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HomeMy WebLinkAbout06-26-07-07 City of-takeville Economic Development- Commission Meeting Minutes June 26, 2007 Marion Conference. Room, City~Hall Members Present: Comms. Matasosky, Emond, Schubert, Gehrke, Vlasak, Pogatchnik.,'' Brantly, Smith, Tushie, Ex-officia .member Mayor Holly Dahl, Ex-officio member City Administrator Steve Mielke. Members Absent: Comms. Erickson, Ex-officio member Chamber of Commerce Executive Director Todd Bornhauser. Others Present: David Olson, Community & Economic ..Development Director; Adam Kienberger, Economic. Development Specialist; Keith Nelson, City Engineer; Brian Anderson, Assistant to City Administrator. 1: Call Meeting to Order. -Chair Matasosky called the meeting to order at 5:00 p.m. in the Marion Conference Room of City Hall, 20195 Holyoke Avenue, Lakeville, Minnesota. 2. Approve April 24, 2007 Meeting Minutes. Motion 07.09 Comms. Pogatchnik/Schubert moved to approve the minutes of the April 24, 2007 meeting as presented. Motion carried unanimously. 3. Presentation ~ on New Development Standards for the Vermillion River Watershed City Engineer .Keith Nelson .presented the new development standards for the Vermillion River Watershed Management Organization. He stated that the approved development standards are more favorable than those originally proposed which. would have rendered several parcels of land virtually undevelopable. Comma Pogatchnik asked if these requirements are in addition to the South Creek regulations. Mr. Nelson responded that the South Creek regulations exceed the Vermillion River Watershed regulations. • Economic Development Commission Meeting Minutes June 26, 2007 . Chair Matasosky added that this is a good outcome of the process. Comm. Tushie stated that the Soil and Conservation District has funding sources for low impact development practices that .might be worth exploring for future development. 4. Presentation of the Results of the 2007 Decision .Resources Community Survey Assistant to City Administrator Brian Anderson reviewed the results of the 2007 Decision Resources Community Survey. He stated that the survey has .been trimmed down from approximately 160 questions to 90 questions. 400 residents from different areas ofthe community were surveyed. Comm. Pogatchnik asked if the affordable housing question in the survey indicated whether or not residents would support City dollars being invested into affordable housing. Mr. Anderson responded that the survey question wasn't specific to contribution-of dollars or program development. Comm. Tushie. stated that it all depends on how. you ask the question in the survey whether residents will support something or not. Comm. Pogatchnik stated that the City has a fantastic cable department and. was curious as to why the .City cable .channel was rated so low as a primary source of City information for the residents. Mr. Mielke responded that one reason may be a lack of programming information. letting viewers know when certain programs are scheduled for the channel. He added that the City is currently exploring ways to add programming information for. the City cable channel 16. Comm. Tushie asked about support for transit in Lakeville. Mr. Mielke responded that the. majority aren't in favor of being part of the transit taxing district mainly because there is no guarantee transit facilities would even be located in Lakeville. Comm. Tushie responded that he didn't want- a lack of transit support in the community survey to deter the. City from .pursuing transit for Lakeville. 2 .Economic Development Commission Meeting Minutes June 26, 2007 Comm. Gehrke added that the questions in the survey don't get to the heart of the transit situation in Lakeville. Comm. Pogatchnik asked at what population point have other cities decided to join the transit taxing district? Mr. Mielke responded that since its inception, no cities have voluntarily. joined that were outside of the transit taxing district. The Metropolitan Council already has a budget deficit for transit and doesn't have .the money to expand their existing services. Chair Matasosky summarized by saying that Lakeville will have transit at some point, but right now the Met Council can't guarantee service, politics get in the way, and it's. hard to sign on to something that you don't benefit from. Comm.. Tushie stated that the issue won't go away and that the City should do a more .detailed study on transit in Lakeville. Chair Matasosky added that Lakeville could work with Farmington and other cities to come up with a transit plan. Mr: Mielke stated that the City- Council has said that it's not a matter of "if' .Lakeville will join the transit taxing district, but. "when". At this point it's hard to justify joining something that currently has operating cost problems. Comma Brantly asked if light rail is self-sustainable in theory. Mr. Mielke responded that all transit is subsidized in some fashion, just some more than others. Mr. Mielke added that according to Dr. Bill Morris of Decision Resources, Lakeville has seemed to recently transition from what is known as a "Type I" community that is considering "whether" to grow, into a "Type II" community that is deciding "what" to grow in terms of development. 5. Review of Draft Airlake Airport Comprehepsive Plan Update Mr. Olson reviewed the draft Airlake Airport Comprehensive Plan and noted that this is a Metropolitan Airports Commission (MAC) driven process .different from the requirements local units of government have to go through in the comprehensive. land use planning process. 3 Economic Development Commission Meeting Minutes June 26, 2007 Mr. Olson noted that there are two main components of this Comp Plan .update including: 1. Extension. of the runway to 5,000 feet to allow for more private corporate aircraft. 2. The south- hangar area be partially served by City sewer and water and developed with additional hangars.... Mr. Olson added that at one point there was a portion of the Comp Plan that called for constructing across-wind runway. This is no longer a part of the plan. The .extension of the runway to 5,000 feet would impact Cedar Avenue and would involve. relocating a portion of the roadway to the east to accommodate the longer runway. Comm: Brantly asked if MAC would pay for this road .relocation and Mr. Olson responded that that would likely be the case. The EDC gave their .support of the .Draft Airlake Airport Comprehensive Plan .Update. They also indicated that MAC should commit to the runway extension plan. soon and should reach an agreement to secure the necessary -land. as soon as possible. 6. Update on Strategic Plan 2007 Work Program Mr. Olson reviewed the ro ress made on the Strate is Plan 2007 Work Program p 9 g and noted that the EDC will begin. work on the 2008-2010 Strategic Plan for Economic Development in August, 2007. 7. Director's .Report Mr. Olson reviewed the Director's Report. 8. Adjourn The meeting was adjourned at 6:30 p.rn. Respectfully submitted by: Attested to: ~ .Adam Kienberger, R. T. Brantly, Secretary Economic Development Specialist 4