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HomeMy WebLinkAbout04/17/2007 ORIGINAL MINUTES OF WHEAT RIDGE URBAN RENEWAL AUTHORITY April!7,2007 6:00 p.m. 1. CALL THE MEETING TO ORDER The meeting of the Wheat Ridge Urban Renewal Authority was called to order by Chair Williams at 6:00 p.m. in the council chambers ofthe Municipal Building, 7500 West 29th Avenue, Wheat Ridge, Colorado. 2. ROLL CALL OF MEMBERS Authority members present: James Bahrenburg Teri Carver Janet Leo Larry Schulz Terrell Williams Pete Ziemke Also attending: Alan White, WRURA Executive Director Corey Hoffmann, Attorney for WRURA Ann Lazzeri, Recording Secretary 3. APPROVAL OF MINUTES - March 20, 2007 It was moved by Larry Schulz and seconded by James Bahrenburg to approve the minutes of March 20, 2007 as presented. The motion passed unanimously. 4. PUBLIC FORUM There was no one to address the Authority. (Charles Durbin was present but did not speak.) Corey Hoffmann presented an update on the Cornerstone litigation. He advised the Authority that briefings are now complete. The next step will be oral argument. 5. PUBLIC HEARING A. Resolution 02-2007 - Presentation and Approval of 2007 Budget Amendment Alan White presented an amended budget for 2007. He advised the Authority that all notification and posting requirements had been met for this public hearing. The budget was amended due to discovery of two errors in the WRURA April!7,2007 - 1 - originally approved budget. The errors occurred in the beginning balance for the Walgreens Project Fund and the Sales tax increment in the Town Center Fund. There was an error in the sales tax increment estimate for year-end of 2006 which excluded the additional $100,000 payment from the city. Also, the beginning balance for the Walgreens fund was shown as $223,101 instead of the correct amount of $2,012. To correct these errors, it is necessary to adopt an amended budget. Chair Williams asked if anyone from the public wished to address this matter. Hearing no response, he closed the public hearing. It was moved by Pete Ziemke and seconded by Janet Leo to approve Resolution No.2, Series of 2007, a resolution enacting an amended budget and appropriation for the year 2007. The motion passed unanimously. 6. NEW BUSINESS A. Discussion of New Urban Renewal Areas Chair Williams discussed redevelopment of the Lakeside area. Because the Wheat Ridge side of Harlan Street is greatly affected by this area, he suggested proactively approaching the Town of Lakeside to indicate that the City is interested in how this area is developed and offer some assistance. He commented that the Town of Lakeside already relies on the City of Wheat Ridge to offer advice in matters of code enforcement There was discussion regarding possible ways, including contact by the city manager or mayor, to open discussions with the Town of Lakeside. Alan White advised that the city manager and mayor have been in contact with Lakeside but have received no response. Wheat Ridge 2020 has also been in contact with the developer. Terrell Williams suggested that if redevelopment is taking place at Lakeside it might be a good idea to consider redevelopment by the City of Wheat Ridge on the south side of 44th and west side of Harlan. He asked if it was worth considering additional blight studies for Wheat Ridge, including the area adj acent to Lakeside. Corey Hoffmann reviewed the process involved in blight studies. Teri Carver commented that the city should be more aggressive with existing urban renewal areas before declaring any other blighted areas. She expressed concern that property values are greatly affected when an area is declared blighted. She suggested that Lakeside redevelopment could spur redevelopment in that area of Wheat Ridge. WRURA April!7, 2007 - 2- There was a consensus to do nothing more at this time but simply monitor the situation. B. Sign age for Wheat Ridge Cyclery Terrell Williams suggested placing a sign or banner somewhere at Wheat Ridge Cyclery indicating that this property was improved in cooperation with the Wheat Ridge Urban Renewal Authority. Teri Carver volunteered to contact Wheat Ridge Cyclery and report back to the Authority. Signage would cost less than $500. There was also a suggestion by James Bahrenburg that Wheat Ridge Cyclery might include the information in one of their newspaper advertisements. C. 38th Avenue and High Court Terrell Williams announced that Wheat Ridge 2020 is closing on a building at the corner of3Sth Avenue and High Court (former site of Bargain Babes) to redevelop the site with a new mixed use office building with retail/restaurant use on the main level and office space above. It is hoped that this will be an exciting start to redevelopment of this corridor. 8. ADJOURNMENT The meeting was adjourned at 6:55 p.m. ~f(Jl,~ Terrell Williams, Chair a WRURA April 17, 2007 - 3 -