1999.05.10 CC Minutes - Laserfiche WebLink

Home

City Council meeting of May 3, 1999 Page 5 TOWNHOMES OF BALD EAGLE PUD (CONCEPT APPROVAL) Royal Oaks Realty, Inc., applied for a PUD consisting of 204 townhome units on 39.16 acres located north of 130th Street and west of Fenway Boulevard, under the City's south water tower. The applicants requested approval of preliminary development plans in accordance with City Code, Chapter 320-5, Subd. K(11). This plan was reviewed the PC at their meeting of April 28, 1999, and recommended approval of the concept subject to the conditions found in the staff report. Approval of the concept would provided guidance to the developer for preparation of the preliminary plat, which will be subject to a hearing before the PC. Mike Black, representing Royal Oaks Realty, discussed, at length, the scope of the project and type of structures. Council members Petryk and Haas felt the project too dense with the need of more open space. Barnes made motion, Haas seconded, to table this matter until the meeting of May 17, 1999. All aye. Motion Carried. MINNEGASGO FRANCHISE APPLICATION Reliant Energy/Minnegasco applied for a franchise to provide natural gas service within the City. The City currently has nonexclusive franchise issued to NSP service in the community. The Council considered a draft ordinance granting Minnegasco a franchise to service customers in the City. Leroux made motion, Barnes seconded, to schedule a public hearing for June 7, 1999, at 7:05 p.m. to consider adoption of a franchise ordinance for Reliant Energy/Minnegasco to provide natural gas service in the City. All aye. Motion Carried. SCHW IETERS LETTER Tom Junnila reviewed Schwieters Development Corporation request that the City reduce the cost of the property they are. purchasing in the Bald Eagle Industrial Park due to the fact that the City will not be mitigating approximately 9,452 sq ft of wetlands located in the southeast corner of the site, as originally agreed to. Based on the $$90,000/acre the City is charging Schwieters Development, the cost reduction amounts to $19,471.12. Leroux made motion, Barnes seconded, to reduce the price for property purchased by Schwieters Development in the Bald Eagle Industrial Park by $19,471.12. VOTING AYE: Barnes, Haas, Leroux, Stoltzman VOTING NAY: Becky Petryk Motion Carried.