01-28-98 Council Workshop Minutes

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1VIINUTES OF TfIE WORKSHOP M~ETING CITY COUNCIL LITTLE CANADA, MINNESOTA JANUARY 28, 1998 Pursuant to due cali and notice thereof a workshop meeting of the City Council of Little Canada, Minnesota was held on the 28°i day of January, 1998 in the Council Chambers of the City Center located at 515 Little Canada Road in said City. Mayor Michael I. Fahey called the meetin~ to order at 6:35 P.M. and the following members of the City Council were present at roll call: CITY COiTNCIL: Mayor Council Member Council Member Council Member Council Member Mr. Michael I. Fahey Mr. Jim LaValle Mr. Steve Morelan Mr. Bob Pedersen Mrs . Beverly Scalze ALSO PRESENT: City Administrator City Attorney Planning Comm. Venetian Inn Deputy Clerk Mr. Joel R. Hanson Mr. Tom Sweeney Mr. Gene DeLonais Mr. 7oe Vitale Mrs. Kathy Glanzer RICE STREET/ The Mayor reported that he and Bob Pedersen, Michael Schroeder, Rusty LITTLE CANADA Fifield, Bob Grootwassink, Mark Hotzler and the City Administrator met ROAD with Kim Wise of Cinemark and Chris Moarn regarding the Rice REDEVELOP- Street/Little Canada Road redevelopment project. The location of the MENT PROJECT proposed theater was discussed. Wise initially proposed the theater immediately south of the Market Place Shopping Center. Grootwassink and Hotzler expressed concern that the placement would block visibility of the shopping center from both Little Canada Road and Rice Street. Based on that concern, Wise indicated that the theater could be placed just west of The Mayfield. This would require that the bowling alley be taken out. Fahey reported that additional discussions with Cinemark focused on the remainder of the redevelopment area. It was felt that the bank property would have to be redeveloped and that Middle Street would have to be improved to the south of Little Canada Road and connected to Rice Street. Cinemark would like the entire area redeveloped in order to generate adequate increment and draw for the area.