HomeMy WebLinkAbout07-25-2016 Council Work Session MinutesCITY COUNCIL WORK SESSION
July 25, 2016
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4 DATE July 25, 2016
5 TIME STARTED 6*00 p.m.
6 TIME ENDED 6*25 p.m.
7 MEMBERS PRESENT Council Member Rafferty, Kusterman,
8 Maher, Manthey and Mayor Reinert
9 MEMBERS ABSENT None
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12 Staff members present: City Administrator Jeff Karlson; Community Development
13 Director Michael Grochala; Public Safety Deputy Director — Police Division Kelly
14 McCarthy; Human Resources Manager Karissa Henning; City Clerk Julie Bartell
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16 1. Review Regular Agenda of July 25, 2016 —
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18 Item 1D) Revisions to Section 6.7 and 6.13 of Personnel Policy — Human
19 Resources Manager Henning reviewed the written report. Staff is recommending a
20 change that adds the non -union City personnel to the five day level for the death of parent
21 or step-parent. This is a benefit already granted to union employees.
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23 The council discussed the change and suggested more review at the next work session.
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25 A change is also requested in parenting leave item. That will go forward for council
26 consideration.
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28 3A) Resolution No. 1648, Amending the Compensation Plan for Paid On -Call Fire
29 Personnel — Human Resources Manager Henning reviewed the staff recommendation to
30 move the scale up to minimum wage.
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32 6A) Clearwater Creek Business Park: Approval of Modified Development District
33 Plan and Approving Tax Increment Financing Plan; Rezoning Certain Real Property
34 from LI, Light Industrial to PUD, Planned Unit Development; and Approval of
35 Development Stage Plan and Preliminary Plat
36 Community Development Director Grochala reviewed the actions requested, including
37 holding a public hearing on expanding the development plan as well as the tax increment
38 financing plan and amending the development district. The tax increment plan includes
39 expansion of the tax increment district (but also putting the city's three districts into one
40 district within the city).
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42 The mayor noted, regarding the establishment of a tax increment districts, that it may
43 have been the practice in earlier years to have separate districts rather than the
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CITY COUNCIL WORK SESSION July 25, 2016
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44 convenience of having one large district to include all as is being requested here. Mr..
45 Grochala identified districts that were already place.
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47 Mr. Grochala clarified what is identified within the tax increment plan, including the
48 budget and spending plan and the amount of increment proposed through a five and a half
49 year period of a maximum nine year term. It would be about eighty percent collected
50 each year going to the developer; the remainder is reserved for pooling and
51 administration. He noted the inclusion of those terms within the contract and the plan.
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53 Julie Eddington, Kennedy and Graven and counsel on this project, reviewed the
54 development district plan proposed. The contract provides the developer with an amount
55 and as soon as the city pays that off, there is no longer any city obligation and the district
56 must be decertified by the end of that year.
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58 Council Member Kusterman asked about the practice of establishing the entire city as a
59 tax increment district and the impact. Ms. Eddington explained that the entire city is the
60 development district while the tax increment district is just the project area.
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62 The mayor suggested that this can be a sensitive topic within the city so he wonders why
63 the recommendation is for longer than needed. Ms. Eddington explained the
64 recommendation, noting that the value of the property the tax increment grows as the
65 project is built and the valuation rises.
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Council Member Rafferty suggested that he'd prefer more discussion on tax increment
financing and the project and wonders if postponement is appropriate. The mayor noted
that a public hearing is scheduled but past opening that, the council should be
comfortable moving ahead. Mr. Grochala suggested that the rezoning and preliminary
plat (Items 6Aii and 6Aiii) could still move forward. Further the Springsted consultant
on the project will be giving a full presentation on tax increment financing.
The meeting was adjourned at 6:25 p.m.
These minutes were considered, corrected and approved at the regular Council meeting held on
August 8, 2016.
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