10-14-87 Council Workshop Minutes

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MINUTES City Council October• 14, 1987 under• this guideline that would be set aside for~ public pur•poses that could be put back into the pr•oject. Council then discussed guideline #10 which Pelstr•ing noted that if the City sets up a pool of funds that can be used for• TIF pr~ojects in the futur•e, the City can infor~m developer~s that they ar•e making a r•einvestment in the community in setting up this fund. Pelstr•ing noted that the City should be able to fund economic development in the City without ther•e being a cost to the City's taxpayer•s. Council felt that the work "may" in item #10 should be changed to "will" Council also discussed the per•centage involved, with Pelstr•ing noting that Vadnais Heights r~equir~ed 20%. Pelstr•ing suggested that his office and the Planner~ and City Cler•k identify other• ar~eas in the City to be included in the site use analysis r•epor•t. Pel str•i ng al so r•epor~ted that he woul d put together~ a few mar•keting scenar•ios as well as estimated costs for• the Council to consider•. Fahey felt one of the scenar~ios consider~ed should be a developer•s luncheon. Wilson suggested that the Council consider• local pr•oper•ty owner~s as well as outside developers. DeLonais felt that ther~e should be a contact established to r•efer• phone cal l s fr•om devel oper~s to for~ i nfor•mati on on avai 1 abl e pr•oper•ti es, financing alter~natives, etc. Blesener~ felt that when a developer• contacts the City Center•, the developer•~s phone number• should be taken and the infor•mation r•elayed to Business Development Cor•por~ation for~ follow-up. Council agr•eed. The City Cler•k r•epor•ted that Jur•an & Moody and Br•iggs & Mor~gan have r•equested a wor•kshop meeti ng wi th the Counci 1 to r~eview tax i ncr•ement financing and bonding. The City Cler~k also r~epor•ted that at yester•day's meeting the r•oles of the City Planner• and Business Development Ser~vices wer~e discussed. Pelstr~ing r•epor•ted that it was decided that Business Development Ser~vices would handle mar•keting, and when an application was r•eady to be submitted, the developer~ would be r~efer•r•ed to the City Planner• to put the documents together~ and pr•ocess the application. Council set another~ wor•kshop meeting for• Wednesday, November• 4, at 7:30 P.M. Ther•e being no fur~ther• business, the meeting was adjour•ned at 8:40 A.M. Respe~fully submitte ~ ~i ~ ; , `~,l,-e- ~~~c Kath een Glan r~~~~i~ ~L ~~~ zer~, "Recordi ng Se~~etar•y Page -5-