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Meeting Minutes
February 15, 2001
City of Lakeville
Economic Development Commission
• Special Meeting Minutes
February 15, 2001 7:00 p.m.
City Hall Lunch Room
Members Present: Commissioners Schubert, Miller, Tushie, Pogatchnik, Brantly, Vogel,
Emond, Ex-Officio member Bornhauser.
Members Absent: Commissioners Matasosky, Alternate Commissioner Erickson.
Others Present: Robert Erickson, City Administrator; Arlyn trussing, Community &
Economic Development Director; Ann Flad, Economic Development Coordinator.
1. Call Meeting to Order. Chair Vogel called the meeting to order at 6:53 p.m. in the
City Hall Lunch Room.
2. Approval of January 27, 2000 Regular Meeting Minutes.
Motion 01.06 Comms. Tushie/Miller moved to approve the minutes of the
January 23, 2001 meeting. All in favor. Motion carried.
• 3. Airlake Development -Park Dedication Fee Status Update
Discussion ensued about motion 01.04 made at the January 27, 2001 meeting in which
"Comms. Tushie/Miller moved to inform the City Council that the EDC intended that
property owners affected by park dedication changes would have the option to pay
their park dedication fees in advance of the new rate's effective date, and the EDC
recommends the Council accept payment consistent with rules that were in effect prior
to rate's increase. Comm. Matasosky had abstained. All others in favor. Motion
carried."
Mr. Robert Erickson indicated that the Regans, dba Airlake Development, had
approached the City Council several times via letters from their attorney in an attempt
to negotiate a park dedication payment lower than the formula that the ordinance
prescribed.
At a City Council work session regarding Airlake Development's pre-payment of park
dedication fees, the Council discussed the following: 1.) concerns about setting a
precedent by accepting prepayment of park dedication fees, and 2.) the City Attorney's
concerns with the terms of Airlake's proposed agreement regarding park dedication
fees.
Comm. Tushie questioned whether park dedication fees had ever been pre-paid in the
past. Mr. Erickson indicated that the City did accept prepayment of park dedication
• fees from one party in the past. Because this pre-payment of fees was part of a
pending litigation settlement its acceptance is not considered a precedent for allowing
others to pre-pay park dedication fees.
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Mr. Erickson noted that the Park Dedication Subcommittee had not had the opportunity
• to review nor comment on the issue of pre-payment of park dedication fees by Airlake
Development. Mr. Erickson also suggested that the City Attorney could be consulted
by the subcommittee to discuss legal matters related to the agreement and acceptance
of pre-paid park dedication fees.
Motion 01.07 Comms. Tushie/Miller moved to revisit motion 01.06 approving
the meeting minutes of January 23, 2001. All in favor.
Motion Carried.
Motion 01.08 Comms. Tushie/Miller moved to approve the January 23, 2001
meeting minutes with an amendment to motion 01.04 to read
"the EDC anticipated that property owners affected by park
dedication changes would have the option to pre-pay their park
dedication fees in advance of the new fee's effective date, and
thus the EDC recommends that the offer of Airlake
Development to pre-pay park dedication fees be reviewed by
the Park Dedication Subcommittee and a recommendation be
brought to the Economic Development Commission and the
Park Advisory Board for their consideration." All in favor.
Motion carried unanimously.
4. United States Postal Service Facility -Heritage Commons
• Mr. Erickson indicated that the proposed post office development at Heritage
Commons is not a bulk facility as originally proposed. In the future the U.S. Postal
Service intends to locate three post offices in Lakeville, including the possibility of a
bulk facility in an industrial area. Thus the Heritage Commons proposed post office will
be a retail facility similar to the retail facility in Apple Valley.
Mr. Grussing presented a video of the exterior of Apple Valley's facility, including views
of the entrance, customer parking area, employee and carrier vehicle parking lot, and
fencing. Mr. Grussing also indicated that a preliminary sketch of the site layout
provided by the U.S. Postal Service will need to be revised to include a re-orientation of
the building on the site, maintain the traffic circulation originally designed for Heritage
Commons, accommodate the space for a grocery store, and to accommodate
employee and U.S.P.S. vehicle parking behind the facility.
Mr. Erickson also indicated that the Bernardi family, as the property owner of Heritage
Commons, has retained the services of a property broker to attract additional
development to the site.
5. Adjourn. Meeting adjourned at 8:07 p.m.
Respectfully submitted by: Attested to:
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Ann Flad, Recording Secretary R.T. Brantly, Secretary
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