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City Administrator Norman noted that Arncor is not aware of this plan, but had indi~!~l~a~,~ i; their expansion would be to the north of the current building. City Engineer Jankowski explained that the road would go into the Maken prop~', ~:~'~ ~t.and if Amcor plans to construct an expansion in front of their existing building it,.~t be tigh~?i~ii~i: Consensus of the Committee was to direct staff to contact Altr0n. to 0b~;,,their regarding the location of the road and offering an access from 143~ A~¢ '~4/ Case//4: Update on Rademacher/T.H. #47 Access Iss~/¢i*¢~'' City Engineer Jankowski stated that the Committee had: a~.rlumber of ~o~berns with the proposal and suggested that the action be delayed so they w~Ul'~t'h2:ke an op~0ii'U~:.to meet with the <'i ~ '..~ .- :*;;:i '-, property owners to discuss the proposal further. ':~ ~;~ Councilmember Zimmerman stated that the preferred decision w0~t':~e no accesses from T.H. ~47. MnDOT's position is that they 59~uld accept a fight-in accessi~i-:~p Ci~i~as to buy the fight-of-way and the City would need~:~g~eth~g of value in exchange fo~ ~t[~}~:;'' Councilmember Hendfiksen Etat~ thE~;,he hop'e's':.to¢(~ee ~e preservii/6h status of T.H. //47 upgraded and does not want ~3:~:'See th~'i'~ity in a si~i~iBhi:whe~e~ ~ several years, the City is requested to pay funds to Rademacher t(~::}Sose the a~&'~. He'do~'~:~°t see a benefit for the City with the expansion of Cobalt Street. '~¢:5~i~ ~-:!~' Councilmembe,:Zi~i~ noted that the':e~ty Council has not gi,~en any other entity access Terry, Sfi~dler, OperationsM-Jnager.Radem~ach~Companies, stated they understand that in the devei~5~e~hi!~greement::l~Y:':are required t$:.~Cate the access, but they feel the fight-in only access woul~-:'-accomm~sdi~gZall::-thre~'~':~l{eS ~d prevent all three parcels from having separate access. '~i¢i:i'!,.~(i' City En~eer Jankowg~exp[amed the deal that MnDOT proposed ~s to allow one ingress 600 feet from ~e :mtersectmn.,,.,::, and dedmate all other access from the other parcels. When the parcel develops, th'~.;3nly way ~affi~'~Would be able to access the site would be to come up Cobalt Street h,: : .: and have a r/ghMn accesJ~Would allow for another access. Councilmemb~ Hendriksen stated that he understands the implications, but the only way he ~;,)~.:,would consi~l~F a plan would be if Rademacher Companies would enter into another *~;(}!:~evelopme~ a~jreement stating that if the status of T.H. #47 is upgraded the fight-of-access goes l hy, imbfi't any money from the City. But the deal would still need to be part of a package that wo~d ~ake sense to everyone. -24- Public Works Committee/June 27, 2000 Page 4 of 6