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City Council Regular Meeting Minutes February 11, 2003 Page 8 need to relocate the existing Fire station 5) This intersection is the gateway to the community and therefore,the design of the site would need to reflect this status; and 5) If possible, the city 3 would like the redevelopment to generate some form of financial contribution to the 4 development of a new Fire Station. 5 6 Ms. Kvilvang said that based on these discussions, Amcon submitted a proposal to Ehlers in 7 December 2002. She said their proposal is to construct 26,000 square feet of retail in two 8 buildings. She stated that one building would be located on the northern portion of the property, 9 at the intersection of County Road 88 and Kenzie Terrace. She noted that this building would 10 accommodate a 6,000 square foot restaurant. 11 12 Ms. Kvilvang noted that Amcon currently partners with a sports bar/restaurant chain in some of 13 their commercial developments. She said this restaurant is interested in locating on this site and 14 will accommodate the current pull-tab establishment and the exiting Stonehouse Restaurant staff 15 can apply for jobs at the new restaurant. She said Ehlers did inform Amcon that the City had 16 been approached by a couple of other restaurateurs that have shown interest in developing a 17 restaurant on the site,both of which will also accommodate pull tabs. She said Amcon has met 18 with one of the interested restaurateurs and is corresponding with the other. If selected to 19 proceed with the development, Ms. Kvilvang stated that Amcon will make the determination 20 which restaurant will be most financially feasible for the site, while meeting the community's 21 needs. 22 Ms. Kvilvang noted that the second retail building,consisting of 20,000 square feet,will be located on the southern portion of the site where the existing strip center is located. She said it is 25 anticipated that the new 8,000-10,000 square foot municipal liquor store would be located on the 26 end cap fronting along County Road 88 and the remaining 10,000 square feet of retail space will 27 span over to Kenzie Terrace. 28 29 Ms. Kvilvang said that since the City desires to maintain a municipal liquor store on site, Amcon 30 has provided the City with several options,which includes the City selling the land, leasing the 31 land,deeding the land, and subdividing the land. 32 33 Ms. Kvilvang said that in review of these options,outstanding issues were identified and are 34 being analyzed by Ehlers and City Staff. These issues include the loss of profit from the liquor 35 store,closing of the Stonehouse, Fire station/Public Facility Development, Existing Bonds on 36 SAV U Liquor Store,and the City's General Fund. 37 38 Ms. Kvilvang gave a brief overview of the timeline and said the developer would submit plans in 39 the July to September timefi-ame. The financial arrangement would be approved in 40 September/October and construction could possibly begin in October. She noted that this was a 41 very flexible timeline. 42 43 Jim Winkles of Amcon Construction Company gave a brief overview of his company. He said 44 they have been around for 32 years and they actually have two separate companies. Amcon Construction Company does between$50 and $90 million in private construction work and Amcon CM does public work only. 47