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City Council Regular Meeting Minutes February 8, 2000 Page 2 1 Motion carried unanimously. 2 VI. COMMUNITY FORUM. 3 Mr. Scott Tankenoff,managing partner of Hillcrest Development, approached the Council. Mr. 4 Tankenoff explained that Hillcrest Development is working on the redevelopment of the Apache 5 Mall and he wished to provide the Council with a brief update on the project and answer 6 questions. One new development, he stated, is that Hillcrest is now under contract with US 7 Bank, and also that he has met with City Manager Michael Morrison and Staff to begin the 8 process of mapping out a good strategy for redevelopment. 9 Mr. Tankenoff stated that he is eager to move forward on the project and feels that Apache Plaza 10 has the potential to create jobs, provide energy to the community, and make the citizens of the 11 City proud. Mr. Tankenoff offered that the concepts for redevelopment are expected to be ready 12 in one or two weeks. Additionally, Mr. Tankenoff plans to be at future City Council and 13 Planning Commission meetings to offer updates, answer questions, and ensure that everyone is in 14 agreement with the current plans. 15 As a further point of interest, Mr. Tankenoff stated that Hillcrest continues to consider plans for a community space concept surrounding the redevelopment of Apache Plaza. He plans on 0 spending meaningful time at the next Council and Planning Commission meetings to address that 18 concept. Currently, the concept would include a coffee shop area, athletic area, meeting rooms, 19 etc. 20 Mr. Tankenoff provided the Council with a recent article from the Star Tribune about helping 21 malls to survive. He thought it was interesting that Apache Plaza had not been included in the 22 article but, nevertheless, he thought the article provided valuable information. 23 Cavanaugh commented that, at some point, a formal position should be formulated with the Plan- 24 ning Commission. In that respect, he asked City Manager Michael Morrison to structure a plan 25 to coordinate with the Planning Commission. 26 VII. CONSENT AGENDA. 27 Motion by Thuesen to approve the Consent Agenda, which included: 28 1. City Council Regular Meeting Minutes of January 25, 2000; 29 2. Temporary 3.2 Beer Permit(June 3, 2000, Central Park, Fagerlee Family Picnic); 30 3. Heating License (Alliance Mechanical Services, Inc.,Roseville, MN); and 31 4. Four pages of verified claims. 32 Motion carried unanimously VIII. PUBLIC HEARINGS. 34 None.