IDC Minutes 02-15-2001' MINUTES
MONTICELLO INDUSTRIAL DEVELOPMENT COMMITTEE
Thursday, February 15, 2001 - 7:00 a.m.
Sunny Fresh Foods, Inc. - 4t'' & Walnut Street
MEMBERS PRESENT: Vice Chair Kevin Doty, Don Smith, Tom Lindquist, Bill Tapper, Don
Roberts, and Mary Barger.
MEMBERS ABSENT: Chair Tom Ollig, Dick Van Allen, Bob Mosford, Mike Benedetto, Dan Carlson,
and Susie Wojchouski.
STAFF PRESENT: Rick Wolfsteller, Jeff O'Neill, John Simola, Fred Patch, and Ollie Koropchak.
GUESTS: Jake Krob, Monticello Times
Prior to the meeting, President Mike Luker and Dennis Darnell joined the IDC members and staff for the
Sunny Fresh breakfast.
Call to Order.
Vice Chair Doty called the IDC meeting to order at 7:55 a.m.
2. Consideration to approve the January 18 2001 IDC minutes.
S Bill Tapper made a motion to approve the January 18, 2001 IDC minutes. Seconded by Don
Roberts and with no corrections or additions, the minutes were approved as written.
Continued -Follow-up of organizational items:
a) Consideration to accept attached letter of resignation from Dan Carlson.
b~ Consideration to review attached letter of request from Bob Mosford.
c~ Request Membership Committee to meet for search of new member(s).
Don Smith made a motion to accept the letter of resignation from Dan Carlson and for the
Membership Committee to meet to review the request from Bob Mosford and to search for new
member(s). Seconded by Tom Lindquist, the motion carried. It was suggested a letter of
appreciation be mailed Carlson.
d) Consideration to elect 2001 IDC Officers: Chair vice chair, and secretary.
Koropchak reported of her conversation with Tom Ollig relative to interest to serve a second term
as Chair of the IDC. His response was he felt that the position of officers should be a shared role
of the IDC members; however, he would step up to the plate if no other volurrteers. Roberts said
perhaps in the future he would consider the chairmanship. Bill Tapper made a motion to elect Tom
Ollig, Chair; Tom Lindquist, Vice Chair; and Koropchak, Secretary, ofthe IDC for 2001. Mary
Barger seconded the motion and with no further discussion, the motion carried.
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e) Consideration to hear Chamber report relative to the status ofthe transferred IDC funds
With the absence of Susie Wojchouski, the status report was tabled.
4. Continued -Follow-up discussion to the January IDC meeting relative to review ofthe final copy
ofthe City Design Manual and pro ress report on the development ofthe flow chart
O'Neill reported that the Design Manual was assembled and used/presented to a couple of
developers. The subdivision ordinance was reviewed and drafted into the manual. Still need to
pull together the flow chart portion; however, as busy development season begins time becomes
scarce.
Consideration of industrial updates•
Marketing Committee: Don Smith
Smith reported that the marketing committee met on February 2 and agreed to not move forward to
expend large amounts of money for marketing. The question still remains: What do we have to
market? What land? With the purpose ofthe IDC being an independent lobbying organization,
Smith, Ollig, and Van Allen met with Mayor Belsaas to discuss industrial land options and how to
move forward with this difficult and stalled issue. Van Allen is in the process of gathering
information relative to the benefits of industrial growth for use as an educational tool. The IDC
members agreed with the position ofthe marketing committee and stated the IDC can go away if
we have nothing to market. The IDC's been dealing with this same issue for over a year. O'Neill
felt the City has something to market "amenities" and industrial land. Koropchak noted the
original objective was for the City to acquire land for industrial development. O'Neill mentioned
St. Michael's 400 acres of industrial land. Koropchak noted Big Lake's appraisal for
consideration to acquire additional land and the $1 per lot, write-down of site improvement costs,
and no assessmeirts. Tom Lindquist made a motion to support the efforts ofthe marketing
committee, requesting one agenda item only "acquisition of land" for the March IDC agenda, and
to invite all council members. Don Roberts seconded the motion and with no further discussion, the
motion carried.
Adjournment.
The IDC meeting adjourned at 8:25 a.m. and members and staffwere given a tour ofthe new
expanded 17,000 sq ft production area of Sunny Fresh.
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Recorder
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