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HomeMy WebLinkAbout3.a. 20150901 PAM SM ROSEMOUNT PORT AUTHORITY SPECIAL MEETING PROCEEDINGS SEPTEMBER 1, 2015 CALL TO ORDER Pursuant to due call and notice thereof a special meeting of the Rosemount Port Authority was held stth on Tuesday, September 1, 2015, at 6:00 p.m. in the Council Chambers at City Hall, 2875 145 Street West, Rosemount. Chair Weisensel called the meeting to order with Commissioners Droste, Wolf, Luing, Smith, Abdulahi and DeBettignies attending. Staff present included City Administrator Johnson, Community Development Director Lindquist and City Clerk Hadler. The Pledge of Allegiance was said. ADDITIONS OR CORRECTIONS TO AGENDA City Administrator Johnson stated there were no proposed changes. Motion by Weisensel. Second by DeBettignies. Motion to Adopt the Agenda. Ayes: 7 Nays: 0. Motion carried. CONSENT AGENDA NEW BUSINESS . 4.aPurchase Agreement between City of Rosemount Port Authority and Js QUAD LLC Community Development Director Lindquist provided an overview of the purchase agreement, which is for the sale of the remaining Genz-Ryan property owned solely by the Port Authority. The buyer of the property is planning to put a drive-thru restaurant in the location. The agreement requires that the buyer continue to make progress toward the building of that facility. Commissioner Smith inquired if there were any public comments received regarding the drive-thru. Ms. Lindquist stated she has not heard of any, but there might be more comments during the planning process. Commissioner DeBettignies stated he had heard only positive things about Culvers coming to town. Commissioner Wolf stated the agreement looks very standard from a legal standpoint. He stated there were a number of contingencies in number 4. Commissioner Smith, asked when the closing date might be. Ms. Lindquist stated that the closing date might be 180 days out. Mr. Smith inquired if the franchisor had reviewed the finances of the applicant. Maria Veach, representing the buyer, stated the franchisor has approved all of the finances. She stated their operations planning would take approximately 3 months. Commissioner Weisensel inquired about construction timeframes. Ms. Veach stated this would depend on the closing date, and their construction time is 3 months. Commissioner Weisensel inquired about the other locations. Ms. Beach stated they have locations in West St. Paul, Savage and Anoka. ROSEMOUNT PORT AUTHORITY SPECIAL MEETING PROCEEDINGS SEPTEMBER 1, 2015 for the purpose of youth job creation. Motion by Wolf. Second by DeBettignies. Motion to approve the purchase agreement. Ayes: Droste, Wolf, Luing, Weisensel, Smith, Abdulahi and DeBettignies Nays: None. Motion carried. OLD BUSINESS None Chair Weisensel inquired if there was anything the Port Authority should plan for. City th Administrator Dwight Johnson stated that on September 15 the Port Authority will meet to approve the refinancing of some bonds to reduce costs and this subject would also need to be th revisited on October 20. REPORTS FROM PORT AUTHORITY COMMISSIONERS Commissioner Abdulahi stated that the light industrial group has had two meetings. They have reviewed the information that staff has provided to the group, including existing empty lots. The group has two action items; one that addresses what channels to attract industry. The other is to talk to companies that are already in the community, and to develop a set of questions to ask these companies. Commissioner Droste stated that much of these efforts are dependent upon availability of land. The City needs to more effectively engage the landowners to make land available. Commissioner Smith asked how Apple Valley went about engaging those landowners. Commissioner Droste stated that we need to bring the landowner to the table, rather than sending interested businesses directly to them. Commissioner Abdulahi stated it would be challenging to convince someone to build without a renter lined up. Commissioner Droste stated that it is also important to have relationships with the big developers. Ms. Lindquist stated that a broker she spoke to said right now as the southwest and other areas. She also noted that there are now multiple areas within the community that are potentially being developed for industrial; including a portion of the UMore property and properties in the east, which are competing with the Business Park land. Commissioner DeBettignies inquired when the hotel survey might be completed. Ms. Lindquist stated the draft should be ready soon. ROSEMOUNT PORT AUTHORITY SPECIAL MEETING PROCEEDINGS SEPTEMBER 1, 2015 th Commissioner Droste stated that Money Magazine name Rosemount the 12 best place to live in the 10 50,000 population category and the school has a lot to do with that. He stated the school district had the highest ACT test scores in the state. ADJOURNMENT There being no further business to come before the Port Authority and upon a motion by Weisensel, second by DeBettignies, the meeting was unanimously adjourned at 6:45 p.m. Respectfully Submitted, Clarissa Hadler, City Clerk