Minutes - Council Work Session - 05/18/1999

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Councilmember I-Iendriksen stated he agreed with Mayor Gamec that 30¢ is a reasonable charge for a page. If someone pays by the year for an agenda, we should be able to do it at a cost of less than 30¢ a page but we cannot compete with 3¢ a page. Doing it in-house is not as efficient as doing only copies. Mr. Kurak added that it would be more desirable to get the packet prior to the meeting. Councihnember Hendriksen inquired of Mr. Kurak if the City sets the fees somewhere in the middle, would that be agreeable. Mr. Kurak replied that would be fine. Councilmember Hendriksen felt that $522 is what should be recommended to the City Council. Mayor Gamec stated that he is looking at personnel costs too. Councilmember Hendriksen said the fee could be $600 and he also felt that the fee should be raised on the other two options too. Mayor Gamec suggested raising the agenda page only fee to $20 per year and the agenda mailing with cover sheets to $125 per year. #3: Makens Property Redevelopment Consultant Proposal City Administrator Norman showed the Makens property on the map and stated that the City has hired Hoisington Koegler Group, inc. to identify sites and make recommendations. He pointed out that we are getting many requests about a rail industrial park - they want to work on a spur for the rail. If we are able to do clean up of that site - make it ready and work with the Railroad to put a spur there - we can make a very attractive rail site. He has business owners bringing "bosses" in from out of state to talk with him about this. We would be utilizing TIF but not operating the same as we have been with free land. He has talked with Interstate Lumber, Tamarack and Boise Cascade. He stated that rather than send this through the EDA, he needs some consensus from the Council. Mr. Norman added there are moneys available for clean-up - some sources being MnDTED, Met Council Petro Fund, etc. He proposed the consultants would be tying up lose ends, negotiating with property owners, working with the railroad companies, etc. We do not have in-house staff to do this work fight now. He cannot give this to Mike Mulrooney because he's on the tail end of this - this is prep work. We just authorized Evergreen to do #47 and also 153/155. They will be bringing the final package back to the City. This is a bit more complicated - this is the area they specialize in. Mayor Gamec stated he would like to see the area cleaned up for good and expressed his concern about what might be buried on the property. Councilmember Hendriksen inquired if the fear is contamination. City Council Work Session - May 18, 1999 Page 3 of 8