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HomeMy WebLinkAbout04.09.07 Work Session Minutes City Council Workshop Minutes April 9, 2007 Mayor Soderberg called the meeting to order at 5:30 p.m. Present: Absent: Also Present: Soderberg, Fogarty, McKnight, Pritzlaff Wilson Peter Herlofsky, City Administrator; Lee Smick, City Planner; Tony Wippler, Assistant City Planner; Tina Hansmeier, Economic Development Specialist; Cynthia Muller, Executive Assistant John McNamara and Chris Ziemer of Wold Architects presented the construction documents for the new City Hall. Wold presented finishing materials to be used for the inside and outside of the building including carpeting, tile, brick, woodwork, ceilings, and walls. Council discussed whether the expansion space should be finished offwith carpet, etc. It was decided to include this in the bid to eliminate dust and construction work in the future. It will remain as one large space until a tenant can be determined. Regarding the tile in the vestibule, it was decided to extend that past the stairway and also bring it in the same amount on the other entrance. In the Council room, seating for the City Administrator and City Attorney was discussed. It was decided to allow seating for 8 in the staff area to include room for the City Administrator and City Attorney, but the Council dias will still allow seating for 7 as there are 7 members on the EDA. Councilmembers suggested having a light signal at the dias to alert the Mayor as to who would like to speak. This project will be placed on the April 16, 2007 Council agenda for Council approval to advertise for bids. Bids will be opened in May 2007 and awarded in June 2007. Total construction cost will be $9,143,000. Construction of the First Street Garage will also be included in the bid package. Councilmembers asked about the Park and Rec garage. Staff is currently working with the EDA on demolishing this building and use the area for parking. The EDA is considering including the demolition with the demolition of the Riste building. Council/Planning Commission Workshop Mayor Soderberg and Chair Rotty called this portion of the workshop to order at 6:30 p.m. Present: Soderberg, McKnight, Pritzlaff Rotty, Larson, Oswald Absent: Fogarty, Wilson Barker, Fitzloff Also Present: Peter Herlofsky, City Administrator; Lee Smick, City Planner; Tony Wippler, Assistant City Planner; Tina Hansmeier, Economic Development Specialist; Cynthia Muller, Executive Assistant This portion ofthe workshop was to discuss the 2030 comprehensive plan. According to the system statements the population will be 32,000 by 2030. At the end of 2006 the population was Council Workshop Minutes April 9, 2007 Page 2 20,502. Staff proposed to review the comprehensive plan incrementally every 2 years rather than 8-10 years. The comprehensive plan needs to focus on commercial and industrial growth, therefore staff proposed to have a strong staging plan for commercial and industrial. Because the Met Council set the population at 32,000, this means there needs to be a different planning process. The City should have a long-range plan to follow, but it will be adjusted more often. This would allow for fewer significant changes. There were 2,524 permits issued between 2000-2007. There were 5,091 units included in the 2020 comprehensive plan. The City needs 684 more units to reach the goal of5,775 units in the comprehensive plan. 571 acres are needed to meet this between 2020 and 2030. The City already has those acres available. Therefore, there is no need to propose any residential for the 2030 comprehensive plan. It's time to grow into the lots that are already available. The City is lacking in commercial and industrial. The City needs an additional 150 acres for retail between 2020 and 2030. It needs to be determined what the City can absorb for industrial. The roads and infrastructure lead to extending industrial along CSAH 50. It was also suggested to look at the area south of St. Michael's Church. A concern was the 8-year road block with the Devney property. The City needs to be fluid enough in planning to continue to entice businesses to come. As there is land available along the west, industrial could come from west to east. There was a concern that putting industrial along the western border will help Lakeville. However, to develop east to west, it is blocked by ag preserve. Everyone agreed with the commercial along the east side of Pilot Knob Road. It was also greed that industrial, not commercial, should go west. Council agreed to grow into the available residential land and focus on commercial and industrial for the 2030 comprehensive plan. Staff would like to meet with Council and the Planning Commission again to discuss staging. MOTION by McKnight, second by Pritzlaffto adjourn at 7:33 p.m. APIF, MOTION CARRIED. Respectfully submitted, d ...~Jr?~ ~hia Muller Executive Assistant