10-21-08 Council Special Minutes

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MINUTES CITY COUNCIL OCTOBER 21, 2008 adequate access and circulation, and describing the drainage of the property. Zinner stated that it is their feeling that any improvements to Condit Street have no value to the Quebec property. Zinner noted that he cannot charge more rent because of the improvement to Condit Street. He also pointed out that the property has no access to Condit Street. Zinner refuted the basis for Nicollet Partners' position that the Condit Street improvement was of benefit to the commercial properties with no access to Condit. The first related to drainage. Zinner described the drainage of the Quebec Apartment property noting that the Condit Street drainage improvements provide no benefit. The second was that Condit Street provided an alternate emergency access. Zinner noted that any 91 I calls from Quebec Apartments will show the Country Drive address, and emergency vehicles will respond via Country Drive. He also indicated that access to the property from Condit Street would be very difficult in the best of situations, and impossible during the winter given snow storage locations. The third point is an alternate access to other surrounding streets. Zinner reported that in discussing this with Steve Poindexter, The House, Poindexter can never remember a time that South Owasso Blvd. was closed. Zinner indicated that based on the three issues raised by the appraiser, he feels none have merit to substantiate the Quebec assessment for Condit Street. Zinner stated that the improvement is of no benefit to his property and therefore requests that the Council delete this property from the assessment roll. Steve Poindexter, The House, noted that they have two properties which abut Condit Street. He agreed with the pointed raised by Mr. Zinner. Poindexter noted that access for The House is via South Owasso Blvd. The House has never had access onto Condit Street other than during construction of the addition to their building for construction traffic. He pointed out that the entire property drains toward South Owasso Blvd. with the back parking lot draining into a holding tank. Poindexter felt that the improvement of Condit Street added no value to The House property. For these reasons, he requested that The House properties be removed from the assessment roll. There was no one else present from the general public wishing to comment on this matter. Upon motion by McGraw, seconded by Allan, the public hearing was closed. The City Administrator reviewed the Nicollet Partners report dated August 19, 2008 relative to commercial properties abutting Condit Street, some