IDC Minutes 10-15-1998. MINUTES
MONTICELLO INDUSTRIAL DEVELOPMENT COMMITTEE
Thursday, October 15, 1998 - 7:00 a.m.
City Hall
MEMBERS PRESENT: Chair Dick Van Allen, Don Smith, Ken Maus, Kevin Doty, Bill Tapper, and Bob
Gabinski.
MEMBERS ABSENT: Vice Chair Tom Lindquist, Secretary Tom Ollig, Shelley Johnson, and Bob
Mosford.
COUNCIL LIAISON: Mayor Fair.
STAFF PRESENT: Fred Patch and Ollie Koropchak.
Call to order.
Chair Van Allen called the IDC meeting to order at 7:00 a.m.
2. Consideration to approve the September 17Y1998 IDC minutes.
With no submittal of the September minutes, no action was required.
3. Consideration of activity reports.
• Mayor Fair informed members the city was preparing it's 1999 budget and felt the industrial reserve
funds should be used as an incentive for the Monticello Commerce Center property. Additionally,
he referred to the upcoming elections and liquor referendum on the ballot. The referendum is for six
addition licenses with some reserved for downtown area.
Mayor Fair and IDC Chair Van Allen attended an OAA meeting relating to the southwest concept.
Residents had concerns and voiced opposition to the proposed industrial zoning to the east of Silver
Springs Golf Course and north of West County Road 39 and suggested industrial zoning nearer
Highway 25. Others noted concerns of noise and safety associated with the mining and grinding
operation proposed by Chadwick Group to the south of West County Road 39. The was continued
to the January OAA meeting.
Members discussed distribution of the brochure and suggested mailing one brochure to local
industrial and Chamber businesses with an attached cover letter noting the Economic Development
Office as the central distribution area. Other suggestions were medium sized accounting firms, bus
tour list, and industrial developers and contractors.
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4. Consideration of an assessment of banquet tickets sold to date.
Members were reminded of the upcoming October 27 banquet and need to circulate the tickets.
Consideration to review for discussion goals and objections submitted by IDC members.
Chair Van Allen distributed a summary of the comments he received from individual members for
establishing 1999 IDC Goals and Objectives and a tax capacity comparison. He requested members
to review the summary prior to the next meeting to see if the comments/ideas were correctly
classified? Secondly, if any of the comments/ideas should be moved between classifications? And
lastly, if a common or centralized theme begins to emerge? Koropchak to contact the County for
1998 Property Tax Analysis by Use.
6. Consideration to discuss available and future industrial lands.
In lieu of time, the discussion on available and future industrial lands was deferred. A suggestion
was made that perhaps in the future this might best be served by a subcommittee.
Consideration of discussion for an ordinance amendment providing off-street loading berths. to
prohibit berths from facing a public street.
• Building Official Patch stated the Planning Commission requested the IDC review an ordinance
amendment providing off-street loading berths, to prohibit berths from facing a public street. Fred
noted the ordinance is somewhat vague and that front loading berths present an aesthetic and safety
concern. An example is the recent Blue Chip Development along Dundas Road. Being the parcel is
long and narrow, the building was designed with the loading berth at the front facing Dundas Road.
A side or rear loading berth is ideal; however, this increases project costs with addition hard
surfacing and curbing. With a lack of quorum for a recommendation, the item was tabled until the
November meeting. Patch responded this was acceptable to the Planning Commission.
Other Business.
None.
9. Adjournment.
The IDC meeting adjourned.
Ollie Koropchak, Recorder
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