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MINUTES City Council July 13, 1988 Countr•y Scalze pointed out that ther•e has been proper•ty for• sale on Countr•y Dr~ive Dr•ive for• a long time and the Council is not sur•e why this pr~oper•ty Relocation has not sold. The Council has been informed that the proper~ty is not (Cont.) selling due to the tack of visibility fr•om the freeway. Scalze pointed out that the Council r~ezoned the pr~oper•ty in the Center~vil1e Road ar~ea to IP Distr~ict and now the City is getting some beautiful developments in that area that will gener~ate a lot of tax dollar•s for~ the City which will eventually lower~ ever•yone else's tax burden. Ther•e ar•e small businesses being developed in that ar•ea as well. Scalze pointed out that the City must look at the total pictur•e. Fahey pointed out that the Council wants some time to look at the issues and make an informed decision. Fahey pointed out that other• fr•eeway inter~sections with good visibility ar•e getting nice developments. Ther•e is no r•eason why Little Canada has to accept second-class developments. Lar•sen stated that he can wait a r~easonable per•iod of time for~ the Council to r•esolve the issues befor•e it, but r•equested a decision on the r~ezoning issue as soon as possible. Fahey agreed to expedite the r•ezoning issue. Mr~s. Scalze intr~oduced the following r~esolution and moved its adoption: RESOLUTION N0. 88-7-270 - INSTRUCTING THE CITY PLANNER, CITY ENGINEER, AND BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT SERVICES TO STUDY THE COUNTRY DRIVE RELOCATION PROPOSAL AS WELL AS POSSIBLE REZONING OF THE AREA AND MAKE A RECOMMENDATION TO THE CITY COUNCIL FOR THE LOGICAL DEVELOPMENT OF THE AREA AS 41ELL AS POSSIBLE USE OF TAX INCREMENT FINANCING ASSISTANCE FOR THAT DEVELOPMENT, AND REQUESTING THE CITY CLERK TO PROVIDE THE COUNCIL WITH TAX AND BUILDING VALUATION INFORMATION FOR TNE AREA AS WELL AS COPIES OF ANY SOIL BORING INFORMATION TNE CITY MIGHT HAVE FOR PROPERTIES IN THE AREA The for•egoing r~esolution was duly seconded by Mr•. Col1ova. Ayes (5) Scalze, Collova, LaValle, Fahey, Blesener•. Nays (0). Resolution declared adopted. This r~esolution appears in Resolution Book No. 20, Page 275. Ditch Mr~. ~on Valento appear~ed befor•e the Council r~equesting that the ditch Between between Valento Lane and Thunder Bay Road be piped at pr~oper~ty owner~s' Valento expense. Valento r~epor~ted that the ditch is quite deep and that the Lane & pr•operty owners in the ar•ea have very small backyar•ds. Piping the ditch Thunder• wi 11 gi ve the pr~operty owner~s some mor•e backyar~d space. Bay Road Thr City Engineer~ r~epor•ted that he has r•eviewed the plan for• piping the Agenda Item No. 7 Page -7-