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I I$ I I I I I I I I I I I I COMMISSION BUSINESS Case #1: Election of a Chairperson and a Vice-Chairperson of the Economic Development Commission for 1993. Each year the Economic Development Commission (EDC), is required to appoint a Chairperson and a Vice-Chairperson for the following year. The EDC should consider past attendance and the involvement of the Commission members in projects and programs during the preceding year. With this in mind, the members were provided with an attendance record for 1992. Motion by Commissioner Kent and seconded by Commissioner Nelson to nominate Kenneth Wagner for 1993 Chairperson. Motion carried. Voting Yes: Commissioners Fults, Gorecki, Kent, Nelson, Schroeder, Ullen and Vevea. Voting No: None. Abstaining: Chairman Wagner. Absent: Commissioner Greenberg. Motion by Commissioner Vevea and seconded by Commissioner Gorecki to nominate Darryl Fults for Vice-Chairperson. Further discussion: Commissioner Fults informed the EDC that in the event of a conflict of interest by his business being involved in the sale of property in the City of Ramsey, he would abstain from ~, voting and~as Vice-Chairperson. q'/77Pl~Motion carried. Voting Yes: Chairman Wagner, Commissioners Gorecki, Kent, Nelson, Schroeder, Ullen and Vevea. Voting No: None. Abstaining: Commissioner Fults. Absent: Commissioner Greenberg. Case #2: Request for Site Plan Review of AMSCO. Mr. A1 Harp and Mr. Larry Carlson of AMSCO, 14200 Azurite Street N.W., were present to discuss their future expansion plans. They have submitted a site plan for a 2,800 square foot expansion of'their existing facility. The proposed expansion includes a 1,200 square foot space for offices and 1,600 square feet for cold storage. AMSCO manufactures coating materials for primarily recreational surfaces such as tennis courts and running tracks. The expansion is in compliance .with City Code standards with respect to lot coverage and setbacks. The five parking spaces currently showing on the existing site meet the minimum requirements for one parking space per employee on the maximum working shift. However, the applicant, at the January 5, 1993 Planning and Zoning Commission meeting, agreed to increase the parking area to eight spaces, which would include one handicap space. The existing area is not currently paved or curbed and to comply with City Code, the applicant would be required to pave and curb the driveway, off-street parking and all loading areas with this expansion. Azurite Street N.W. is not currently an improved public roadway, but is a roadway which has been maintained by the City for approximately ten years. The City would not accept the street for public purposes until it is brought up tO public standards. The site plan agreement, to be entered into by the applicant for this expansion, would require the applicant to participate in any petition for public improvements to this area. The proposed exterior walls of the expansion are proposed to be of 100% metal. City Code requires 50% of the materials to be other than metal on any wall adjacent to any existing or future streets or structures. Since the existing structure is made of concrete block, it was originally recommended by City Staff that the expansion also be of concrete block. At the January 5, 1993 meeting of the Planning and Zoning Commission, the applicant informed the Planning and Zoning Commission that the metal material that he intends to use for the surfacing of the exterior of the building would be a lap siding type material, not the traditional sheets of channeled steel that comes to mind when one thinks of steel buildings. Economic Development Commission / January 20, 1993 Page 2 of 4