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CITY OF MUSKEGON
LOCAL DEVELOPMENT FINANCE AUTHORITY BOARD
REGULAR MEETING
Friday, September 15, 1989
MINUTES
The meeting was called to order by Ken Harris at 8:10 a.m.
BOARD MEMBERS PRESENT: Ken Harris, Lou Ekiund, Greg Milkins, Gary
Sarut, Paul Roy
BOARD MEMBERS ABSENT: Herb Ginman, Don Seifert, Bob Hovey, Steve
Johnson. Steve DeCenzo (moved-Philadelphia),
Rich Steketee (moved)
As the current Board Members total only 9 because of the 2 vacancies,
there is a quorum for this meeting.
CITY COMMISSION: Mayor Kruse
CITY STAFF: Don Haas. Helene Secord
APPROVAL OF MINUTES
The minutes of the February 13, 1989 meeting were read to the Board
Members by Ken Harris. A motion was made by Gary Sarut and seconded by
Lou Eklund to approve the minutes as read. Passed unanimously.
AREA ACTIVITY UPDATE
Don Haas presented a short discussion on the following topics:
1) Wippurfurth: The City has sold a parcel of land (part of the
Hughes Buiiders Property) to Wippurfurth, who is a developer.
(Prior to this sale. a portion was sold to Harris Bros. for KL
Industries). There are no final. plans for the property, but two
possibiiities are being pursued including the relocation of the
Post Office.
Marathon Property: The purchase was made in March for $266,000.
This was purchased in time for the Biack Creek Road project.
The city contracted with Moore-Bruggink to plat the area. A
preliminary plat has been completed. which includes 9 building
lots.
The project got underway quickly and is now operational.
Tridonn Development - Al Juergens: A request for vacating a
portion of Sherman Blvd. (from the Black Creek Road intersection
to the Railroad was received. The County Road Commission wanted
to deep it open for the possibility of future road use. The
City recommended vacation. Tridonn plans to develop part of the
area within the right-of-way as they have purchased the lot to
the North and South of the right-of-way. Through meetings and
compromise, there was a vacating of part of the area with a 100'
EW section remaining open. Subsequently, Mr. Juergens has
modified his original plans. He states that there is a firm
developer for the first site near the intersection, pending
certain details to be worked out.
LOCAL DEVELOPMENT FINANCE AUTHORITY MINUTES
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5) Intersection: The intersection work at Port City Blvd. &
Laketon Avenue has been completed.
BUDGET
Don Haas presented a draft of a proposed LDFA budget for 1990. There
were some questions and a brief discussion. At this point, Mayor Kruse
inter jected that the LDFA budget must be approved under the City's
current charter by September 25th.
Subsequently, it was moved by Roy and supported by Milkens to approve
the budget as presented.
The vote for adopting the budget was unanimous. The budget will now be
presented to the City Commission for final approval.
CONSIDERATION OF EXPANDING DISTRICT BOUNDARIES
This item is a “hold-over” from a previous meeting. The Port City
Industrial Park is the current approved LDFA district. Staff pointed
out limits of the existing industrial district to the West of U.S. 31,
which could be considered for expansion.
Roy informed the Board that the Port City Industrial Park is close to
fuli with the exception of 9 new sites on the Marathon Property. Ifa
new Industrial Park is desirable and the possibilities for new
development exist--then, "this is probably the way to go." He believes
that the Staff should take a close look at the situation, analyze the
impact. get a copy of the "Industrial Site Analysis". and provide the
Board with more information regarding possibilities for expansion.
After additionai discussion, staff agreed to obtain additional
information for further discussion at the next meeting.
OTHER BUSINESS
Milkens and Sarut asked if the purchase agreement for the Marathon
property could be reviewed. Mayor Kruse stated that it was a public
document which is available. Mr. Haas offered to go through the file
with them after the meeting.
There being no further business Sarut moved to adjourn the meeting;
seconded by Milkens. The vote to adjourn was unanimous.
The meeting was adjourned at 8:55 a.m.
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