IDC Agenda 03-19-1998• AGENDA
MONTICELLO INDUSTRIAL DEVELOPMENT COMMITTEE
Wednesday, March 19, 1998 - 7:00 A.M.
City Hall
MEMBERS: Chair Dick Van Allen, Vice Chair Tom Lindquist, Secretary Tom Ollig, Shelly
Johnson, Don Smith, Ken Maus, Kevin Doty, Bill Tapper, Bob Mosford, and
Chamber Chair Bob Grabinski.
COUNCIL LIAISON: Mayor Bill Fair.
CITY STAFF: Rick Wolfsteller, Jeff O'Neill, Fred Patch, and Ollie Koropchak.
1. CALL TO ORDER.
2. CONSIDERATION TO APPROVE THE FEBRUARY 19, 1998 IDC MINUTES.
3. CONSIDERATION OF COMMITTEE REPORTS:
a) BRE Visits -Mayor Fair
b) Prospects -Ollie Koropchak.
c) Chamber Industrial Breakfast -Thursday, April 23, 1998, 7:30 a.m., Riverwood
Conference Center.
4. CONSIDERATION OF AN UPDATE RELATING TO A COMPREHENSIVE PLAN
AMENDMENT FOR THE SOUTH AND WEST CORRIDOR.
a) IDC recommendation of March 12, 1998. Open for discussion.
5. CONSIDERATION TO DISCUSS AND DETERMINE THE DIRECTION OF THE
IDC.
6. CONSIDERATION TO HEAR REPORTS ON INFORMATION GATHERED AS
REQUESTED AT THE FEBRUARY MEETING.
7. OTHER BUSINESS.
a) Next IDC meeting April 16, 1998. Land developer John Chadwick
8. ADJOURNMENT.
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Minutes from February 19, 1998
• Monticello Industrial Development Committee
Members Present: Dick Van Allen, Tom Lindquist, Tom Ollig, Shelly Johnson, Don
Smith, Kevin Doty, Bill Tapper.
Others Present: Mayor Bill Fair, City Staff Ollie Koropchak, Chamber Kitty Baltos.
Members Absent: Ken Maus, Bob Mosford, Bob Grabinski.
1. Meeting was called to order by Vice Chair, Tom Lindquist. Johnson motioned Ollig
seconded to approve the December 11, 1997 minutes, unanimously approved.
2. Report on the first meeting of the new Marketing Committee was given by Don Smith
(see attached) Tom Lindquist, Kevin Doty and Bill Tapper were asked to gather
information from industries in other communities as to what enticed them to go to
those communities. IDC wants to see if their are any consistency's in their choices.
3. BRE Visits by Mayor Fair: Visited Bill Tappers business was very impressed and the
visit was very positive. Asked the IDC for direction as he as now visited all the
industries in our Industrial Park. To visit everyone took about a year, should he start
over, or visit commercial businesses?
After some discussion it was decided to have Ollie and Kitty develop a list of Retail
and Commercial businesses to visit as well as start revisiting the industries.
• 4. Kitty reported that the Chamber Industrial Breakfast will be held on April 23`d.
5. City Resolution of Support for development was adopted. The IDC will monitor
developments to determine if the City will live up to the resolution standards it
adopted.
6. Agreed to ask the Chamber to pay on behalf of the IDC it's dues for membership
in the Economic Development Partnership of Wright County.
7. Ollie reported that Custom Filtration Inc., is looking at constructing a 15,000 sq., ft,
building in Monticello. Also noted that an unnamed business is looking at Monticello
to build a 100,000 sq., ft., building with 15 to 20 jobs. Ollie is providing information
to them very preliminary.
8. Motioned by Tapper, seconded by Doty to adjourn, unanimously approved.
Respectfully sumitted:
Tom Ollig, IDC Secretary
(Note, attached also is a copy of discussion at a special IDC meeting held on March
5`'' to review the IDC presentation that Mr. Van Allen will make before the Planning
• Commission with regard to the Public Hearing on considerationof aComprehensive Plan
Amendment for the south and west growth areas adjacent to the city of Monticello.)
Marketing Subcommittee-Preliminary thoughts
(Tom O., Ollie, Don, 2/19/98)
• HRA, City, IDC direction-$30,000 allocation (HRA)
• "Lay of the land" in marketing-
Chamber-Monticello business as a whole (business, professional, residential,
commercial, industrial)
MCP, economic restructuring-revitalization, downtown core, Mississippi River to
the Mall
City, HRA, IDC-focus: industrial expansion
• Two concurrent strategies-
1) Print-shotgun approach (rather than scatter gun...Ollie will explain effort)
2) Internet (concentrated development of the city site)
• Initial consensus-
1) Advisory meeting of industrial leaders (who have given leads, can be helpful)
• 2) Essential: E-mail development in city (i.e., olliekoropchakCmonticellocity.net)
3) Touch bases with Chamber and MCP (above)
4) Ditto-city staff
5) Clerical assistance needed for Ollie, city staff, for this marketing effort
• Set committee meeting of HRA, IDC, city
Darrin L., and Steve A.-HRA
Tom, Don-IDC
Dick V., Brad B.,-heads of IDC, HRA
Bill, mayor (if time permits)
Ollie, Jeff
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MAR-05-98 THU 01 21 PM BONDHUS CORPORATION FAX N0. 6122954440
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Thursday, March 05,1998
IDC before the City Planning Commiss[bh
First of all I want to make sure that when we think industrial we are not
thinking smoke stack and rust belt. Last Saturday a 30 mimate tour of the Ramsey
and Anoka Industrial Parks revealed this partial Iist of occnpar~ts, all added within
the last two years.
Dicks list
1- IDC recommends Planning consider a dog leg of industrial zoning beginning to
the west along Y 94 as has been proposed; continuing to 23 and I 94 and then
heading south along 25 to include the "old RemmeIe property".
Along with that recommendation vve suggest that:
a} Area set aside for the proposed 83 acre industrial site be e~paaded to
encompass the power lines that xun along one side and enough land to
provide a row of industrial sites to the south of the power line
• b) That we need to be very sensitive to needs of co~onznercial property owners
at the corner of I 94 and 25 providing reasonable access to their places of
business.
c) The ``Old Remmele Property" now owned riy the City should be zoned
ljndnstttial, providing;
1) Easy Iand access
2) Immediate availability of Larger parcels for some industries
3) the potential to use land ander power lines on this property for
Industrial Parking
4) a natural ranoff collector and drainage to the pond adjacent
to paved industrial areas.
5) $eneE[cial use of this city owned parcel.
d} 'We believe this is a beginning and brings the need for tote Planning
Commission to consider the following questions
2~ QUESTIONS
a) l:Tow much Industry do we want?
b} flow much will it take?
c) How soon?
d) If property is zoned Industrial can you build commercial?
P. O1
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From: John Chadwick To: Ollie Koropchak Date: 3/18!98 Time: 11:59:58 AM Page 2 of 4
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'THE CHADWICK GROUP, INC.
Registet~ed Investment Advisor
March 17, 1998
Mr. Richard Van Allen, Monticello Industrial Development Commission
Ms. Ollie Koropchak, Economic Development Director
Mr. Jeff O'Neill, Assistant Administrator
Mr. Steve Gritman, Northwest Associated Consultants
Members of the Planning Commission and City Council
Greetings:
Flrstar Financial Center, Suite 640
1550 East 79th Street
t3loomington, Minnesota 55425
Telephone (812) 853-2473
FAX (612) 854-9241
Wats (800) 727-2423
Mr. Jim Bowers and I have recently purchased approximately 85 acres located south of I-
94 and County Road 39. This property is within the Monticello orderly annexation area,
which was presented to the planning commission at the Macch 5, 1998, meeting.
The Southwest area concept plan envisions construction of a service road West of I-94,
which would provide access to I-94 at trunk highway 25. This service road would run
diagonally through our property and splits in three directions at County Road 39. The
• portion of our site lying between Y-94 and the service road is planned for industrial
development, with the balance planned for low density residential. The proposed service
road is the buffer between the industrial and the residential land uses.
We have carefully studied or property and the proposed plan and we respectfully request
that our entire site be designated and planned for industrial development. We have a
preliminany'roadway and Land use plan we will present to the IDC on March 19~', to
support our request. We believe that an industrial designation for our entire site is
appropriate for the following reasons:
1. Our property is heavily impacted by the service road extension. Service roads along
major freeways usually provide access to industrial and commercial land uses and not
low density residential.
2. Approximately 18 of our 85 acres are devoted to power line or gas pipeline
easements. These easements tend to buffer the site from others and bisect the site
creating isolated pockets.
3. The site is highly visible from I-94, as well as subject to the corresponding highway
noise.
Lirtsco/ Privato ledger Momt~er NASD SIPC
From: John Chadwick To: Ollie Koropchak Date: 3/18!98 Time: 11:59:58 AM Page 3 of 4
• 4. The extensive power line easements along our Westerly lot line will serve to buffer
our proposed industrial development from the YMCA property to the West.
5. Of the 83 acres shown on the Southwest area plan currently in the area, 22 acres. are
wetlands. Our proposal only adds approximately 27 buildable acres to the industrial
designation, resulting in 88 buildable acres, an increase of 5 acres.
Power lines, pipelines, service roads, freeway exposure and noise are not conducive to
desirable residential development but they can be an asset to industrial development. We
believe that we can plan and create a very desirable industrial park with your support.
We plan to provide ponding and pathway systems that should foster a good work
environment for tenants within our industrial park. Moreover, we are willing to work
with the City and adjacent owners to provide the right-of--way and construction of the
service road to Co. Rd. 39, which we support.
We thank you for your consideration of our request for an industrial land use designation.
Respectfully,
J E. Chadwick
• Cc Jim Bowers
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From: John Chadwick To: Ollie Koropchak Date: 3/18/98 Time: 11:59:58 AM Page 4 of 4
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