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HomeMy WebLinkAbout1999.11.09 EDA MINUTES-APPROVED 0 CITY OF COTTAGE GROVE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY MINUTES TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 9, 1999 Pursuant to due call and notice thereof, a regular meeting of the Economic Development Authority was held at City Hall, 7516 80th Street South, Cottage Grove, Minnesota on the 9th day of November 1999. CALL TO ORDER The meeting was called to order at 7:30 a.m. by Mayor Denzer. ROLL CALL • Members Present: Glen Kleven, Jim Wolcott, Jack Denzer, Dick Pederson, Fred Luden, Shannon Green, Gerard Weingartner. Members Absent: None. Others Present: Ryan Schroeder, City Administrator. Michelle Wolfe, Assistant City Administrator. Neil Belscamper, Secretary. APPROVAL OF MINUTES Kleven moved to approve the October 12, 1999 Economic Development Authority Minutes. Wolcott seconded. Motion carried unanimously. PROJECT UPDATES CCE: Wolfe said a proposal had been submitted and was moving forward. A public hearing would have to be called for the TIF district. A 15,000 square-foot building was part of the proposal. Metro East: Wolfe said responses had just been sent in on three proposals. Several of the previous proposals of varying scope from Metro East were discussed. Cottage Grove was no IPlonger in the running for a proposed office showroom warehouse project. • Economic Development Authority- Minutes November 9, 1999 • Page 2 Hotel/Restaurant/Office: Schroeder said that the School Board agreed to sell the property involved for the project, though there were contingencies on the agreement of a traffic consultant and acceptance of the results. Grove Plaza: Wolfe said the proposed theater had pulled out of the project, and the property owner would pursue another theater chain. API: Wolfe stated that API manufactures vending machines in St. Paul and that they would be visiting the industrial park today. High-Tech Manufacturing: • Wolfe said this project was a good proposal needing 65 acres, which the City should be able to accommodate. Post Office: An engineering plan had just been submitted for the new post office annex. • Office Warehouse Project: This proposal had been put on hold while perspective tenants were being sought. Murphy Warehouse: Discussions with potential tenants for the facility were continuing. Auto Marshalling Yard: Wolfe said an ordinance was being considered to no longer allow business of this type as conditional uses. Kleven asked why motor-freight terminals would not be allowed. Wolfe replied that they involve outside storage and heavy volumes of truck traffic. She said there might be language in the strategic plan that might support the deletion of such uses if it were presented to the Planning Commission. Weingartner moved to support deletion of marshalling yards and auto wrecking facilities from the conditionally permitted uses in the industrial park. Kleven said the whole list of conditional uses should be scrutinized in the next couple of months. Pederson asked what the total acreage currently used by the marshalling yard was. Schroeder thought the company still owned one hundred unused acres, and their proposal for expansion would be quite extensive. Pederson voiced his concerns over the expansion of the facility. Denzer said there was already a noise problem with the present facility. Wolcott remarked that it was not a benefit to the City, and its expansion should not be encouraged. The facility had been around for 10 to 15 years. Green felt that the history of the company in other areas could be examined as to their expansion attempts and possible litigation. k 1 • Pederson seconded the motion. Motion carried unanimously. • • Economic Development Authority- Minutes November 9, 1999 Page 3 EDA GOLF TOURNAMENT Two dates had been set aside—June 13 and August 22. Luden said the Chamber Tournament would probably be going to the Dunes next year. MARKETING/ADVERTISING Wolfe passed around a community map from the Chamber of Commerce. She presented some of the various options and costs involved with producing a similar map. The consensus was not to offer funding up front, but to help if there was a shortfall by the Chamber. Kleven suggested the City purchasing maps for our own distribution. Advertising Plan: Wolfe said Option D of the advertising plan should be used. Kleven felt CityBusiness was a good choice for advertising dollars. Wolfe said Site Selection had specific issues related to the Midwest. Wolcott moved to accept Option D. Luden seconded. Motion carried unanimously. • BUSINESS SUBSIDIES Wolfe said that business-subsidies criteria would have to be established and she would like to proceed getting it to the City Council on December 1. Wolcott moved to present the item to Council on December 1. Weingartner seconded. Motion carried unanimously. EDA STRATEGIC PLAN Wolfe had a list of facilitators from another city. Denzer suggested that potential facilitators be interviewed. Wolfe asked if a Saturday session would be appropriate. Wolcott suggested that the session be held somewhere other than City Hall. A Saturday in March would be looked at. MISCELLANEOUS UPDATES A discussion on the Comprehensive Plan would take place tomorrow night. Three dates in January were being considered for the Business Breakfast. Mondays seemed to be the best for everyone, with the 24th probably being the choice. Schroeder stated that the whole industrial park could be TIF certified, and the parcels not being used could be decertified, which would provide certain benefits. Luden moved that the EDA support the position that the industrial park be TIF certified as a whole. Green seconded. Motion carried unanimously. I Economic Development Authority- Minutes 115 4 II November 9, 1999 Page 4 Pederson said he had been contacted by a business owner in Eden Prairie who would like to move to Cottage Grove. The business needed a 10,000- to 12,000-square-foot building. Their present lease will expire in June of 2000, and they were planning to expand. ADJOURN Wolcott moved to adjourn. Weingartner seconded. Motion carried unanimously. Respectfully submitted, eil Be!scam r conomic Development Secretary • • 4 4 • I ID