Renaissance Zone Authority - October 23, 2024 Minutes

The Regular Meeting of the Renaissance Zone Authority of the City of Fargo, North Dakota, was held in the Commission Chambers at City Hall at 8:00 a.m., Wednesday, October 23, 2024.

The Renaissance Zone Authority members present or absent were as follows:

Present: Deb Mathern, Reid Middaugh, Brian Larson, Prakash Mathew, Chad Peterson, Dr. Dean Bresciani, Commissioner Dave Piepkorn, Mayor Tim Mahoney

Absent: None

Chair Mathern called the meeting to order.

Item 1: Minutes: Workshop of August 28, 2024 and Special Meeting of September 11, 2024
Member Mathew moved the minutes of the August 28, 2024 and September 11, 2024 Renaissance Zone Authority meetings be approved. Second by Member Bresciani. All Members present voted aye and the motion was declared carried.

Item 2: Review of the 2024 Renaissance Zone Development Plan
Director of Planning and Development Nicole Crutchfield and Planning Coordinator Maegin Elshaug provided a review of the proposed 2024 Renaissance Zone Development Plan, sharing minor updates including the addition of two new blocks. They noted a boundary wide letter was sent to property owners, and an Open House community input meeting was held on September 24, 2024.

Discussion was held on newly adopted Growth Plan and the future Land Development Code re-write, how future changes could be submitted for the Renaissance Zone Development Plan, and the next steps for the Plan to be reviewed by the City Commission, Fargo School Board and Cass County.

Further discussion was held on changes to project scoring and application processing to be updated in the future, the plan submittal deadline to the State, and the 5-year and 8-year exemptions options for the Renaissance Zone.

Member Bresciani moved to recommend approval of the 2024 Renaissance Zone Development Plan to the City Commission. Second by Member Peterson. On call of the roll Members Piepkorn, Middaugh, Mathew, Larson, Peterson, Mahoney, Bresciani, and Mathern voted aye. The motion was declared carried.

Item 3: Other Business
No other business was presented.

Item 4: Adjourn – Next Meeting: November 27, 2024

The time at adjournment was 8:14 a.m.