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REGULAR MEETING
APRIL 5, 1994
Pursuant to due call and notice thereof a regular meeting of the Rosemount Port Authority was duly
held on Tuesday, April 5, 1994, at 5:15 p.m. in the council chambers at City Hall, 2875 - 145th
Street West.
Chair Carroll called the meeting to order with Commissioners Anderson, Busho, Edwards,
McMenomy, Staats, and Wippermann present. Staff present included City Administra.tor Burt,
Economic Development Coordinator Miller, Park and Recreation Director Bechtold, and port
authority attorney Miles. Dave Simons, consulting engineer from SEH, was also present.
Commissioners requested two corrections to the agenda. Item 9. A., Change of May meeting date,
was placed under the consent agenda, and 7. C. was pulled from the agenda as it was considered an
informational item only.
Commissioners concurred that the May 3 meeting should be changed to May 4, 1994, at 5:30 p.m.
Commissioner Wippermann questioned the correctness of the $.30 per square foot figure used to
describe the difference between Cottage Inc.'s budgeted amount and the Brobacks' selling price as
sta.ted on page 2, paragraph 5 of the minutes. Wippermann felt that the figure should be $.20 per
square foot. Recording Secretary Widstrom was directed to check with Public Works Director
Wasmund and determine the conect figure.
MOTION by Edwards to approve the corrected April 5, 1994, regular meeting minutes. SECOND
by Busho. Ayes: 7. Nays: 0.
Discussion regarding the Lindquist and Vennum invoice ensued. Commissioners agreed that clearer
documentation from Lindquist and Vennum is needed and that a full and complete accounting of the
past and current invoices should be requested.
MOTION by Carroll to approve the first four bills as listed and defer payment of the Lindquist and
Vennum bill until a full accounting is received. SECOND by Edwards. Ayes: 7. Nays: 0.
Chair Carroll provided a brief update on the Muller Family Theater project. Carroll advised that
the Mullers' are expressing some degree of frustration over the lack of progress and have expressed
wishes to proceed with some type of negotiations. Carroll suggested that an ad-hoc committee be
formed to discuss and arrive at specific infrastructure costs so that decisions can be made soon.
Commissioner McMenomy questioned the appropriateness of the suggestion, feeling that city staff
should be working out the details. McMenomy requested that he be allowed to attend any
committee meetings, if one is formed.
MOTION by Wippermann to authorize Chairperson Carroll to assemble a group of interested
persons to explore business park land sale options with Muller Family Theater representatives with a
goal of campleting a proposal for the full port authority to consider at a meeting to be called by the
chairperson. SECOND by Staats. Ayes: McMenomy, Anderson, Wippermann, Carroll, 5taats,
Edwards, Busho. Nays: 0.
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Commissioner Edwards offered a friendly amendment to the motion, requesting that a time limit for
completion of the work be set. Commissioners agreed that a report should be provided at the next
port authority meeting. Commissioners Wippermann and Staats agreed to the amendment to their
motion.
For the benefit of late arriving audience members, Chair Carroll explained that item 7. C. had been
pulled from the agenda.
Economic Development Coordinator Miller provided an overview of the Real Esta.te Exposition
plans and expenditures. The exposition will be held on Wednesday, April 13, 1994, from 3:00 p.m.
to 7:30 p.m. Miller explained that the main reason for participating in the exposition is to begin
promotion of the business park. Unfortunately, the promotional brochure being designed to describe
location, size, fmancing and access to the business park will, more than likely, not be completed by
the Expo. Miller requested that commissioners interested in volunteering to work the booth that day
advise him as soon as possible.
Commissioner Anderson suggested that a sign promoting the business park be placed on the
property. Anderson advised that she had obtained a high quote of $250.00 (without posts) for the
sign. Commissioners agreed that placing a sign on the property should be pursued.
MOTION by Wippermann to approve planned expenditures for the Real Estate Exposition.
SECOND by Staats. Ayes: 7. Nays: 0.
Dave Simons, consulting engineer from SEH, reviewed staff correspondence regarding plans and
specif'ications for the business park. Simons advised that the final plat will be reviewed at the city
council meeting tonight and if approved will be on the Dakota County Plat Commission's agenda
April 11. Simons explained the reasons for delaying approval of the plans and specifications to
April 19 instead of April 5. First, he wants the commissioners to have full understanding and input
into the final design, as details are still being worked on; and second, the city is accepting bids on
five other projects on May 13 and there could be administrative cost savings by doing all the
projects at once. The commissioners raised no objections to the proposed new tune schedule as
outlined on the executive summary.
Park and Recreation Director Bechtold reported briefly on the Park Board action and his memo of
March 29 regarding the park dedication for the business park, and specif'ically the linear park
concept around the ponding area. Bechtold advised that the Park Board had voted on March 21,
1994, to change the park dedication for the business park from a cash dedication to a land
dedication and at that time expressed their wishes for port authority assistance in the project. The
Park Board is very pleased with the prospect of working with the port authority in developing the
park and felt that it was a win-win situation for everyone involved, including the citizens of
Rosemount.
Economic Development Coordinator Miller reported on the April 4, 1994, meeting with Mr. Harold
Wachter regarding the purchase of his property adjacent to the business park. Miller advised that
Mr. Wachter did agree to sell an easement to the port authority for trail and utility purposes for a
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sum of $2,000.00. Miller requested that the port authority authorize port authority attorney Miles to
complete the easement documents. Miller further advised that Mr. Wachter is still not interested in
selling only the northern portion of his property; he is requesting that the port authority make an
offer for the entire 42.5 acres. Mr. Wachter, however, may consider selling the northern 14 acres
with an option on the rest.
Discussion regarding the easement ensued. Bechtold explained that because the port authority is
considered the developer of the business park, they would be required to purchase the easement as
any other developer of a project would. Commissioners agreed to wait until the business park bids
are received and defer discussion until the next port authority meeting.
Economic Development Coordinator Miller directed the commissioners' attention to the memo
prepared by Eric LeBow regarding the research he completed on metro area business and/or
industrial parks. Miller also advised that David Drown from Springsted was present to discuss
cashflow projections for the business park.
Chair Carroll requested that Miller commend Mr. LeBow on the fine work he performed in the
preparation of the report.
Mr. Drown passed out and reviewed cashflow projections for the steady sale of land in the business
park. Discussion ensued regarding the possibility of land not being sold immediately and when the
board would have to start looking at other alternatives for payment of the land. Drown advised that
the board would have to seriously consider a levy process in the fall of 1994 if no land has been
sold by that time.
Economic Development Coordinator Miller advised, that at the request of Commissioner
Wippermann, a synopsis of contacts with White Funeral Home by city and port authority staff was
completed. Commissioner Wippermann explained that he had originally made the request while the
port authority was working on the Repairs Inc./Johnson project. During that process, White Funeral
Home was mentioned several times as an alternative project for the Repairs, Inc. site. Wippermann
clarif'ied that his intentions were not to insinuate a conflict of interest or of any wrong doing on
anyone's part, but that the matter should be addressed and clarified before any votes were taken on
the proposed projects recently submitted for port authority review. Commissioner McMenomy
requested that he be allowed to provide a written response, at the next port authority meeting, from
family members involved in the White Funeral Home discussions as summarized in Miller's memo.
MOTION by Carroll to request that Cottages Inc. support their proposal with a market study and
financials showing project viability. SECOND by Wippermann.
Commissioner McMenomy advised, for the record, that the real estate signs from his company
remaining on the Broback property cannot be removed as of yet because of the frost remaining in
the ground. McMenomy explained that any agreements between his company and the Brobacks
have expired.
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Commissioners also requested verification that Cottages Inc. would be securing the studies at their
own expense. Miller advised that indeed that was the case.
Chair Carroll polled the commissioners. Ayes: 7. Nays: 0.
Economic Development Coordinator Miller advised that Ergotron is still interested in Rosemount as
a location to relocate their operations. Miller explained that he will be meeting with David Drown
of Springsted on Friday, April 8 to discuss and draft proposals for Ergotron.
Chair Carroll received from Miller and opened a proposal for the post office land remnant owned by
the port authority. A proposal was received from Ken Rosemount Partners to purchase the land
fragment for $1,050.00 and the proposal stated that Ken Rosemount Partners intended to use the
land fra.gment as additional parking for the shopping mall. Miller advised the board that another
party, Thomas Ehlen of Ehlen Limited Partnership representing the post office, was also interested
in the land fragment but needed more time to submit a proposal. Commissioners agreed to defer
action to the next port authority meeting, giving Ehlen a chance to submit a proposal. Port
authority attorney Miles advised that Ken Rose Partners should be given a chance to re-submit a
proposal if they choose.
MOTION by Edwards to notify Ken Rosemount Partners that the port authority is going to allow
another proposer a chance to submit a proposal and will give the Ken Rosemount Partners an
opportunity to respond in any fashion they choose. SECOND by Staats. Ayes: 7. Nays: 0.
Economic Development Coordinator Miller advised that two proposals were received for the
redevelopment of the Repairs, Inc. site. A third prospective proposer, Dr. Karl Biewald, inquired
about the site but chose not to submit a proposal because of time constraints. Chair Carroll opened
up the meeting to the proposers and asked if they would like to add any details to the submitted
proposals. There was no representative from White Funeral Home present. Dr. Kurt Walter-
Hansen spoke briefly regarding his proposal. Commissioners directed Miller to contact Dr. Biewald
and solicit information regarding his intentions. Commissioner McMenomy advised, for the record,
that Dr. Walter-Hansen had contacted him regarding the Repairs, Inc. site and he had refened him
to Economic Development Coordinator Miller. Commissioner Wippermann also stated, for the
record, that Dr. Biewald had contacted him regarding the Repairs, Inc. site and he had directed him
to City Administrator Burt.
MOTION by Edwards to adjourn. SECOND by Staats. Ayes: 7. Nays: 0. Meeting adjourned
at 7:30 p.m.
Respectfully submitted,
Deborah Widstrom
Recording Secretary
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