HomeMy WebLinkAboutLaurel Urban Renewal Agency Minutes 02.23.2026 MINUTES
CITY OF LAUREL
I LAUREL URBAN RENEWAL AGENCY
MONDAY,FEB 23RD,2026
11:00 AM
CITY BOARDROOM
A LAUREL URBAN RENEWAL AGENCY meeting was held in City Boardroom and called to order by Cami Story
at 11:00 a.m.on Feb 23,2026
COMMITTEE MEMBERS PRESENT OTHERS PRESENT
x Judy Goldsby x Dean Rankin x Diane Lehm Gaurav Thakur
x Cami Story Daniel Klein x Forrest Sanderson Triple Tree Brad,Doug&Bruce
Cheryl Hill Peggy Pollock Doug Whitney Steve Solberg
Kurt Markegard
KEY CODE:x-present 0-absent L-late
General Items: Roll Call
Approval of Minutes—All minutes were approved Judy 1 st and 2nd by Dean—all in favor
New Business:
Update of Board Positions: Board positions were presented last week and they will be voting on them this week at
council the meeting.2/24/26
Election of Officers: The committee will be voting on officers on March 912026
Budget: Start preparing for upcoming fiscal year: Forrest will submit a request for budget sheets and we will work on
it as a committee in March
Proiect Updates:
Ditch Covering Task#5—Construction has started and we hope to have the ditch covered on or before April 151.The
landscaping will then take place.
Lighting on SE 411 St. Task Order#6—
• Forrest submitted the letters to Britney to have sent out
• March 11`h 4-6pm will be an open house for landowners
• Dean and Steve will be speaking to the owners personally to see if they can get signatures and approvals.
• All documents will be put on the website
Project 1: Bids will be going out the end of Feb 2026. We are still waiting on MDT 100%design approval.
Old Business: NA
Other updates:
Cami asked to see if we as a committee can landscape the section by the underpass with the same rock that the tire shop
did. Forrest will talk to Matt Wheeler to see if the city works dept can do that project.
It was discussed about putting up a sign at each location of the projects to show who paid and provided each project.
Cheryl will bring a few examples to the next meeting to discuss.
Big Sky EDA&Beartooth RC&D—Space to Place grant is open for submissions. They also have several job openings
and those can be found on their website
There is a potential brown field study happening at the dry cleaners here in Laurel.
There is a rural grant available 10%match and$75,000.00 contact the Beartooth RC&D for information.
There is a small business free training through Beartooth RC&D
Announcements: Next meeting will be Feb 23rd,2026