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1 <br /> 2 IV. UPDATE ON PUBLIC WORKS FACILITY. <br /> • 3 Council decided to table this report until a worksession meeting in January. <br /> 4 <br /> 5 V. TIF SUMMARY AND ST. ANTHONY SHOPPING CENTER ISSUES. <br /> 6 The City Manager reviewed the letter from Jerry Gilligan, Dorsey & Whitney law firm <br /> 7 regarding the effect of recent amendments to the Minnesota Tax Increment Financing Act on <br /> 8 the Kenzie Terrace TIF District. Mr. Gilligan reported that the City will need to expend the <br /> 9 balance of TIF in this district by December 31, 1999 or it will revert back to the State. The <br /> 10 City Manager indicated that if Council is interested in adding projects to the TIF Summary, it <br /> 11 will require a public hearing. He indicated that this item will be scheduled for the October 12'b <br /> 12 Council Meeting. <br /> 13 <br /> 14 The City Manager reported on a letter received from Jim Kellison regarding TIF request for <br /> 15 the Hitching Post. The City Council asked him to continue discussing the Hitching Post's <br /> 16 financial needs with Mr. Kellison. <br /> 17 <br /> 18 The City Manager reported that he will be meeting with the owner of Furniture Liquidators, <br /> 19 the owner of Phillips 66 service station and the manager of Walker to discuss the St. Anthony <br /> 20 Shopping Center landscaping plan and proposed green space plan. He will also be meeting <br /> 21 with the Shopping Center's owners and the owner of the Hitching Post to continue planning <br /> 22 landscape and green space for the Center. <br /> 23 <br /> • 24 The City Manager reported that Dick Krier will be presenting the revised landscaping plan at <br /> 25 the Planning Commission's October meeting and at the City Council's October 26te meeting. <br /> 26 He also indicated that the plan that has been distributed is what the Shopping Center's owners' <br /> 27 architect had envisioned. He indicated that some of the footprints of buildings as shown on <br /> 28 this plan are either non-existent or incorrect. He said that he will request that a corrected plan <br /> 29 be submitted to the City. <br /> 30 <br /> 31 VI. DISCUSS FUTURE COUNCIL AGENDA ITEMS. <br /> 32 Councilmember Thuesen asked if the Council would be interested in exploring the idea of <br /> 33 having one garbage hauler for the City in January as well. He indicated that he didn't know <br /> 34 why the City has several where having one made sense from a noise and a preservation of the <br /> 35 infrastructure point of view. The Mayor reported on the study they did several years ago. He <br /> 36 indicated that they established a task force and at the end of the study, they determined that it <br /> 37 was in the City's best interest to leave this open to competition. The Mayor said that by doing <br /> 38 so, the rates charged the residents would be competitive and less expensive. He also said that <br /> 39 the City would assume a certain level of responsibility for bad service. He indicated that by <br /> 40 having several haulers, the competition would also help provide better service. <br /> 41 <br /> 42 The City Manager reported that the Council will be approving plans for the Silver Lake Road <br /> 43 bridge project at the November 9'b Council meeting. <br /> 44 <br /> 45 The City Manager reported that at the November 2' worksession that the Council will need to <br /> • 46 canvass the election results and that the meeting cannot start until 8:00 p.m., once the polls are <br /> 47 closed. <br /> 2 <br />