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Laurel Urban Renewal Agency (LURA)
May 21st, 2018 City Hall Conference Chambers
The meeting was called to order by Judy Goldsby. Roll Call/ Attendance: Quorum of voting
members present: Judy Goldsby, Don Smarsh, Dean Rankin. Non-voting members: Steve
Solberg. City Staff: Kurt Markegard. Big Sky EDA: Dianne Lehm. Laurel Chamber of Commerce:
Marcia Hafner.
Introductions: None
Approval of the minutes from the previous meeting: Dean made the motion to accept the
minutes and Don seconded the motion. All were in favor.
Old Business:
a. Large Grant Application F18 Update- Kurt informed the committee about the grant
review process and how the Mayor has asked the City Attorney to review the grants
to see if they meet the criteria allowed in State Statute. Don talked about project
criteria in order to award grant funds from the submitted applications. Dean also
expressed that determining what projects meet the criteria is getting complicated.
Dean stated that the projects in the large grant requests are great projects and due
to the success of getting the word out there are more applications being submitted.
Judy said it would be great to keep giving out the funds for projects that have been
submitted. Don stated that many of the projects in the submitted applications are
already completed or have started. Don asked about the timeline for finding out
about the large grants and Judy stated legal has it and we will not know how long
that will take.
b. Grants Pending- Steve asked whatever happens to the Technical Assistance Grants
funds that have been given out. Don stated that some of the projects will never
happen because what is identified in the technical assistance reports that they have
funded end up costing too much to complete the proposed projects. Marcia asked
about having the applicants present a report about their project once completed.
Judy stated that this was added to the grants this year and we should have the
project sponsors report back to this committee. Kurt stated that the technical
assistance grant for the King Koin Laundry was being used and the new owner of the
building has received a building permit to renovate the structure to reopen the
laundry business.
c. Planner Vacancy Update- Kurt stated that the Mayor will be posting for a
department head type position for the Planning Department to garner more interest
in the position. The posting for the Planning positon should be out in the next
month or so.
Discussion that is old business but was not on agenda- Dean asked about the bondable
project for Railroad streets. Judy stated that the grain elevators need to be taken down
to make the intersection better. Kurt informed the committee that he has been asked
to look at the downtown streets for a bondable project. Many of the downtown st reet
need to have major repairs. Den asked what the next process was and Judy said that
the Mayor needs to give some direction on what projects he would like to see
completed. Dean said a list should be made of what projects need to be done and they
make a priority list. The committee discussed a list should be completed so everyone
knows what the projects are and what needs to be fixed.
New Business: None
Reports:
a. City Administration: None
b. City Planner: None
c. City Treasure: Discussion took place about monthly reports not being submitted to the
Committee
d. Big Sky EDA: Dianne told the committee about the High Plains Business Alliance
meeting. They had 60 attendees.
Public Comment on Non Agenda Topics: None
Next Meeting: June 18th in the City Hall Conference Chambers
Adjournment: Don motioned for adjournment and Dean seconded it. All were in favor and the
meeting adjourned at 12:00pm.
Respectfully submitted
Kurt Markegard, Public Works Director