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1988-03-15 CC Specialf CITY OF ALBERTVILLE P. O. BOX 131 ALBERTVILLE, MINNESOTA 55301 PHONE: (612) 497-3384 SPECIAL WORK MEETING of the COUNCIL MARCH 15, 1988 A special work meeting of the Council was held on Tuesday, March 15, 1988. Members present included Mayor Loretta Roden, Council members Gary Schwenzfeier and Bob Braun. Others present included Maureen Andrews, Brad Farnham, Bob Miller and Thore Meyer. The purpose of the meeting was: * I. To see a demonstration of the computer system being considered. * 2. Discuss a general developer's agreement that will be used for all future development. * 3. Discuss the progress being made on the industrial park (or lack _ there of). 4. Discuss the charges being established (water and sewer connection charges). 5. Discuss the issue of planning. Mr. Brian Frederickson of Quest Computer Systems was present and gave a brief overview of the utility billing package that the City is thinking about purchasing. Brian walked the Council members through the different things the computer and program are capable of doing. There was some general discussion about the system. Brian agreed to leave the purchase agreement for the Council to consider at the next regular meeting. No action was taken on the issue. The next issue discussed was that of Longevity City, U.S.A., Inc. and what has been happening with this proposal. The Council was brought up to date on what has been happening with the industrial park. Brad informed the Council that he has been in regular contact with Mr. Singer and had requested a list of references, both personal and business related. It was agreed that the City would request that Longevity City, U.S.A., Inc. Put together a document describing the project, time frames, project team participants, references and an agreement to escrow monies up front for the cost incurred by the City. .. lake mit C a .. .... , •nrr if r InrNN Home. !ndl n. Rli lnt,� SPECIAL WORK MEETING PAGE 2 If the group is really interested in the Albertville area, this will receive a positive response; if not, it would mostly mean that the project would not go forward. If this was to occur, it was the feeling of those present that a letter should go to the State Department of Trade and Economic Development expressing the City's displeasure in the initial phase of this project. In addition, there was some discussion regarding the fact that Jim Willequette may have another developer who is interested in doing work in Albertville. No action was taken on this matter. It was also suggested that the City might be interested in looking at the possibility of a media blitz to see if we could get some companies interested in relocating to Albertville. It was suggested that the City might consider placing ads in the League of Minnesota Cities maqazine, developers' magazines or the Star and Tribune stating Albertville is interested in new industrial development and would be willing to assist in the development. It was suggested that this would put Albertville on the map. The group next discussed the use of development agreements. It was pointed out that the City needs to use these agreements for all development, but that staff has not reached agreement on how detailed the developer's agree- ment needs to be. The Council was informed that staff had met with the Darkenwald group earlier in the day and had walked through the issues set forth in the agreement. It was agreed that the agreement should be gone through by the Council and the issues of concern pointed out. After a great deal of discussion, it was decided that the City should look at agreements drawn up for other communities. The list included the following cities: Elk River Buffalo Delano Rockford Monticello Waite Park Prior Lake Lakeville Apple Valley The purpose of reviewing these agreemnts is to see if the City is requiring too much in terms of what other cities do. It was also discussed that Albertville doesn't want to chase the small "local" developers away by requiring too much. It was decided that it was important that staff meet and discuss the issue with the other developers to see what their reaction is regarding agreement. After this meeting, staff will meet again with the Council to discuss the findings. The issue of charges were briefly discussed. It was pointed out that the Darkenwald group showed a real negative response to the increases in the charges because of the impact they have on the building permits. The Council was told that the developers may walk out of the deal if the City could not show some flexibility on these issues. It was also pointed out that this issue really is influenced by what happens with regards to developers agreement. SPECIAL WORK MEETING PAGE 3 It was agreed that we would need to look at this issue in more detail once all the other issues are resolved. The last issue discussed was the possibility of hiring Northwest Consultants to complete the Planning Oodinances, Subdivision Regulations and the Comprehensive Plan. There was some discussion regarding the financing of the project and it appears that a portion of it could be covered by local administration proceeds in the current bond issues being discussed. It was agreed that Maureen should contact the firm so that they could get started on the work right away. The next work meeting has been scheduled for March 30th at 7:00 p.m. at the City Hall. There was no other business so the meeting broke up.