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HomeMy WebLinkAbout08-11-1975Agenda Item C-1 E-1 G-1 RECORD OF OFFICIAL .PROCEEDINGS OF THE COMMON COUNCIL 3331 CITY OF ROCHESTER, MINNESOTA Special Meeting No. 13 - August 11, 1975 j President Postier called the special meeting to order at 4:45 P.M. the following members being present: President Postier, Aldermen Kamper, Larson, Powers, Strain. Absent: Aldermen Allen, McNary. President Postier called the meeting to order for the purpose of establishing the salary of the General Manager of the Public Utility Department (John Cobb, Jr.) Larson moved, Powers second to instruct -the City Attorney to prepa a resolution approving the Public Utility resolution appointing Mr. John Cobb, Jr. as General Manager of the Public Utility Department at a salary of $32,500 per year. Appointment to begin as soon as possible. Ayes (5), Nays (0). Motion carried. Strain moved, second by Kamper to approve the application for a one day 3.2 Beer License for the Greek Festival to be held on August 17, 1975 at Silver Lake Park. Ayes (5), Nays (0). Motion carried. Kamper moved, Powers second to remove from the table the request for zone change on property bounded by 2nd St. N.E., 2nd Ave. N.E., 1st St. N.E. and North -South Alley between North Broadway and 1st Ave. N.E. Ayes (5), Nays (0). Motion carried. Powers moved, Kamper second to instruct the City Attorney to prepare an ordinance changing the zoning from M-lFF District to the B-2FF District on property bounded by 2nd St. N.E., 2nd Ave. N.E., 1st St. N.E. and the.North-South Alley lying between North Broadway and 1st Ave. N.E. deleting the Salvation Army Property. Ayes (5), Nays (0). Motion carried. Having no further business, Larson moved, Powers second to adjourn the meeting. Ayes (5), Nays (0). Motion carried. Deputy M 334 Agenda Item RECORD OF OFFICIAL PROCEEDINGS OF THE COMMON COUNCIL CITY OF ROCHESTER, MINNESOTA Regular Adjourned Meeting No. 14" - August 11, 1975 President Postier called the meeting to order at 7:30 P.M., the following members being present: President Postier, Aldermen Allen arrived at 7:40 P.M., Kamper, Larson, Powers and Strain. Absent: Aldermen McNary. This is an adjourned meeting in order to conduct a hearing on the development district in downtown Rochester pursuant to Minnesota Statutes Chapter 472.A. President Postier called on Mr. Richard Ehrick, Chairman of the Downtown Development District advisory board, to present the program the advisory board has Out together. Members of the Board were introduced, as Mr. Al Rich, of Masey's, Charles Pappas of Michaels Restaurant, Mr. Robert Gill, realtor, Ms. Peggy Milford ( who since resigned ) Carl Laumann, Rep. the Housing and Redevelopment Authority, and Paul Allen ( who resigned since he becam( an alderman). Ms. Milford was replaced by Mary Healy. Mr. Ehrick continued to state that the procedure of this development district is under complete council control,with public hearings at all stages, providing the citizens to participate, along with the school board, County, and the Consolidated Planning and Zoning Department. Members) of the advisory Board is under the statuatory provision that the major of the members of the Board must be owners or occupants of the real property located in or around the development district research. The purpose of the Board is to give to the municipality a new concept and new tools and new materials to work with in order to improve existing buildings. The tools that are involved are basically two. 1. the development program, and 2. the tax increment, so this law enabled the municipalities of Minnesota to determine if they had an area that was deteriorated or needed improvement to define the boundaries of thi area and to establish this as a development district. The size of the area described in Rochester.is designated as 99.1 acres and the market value received from Mr. Austin Dunagan., County Assessor of the land and buildings is $32,455,000.00 (approximately).The area was presented to the audience and Mr. Ehrick described the boundaries, According to the law, another public hearing will have to be conductec Dn the development program, and a tax increment finance plan , althou( these two can be included in the same hearing. A report of the development district is on file with the City Clerk and the Chamber o7 Commerce and are available for the public. The Downtown.Council at their regular meeting August 11, 1975 passed a resolution urging the Common Council to establish a downtown develof vent district with boundaries and administration as proposed by the development district advisory board with consideration given to tax increment financing as a method of obtaining the needed funds, submi ti )y Thomas Casey Secretary of the Downtown Council. President Postier.called for anyone in the audience to be heard, and Daryl Lee, of the Chamber of.,Commerce was present and presented Mr. -toward Winholz, Vice President and President Elect of the Chamber of Commerce and he stated that the Chamber of Commerce was in favor of this project and voted to support the project in its entirety. The vote was as follows: Development District boundaries 12 ayes, 1 nay, p ty 9 Agenda Item RECORD OF OFFICIAL PROCEEDINGS OF THE COMMON COUNCIL CITY OF ROCHESTER, MINNESOTA Regular Adjourned Meeting No. 14 - Auquet 11, 1975 One -Way street pair 14 ayes and 1 nay; Recommendation of the parking 14 ayes and 1 nay;the skyway system 13 ayes and 2 nays; the City Administrator doing the administration and the Tax increment financin, 14 ayes and'l nay. Of the concept of the City -County joint facilit; located within the district boundary -,,;7 favored within the develop- ment district and 6 favored a location outside the boundary. Susan Scribner representing the League of Women Voters of 715 6th St. S. W. expressed their interest and stressed the intent of citizen participation. Katherine Sholz of 2006 5th Avenue N. E..stated that she hoped the Council would consider the relocation of citizens with homes within the district, some of the major failures in a Housing and Redevelopment project have been the proper relocation of these people in the price of housing that they would have to move from. Adequate housing would or should be provided for them in the same price range. Mr. Frank Michaels -Skyline Drive S. W. was present on behalf of the School Board, but he personally wanted to see this developed. On behalf of the School Board and -they would like a formal Attorney Generals statement that the basic value of this district is used. The.school aid is based on this value, and they want to be certain that they get this. Clare Fischer of 1533 loth Avenue S. E. was present and wanted to state his disapproval of the one-way street plan. This was.not a hearing for the one-way street, and he was invite to speak to the Council at the time of that hearing. Mr. Jean McConni of 207 4th Avenue N. W. was present and stated that the one-way stree plan.should be a.separate item from the Downtown Development Plan and dealt with at another time. He is 100% in favor of the Development plan, and 100.% against the one-way street plan, he thinks that the group setting up the development plan should not decide about the one. way pair. Mr. Carl Spain of 1510 3rd Avenue N. E. wished to be hear, and feels that the City and .the.Development district should not get carried away with a bunch of old buildings. He feels that they shoul, develop a block at a time. Mr. Richard Winkels of 814 West Center Street stated that he is not against progress, if they don't force people to change. He stated that this is not'what freedom is about,an� that people should go about on their own speed. Mr. Roy'Watson of 620 Memorial Parkway appeared as Chief Executive Officer in the Kahler Corporation and is in agreement with the Downtown Development plan, but not the one-way street plan. He cautioned the Council to not be anxious to pass a program and destroy the very thing that make! Rochester famous. such as the transcient public. He stated that the Council should be concerned about the areas not included in this district also, and he can't see routing the -trucks closer to our medical complex as would be the case in the one-way pairs. Wishing to be heard was Mrs. John (Louise ) Hill of 916 .loth St. S. W.-and appeared on behalf of the Committee on Urban Environment and for Connie Steward, Chairman -elect. Mrs..Hill asked the Council and the Downtown Redevelopment.Advisory Board to consider restoration of the buildings of historic and or architectural signficant. They support the Advisory Board's sensible approach to redevelopment. Wishing to be heard was Rosemary Ahman of 521 14th Avenue S. W. 335, � v' v d ll 33G Agenda Item F-1 F-1 F-1 RECORD OF OFFICIAL PROCEEDINGS OF THE COMMON COUNCIL CITY OF ROCHESTER, MINNESOTA Regular Adjourned Meeting No 14 - August 11, 1975 Ms. Ahman wanted to know if the district had concrete figures on tax emempt property within the district etc. Mr. Ehrick stated that they did not have any figures to that extent. They worked with limiter staff and a small budget. She is.also worried about the size of the district. Having no one else wishing to be heard, President.Postier closed the hearing. Strain moved, Kamper second to instruct the City Attorney to prepare a resolution outlining the boundaries of the development district. President Postier thanked Mr. Richard Ehrick and the Advisory Board for the work they did on this project. Ayes (7), Nays (0). Motion carried. John Malcolm of 1727 Walden Lane S. W. wished to be heard and wanted to know if the Council would be voting on each project or if this would be a "package deal". President Postier stated that hearings would be held on the different stages of the development and all will be voted on separately. Larson moved, Powers second to adopt Resolution No. 282-75 approving a Public Utility Resolution appointing Mr. John A. Cobb as general manager of the Public Utility Department at a salary of $32,500 per year. Ayes (7), Nays (0). Motion carried. Larson moved, Strain second to adopt Resolution No. 283-75 approving the Airport Terminal Parking agreement subject to the condition that any changes in the parking rates and.the.tow away fees shall be App ovedarrib . tthe City Council. Ayes (6), Nays (0).Powers..abstained. Allen moved... LLarson second to adopt Resolution No. 284-75 approving an agreement between the City and the Rochester City Lines company providing for the bus subscription service and reduced fares for the elderly at a total cost from local funds of not to exceed $16,000. and the Mayor and City Clerk are authorized and directed to sign said agreement on behalf of the City. Ayes (7) Nays (0). Motion carri Having no further business, Powers moved, Allen second to adjourn the meeting until 7:30 P.M. August 18, 1975. Ayes (7), Nays (0). Motion carried. i ty Cl er