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City Council Regular Meeting Minutes December 20, 1995 • Page 2 1 B. Foster, Ojile. Wentzell & Brever in the amount of$2,400.00 for legal services rendered 2 for the month of December, 1995. 3 C. 5 pages of Verified Claims as presented by the Finance Director. 4 Motion carried unanimously. 5 VII. REPORTS. 6 A. Mayor. 7 Mayor Ranallo reported his attendance at a meeting last night where Opus Corporation 8 gave a presentation regarding locating CUB Foods in Apache Mall. He noted Mr. Finn 9 was in attendance and voiced his objections. Opus Corp. and First Bank, however, do 10 have a strong commitment from CUB Foods. They intend to install three ponds. The 11 water will drain into the ponds and then drain into Silver Lake when it reaches a certain 12 level. Mr. Finn's major objection is that he wants all the ponds installed before CUB is 13 built. Mayor Ranallo noted City Manager had spoken with Joan Aarons, CUB Foods and 14 she is very positive. Mayor Ranallo stated Opus Corp. is following all the drainage 15 requirements of the Environment Quality Board. 0 6 City Manager Mornson noted this will require a five-lot split. The first lot will be CUB 7 Foods, lots 2 and 3 will form two vacant lots on Silver Lake Road by 39th Avenue, lot 4 18 will be First Bank, and lot 5 will be the rest of the mall including Tires Plus, etc. 19 Mornson noted SuperValu would have to submit their application by January 11, 1996. 20 for it to be considered at the Planning Commission meeting on January 30, 1996. If 21 approved, it would then be considered at the February 13, 1996 City Council meeting. 22- He noted it may also necessitate a special meeting to stay within the required timeframe. 23 Mayor Ranallo explained the reason for the urgency was that the tax increment financing 24 district expired in April of 1996 and also CUB Foods would like to open in early fall. 25 Mornson reported First Bank is authorizing their engineering firm to work with the Rice 26 Creek Watershed District to prepare an environmental worksheet on their own behalf. He 27 noted this is what the homeowners had petitioned for last year which had delayed the 28 project. The only impact will be positive as they intend to install three ponds where there 29 are currently no ponds. 30 Mayor Ranallo reported he had been contacted by Peter McLaughlin, Hennepin County 31 and asked to serve on a committee with two to three other Mayors and meet with the 32 County Commissioner to discuss issues such as the housing issue. He stated he has 33 accepted and meetings will start in January of 1996. 0