03-10-99 Council Workshop Minutes

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MINUTES CITY COUNCIL MARCH 10, 1999 A property owner asked the cost of the street improvement if the street were strictly a residential street. The City Engineer replied that the cost would be $45 per front foot to property owners, given that the City has capped its residential assessment rate at that amount. Also the street would be constructed somewhat narrower and to (ess heavy standards. Pedersen suggested that Option #1 seems to be equitable. The City Administrator felt that Option #1 did not reflect the intensity of the various uses along Minnesota Avenue. He noted that under Option #I Cobblestone would be assessed $41,000 while McDonalds would be assessed $11,000. The Administrator felt that the McDonald's use was much more intense. Morelan suggested that Option #1 may not be that far off and suggested that an appraisal may give the Council some direction. The City Administrator indicated that the type of appraisal obtained for assessment purposes is not that specific and indicated that it will tell whether the benefits received equals the assessment amount proposed. One property owners indicated that he did not feel the City went far enough with the water situation and suggested that more work was needed in resolving this problem. This property owner pointed out that during a heavy rainfall, the strip mall loses a good share of its parking lot to standing water. Therefore, a storm sewer improvement would have the greatest benefit to the strip mall. Fahey pointed out that storm sewer improvements are proposed in the Bally's parking lot. The Engineer replied that that was correct. He also noted that the mall property is the lowest point along the street, therefore, storm run-off will collect in the mall parking lot first. The improvements proposed for the Bally's parking lot will chan~e the amount of run-off flowing onto Minnesota Avenue before it gets into the storm sewer pipe. The Engineer pointed out that given the location of the storm sewer pipe in Cobblestone Village, it is not possible to increase the size of that pipe without the possibility of damaging the adjacent structure. Therefore, the Bally's parking lot improvements are proposed to reduce the amount of water on Minnesota Avenue. One property owner asked about the possibility of flooding in the Cobblestone Village development. The Engineer replied that the mall property would be totally under water before flooding would occur in Cobblestone Village. Morelan asked if an easement was needed from Bally's for the storm water improvements proposed.