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MINUTES <br />CITY COUNCIL <br />APRIL 25, 2012 <br />CHARGES <br />LITTLE <br />CANADA <br />ROAD <br />UPDATE <br />PUBLIC <br />WORKS <br />GARAGE/ <br />OWASSO <br />AREA <br />REDEVELOP- <br />MENT <br />DISTRICT <br />COUNCIL #82- <br />TAX EXEMPT <br />STATUS <br />estimates for the undergrounding of utilities. The Administrator was <br />concerned that Xcel could be adding charges that are not part of a project <br />and may not be providing appropriate credits for pole moving /replacement <br />that they would be responsible for if undergrounding did not take place. <br />The Administrator pointed out that the City is given extremely limited <br />information with no itemization of the costs to underground. The <br />Administrator reported that the City of Roseville shares these concerns. <br />Options may be to seek legislative changes through the League of MN <br />Cities policy committees, review the issue with the Suburban Rate <br />Authority, or consider action with the Public Utilities Commission. <br />In discussing this matter it was the consensus that the City Administrator <br />should discuss this issue with the City of Roseville as well as the City <br />Attorney. The City Administrator should then bring a recommendation to <br />the Council. <br />The City Administrator reported that he and the City Engineer have met <br />with representatives of St. John's Church relative to the impacts that the <br />Little Canada Road improvement will have on Church property. The <br />Administrator stated that while the Church is supportive of the project, it <br />would be helpful to have the Parks Consultant draw up a couple of <br />sketches as to possible treatments of the impacted area for the Church to <br />review. Council agreed. <br />The City Administrator reported that he met with representatives of <br />McGough Construction on the possible redevelopment of the Owasso <br />area. McGough is very interested and would like some additional <br />time to work up possible redevelopment design options. McGough <br />indicated that a key element will be the ability to have outdoor <br />storage in this area. <br />The City Administrator reported that given a State Law change a <br />couple of years ago, the District Council #82 has the ability to claim tax - <br />exempt status on the training portion of their facility. In order to do so, <br />they would have to pay off the TIF District debt before they can request a <br />change in their valuation with Ramsey County. The Administrator <br />reported that he met with representatives of District Council #82 and <br />informed them that the City would likely have not participated in this <br />project if this information had been known. The Administrator reported <br />that he also informed them that the City would like to be kept whole as it <br />still needs to pay for City - provided services. The Administrator reviewed <br />7 <br />