HomeMy WebLinkAbout4.a. Minutes of September 27, 1993 Special Meeting ROSEMOIINT CITY PROCEEDINGS
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Pursuant to due call and notice thereof a special meeting of the City
Council of the Gity of Rosemount was duly held on Monday, September 27,
1993, at 6:30 p.m. in the Council Chambers at City Hall.
Ma�or McMenomy called the meeting to order with Councilmembers Staats,
Willcox, Wippermann, and Klassen present. Staff present were: Freese,
Heimkes, Miller, Osmundson, Pearson and Wasmund. Some Commissioners
present were Planning: Busho, Baago, Ingram, DeBettignies, Droste and
Port Authority: Dunn, Anderson. Also present was City Attorney Mike
Miles: The audience had peaple that represented CMC Heartland
Developers, U.S. Homes Developers, Carlson Propertie�, and the National
Guard Maintenance Facility. _
Ma.yor McMenomy opened the meeting and led the audience in the Pledge of
Allegiance. .
Councilmember Wippermann asked to add to the Agenda a discussion on the
City Administrator Search. Council agreed. Discussion followed.
MOTION by Wippermann to direct Administrative Assistant Susan Walsh to
contact the League of Minnesota Cities for the purpose of obtaining
information on firms to conduct a search for a new City Administrator and
also resources for selection of an interim Administrator including how
long these processes may take. Secoad by McMenomy. Ayes: McM�norny,
Wippermann, Rlassen, Staats, Willcox. Nays: None.
' Mayor McMenomy advised the group that the goal for this meeting was' to
have the City Council direct staff in regard to where the sewer capacity
should be allocated during the next few years.
Planning Director Lisa Freese reviewed the phasing of sewer capacity
shown on the NNSA Maps; the Interim Ma.p, the Year 2000 Map, and the Year .
2010 Map. The City is required to remove the Year 2000 Metropolitan
Urban Service Area (MUSA) boundary and in effect the Interim MUSA will
become the City' s year 2000 growth boundary.
Planning staff anticipates that in 1998 an e�cpansion will be made to the
Rosemount Treatment Plant which will allow the City to expand the NNSA.
The Treatment Plant is under the control of the Metropolitan Waste
Control Commission and as a result the City cannot have access to
additional capacity until it is budgeted for in the Implementation Plan
of the regional agency. The City is in a situation where developers are
in control of more land than the Metropolitan Council will allow in the
MUSA. Furthermore, the City does not have enough capacity in the
Rosemount WWTP service area to guarantee full development of all of the
land within the proposed Interim MUSA. Until improvements are budgeted
by the MWCC in their implementation Plan, the City will be limited to
1, 130 units of capacity in the Rosemount WWTP service area and only 735
units are not committed thraugh plats/final project approvals at this
time. It is highly probable that by the time this capacity is gone the
treatment plant will be on-line. In the shor� term, however, it is
prudent for the City to plan as if the capacity does not exist, Director
Freese also pointed out that the City has ample land available in the
Empire WWTP to provide for a sustained residential growth level through
the end of the decade.
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It was noted that developers along with the City need to lobby
Metropolitan Council in order to let them know that it is a hardship for
developers and city governments. Several other communities are going
through the similar situations; Cottage Grove, Hastings, and Stillwater
are some. A coalition of these cities in similar circumstances could be
beneficial in effecting policy decisions at the Metropolitan level.
Director Freese overviewed the projects approved and on the drawing
board. The capacity required to serve ali of these potential projects
was based on residential equivalent units estima.tes. Until final
building plans and/or final development plans are submitted the exact
capacity needs can not be determined.
Those representing projects within the area under consideration for NNSA
and sewer capacit�r allocations were allowed to present their concerns.
Lee Johnson of US Homes, Ron Carlsan of Carlson Properties, Harold Hawks
of the Minnesota National Guard, and Wayne Delfinc� and Reid Hansen
representing CMC Heartland Partners all presented comments regarding each
of their organiza�ions development plans and capacity needs.
Ed Dunn, Port Authority Chair, noted that one aption would be to let the
development market drive the usage issue. Expansion would follow the
dema.nd perhaps with some performance criteria so that a maximum number of
units per year would be allowed. Discussion indicated that the larger'
home developers could build a maximum of 75 units a year under these -
capacity constraints.
Planning Commissioner Ingram noted that facilitating residential
development could serve as a discouragernent for the development of a
regional airport in Dakota County.
Port Authority Commissioner Anderson spoke in support of setting aside
capaci.ty for the proposed Business Park stating that a Marketing
Committee has been formed. In order to ma.ke the project work it will be
necessary to have lots served by utilities and available to turn over to
potential developers.
Councilmember Willcox noted that a first come first serve allocation of
sewer units makes sense given the limited capacity available to wark with
and the number of potential projects. '
Councilmember Klassen noted the frustration to have to turn away any
development. She inquired as to whether or not more MUSA could be
allocated to CMC from other areas such as the Kelly property or the
Business Park to provide a level of comfort to CMC that the second phase
of their project was acknowledged.
Director Freese indicated that adjustments to the boundaries could be
ma.de so long as the Cauncil understood that until the treatment plant is
expanded that such a reallocation does not insure addition units of
capacity to CMC to serve the area. Council consensus was to direct staff
to review the Interim MUSA and to identif� possible areas where the MUSA
boundary could be adjusted in order to xeal�acate MUSA on the 226 acre
property owned by CMC. Potential areas identified for considera�.ion were
the Business Park and Ke11y Trust Froperty, An update of this
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information should be presented to City Council at the next regular
meeting with a special meeting to follow.
� Mayor McMenomy called a Special Meeting of the City Council for October
12, 1993 at 7:00 p.m. to review further the MUSA allocation.
MOTION by McMenomy to adjourn_ SECOND by Wippermann. Ayes: Five.
Nays: None. The meeting was adjaurned at 9 :30 p.m.
Respectfully submitted,
Linda Jentink
Recording Secretary
ATTEST:
E.B. McMenomy, Mayor
The City Council Agenda Packet is Clerk' s File 1993-34.
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