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MINUTES SPECIAL CITY COUNCIL MEETING NOV~;MBER 30, 1983 PAGE 2 Christar-as Tree Sales Conk in Tree Farms #1076 (at Hermes Floral} Box 167 wheeler, Wisconsin 5u7n University of Minnesota Forestry Club #1077 l0 Green Ha11, 1530 N. Cleveland Falcon Heights, MN 55108 ll~. Letter from St. Paul t3oard of water Commissioners Dated November 2I, 1983 Showing Revised Kate schedule ~.~~~ CONSENT AGENDA (cont.) CANVASSING Councilmember Chestovich moved, seconded by Mayor ~arkentien, that the t3DARD MINUTES Minutes of the November 9, 1y83 Canvassing Board be approved as presented. APP~tOVEU Motion carried unanimously. Councilmember Eggert moved, seconded by Councilmember Chestovich, that the MINUTES OF November 9, 1983 Minutes be approved as corrected (page 6, line 6, the 11/9/83 word ''contention" should be deleted and the word +'connection+' substituted.) APPttOVEu Motion carried unanimously. Mayor ?~arkentien opened the discussion on the Larpenteur/Spelling Develop- LARp~r~.'UP,/ ment by stating that when the Dahlgren Report was issued, information ~?as SN~LING not contained therein which would enable Council to compare Plan B with yEVr,'I,OPMENT Plan C as far as costs were concerned. He then referred to a letter from Andrews Allen, President of Andr~rs Allen and Associates, Inc., dated November 15, 1y83 indicating his interest in developing a 130-150 unit mid-rise hotel in the Larpenteur/Spelling area and requested active con- sideration for the development of a structure of this nature. Council- member Ciernia f eft that if Mr. A11en is interested in developing the southeast corner he should contact the owners of the property. Council- members Eggert and Chestovich agreed. Councilmember Ciernia stated he felt that Council could not ignore the Neighborhood Task Force recommendat- ions that the development on the northeast corner maintain a village con- cept and Councilmember Eggert interjected that the Committee also wished to retain as many local businesses as possible. Councilme~nber Chestovich stressed that the Committee should be made aware of the Planning Commission's intent to discuss the matter at their December 5th meeting. Mayor ~~arkentien pointed out that the Chairman of the Citizens Development Committee felt the Committee should be disbanded and a Committee formed that would not be so local in scope but more citywide. Councilmember Eggert felt the two corners should be considered separately since all steps have been taken on the north- east corner and that process should be continued by discussing tax incre- ment financing and industrial revenue bonds. i3ob Collins, representing Bull$eye Golf Centers, Inc., presented a preliminary drawing of a proposed building on their eight lots provided it can be accomplished with the assistance of industrial revenue bonds/tax increment financing. The proposed building would consist of lt0,000 square feet and construction would cost approximately X2,000,000. He explained that the drawing shows 92 parking spaces (10 of which are on the State right-of way) while the Zoning Ordinance requires 116 so a variance would be required. Councilmember Ciernia advised that in the proposed new Zoning Ordinance there are provisions allowing some portion of the parking spaces to be designated for compact cars, thus more parking could be obtained. In reply to a question by Councilmember Chestovich, John Uban replied that