1990-02-28 CC Minutes Special
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~IAL MEE"1'ItG
OF mE
ALBKRNILLE CITY ~IL
MINOT.KS
FImRUARY 28. 1990
A special meeting of the Albertville City Ca.m.cil was called to order by
Mayor Gary Schwenzfeier. Members preoont included Jim Krystosek, IbnatuB
Vetsch and Bob Braun. Council member IXm Cornelius was ab6ent. others PI:eoont
included Maureen Andrews.
The pn'p06e of the meeting was to review the information pert.IJ:ini11g to
the propoaed site of the Maintenance facility. ThiB information included the
soil boring results frail Braun Engineering for the site and the background
information on the assessments associated with the property.
Thore ~ with the Council the findings fran the soil boring test
done by Braun Engineering. It was noted that there were approximately 10
saJQPles drawn frail vari.oos sites on the property to get a feel for the aJIO.BIt
of fill that bas been prt on the property. Each of the saJQPles showed
different ~m:ts of fill with the least alDJD.t being on the west side of the
property .
It was noted that alnIt 16m cubic yards of fill would need to be pJ8hed
azt to make the site ready to brlld a st:rucbJre that would be ~ X 48 feet in
size. The cost of excavating the fill would likely run between $.50 and $.75 a
cubic yard.
There was BaDe rli RAISSian reg.udi.ng how IIUCb. fill would be required to
bring the lot up to the proper elevation for lid ]rli11g J;UrP06eB. It was pointed
azt that it would take aOOut 6 feet of fill to bring the lot up to the proper
elevation.
The Council then rli~l8Sed what would be done with the parking lot at the
time of the amstruction. It was noted that because the City is looking at
pole type ooostruction for the facility that a conditional use permit would be
required and at that time the City shoo.ld consider including a request to
allow the parlrlng lot to be left in a gravel base for a period of two years to
allow for proper settlement.
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There was also BaDe rliRn:l8Sion regarding how large the brllding could be
once it was fully developed. Thore noted that based em the allowable bli ]rli-ng
area that the brl.lding could potentially be as large as ~ feet in length as
long as it meets the bd lding ocxIe requ.i.rements.
It was pointed art that at BaDe point the Council 'NOUld need to look at
having a drawing done' to determine the exact location of the bdJrli-ng,
driveway, parking, elevations and OItside storage, etc. after determini-ng what
the City's needs are going to be.
The <bmcil was briefly qpdate on what the costs of the back asaeBSIOel'lts
are on the property. It was pointed art that when the figures were reviewed
it appears that the asae68lllel1t 'NOUld be almost equally split between the
parcel the City is looking at and the parcel on the north side of the road.
The City 'NOUld be able to acquire the property for the back assessments, taxes
and penalty, which in fact the City has already been paid for beca1:1.Be the City
has been carrying the share of the aBOCBflD'ents since they were PIt on the tax
role.
As a point of clarification, it was noted that the City 'NOUld draw a
check to the J~eaudryrs for the aB868Rments which 'NOUld in turn. be paid to the
County in order to clear the title. At the tilDe of tax settlement fran the
County the City 'NOUld get the DKmeY back, making the IU1'd1ase a wash.
The Council was also infozmed that 8aIleODe is intereated in pn-cbasing
the property to the north of Barthel Industrial. Drive and is will to clear
that portion of the asscBl3ments and afB~ the Z'AftAining ~Janoe of the
a~ts. The party is ]nnldrw to see a quick solution to the situation as
they 'NOUld like to begin construction as soon as possible . It was agreed that
before anything was fina1i?A that Bob Miller 'NOUld need to check to make sure
all the information is in order.
The <bmcil after looking at the issue rliRnJBSed the fact that the
property being conside:red. will be CYni11g up for Sheriff's Sale in the upt'YlIIli-ng
JOOlltbs and if the City is interested in olJt.qini-ng the property that action
will need to be taken soon 80 not to loose a chance to obtain the property. It
was noted that there is a possibility of the State of Minnf.1!Rt)ta keeping the
land beo~uae of the :fact that the land is classified as wetlands.
It was agreed that this is too g<XXi of an opporbmity to acquire a piece
of land for the maintenance brl1di.ng for just the cost of the i.IIJprovements . It
was noted that if the City looked. at any other site there 'NOUld be the cost of
the land plus the i.IIJprovements (asae8~ts).
The next issues the <bmcil reviewed and discussed were the different
documents for Fraser Steel. The Council was infozmed that there four sets of
~JIIlf':l)ts that needed to be signed in order to oaaplete the project.
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The first dooi~ts reviewed were the meIOO and report fran David Licht
regarding the Fraser Steel Coq,.adY ~ s Chnditional Use Permit for the Pl;mnP.rl
Unit Devela.r;ment. The p.rrpose of the JDeIOO was to ~lIelt to the Council that
the :report prepared on February 20th bad not addressed several issues that the
Council felt IlL: acted and the reason why. David noted that he was not trying to
justify their :report lut felt that an explanation for the file was necessary.
The JDeIOO noted that the plans necessary to <:X:Q,>lete the review PJ:OOeSS
had not been delivered to David's office until the afternoon of the 3?1th.
leaving only 3 hcurs to <:X:Q,>lete the review because of the need to fax the
:report to the Council. In an effort not to delay the project the report was
prepared very hurriedly and not reviewed until after it had been subrdtted.
Hind sight pzuved that the :report should have been held and the Ca.m.cil
informed of the conditions for the delay.
The JDe8) apologized for the situation and asked that in the future when
an unmanageable rlARcJline arises that that the Council back the decision of the
firm to decline or refuse to respood in an tm.reaBODably short period of time.
The Planning Report was reviewed next. The Council was informed that the
changes ~wied at the February 20th Council meeting had been addressed in
the :report's addendum. These j1BllB6 included:
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1. Storage of pallets in the designated oo:tside storage area shall not
exceed the height of the ~ing fence (seven feet).
2. The oo:tside storage area shall be bard surfaced in asphalt to control
dust and minimi ~ mainteDanoe ocmcerns.
The Ca.m.cil had raised the issue of whether or not the oo:tside storage
should be limited. to five years with a five year renewal. 'l'hey were informed.
that the :report did not address this because oo:tside storage is allowed and
therefore does not need a conditiooal use permit.
Hearing no other question or COo'~""lts a motion was made to ~.rove the
:PLANI.mE REroRT AIDENIXIf FOR FRASER STEEL'S aH>ITICtiAL USE PJmHIT FOR THE
PLANNED UNIT DEVELORmNT. The motion was made by Bob Braun and secxmded by
Ibnatus Vetsch. All were in favor and the motion carried.
The Council next ~ the the DKVEI:.08mNT ~ FOR FRASER
BlJILDltG LIMITED PARl'NEBSIIIP aH>ITICtiAL USE PJmHIT PLANNED UNIT DKVEI:.08mNT.
ThiB document sets the conditions of the conditiooal use permit and described
the letter of credit associated. with project. The contract stipulates all the
points that bad been raised in the planning :report.
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Hearing no OC4Iments or questions a motion was made to approve the
contract. A motion was made by Ibnatus Vetsch and secxmded by Jim Krystosek to
approve the DKVEI:.08mNT ~ FOR FRASER BlJILDltG LIMITED PARl'NEBSIIIP
<D1DITICtiAL USE PJmHIT PLANNED UNIT DKVEI:.08mNT. All were in favor and the
motion carried.
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The next agreement reviewed was the ECXIO{[C REa>VERY FOND GRANT
N3REHHENT; GRANT NmBKR CJ)A-90-m57 -l-F90, betli~& the State of Minnesota and
the City of Albertville. ThiB dnnI1II8lt sets the conditions of the grant and
the requirements that are required to be followed to use the state DaleY for
the developDent of the Fraser Steel hrl.lding in Albertville. The Council was
informed that BaDe these requi:rements are transferred to Fraser Steel th:rough
the loan agzlOOlDCfit with Rod Fraser and his corporation.
Hearing no other oc:RIIeIlts or questions a motion was made to approve grant
the ECXIO{[C REa>VERY FOND GRANT AGREKMRN'l'; GRANT NmBKR CJ)A-90-m)7-1-F90.
The motion was made by Bob Braun and seconded by Jim Krystosek. All were in
favor and the motion carried.
The AGRJmKENT FOR LOAN OF THE ECXIO{[C REa>VERY FOND between the City of
Albertville and Fraser Steel Company, Inc. was ~ next. ThiB document
stiPIlates the requirements required of Fraser Steel for the loan of the ERF
DaleY. It further stiIulates the loan tenns and repayment ~lles and
special requirements.
A motion was made by JiJD Krystosek and seconded by Ibnatus Vetsch to
approve the ~ FOR LOAN OF THE ECXIO{[C REa>VERY FOND. All were in
favor and the motion carried.
. The last dnnIRent reviewed and approved by the Council was the
~ AGREKMRN'l' BY AND BK'lWEKN THE CITY OF ALBKla'V lLLE AND FRASER
FlJILDltG LIMI'1'ED PARTNImSHIP for the use of the tax inclement "pay as yQl go"
f:i.nancing. ThiB document defined the basis for the tax increJDent and the tenns
for using the :funds. It further stiPIlates the maxiJrum aanmt of funds that
will be available to Fraser D:lilili11g Limited Partnership for the f:i.nancing of
the project and the up front costs that they are respoosible for paying to the
City of Albertville prior to the first drawn of tax inclement.
A motion was made by lXmatuB Vetsch and seconded by Bob Braun to approve
the ~ AGREKMRN'l' BY AND BK'lWEKN THE CITY OF ALBERTVILLE AND FRASER
lIJILDItG LIMI'1'ED PAR'.l'NImSHIP for the use of the tax incJ:ement "pay as yQl go"
f:i.nancing. All were in favor and the motion carried.
The minutes abould note that Mr. Jim Walsh stopped during the course of
the IDlgeting and requested that he be given copies of the Iilone bills for the
years of 1987 , 1988 and 1989. He also requested the last two years of Audit
Reports as well.
Mr. Walsh also requested that he be PIt on the agenda of the Karch. 5th
Council meeting regarding the l~li.ng of City Hall and the use of Lion's
gambling proceeds.
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Hearing no carments or questions a BDtion was made to adjourn the
meeting. The motion was made by Bob Braun and ~ by Jim Krystosek. All
were in favor and the meeting was adjoorned. '0
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