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Kenko Company Relocation <br />By: James E. Norman, City Administrator <br /> <br />Background: <br /> <br />The City relocated Kenko Company to a City owned property located in Gateway North <br />Industrial Park No. 5 (located west of Sauter and Sons property) as part of the <br />redevelopment project when 141 st Street was constructed. <br /> <br />The City has learned that Sauter and Sons is interested in exercising their option to <br />develop the property that Kenko currently stores its equipment. Therefore Kenko <br />Company will need to relocate to a new site. Kenko currently owns property next to <br />Adolfson and Peterson located off of Armstrong Blvd. Staff is under the opinion that <br />Kenko Company would be better located west of the current Public Works Facility on <br />land the City is in the process of acquiring. The City would like Kenko to construct a <br />facility within a year or two. This does not meet Kenko's construction plan, they do not <br />wish to construct a permanent facility for at least another 3 to 5 years. <br /> <br />Observations: <br /> <br />Staff believes that a move by Kenko to the property they own west of Armstrong Blvd <br />would be problematic to the future plans of a town center and other transit oriented <br />development around the town center. Kenko has recently made an application for an <br />interim use permit to allow outside storage of construction materials and place a <br />temporary modular structure on the property they own west of Armstrong Blvd. The <br />Planning Commission would accept a recommendation by the EDA concerning the <br />interim use permit. <br /> <br />EDA Action: <br /> <br />Based on discussion. <br /> <br />Review Checklist: <br /> <br />Community Development Assistant <br /> <br />EDA: 10.8.01 <br /> <br /> <br />