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CITY COUNCIL WORK SESSION APRIL 7, 2004 NOT APPROVED BY MAJORITY OF COUNCIL ON 06-28-2004 1 • 2 Community Development Director Grochala reviewed some of the major items that 3 would need to be addressed for this project. He noted EDAC reviewed the concept plan 4 at its April 1 meeting and were in agreement that this was an excellent location for this 5 type of use. They voted unanimously, with one abstention, to recommend the City 6 Council support moving forward with this proposal. 7 8 Economic Development Assistant Divine added this location would essentially be their 9 distribution center for the upper mid west. The facility may also be considered for their 10 corporate headquarters and would employ approximately 500 people. They would like 11 Council feedback regarding this proposal. There are significant hurdles to a project of 12 this size but staff believes those could be resolved in the Council has any interest in this 13 proposal. 14 15 The majority of the City Council indicated there may be some possible interest in the 16 HOM Furniture project. 17 18 COMMUNITY BUILDER'S COLLABORATIVE I35E MASTER PLANNING, 19 MICHAEL GROCHALA, MARY ALICE DIVINE 20 21 Community Development Director Grochala advised John Feges of Benchmark 22 Community Builder Collaborative me with the City Council at a special work session on 23 March 17 regarding the 360 -acre site north County Road 14 and west of 35E. His goal at • 24 that meeting was to explain how his development company prefers to take a team 25 approach, involving citizens and the City up front, to develop a Master Plan for a site. 26 This visioning process begins by bringing all the stakeholders together, and has 27 similarities to the 1995 City visioning process. 28 29 Community Development Director Grochala stated Mr. Feges has not completed any 30 concept plans for the site. He is asking the Council to consider 1) whether this area 31 should be master planned; 2) whether this is the appropriate time to begin planning; and 32 3) what obstacles might impede the City's ability to master plan this site. 33 34 Community Development Director Grochala stated the next step would be to hold a joint 35 meeting with the Council and advisory boards, if the Council wishes to move forward. 36 Staff has tentatively scheduled this meeting for 6:00 p.m. on Thursday, April 29. 37 38 Economic Development Assistant Divine reviewed the steps Mr. Feges typically follows 39 to develop a master plan. 40 41 Councilmember Carlson stated there is the question of whether or not this fits into the 42 Comprehensive Plan. She stated she does not want to make a commitment without 43 having more details. Another issue is the amount of multi -family housing in comparison 44 to single-family housing that is going to be built within the City. 45 46 Councilmember Reinert stated the determining factor for him is if the City would end up • 47 with a higher quality development through this process as opposed to allowing the area to 48 develop on its own.