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City Council Regular Meeting Minutes September 22, 1998 Page 6 1 Mr. Mornson stated he had asked for clarification from the Metropolitan Council 2 regarding this ordinance, and he was instructed that the ordinance-only applies to . 3 redevelopment. He added residential lots and current subdivision are.excluded. .He stated_ 4 WSB had received the Planning Commission's suggestions and the recommendations 5 would be reviewed at the November work session. 6 7 Cavanaugh suggested the Planning Commission's memo should not be presented to the 8 City Council until the Commission has received WSB's input. Mr. Bergstrom stated the 9 necessary comments will not be directed to the Planning Commission. Cavanaugh stated 10 the recommendations should be reviewed by WSB, who should respond directly to the 11 Planning Commission who will then present the ordinance to the City Council ready for 12 approval. 13 3. Implementation of 1998 Comprehensive Plan. 14 Mr. Bergstrom stated he had a third issue for presentation to the Council, adding that a 15 draft memo regarding the Planning Commission's recommendations regarding 16 implementation of the 1998 Comprehensive Plan was included in the meeting packets. He 17 reviewed the memo,which contains 3 specific areas which the Planning Commission A8. believes need to be addressed before the Comprehensive Plan can be successfully. 19 implemented: 1) commercial redevelopment; 2)residential housing stock; and 3)city . . 20 infrastructure. 21 22 Mr. Bergstrom stated the City must be proactive when dealing with redevelopment, and 23 recommended the addition to City staff of a part-time.redevelopment specialist. Marks 24 stated the City has previously hired consultants for redevelopment projects, and the City 25 Manager handles negotiations with potential developers. He added the City has always 26 lacked the understanding of underlying economics with respect to redevelopment. He 27 used as an example the development of Cub Foods at Apache, during which the City was 28 kept in an inferior position with regard to access to available economic data. 29 30 Cavanaugh suggested a joint meeting with the Planning Commission to discuss such 31 overdue issues which seem to be piling up. He added the Commission had sent a memo to 32 the Council after their July-16 worksession outlining issues which were never addressed. 33 34 Mr. Mornson stated it is not necessary to hold a meeting prior to the adoption of the 35 Comprehensive Play 36 37 Cavanaugh stated Opus has been putting off a meeting with the City for months. Mayor 38 Ranallo stated Opus has been vague and difficult to pin down for 3 years. Cavanaugh 39 asked whether rezoning the property for residential use was possible, and stated that might 40 get their attention. • 41