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MINUTES CITY COUNCIL MARCH 8, 1995 The City Administrator pointed out that in the past this has been typically handled through a written request. Pedersen was concerned with the appearance of the Market Place site, and felt that some smoothing out of the former Pizza Hut and Burger King lots was necessary. The City Administrator reported that the City has raised some code enforcement issues with the Market Place, and they have addressed some of the concerns. Fahey pointed out that once long -term leases can be finalized, the value of the property will increase. TCF feels that the lack of long -term leases as well as the Mover's Warehouse lawsuit have affected TCF's ability to sell the property. Mr. Fahey introduced the following resolution and moved its adoption: RESOLUTION NO. 95 -3 -76 - EXTENDING THE VARIANCE APPROVAL FOR FREE - STANDING SIGN AT THE MARKET PLACE /SHOPPING CENTER FOR A PERIOD OF ONE YEAR AS REQUESTED BY TEAM PROPERTIES The foregoing resolution was duly seconded by LaVaile. Ayes (5) Fahey, LaVaile, Morelan, Pedersen, Scalze. Nays (0). Resolution declared adopted. The Council discussed the City Administrator's recommendation that the $7,500 deposit made by the Venetian Development Corporation be returned since the City has no contractual agreement with the organization, nor is one eminent in the future. Gary Collyard, The Venetian Development Corporation, reported that in the last couple of weeks he has approached the City Council in the form of workshop meetings with the Welsh Company as a development partner that would be executing letters of intent. Collyard stated that in his line of thinking, it has taken a long time to put this together, but not as long as compared to other developments. Collyard pointed out the many hours of efforts and thousands of dollars that The Venetian Development Corporation has spent in putting together the Gateway Project. They have now Page 7