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®7 1 City Council Regular Meeting Minutes 2 June 10, 2003 3 Page 7 4 5 Relating to the fire station property, closing of the Christen properties is tentatively scheduled for 6 June 24. The Christen's intend to lease the properties until July 15, 2003. Morrison distributed 7 handouts to the Council and explained that there are seven items still requiring review. 8 9 0 A Special Meeting to consider bids for the Public Works building will be held Tuesday, 10 September 30, 2003. 11 12 The LMC Conference is scheduled next week in St. Cloud. 13 14 The City Manager gave an update on the "Conceal and Carry Law", indicating the Community 15 Center will need to be signed to ban guns because the City rents part of the building. In addition, 16 an employee policy will be developed outlining the ban of weapons in the workplace. 17 .18 The TIF hearing is rescheduled to July 22, 2003 because the City Attorney has been unable to 19 sign off on the inspection work, as inspections have not been completed. 20 21 The City has received verification of another$250,000 from the DNR. He indicated this may be 22 the last large lump sum amount from the DNR. 23 24 The regular Council meeting for July 8 has been cancelled. 25 26 Councilmember Sparks attended the Growing Smart Minnesota seminar. She reviewed the 27 agenda and noted that Rich Varda from Target was one of the presenters. She stated that the 28 concept is very versatile and noted that they discussed how to integrate the concept with small 29 retail. Parking space requirements of one space for every 1,000 square feet of store were 30 discussed. Mr. Varda said this was over the amount of space needed for parking. Sparks 31 suggested Council review the City ordinance to determine if there is any need to revise the 32 requirements. The Councilmember stated she had more information for Council at a later date. 33 34 Councilmember Sparks referenced the map for the Northwest Quadrant and inquired about the 35 parking areas shown on the map. City Manager responded that presently what they see for 36 parking is the developer's concept of what they would need. 37 38 Councilmember Thuesen stated that he had nothing to report. 39 40 Councilmember Faust stated the Northwest Quadrant Task Force and BSU indicated that parking 41 would be planned with aesthetics in mind as well. 42 43 Mayor Hodson, City Manager Mornson and Councilmember Faust met with Congressman Sabo 44 to discuss issues. Faust stated that Congressman Sabo was instrumental in getting funding to do 45 the water filtration plant for St. Anthony. He explained that Congressman Sabo was given an 46 update on the Northwest Quadrant project, adding that the Congressman had suggestions and 47 ideas on how to keep dialogue open and work from the Federal level down. 48 49