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I I. I I I I I I I Ie I I I I I I I I- I MINUTES CITY OF ARDEN HILLS, MINNESOTA WORKSESSION JULY 20, 1995 4:30 P.M. - CITY HALL - PUBLIC WORKS LUNCHROOM CALL TO ORDER/ROLL CALL Pursuant to due call and notice thereot; Mayor Probst called to order the City Council Worksession at 4:35 P.M. Present: Counci1members Beverly Aplikowski, Paul Malone; City Administrator, Brian Fritsinger; City Accountant, Teny Post; Community Development Director, Kevin Ringwald; Park & Recreation Director, Cynthia Walsh; Public Works Superintendent, Dwayne Stafford; Tim Nelson and Rob Davidson, Everest Development; Department Secretary, Julie Tostenson. Susan Keirn and Dale Hicks arrived late. AGENDA ADOPTION Agenda was revised with the order of items as follows: 3-c, 3d, 3a, & 3b. 3-c. EVEREST DEVELOPMENT PROPOSAL City Administrator, Brian Fritsinger, stated that the negotiation deadline established by the City Council was July 15, 1995. There have been several deadlines set over the last few years. Staff met with Everest this morning, (July 20, 1995) and was unable to reach an agreement. The key issues with staff are the assembly of the site, the timing of acquisition & overall areas being in control of the project. Tim Nelson, Everest Development, stated that they are proposing to control 66% of the project area prior to requiring city participation. They recognize that a full I 00% assembly of the site is critical to the project. The risk of acquiring all parcels has led to the decision of only partial assembly. The three pieces of property that are expected to be the hardest to obtain would be: 1.) ATS Steel 2.) Binger\ McFarlane 3.) Harstad Counci1member Malone stated the part of the difficulty he was having with the 66%, is the timing. There was a lot of time spent on negotiations, deadlines went by and more extensions were given.