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IDC Minutes 04-19-1990 . MINUTES MONTICELLO INDUSTRIAL DE ELOPMENT COMMITTEE Thursday. April 19. 11990 - 7:00 AM City Hall ! MEMBERS PRESENT: Chairperson Hoglund. Low Mielke. Bob Ken Maus. To Tom McDermot MEMBERS ABSENT: Jay Morrell. STAFF PRESENT: Ollie Koropcha helley Johnson. Don Smith. Ron 11 Schrupp. Harvey Kendall. Linda awson. Dennis Taylor. Dale Lungwitz. Pogatchnik. ~ McVay, and rve Grimsmo. and Dave Peterson. STAFF ABSENT: Rick Wolfstelle and Jeff O'Neill. 1. CALL TO ORDER. Chairperson Johnson called the IDC meeting to order at 7:05 AM. Tom Pogatchnik was welcome as a new member of the IDC. I 2. APPROVAL OF THE MARCH 20, 990 IDC MINUTES. . Ron Hoglund made a motion 0 approve the March 20. 1990 IDC minutes. seconded by H rvey Kendall. With no comments or corrections. the minutes were approved as written. CONSIDERATION OF PROSPECTS: a) Car ill Nutrena Feed Division - Contact has been made to visit the Jack Frost Gold'n Plump facility in Sauk Rapids on Tuesday. April 24 at 9:30 AM. Koropchak asked for volunteers to visit t e Sauk Rapids operation as the facility is similiar 0 the one being proposed by Cargill. Mr. Kenneth Val ley. Vice President of Feed and Grain. will be our host-Volunteers were Ken Maus. Ron Hoglund. and Tom McDemott. Cargill plans to make their site selection withIn six months, construction for year 1991. and rail i important for flexibility of future unknowns. 3. b) Copper Sales - very i check back in about a c) R R Howell - John McV research of the co utility information. the it's ups and downs. The east of Annanda1e. Korop to inquire of Monticello . d) The Tire Company - th in rural Buffalo or 10 Ii in the production of tire inverters, tire chippers in Monticello, will y reported that he completed pany which -had little telephone or ompany appears to have had ompany is located on Highway 55 hak will wait for company gain. s company which is now located es south on Oakwood Drive is cutters, wheel crushers, tire nd tire burning furnaces. . IDC Minutes - 4/19/90 Page 2 3. CONTINUED. d) The furnace which is t be used for heating the facility plus the company will . est furnaces as part of the production process. T e furnace burns half dollar rubber chips without the aid . f any other gas/product. The furnace has not been t' sted or approved for use. The owner, Mr. Ray Sch idt, has earnest money on the Larson Manufacturing b ilding and hopes to occupy the facility in July. Jeff O'Neill and Koropchak toured the current ope ations. Mr Schmidt is an enthusiastic researche and inventor plus a hard worker. The exterior : f his property was very neat while the interiorl indicated a need to expand. Only one othe employee was present. Potential of eight jobs is Monti ello. . The question for Monti Jeff O'Neill has writt necessary for furnace was if the business re the furnace, Monticell of the business. Staf industries to the asth. There will be a public on May 1 requesting a of a prototype furnace an I-I Zone. The IDC recommended st carefully as it's diff operation once it's op e) Griffin Real Estate 0 shown in the Bank prop Titan Recreational Pro plastic injection mold has been a Minneapolis: information of Montice Mfg building; and Mont Lungwitz reported esti by George Phillips for area. The company is Lester Prairie. f) Corporate Real Estate consultant for the Jim Rick and Jeff on April to develop the Boyle p successful recruitment with needs of a 250,00 employ approximately 3 . ello is the operation of the furnace? n the PCA for guidelines/regulations perations. The Council's reaction eives a permit and approval of would be receptive of the nature recognizes the concerns by new stic value of the park. hearing at the Planning Commission onditional use permit for operations using rubber products as fuel in ff to research and proceed very cult to regulate or remove an rative. ith - interest has been rty previously occupied by ucts. The company's business is ng, would employ 25-30 people, business for 40 years. Send 10; Bank, Clow Stamping, and Larson cello labor survey. Dale ated cost are being compiled insolation of the cold storage Iso looking at a facility in Mr. Jim Terrell, a real estate Boyle property, visited with 12th regarding the potential operty. Plans hinge on the of a manufacturing company sq ft building and would o people. Requested information . IDC Minutes - 4/19/90 Page 3 3. CONTINUED. f) was mailed the consult nt the following day. g) Federal Cartridge - in ormation was mailed to Mr. John Swanson and outlined tree potential areas for development of a 622,0 0 sq ft facility on 640 arces. The areas, as were dis ussed at the IDC March meeting, were: Area A. Kj llberg's 128 acres Kj llberg's 200 acres Kl in 160 acres Kl in 90 acres 584 Total Area B. Rem ele Eng. 68 acres Kje lberg's 300 acres Hog und 180 acres Wolters 20 acres 568 acres Area C. Koch 355 acres Schv eder 120 acres Cyr 75 acres . 550 acres Indication are that Fede al Cartridge is interested in Becker as NSP has suffic"ent acreage and buffer to meet the company's need plus very low tax capacity rate. Koropchak will continue 0 work with Mr Swanson as the company has a five year Ian. Although, Monticello would like the tax base nd employment, the IDC recognizes the spin-off mpact to Monticello of a Becker location. 4. CONSIDERATION TO REVIEW IDC GOALS: Joint Governmental Units Me Date: Upon agreement of City staff the IDC set Mond y, June 4, 1990 as the date for the annual joint govern 'ental units meeting. Arrangements will be made to hold the meeting at the fire hall. Staff has not formed an agenda as f yet, Don Smith expressed he liked the floormat used last ear with member participation of small group discussions, reating list, and voting. . Industrial Business Luncheon visit to industries,the IDC sponsor an informal gatherin John McVay expressed of the Business Hours Social held e IDC expressed the afternoon previously sponsored by the the agenda for the meeting a luncheon meeting with short - after the business retention . dded to their 1990 goals to of local industrial businesses. t. Cloud Chamber's After ery 2 to 3 months and the ocial of golfing and dinner DC. The committee discussed d agreed to hold a noon ntroduction and description . IDC Minutes - 4/19/90 Page 4 4. CONTINUED. of the industrial business by the representative. Discussion will center arQ nd projects and growth in Monticello, direction from businesses for future meeting and interested me~ting topics, and how can the IDC expand the bus,iness retention program. Koropchak is to establish appropriate arrangements. date in mid June and to make 5. CONSIDERATION OF IDC PROJE T FOLLOWUP: EAS Koropchak reported ~ e had contacted Bob McEachern's office to add the City of Monticello to the Public Utilities Commission Bill which i8- before"the 'House and Senate. It had been advised for Montice~lo to hold off on the community of interest information until after Legislat," on decision. McEachern has not returned the ca~ . COMMUNITY BROUCHURE - Koro, on Monday to see if a prel could be ready for the IDe the preliminary draft was expected first printing to stressed the need for staf printing. chak telephoned Steve Henning minary draft of the brochure review. The response was ot to that point, however, be in a month. The IDC and IDC review before CITY ORDINANCE. The Plann,"ng Commission and city staff are reviewing the current cur, and hard surface requirements for industrial businesses. Plans are for this to be on the May Planning Commis ion agenda. 6. OTHER BUSINESS. Monticello Chamber of Comm rce meeting today at 12:00 noon at the Legion Club. progr m the United Way. 7 . ADJOURNMENT. By consensus of the IDC, t e meeting adjourned. ~~~O~~ Ollie Koropchak IDC Executive Secretary .