Agenda - Planning Commission - 05/04/2006

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CASE #: ~ Memo DATE: TO: FROM: RE: April 28, 2006 Ramsey Planning Commission Community Development Staff Staff Update April 25, 2006 City Council meeting review. The following is a brief surnmary of actions taken by the City Council that may be of interest to the Planning Commission. Site Plan and Business Subsidy Agreement with Riverside Manufacturing, Inc: The City Council approved a business subsidy in the amount of $150,000.00 to Riverside Manufacturing Inc. to construct a 30,000 square foot manufacturing/office facility. Riverside Manufacturing will be bringing 18 jobs to Ramsey and will be required to create at least 6 new jobs earning at least $15.00 per hour. Utilizing TIF dollars, the City will be writing down the cost of the land and paying for public improvements in the area. Riverside Manufacturing w/Il not receive any direct cash payment from the City as part of this agreement. Later in the evening, the Council approved the site plan for the business. Final Plat and Vacation of Easement for Brookfield 2 Additto . The City Council approved the Brookfield 2nd Addition plat, which will create 72 urban single family lots. As part of their action, they all introduced an ordinance to vacate drainage and utility easements on a lot in Now and Then Estates that is part of plat. The plat of Brook_field 2na Addition will develop the lots adjacent to Nowthen Blvd. and provide for direct access to Nowthen Blvd. and connect to existing Garnet St. At this point, the Northwest sewer and water project has just begun and tt won t b until fall that houses will start going up in this area. (For more information about the Northwest sewer and water extension, go to http://www.ci.ramse¥.mn.us/departments/Public Works/eneineerin~.asp ) Request for an Interim Use Permit to Maintain Two Dwellings on One Parcel; Case of Michael and Nancy Benz The City Council approved the 6-month Interim Use Permit for Mr. and Mrs. Benz to have two dwellings on their property as they construct their new home. Request for an Interim Use Permit to Allow for the Operation of a Church in the E-I Employment District; Case of Ramsey Assembly of God The City Council approved the three-year Interim Use Permit for the Ramsey Assembly of God church to have an office and worstfip space in an industrial building. The City Council shared the Planning Commission's concerns about parking on Sunfish Lake Blvd. and instructed staffto contact Anoka County to install No Parking signs on Sunfish Lake Blvd. 39