IDC Minutes 12-16-1999MINUTES
MONTICELLO INDUSTRIAL DEVELOPMENT COMMITTEE
Thursday, December 16, 1999 - 7:00 a.m.
City Hall - 250 East Broadway
MEMBERS PRESENT: Vice President Tom Ollig, Don Smith, Ken Maus, Kevin Doty,
Tom Lindquist, Bill Tapper, Dick Van Allen, Bob Mosford, Don
Roberts, Mike Benedetto, and Marianna Khauv.
MEMBERS ABSENT: Chair Shelly Johnson and Dan Carlson.
COUNCIL LIAISON PRESENT: Mayor Roger Belsaas.
STAFF PRESENT: Rick Wolfsteller, Jeff O'Neill, Fred Patch, and Ollie Koropchak.
GUESTS: Bret Weiss, WSB, Inc.
Call to Order.
The IDC meeting was called to order by Kevin Doty at 7:05 a.m.
2. Consideration to improve the November 18, 1999 IDC Minutes.
• Bill Tapper made a motion to approve the November 18, 1999 IDC minutes. Seconded
by Don Smith and with no corrections or additions, the minutes were approved as written.
3. Consideration of updates:
a) Mayor Belsaas reported the major road construction projects were completed as
intended prior to the winter. The City and Kjellberg differences remain on the
forefront. City Hall moving date still on target for December 20-23.
b) Koropchak reiterated Attachment A Prospect and BRE. O'Neill suggested the use
of local testimonies in the recruitment process for Intercomp. Smith informed
members that Sunny Fresh along with the other Minnesota company to received
the Malcom Baldridge Award together chartered an over-night flight and stay to
DC. Sunny Fresh held a lottery drawing for a certain number of employees to
attend the award ceremony in DC.
4. Consideration to hear recommendation made by the Marketing Committee.
Ollig reported on the last Marketing Committee meeting, stating the Marketing members
recommended Bret Weiss, City Engineer, be invited to the December IDC meeting and
provide the following information on the Chadwick, Gold Nugget, and Pfeffer properties:
Preliminary cost estimates for development of infrastructure, estimated cost per acre,
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time-line for installation of infrastructure, number of acres which can be developed before
infrastructure development or update necessary, suggested infrastructure development
route, and soil comparison. The Marketing Committee felt this comparative information
was importance in order to evaluate "Does it make economical and developed-readiness
sense for the City to acquire the existing Pfeffer (I-1 and I-lA) rather than the Chadwick
or Gold Nugget parcels?" The recommendation including defemng Chadwick to attend
the January IDC meeting.
The recommendation was proceeded by the following discussions: Prior to moving ahead
with the marketing plan and the expenditures to attend and develop a trade show booth
and the necessary follow-up, the Marketing members felt Council, IDC, and city staff
needs to develop a consistency for marketing industrial development: Are we marketing
the City of Monticello for industrial development, are we marketing the City of Monticello
and privately-owned industrial property, or are we marketing the City of Monticello and
city-owned industrial property? If the latter, what types of uses and how aggressively?
5. Consideration of an update on the.progress to activelypursue acquisition of land for
future industrial development.
a) Wolfsteller informed IDC members, he and Koropchak met with Horace Grazer
• and Wayne Fleck, on December 14 and the group was interested in selling;
however, would not offer a selling price. The group has title to 140 acres of the
220 acres and a contract for deed on the remaining 80 acres. The group
requested a purchase agreement accompanied by a resolution approved by Council
preferably by January 1, 2000. The MOAA land use is industrial and the City
Comprehensive Plan is residential.
Wolfsteller continued stating negotiations with Chadwick and Bowers relating to
the 180-acre Chadwick parcel and the 65-acre City parcel for swap/price continue.
The Chadwick Group want to retain 60 acres of the land for mining. The MOAA
and City Comprehensive Plan land use is industrial.
b) Bret Weiss, WSB, submitted ahand-out to each member and stated the estimates
are very general and should not be used for marketing purposes. He continued by
responding to the Marketing Committee's questions as it applied to each of the
three parcels. Development costs per acre for the Chadwick 180 acres estimated
between $15,000 to $20,000; the Gold Nugget 220 acres estimated between
$13,000 to $14,000; and the Pfeffer 88 acres estimated at approximately $8,000
per acre. See Attachment B.
c) IDC members agreed the City would be making a big mistake by not controlling all
of the Chadwick 180 acres. Or suggested the Chadwick Group sign an agreement
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including an established land price and willingness to sell and restore the land if an
urgency arises for the need of the 60 acres. Does the mining of gravel include an
asphalt or grinding plant? What is the mining worth? The original cost of the
Gold Nugget property was between $1.5 - $1.6. An appraisal for residential use
would differ from industrial use. The City has not marketed the Remmele property
on the open market. Some felt the Gold Nugget property has commercial value
along Highway 25. O'Neill informed members it takes a 4/S vote by Council to
change the Comprehensive Plan shifting Gold Nugget to I-1. This process requires
a Public Hearing and notification to the neighbors. The members thanked Bret
Weiss and Wolfsteller and requested the City continue negotiations to acquire land
for industrial development.
6. Consideration of appreciation and thanks to IDC Member Ken Maus.
With Ken Maus' resignation from the IDC, Don Smith made a motion of record thanking
Ken Maus for his 22 plus years of public service which began with the HRA and on behalf
of the IDC expressed the committee's appreciation. Dick Van Allen seconded the motion
which passed unanimously.
7. Other Business.
• John Chadwick and Jim Bowers will attend the IDC meeting on January 20 at the new
City Hall located at SOS Walnut Street.
Marianna Khauv announced this was her last meeting as Chamber representative and
stated either Chair-Elect Roger Oberg or a member of the Government Affairs Committee
will attend the IDC meetings. Members expressed their appreciation to Marianna.
8. Adjournment.
Dick Van Allen made a motion to adjourn the IDC meeting. Seconded by Ken Maus, IDC
Vice Chair Ollig adjourned the IDC meeting at 8:40 a.m.
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Ollie Koropchak, Recorder
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