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Planning Commission Regular Meeting Minutes • May 19, 1998 Page 10 1 suggested the City needs to look at the impact of the Quarry area and that the subject area may be 2 ideal for an office/technical development as it is in close proximity to the downtown Minneapolis 3 area. 4 Commissioner Gondorchin stated he was pleased to see the process moving forward. He agreed 5 that the close proximity to the downtown area was a selling point. He suggested that some fine 6 dining establishments be mixed with the office/technical development. 7 Ms. Moore-Sykes stated that when she asked Mr. Krier about continued retail, he suggested it 8 would have to be something compatible to the Quarry or something so unique that it would 9 attract customers. He suggested Ms. Moore-Sykes contact Dave Childs, and she stated she is 10 willing to do so. 11 E. Discussion of Proposed Point-of-Sale Ordinance. 12 Ms. Moore-Sykes noted the related articles she had included in the packet. She stated that in 13 response to the question asked at the last Planning Commission meeting, City Manager has 14 indicated that the Point-of-Sale Ordinance goes as far as the City can with dealing with the public 15 health and safety issues. Chair Bergstrom noted that the articles state that these ordinances make it harder for a realtor to sell a house. He questioned this as these are normally minor repairs. 18 Commissioner Horst noted there may be major repairs required. 19 Commissioner Gondorchin stated this is necessary to maintain the housing stock. 20 Commissioner Horst questioned the case of an elderly person or a family who inherits a home 21 being faced with repairs that could cost$10,000. He suggested that some of the requirements 22 may be well intended but not necessarily practical. He saw as many problems with this 23 Ordinance as he saw solutions. 24 Chair Bergstrom noted that if the repairs are not made,the City subsidizes through lower home 25 appraisal values. This is the problem which is trying to be solved with this Ordinance. 26 Commissioner Horst stated the idea is good but the implementation could be bad. 27 Ms. Moore-Sykes stated that ultimately this does affect the whole city. If a property becomes 28 blighted because it is not kept up the whole community suffers. 29 Commissioner Gondorchin stated he believed that the number of people who could not afford the repairs was a small percentage. He noted that the blighted homes were addressed with the housing maintenance code.