CC MINUTES 12121989 - Laserfiche WebLink

Home Browse Search

Regular Council Meeting December 12, 1989 page 3 1 recycling fees. Most of them expressed displeasure at the high. rates 2 being quoted. These rates were inserted into the recycling bins being 3 picked up at City Hall by residents. Four haulers are licensed by the 4' City to pick up recyclable materials and recycling bins. An agenda item 5 for a future Council meeting must be the disposal of yard- waste. Sue 6 VanderHeyden advised that Hennepin County will be introducing a resolution 7 on December 14th which addresses .transfer sites. 8 9 Councilmember Ranallo reported on the December 11th meeting of the Village 10 Fest Committee. At the meeting copies of the Committee's by-law were 11 distributed and it was determined that minor changes should be made 12 regarding the Board of Directors. The Committee' s next meeting is scheduled 13 for January 8th at 7:00 p.m. . Agenda items will include election of a 14 Board of Directors and Officers, as well as appointement of a Chairperson 15 for 1991 . He noted that the Committee's official office i.s in City Hall . 16 Councilmember Ranallo invited all interested persons to attend the next 17 meeting. 18 19 B. Departments and Committees 20 21 Written reports were received from Hance & LeVahn regarding matters conducted 22 at the -Hennepin County District Court up .to and including November 15, 1989• 23 24 Councilmember Marks remarked about the continuing problems associated with 25 alcohol . 26 27 C. Requests From -LaNel Financial Group 28 29 LaNel Financial Group has requested the City to allow LaNel to retain some 30 of the property taxes due on their project in the event that the assessed 31 value is higher than expected and the taxes due on an individual unit basis 32 exceed an amount around $1 ,200. Their project is located in a tax increment 33 district. 34 35 The City' s consultant , Bob Thistle of Springsted Public Finance Advisors, 36 addressed some of the material included in a memo from .his firm regarding 37 this matter. Based on a review of this matter and of LaNel 's request for an . 38 additional subsidy, he felt the Council would be well -advised to wait to 39 consider this request until April at the earliest.. At that point , in time, 40 tax statements will have been received. Paul Brewer, a representative of 41 LaNel , stated that " these statements would not reflect full value -of all of 42 the project 's units_ . Councilmember Marks inquired if the developer would 43 incur any hardship if the matter were not acted on at the present time. 44 Brewer advised him the developer would not. 45 46 Motion by Enrooth, second by Marks to table this matter. 47 • 48 Roll Call : Marks, Enrooth, Ranallo - aye 49 Makowske - abstain ' 50