brooklyn Center. Housing and Redevelopment Authority does approve the four (4) housing rehabilitation grant applications as recommended by the staff. 2. That the work be performed as recommended in the confidential memorandum dated November 17, 1983, and that the applicants be directed to obtain the necessary bids for staff review and approval. 3. The project shall not exceed the grant limits of $8,250 per house. Date Chairman The motion for the adoption of the foregoing resolution was duly seconded by member , and upon vote being taken thereon, the following voted in favor thereof: and the following voted against the same: whereupon said resolution was declared duly passed and adopted. €n MEMORANDUM TO: Gerald G. Splinter, City Manager FROM: Brad Hoffman, Administrative Assistant DATE: November 17, 1983 SUBJECT: HRA Grant Applications The following grant applications are recommended for HRA approval. The information contained in this memo is private and not available to the general public. 1. Jeffery & Lyn McCarty, 5731 Emerson Avenue North. The following work is recommended: a. Replace both front and rear doors. Re- weatherstrip as needed. Reuse existing hardware if possible. Paint or stain. b. Repair and adjust all windows to operate properly with good weather tight fit. Remove inside trim around windows, insulate around frames, and replace existing trim. c. Replace large 3 section living room window with energy efficient unit which has openable windows for ventilation. New window unit may be narrower than existing, which may require remodeling as needed to reduce size of opening. Provide storms and screens as needed for new unit. d. Replace all storm windows with aluminun combinations, enamel finish, good quality (color choice by owner). e. Install styrofoam vent chutes in attic between all.rafters where possible for positive air flow over existing insulation. f. Reinsulate attic with approximately 2" to 4" cellulose blown in over existing batts (enough to fill all voids between batts and against vent chutes). g. Build box for minimum 12" clearance above and around recessed ceiling light fixtures and insulate box. Also insulate exhaust vent pipes in attic. h. Insulate rim joist where accessible. i. Reinsulate walls with blown in cellulose from exterior. Remove and replace shakes as needed. j. Patch hole in closet where insulation test was made. k. Repair garage front wall and install owners trackage and spring for O.H. door. 1. Electrical work: Remove hot line in basement for abandoned electric range. Disconnect electric service to abandoned well pump. Repair short in kitchen light switch or fixture. Repair short in kitchen exhaust fan - may need to replace fan. Replace inoperable electric ceiling heater in bathroom with an exhaust fan. Correct wiring, switches, outlets, and open boxes in basement. Install owners ceiling and wall fixutre in basement. Install G.F.I. outlet in bathroom. Install 2 electric smoke detectors, 1 on each floor. -2- 2. Lillian Althoff, 6610 Colfax Avenue North. The following work is recommended: a. Install vinyl weatherstrip on rear door threshold. All other weatherstripping OK. b. Install basement window with screen in abandoned coal chute opening. Window to be openable. C. Caulk around doors and windows. Also small openings in trim where bees are gaining access to attic. d. Replace storm and screen door on access to deck over porch roof. e. Flash and seal around chimney flue to stop chimney leaking. f. Reroof porch roof. Remove existing roofing and replace rotted roof sheathing as needed. Build up roof approximately 1" to 1-Y" at house and slope down to rear of porch roof for positive drainage before reroofing. g. Repair and secure railing around porch roof as needed. h. Repair and paint kitchen ceiling as needed after repairs to roof are completed. i. Electric: Repair or replace basement light fixture now shorted out. Install 1 electric smoke detector first floor. Install. light on pull chain in well pit. j. Plumbing: Replumb existing well for 1 outside spigot for lawn use with freezeless type. 3. Steven Melek, 5619 Knox Avenue North. The following work is recommended: a. Weatherstrip and adjust rear door to close properly. Weatherstrip between french doors as best as possible for weather resistant closure. Repair frame as needed. Insulate around frame. b. Replace front door, reusing existing hardware if possible. Repair frame as needed and insulate around frame. Paint or stain door as needed. c. Replace front and rear storm doors with aluminum combination storms and screens, enamel finish, good quality type. d. Replace all windows with new double hung units. Insulate around all frames. Paint or stain as needed_ e. Install new aluminun combination storm and screens, enamel finish, good quality, all windows. f. Remove existing shingles on dwelling roof. Replace and repair all roof sheathing as needed. Repair gable end roof extension with necessary bracing, etc. to support required snow loads. It is acceptable to reduce the length of roof extension from 3 feet to 1 foot if structurally and economically more feasible to do so. Also remove and leave off 3 foot canopy over rear door and reconstruct to match soffit overhang. g. Replace all rotted soffit boards and fascia boards. Repaint as needed to match existing. h. Reroof dwelling and garage. ( Reroof garage over existing shingles.) i. Install ten (10) additional soffit vents. (Attic vent chutes to be installed by N.S.P. contractor who has already reinsulated attic without installing same.) -3- j. Insulate foundation (exposed slat above grade and to depth of approximately 18" below grade, total 24 ") using aggregate faced insulation board 2" thick. k. Replace furnace with energy efficient type, providing required combustion air direct from exterior. 1. Reside and cover all trim with aluminun siding (color choice by owner). (Does not include detached garage. Owner to paint garage.) M. ALTERNATE: Give alternate quote to reside with masonite or other hardboard side, including painting of siding and trim. n. Plumbing Work: Replace water heater with energy efficient type, 40 gallon capacity. Replumb as needed to utilize water heater/ furnace room to best advantage and accessability. Repair leaking waste trap in bathroom. o. Electrical work: Increase service from 60 amp to 100 amp. Correct all existing wall outlets to be flush with interior finish and install cover plates. Add 4 wall outlets in kitchen on 20 amp circuit. Add 2 wall outlets in master bedroom. Add 2 wall outlets in 2nd bedroom. Add G.F.I. outlet in bathroom. Repair bathroom light fixture. Repair rear entry light fixture. Repair kitchen ceiling light fixture. Install electric smoke detector. 4. Deanna Kimble, 6440 HLLmboldt Avenue North. The following work is recommended: a. Repair one broken window in basement. b. Reroof house and attached garage over existing shingles. c. Scrape loose paint on all trim. Repaint house, garage and trim. Replace badly cracked siding on garage. d. Replace rotted sheetrock around tub with water resistant type as needed. Replace ceramic tile around tub as needed. Caulk around tub and at floor. e. Remove rotted flooring and floor covering in bathroom as needed and replace with new vinyl sheet flooring (owners choice of color) . f. Build access panel. in closet wall behind bath tub where hole in wall exists. g. Seal kitchen and living room ceilings where water stained to prevent bleeding through and repaint both ceilings. h. Adjust springs on O. H. garage door to operate properly. Repair trim on O. H. door. i. Repair walk door on rear of garage (may need new door). j. Plumbing work: Repair water leak at bath tub. Repair leaking valve for water closet. Repair laundry tub faucets from leaking. k. Electrical work: Install electric smoke detector main floor.