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contracts and a lot of people waiting for things to happen and both sides are spending a lot of <br />money on negotiations and possibly losing potential businesses. <br /> <br />Councilmember Elvig stated that the City has to look at the "what if" if the Developer cannot <br />perform because then the City is at more risk. They are not only looking at the construction of <br />roads, they are looking at wells, AUAR commitments, etc. They want to be partners, but they <br />also want to find remedies for the risk and move forward. <br /> <br />Mr. Engen stated that their ultimate goal is to receive a 6-0 vote on the development agreement. <br />He suggested that they jointly finance the first parking ramp with the City and be given two years <br />to commence that ramp and the City work with them on a creating a parking committee to <br />research other options, with the stipulation that the construction of the ramp could be fast tracked <br />if the development happened sooner. In addition, the developer would research other alternatives <br />with the goal of keeping the additional costs from the City. In regards to the AUAR and <br />unmitigated elements, they wanted to make sure the Council is provided a copy of the phased <br />mitigation improvements and when those improvements would be required. <br /> <br />Mr. Bray stated that at this point the negotiation team needed to continue the negotiations they <br />had from earlier in the day. He noted that he thought they were moving in the right direction. <br /> <br />Mr. Feeges noted that he would rather assess the cost of the parking structures across the entire <br />project rather than trying to assess it to the benefited property owners. <br /> <br />Mr. Bray replied that he had some legal concerns about that because of the benefit, but the <br />developer can spread their costs out as they choose. <br /> <br />Councilmember Elvig stated that he was under the impression that they were negotiating the site <br />for City Hall as a trade off for negotiating with the PACT Charter school because of the benefit <br />the school provides to the site. He did not understand how they began discussions of exchanging <br />5.5 acres for 3.5 acres with restrictions. <br /> <br />Councihnember Strommen replied that she did not remember the City Hall site being tied to the <br />PACT school. <br /> <br />City Administrator Norman noted that he would provide the Council with a detailed explanation <br />of the issue. <br /> <br />Consensus of the City Council was to meet at 5:30 on September 4th at City Hall in a work <br />session if a development agreement was available for their review. If the development agreement <br />was not going to be completed the meeting would be cancelled. <br /> <br />COUNCIL/STAFF INPUT <br /> <br />Nolle. <br /> <br />City Council Work Session/September 2, 2003 <br /> Page 7 of 8 <br /> <br /> <br />