04-09-07 Council Workshop Minutes

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MINUTES OF THE WORKSHOP MEETING CITY COUNCIL LITTLE CANADA, MINNESOTA Pursuant to due call and notice thereof a workshop meeting of the City Council of Little Canada, Minnesota was convened on the 9th day of April, 2007 in the Council Chambers of the City Center located at 515 Little Canada Road in said City. APRIL 9, 2007 Mayor Bill Blesener called the meeting to order at 5:00 p.m. and the following members of the City Council were present at roll call: CITY COUNCIL: Mayor Council Member Council Member Council Member Mr. Bill Blesener Mr. John Keis Mr. Michael McGraw Mr. Rick Montour ABSENT ALSO PRESENT: Council Member City Administrator Code Enf Officer City Clerk Ms. Barbara Allan Mr. Joel R. Hanson Ms. Jessica Jagoe Ms. Kathy Glanzer INFORMATION The purpose of tonight's workshop is to conduct an information update UPDATE meeting with the Council Council and staff to review a number of issues. PUBLIC The City Adminish•ator reported that there appears to be four potential WORKS sites for a new Public Works Garage. Those include the McGough GARAGE property, the Valor property, Lee Rossow property on Ryan Lane, and the Schrier property on Spruce Street. The Administrator gave a brief description of each site pointing out the unique challenges of each. The Administrator indicated that the City will need approximately 2 acres for the Public Works Garage. The City Administrator indicated that his preference would be the McGough property. The problem is that McGough wants to do a coordinated development with the City, redeveloping the properties south to Lake Owasso Blvd. Roseville Plumbing has indicated that they are not interested in selling their property. Donovan Construction is willing as long as they are included in the redevelopment or another location found for their business. The Administrator indicated that the Schrier property may be the next best site; however, eminent domain will likely be needed to acquire this site.