Agenda - Planning Commission - 11/08/1999

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Councilmember Anderson stated that the $7.50 per hour troubled her and, doesn't think the City should be subsidizing companies and still having people in poverty. Mayor Gamec stated that he would like to have new businesses come into the community. With inflation rates and what is happening in the industry a lot of people "miss the boat" when they do not look at the benefits, but sometimes benefits need to be cut to increase wages. The City needs to stick with the policy, because it would be unfair to the other businesses that have been requested to meet the guidelines. Mark Nielsen stated that the opportunity to meet the goals is very strong. He explained that In- Tech has been in business since 1991 and have yet been able to increase the amount the fee of their product due to the competitiveness of their business. They understood the desire of the Council to uphold the policy and will abide by that. Motion by Councilmember Hendriksen, seconded by Councilmember Zimmerman, to authorize the Mayor and City Administrator be authorized to execute certain legal documents relating to the In-Tech Development. These documents are to be consistent with the intent of the project as identified in the Council's original action(s) of May 11, 1999, business subsidy policy on this subject, and are subject to the City Attorney's direction. In-Tech will also be required to meet a $10.00 per hour wage requirement. Motion carried. Voting Yes: Mayor Gamec, Councilmembers Hendriksen, Zimmerman, Anderson, and Connolly. Voting No: None. Case#I: Public Itearing and Levy of Special Assessments for the 1999 Street Maintenance Program Mayor Gamec closed the regular portion of the City Council meeting at 8:11 p.m. in order to conduct a public hearing. Public Hearing Mayor Gamec called the public hearing to order at 8:11. Presentation City Engineer Jankowski stated that the proposed 1999 Street Maintenance Program consisted of eight individual projects. Project #99-08 was deleted, as it was determined that a storm sewer project should be installed in the affected street, Juniper Ridge Drive. This project will be proposed in the 2000 Street Maintenance Program. The remaining seven projects included three crack fill/sealcoat projects covering 6.8 miles and four bituminous overlay projects covering 5.7 miles of street. Because of favorable bid prices on crack filling and sealcoating, two projects proposed for assessment were covered by developer escrows retained by the City for the purpose City Council/September 28, 1999 Page 9 of 26