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1 AGENDA Regular Meeting of the City of Twin Falls Urban Renewal Agency Board rd Avenue East, Twin Falls, Idaho City Council Chambers Monday, January 13, 2014 at 12:00 pm. URBAN RENEWAL AGENCY BOARD MEMBERS: Dexter Ball Cindy Bond Dan Brizee Neil Christensen Perri Gardner Leon Smith Sarah Taylor Secretary Chairman Vice-Chairman 1. Call meeting to order. 2. Consent Agenda: a. Review and approval of minutes from the December 9, 2013 Regular Meeting b. Review and approval of January 2014 financial report. 3. Consideration of a request to approach the City of Twin Falls to acquire a vacant parcel located on 2 nd Ave So in conjunction with an adjacent site owned by TFURA nd Ave So. (see staff report) 4. Discussion regarding formation of new subcommittees Cindy Bond 5. Public input and/or items from the Urban Renewal Agency Board or staff. 6. Adjourn. Next regular meeting: Monday, February 10, 12:00 pm *Any person(s) needing special accommodations to participate in the above noticed meeting should contact Katy Touchette at (208) at least two days before the meeting. Si desea esta información en español, llame Leila Sanchez al (208)

2 URBAN RENEWAL AGENCY MEETING MINUTES December 9, 2013 The Urban Renewal Agency held its regular meeting at 12 noon this date in the Twin Falls City Council Chambers located at rd Avenue East, Twin Falls. Those present were: Cindy Bond Leon Smith Dexter Ball Perri Gardner Sarah Taylor Dan Brizee Neil Christensen Also present: Melinda Anderson Mitch Humble Don Hall Brent Hyatt Fritz Wonderlich Josh Palmer Katy Touchette URA Chair URA Vice-Chair URA Secretary URA Member URA Member URA Member URA Member Urban Renewal Executive Director City of Twin Falls Community Development Director Vice-Mayor, Twin Falls City Council City of Twin Falls Assistant Finance Officer Twin Falls City Attorney Public Information Officer City of Twin Falls Executive Assistant Agenda Item 1: Call meeting to order. Cindy Bond called the meeting to order at 12:02 p.m. Agenda Item 2: Consent Agenda a. Review and approval of minutes from the November 12, 2013 Regular Meeting. b. Review and approval of December 2013 financial report. Perri Gardner made a motion to approve the November 12, 2013 regular meeting minutes as well as the December 2013 financial report. Dan Brizee seconded the motion, and roll call vote showed that all board members voted in favor of the motion. Agenda Item 3: Board update presentation Fritz Wonderlich Melinda Anderson reviewed the agenda board training presentation and mentioned that it had been several years since Mr. Wonderlich had provided this training and update. Mr. Wonderlich then addressed the board, using overhead projections to explain URA law, starting with I.C and going through I.C There was some discussion on the differences between revenue allocation areas and urban renewal areas as well as other aspects of the URA statutes. Both Mr. Wonderlich and Melinda provided examples of how the statutes apply. In discussing the recent City of Twin Falls resolution regarding transparency in City boards and committees, Fritz stated that this does not apply to the Urban Renewal Agency at this time, since the URA is a separate entity. Fritz concluded by letting the board know about on-line sources, statutes and manuals from the AG s office that can be of help to the Urban Renewal Agency board.

3 Urban Renewal Agency Special Meeting Minutes June 19, 2013 Page 2 Agenda Item 4: Public input and/or items from the Urban Renewal Agency Board or staff. Cindy Bond stated that with the new push toward transparency in City boards and commissions, the URA will no longer use workgroups but will use committees whose meetings will be open to the public. Cindy stated that all current workgroups would be dissolved as of this time, saying that they will be replaced with official subcommittees. There was some discussion about the different subcommittees that have been used in the past and how they would be replaced. Fritz stated that the request for these new committees should be placed on future URA meeting agendas when they can be voted on. Fritz also stated that it will take a majority vote of the URA board to create a committee. Sarah Taylor stated that she had to leave the meeting at this time. Agenda Item 5: Adjourn. Next regular meeting: Monday, January 13, 12:00 p.m. Cindy Bond adjourned the meeting at 1:01 p.m. Respectfully submitted Katy Touchette Executive Assistant

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13 Date: January 13, 2014 To: From: Urban Renewal Agency of the City of Twin Falls Melinda Anderson, URA Executive Director Request: Consideration of a request to approach the City of Twin Falls to acquire a vacant parcel located on 2 nd Ave So in conjunction with an adjacent site owned by TFURA nd Ave So. Background: TFURA owns a 6,250 square-foot brick warehouse at nd Ave So which has been marketed for several years and has been vacant since Several local business owners or developers have approached TFURA to potentially acquire the site and have stated their need to also include the vacant lot adjacent to this site be part of the package. For various reasons none of the inquiries have moved further. The City owns the adjacent dirt/gravel lot (Lots 9 & 10, Block 119) between nd Ave So and the Salvation Army site. This site is also 6,250 sf. The City has not used this lot in many years, except for a very short time as part of its downtown parking program. There are several ways the transfer could happen: 1. TFURA could acquire this site from the City by trading for property TFURA owns. One such site is the Senior Center site located at 530 Shoshone St. This is owned by both the City and TFURA. The City owns the site the Senior Center building sits on and the two parking lots (front and back) are owned by TFURA. As TFURA will never likely redevelop those sites from their current use, these 2 lots may be ideal candidates to trade with the City for the vacant lot on 2 nd Ave. So. 2. TFURA could simply ask the City Council to deed the site over to it. As TFURA is a public agency, Idaho code allows for public agencies to transfer property to another public agency. 3. TFURA could offer to pay the City to acquire the site. If that is the chosen method, it would be helpful to pay for an appraisal of the site. A commercial property appraisal could run $3000-$6000. Attached are GIS maps showing both the location of the 2 nd Ave So vacant lot and the Senior Center sites. To be able to find a new owner for the TFURA-owned warehouse on 2 nd Ave So it would be very helpful for TFURA to acquire the adjacent vacant site (Lots 9 & 10, Block 119). Approval Process: Approval would be made by a quorum of the TFURA board in an open meeting. If this agenda item is approved, staff requests that a board member make the presentation & request to the City Council. Budget Impact: No impact to the budget.

14 Conclusion: Staff recommends the board approve this request with Options 1, 2, or 3 identified. Attachments: nd Ave So and adjoining site map 2. Senior Center site map

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