2014 Issue #4 Newsletter South Eastern Council of Governments, Dakota BUSINESS Finance, South Eastern Development Foundation and Sioux Falls MPO Phone: (605) 367-5390 Fax: (605) 367-5394 Web: www.secog.org www.dakotabusinessfinance.com or www.siouxfallsmpo.org Director’s Corner INSIDE THIS ISSUE SFACF Awards Grant for Transportation Directory .................................................. 2 SECOG Region Receives LWCF Awards ..................................................... 2 Brandon 2035 ........................................... 3 New CAC Members for the MPO ............ 4 Kristen Benidt Joins SECOG Staff ........... 5 Upcoming Project Deadlines .................... 5 DBF & SEDF Approved Loans ............. 5-7 SECOG Calendar ................................... 10 SECOG EXECUTIVE BOARD Chairman Mike Broderick Vice-Chair Bruce Odson Secretary/Treasurer Gerald Beninga Executive Director Lynne Keller Forbes Board Members: Kenny Anderson, Jr. Vernon Brown Julie Burke-Bowen Ralph Dybdahl Michelle Erpenbach Joan Franken Jeff Holcomb Craig Lloyd Dennis Olson Representative Herman Otten Raymond Passick Farron Pratt John Prescott Senator Tim Rave Bryan Roth Marvin Schempp Jim Schmidt Kevin Smith Lyle Van Hove One of the most challenging things that SECOG’s members contend with is how to fund roads whether it is maintaining what has already been built or trying to keep up with the growth by building new roads. Unlike water and sewer, there is not a dedicated enterprise fund to help pay for road improvements. Cities often resort to using the former “2nd penny” sales tax as a funding source for roads. However, that is often insufficient or those funds have been dedicated to general funds expenses over the years. For counties that are unable to generate funds through a sales tax, funding of roads becomes an even more difficult situation. Counties are also responsible for the repair and replacement of many bridges which only compounds the problem. The final reality is that Federal funds have continued to be reduced and earmarks are a thing of the past. In 2014, the legislature’s interim Highway Needs and Financing Committee held six listening sessions throughout the state including one in Sioux Falls. The committee’s findings show that there are $400-$500 million of repairs needed in South Dakota. The committee’s solution included a funding proposal, Senate Bill 1, that would raise more than $100 million to pay for transportation infrastructure. Governor Daugaard recently released his own proposal that would increase funding by $50 million. Both plans vary a little bit, and I am not going to lobby for supporting one versus the other. What I am going to do is to encourage you to become engaged when these bills are heard in committee. As a city, the Municipal League does a great job of representing you. Similarly, the South Dakota Association of County Commissioners and County Officials also does a fine job of representing your interests. However, nothing is more impactful to Legislators than to have you personally sitting there in front of them relaying the struggles you are facing with transportation funding. Testifying is not difficult and while it does require a trip to Pierre, a substantial increase in transportation funding will make a huge difference for this state. I have heard you complain locally for years. Now is the time to show up in Pierre and let your voices be heard on this very important issue. 2 SFACF Awards Grant for Transportation Directory The Sioux Falls Area Community Foundation (SFACF) awarded SECOG a $1,200 grant to create a transportation services directory. The directory has been distributed to various human service agencies in the Sioux Falls area to increase awareness of available transportation services. It can also be viewed online at: http:// siouxfallsmpo.org/resources/community-transportation-directory/. This project is a product of the Transportation Coordination Committee and the Sioux Falls MPO's Public Transit-Human Services Transportation Plan. SECOG Region Receives Three LWCF Awards The Land & Water Conservation Fund (LWCF) is a federal aid assistance program administered through the South Dakota Department of Game Fish and Parks to help states provide outdoor recreation facilities. On a bi-annual cycle, the program provides up to 50% reimbursement funds for acquisition and development of outdoor recreation projects. Eligible applicants include city, county, township and tribal governments. In December, Game, Fish & Parks announced the award of 10 projects state wide. The following three SECOG communities received LWCF awards this cycle: Hartford ($40,000): The City of Hartford received a LWCF grant for a new wading pool and a zero depth splash park. Lennox ($40,000): The City of Lennox was awarded a LWCF grant to acquire land for park expansion. Salem ($40,000): The City of Salem received a LWCF grant for new playground equipment for its city park. The new playground equipment is the first phase of an effort to renovate Salem’s pool park. Each LWCF effort represents a tremendous amount of priority setting, pre-planning and advance work to budget for match. Local leaders are encouraged to establish an ongoing process to identify outdoor recreation needs and to clarify local matching opportunities to enhance future project development opportunities. 3 Brandon 2035 A number of communities in the SECOG region are currently in the process of updating their Comprehensive Plan. The Comprehensive Plan continues to evolve from a document to provide the legal basis for a community’s zoning ordinance to a necessary development tool. Each community has a unique set of variables such as infrastructure costs, vacant land area, environmental constraints and community values. The Comprehensive Plan provides an answer to the most critical question, “Where are we going to develop?” One such community that SECOG recently assisted with a comprehensive plan update is the City of Brandon. The City of Brandon last completed an update of its comprehensive plan in 2007. The document requests, and SECOG often recommends, a review of the comprehensive plan at least every five years. The City of Brandon is located in Minnehaha County. According to the Census of 2000, there were 5,693 people and 1,909 occupied housing units. As of the 2010 Census, there were 8,785 people and 3,118 occupied housing units. For the 2014 Fall Census Enrollment, the Brandon Valley School District (K-12) had a total of 3,618 students. SECOG staff started the process by meeting with the Brandon Planning Commission to review the existing document. The result of this initial step was that the overall goal of the update process was to undertake a full revision. New growth, updated water and wastewater facilities plans and a desire to rethink future land uses was a driving reason for the document revision. In order to undertake the overall goal, the Brandon Planning Commission held numerous work sessions. The existing Comprehensive Plan met the criteria for a land use plan but the Planning Commission wanted the document to focus on the long-term goals and policies for land use development. Brandon has always committed itself to the necessary investments in growth infrastructure and these investments have been the primary reason for Brandon’s growth. However, when a community opens up land for development, the greatest challenge is how do you place housing, jobs and services on that land that is acceptable to the overall community. The last thing that a community wants to do is extend costly infrastructure to open land for development that the surrounding land owners feel is a conflict to their existing use. The Planning Commission spent much of the discussion and work sessions establishing a future land use map that focused on appropriate land uses and the associated written policies to guide future land use decisions. When assisting a community with a Comprehensive Plan, you wonder if anything will change or happen over the planning period other than the need for a new plan. However, a community like Brandon makes you realize that development does not just happen. The City of Brandon was incorporated on July 31, 1973, and adopted its first Comprehensive Plan on November 24, 1975. The community has literally been planning from day one. What is even more impressive is the success and layout of Brandon today can be seen in that original Comprehensive Plan. If you have questions about planning documents or their implementation, please contact Toby Brown at 367-5390. 4 New CAC Members for the MPO and is the Vice President of the Siouxland Association of the Blind. Koni also recently served on the Sioux Falls City Council’s Transit Task Force and on the MPO’s selection committee for the FTA 5310 grant program. Shear Attitude Jenneil Watkins will serve on the CAC representing Persons with Disabilities. She is Co-Owner and Partner of Leading Edge Solutions of South Dakota and is the Vice-President (formerly President) of the Board of Directors for the South Dakota Coalition of Citizens with Disabilities. Jenneil has also volunteered for several organizations including Lutheran Social Services, Sanford Hospice, and the Sioux Falls Disability Awareness Council. She also has personal experience with being a person with disabilities. The Metropolitan Planning Organization’s (MPO) Citizens Advisory Committee (CAC) is beginning 2015 with five new members. During the Fall of 2014, the CAC’s membership subcommittee was tasked with the difficult assignment of narrowing down several qualified applicants to five recommendations. At the November meeting of the MPO’s governing body, the Urbanized Development Commission (UDC), commission members approved the appointment of Kim Cerwick, Thomas Murphy, Jr., Chris Parsley, Koni Sims, and Jenneil Watkins to the CAC. In addition, Robert Bohm, Catherine Dekkenga, and Allen Svennes were appointed to serve second three-year terms. Kim Cerwick will serve on the CAC representing Business. She has been the President and CEO of the Brandon Valley Area Chamber of Commerce for almost seven years. Although her primary representation is of the Brandon business community, she also serves on community service boards including the Brandon Community Foundation, Brandon Development Foundation, and Brandon Volunteer Fire Department Auxiliary. Thomas Murphy, Jr. will serve on the CAC representing Private Transportation. He is the Business Operations Manager for Parker Transfer and Storage. Prior to that, he was a truck driver for a Less-Than-Truckload business in Sioux Falls. Overall, he has spent about 14 years behind the wheel, recording well over a million miles. Chris Parsley will serve on the CAC representing Community Service Boards. He is the Service Manager at Spoke-N-Sport and the President of The Falls Area Bicyclists organization. Chris is also certified by the League of American Bicyclists as an instructor and is an active member of the Sioux Falls Bicycle Committee. Koni Sims will serve on the CAC representing Community Service Boards. She is a business owner, a board member of the South Dakota Association of the Blind, Serving their second three year terms on the CAC, Robert Bohm, Executive Director of DakotAbilities, will continue representing Persons with Disabilities; Catherine Dekkenga, Architectural Intern for Architecture, Inc., will continue representing Environment; and Allen Svennes, Administrator for Trail Ridge Retirement Community, will continue representing the Retirement Community. At the November meeting, the CAC expressed its gratitude to the retiring committee members for their years of service to the MPO planning process. Michael Christensen represented Community Service Boards, Kate Heligas represented Private Transportation, Glen Klemme represented Persons with Disabilities, and Dean Nielsen represented Business. Each of these individuals were committed to the planning process and brought unique perspectives and passion for citizen involvement to the CAC. The CAC is an important component of transportation planning for the MPO which directs and oversees all transportation planning and programming activities within the official metropolitan planning area, including the Cities of Brandon, Crooks, Harrisburg, Hartford, Sioux Falls, and Tea, as well as portions of Lincoln and Minnehaha Counties. The CAC is the committee established to solicit public participation into the local transportation planning process with membership comprised of interested citizens representing various segments of the population within the planning area. Working with the MPO’s Technical Advisory Committee and the Urbanized Development Commission, members of the CAC serve as liaisons between the general public and the formal transportation planning process. To learn more, or become involved with the MPO planning process, please visit the MPO’s website at www.siouxfallsmpo.org. 5 Kristen Benidt Joins SECOG Staff Kristen Benidt joined SECOG’s staff in January as a GIS Analyst/ Planner. In this position Kristen will provide GIS and land use planning and support to a number of projects across SECOG’s six counties. Kristen graduated from Bemidji State University with a Bachelor of Science degree in Geography/GIS and went on to earn a Master of Arts in Geography/Community Development from the University of North Dakota. Before coming to SECOG, she was a contract employee working in GIS and Remote Sensing for the United States Geological Survey in North Dakota. Kristen moved to Sioux Falls from Valley City, ND with her husband, Nathan, and their two sons. Upcoming Project Deadlines Please contact Kevin Burnison at [email protected] or 605-367-5390 if you are interested in applying for any of the following programs: February 28 April 1 April 1 April 1 April 10 April 15 April 15 April 30 April 30 SD Housing Opportunity Fund Clean Water and Drinking Water State Revolving Fund Hazard Mitigation Grant Program Community Development Block Grant Rec Trails Grant AgriBusiness Access Grant Industrial Park Access Grant Local Infrastructure Improvement Program Grant Build SD Dakota BUSINESS Finance and SEDF Approve Additional Loans McCook Therapy Financing Source: Dakota BUSINESS Finance Purpose: Purchase Existing Building Community: Salem Participating Lender: Jeremy Grady with First Dakota National Bank Comfort Inn and Suites - Hill City Financing Source: Dakota BUSINESS Finance Purpose: Purchase Land and Construct new Hotel Community: Hill City, SD Participating Lender: Rick Messer with Pioneer Bank & Trust 6 Dakota BUSINESS Finance and SEDF Approve Additional Loans Valley Ag Supply, Inc. Financing Source: South Eastern Development Foundation Purpose: Purchase Equipment Community: Union County Participating Lender: Erik Koenigs with CorTrust Bank RBS Sanitation, Inc. Financing Source: South Eastern Development Foundation Purpose: Purchase Garbage Trucks and Roll-Off Containers Community: Hartford Moose Rack Sports, LLC Financing Source: South Eastern Development Foundation Purpose: Refinance Existing Loan and Purchase Inventory Community: Brandon Participating Lender: Aaron Tribble with Great Western Bank Behavior Care Specialists, Inc. Financing Source: Dakota BUSINESS Finance Purpose: Purchase and Remodel an Existing Building Community: Sioux Falls Participating Lender: Matt Smith with Dacotah Bank Shear Attitude 7 Dakota BUSINESS Finance and SEDF Approve Additional Loans Global Sterilization and Fumigation, Inc. Financing Source: Dakota BUSINESS Finance Purpose: Purchase an Existing Building Community: Sioux Falls Participating Lender: Dave Kroll with First Dakota National Bank Midwest Tropicals, Inc. Financing Source: Dakota BUSINESS Finance Purpose: Purchase and Remodel an Existing Building Community: Sioux Falls Participating Lender: Matt Teller with The First National Bank in Sioux Falls Key Media Solutions Financing Source: Dakota BUSINESS Finance Purpose: Purchase and Remodel an Existing Building Community: Sioux Falls Participating Lender: Tim Rustand with MetaBank Alcester Care and Rehab Center Financing Source: Dakota BUSINESS Finance Purpose: Purchase Existing Nursing Home Community: Alcester Participating Lender: Dave Kroll with First Dakota National Bank Shear Attitude 8 Jensen Insurance & Real Estate Mark Jensen Brad Bak Zach Jensen Brad Antonson Beresford, South Dakota 57004 605-763-2675 ~ 800-658-3539 9 10 SECOG STAFF SECOG Calendar 500 N. Western Ave., Suite 100 Sioux Falls, SD 57104 SEDF Board Meeting February 11 Phone: (605) 367-5390 DBF Board Meeting February 11 FAX: (605) 367-5394 SECOG Office Closed for Holiday February 16 SEDF Board Meeting March 18 DBF Board Meeting March 18 CAC Meeting March 18 TAC Meeting March 19 UDC Meeting March 19 BWNR Meeting March 27 www.secog.org Lynne Keller Forbes, Executive Director E-Mail: [email protected] Kristen Benidt, GIS Analyst/Planner E-Mail: [email protected] Toby Brown, Planner II E-Mail: [email protected] BWNR-Board of Water & Natural Resources Kevin Burnison, Planner II E-Mail: [email protected] CAC-Citizens Advisory Committee Jessica Evans, Senior Loan Officer E-Mail: [email protected] DOT-Department of Transportation Amber Gibson, Planner II E-Mail: [email protected] Janice Gravning, Accountant E-Mail: [email protected] Bill Hansen, Loan Officer E-Mail: [email protected] Barb Martin, Closing Officer [email protected] Daniel Park, Servicing Analyst Email: [email protected] Trisha Viss, Loan Officer E-Mail: [email protected] ******************************************* DBF-Dakota BUSINESS Finance SECOG-South Eastern Council of Governments SEDF-South Eastern Development Foundation TAC-Technical Advisory Committee UDC-Urbanized Development Commission
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