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Housing and Redevelopment Minutes <br />April 5, 2021 <br />Page 7 <br />Mr. Portner noted the ordinance would have to be amended in the future and the discussion <br />could be had at the council level. <br />Commissioner Ovall felt there should be more innovative ways to accommodate a <br />redevelopment property included in the ordinance with either fencing or adding a sign <br />"property in transition." <br />Mr. Portner stated they can add that discussion to the council meeting agenda work session <br />later that evening. <br />Chair Toth asked was council representative Wagner thought about the seeding expenses. <br />Commissioner Wagner stated she 100% agrees with not spending the funds. <br />Councilmember Ovall reiterated the ordinance requirements stated by Mr. Portner and <br />stated the city deals with this all over the city and how do we make this a workable solution <br />while still following the ordinance. <br />Mr. Carlton stated he has not seen the proposals or what is quoted but stated the ordinance <br />standard requires 70% vegetative coverage to provide erosion control along with weekly <br />mowing upkeep. He stated there's ways to provide the coverage and would be happy to <br />review the bids. <br />Commissioner Wagner asked about the timeline requirements to comply with the ordinance, <br />noting the developer forum was occurring soon. <br />Mr. Carlton explained the importance of providing something, whether it be hydroseeding <br />or straw blanket and seed, to provide erosion control. He would be happy to go through the <br />bids with Ms. Eddy and see what will satisfy the ordinance without <br />Commissioner Swenson suggested prairie grasses or contacting Sherburne County Soil and <br />Water to get some low-cost grasses. <br />The HRA recessed into work session at 6:25 p.m. The meeting reconvened at 6:25 p.m. <br />8.1 Downtown Discussion <br />Chair Toth asked for the direction from the City Council based upon their meeting March <br />15 where they determined the Housing and Redevelopment Authority could discuss and <br />develop a plan to move this forward. <br />Commissioner Wagner explained the council discussion at that meeting and the cost of <br />adding into the comprehensive plan update a study specific to the core downtown area. The <br />price of $76,500 was a large amount of money to pay a consultant when the council does not <br />identify a direction or ideas to provide to the consultant. She, along with the council, felt the <br />HRA, staff, business community, and other local resources can be utilized to create and <br />finalize the vision and direction instead of paying a consultant for that. She did feel a traffic <br />study, part of the consultant's scope of this study, would be valuable and more affordable <br />