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------- . . Minutes of Special Council Meeting Thursday, November 8, 1984 - 8:00 p.m. Page Four Deans - Yes Woodburn asked if Or. Routhe would care to say anything about the project. Dr. Routhe Yes, I will, your honor. I think mainly for those people who have not heard the presentation before. I'll make it very brief, but I think there are a number of questions I would like to address. I understand that the purpose of the meeting tonight is primarily to address the issue of, is it appropriate for Industira1 Revenue 80nds to be used for this project. There are other questions that . have arisen, such as is there a need for an animal hospital in Arden Hills and secondly. is this a feasi.ble type of a project. Routhe showed an artist's drawing of the Arden/Shoreview Animal Hospital proposed at the Flaherty's old gas station site on County Road E. To give you a brief history, in February of 1982, I attended the American Animal Hospital Association of Office Design and Market Analysis. In November of 1982. I hired the primary speaker at that conference, John Knapp, a veterinary marketing consultant, to come from Madison, Wisconsin to explain his method of site selection for establishing new hospitals. From this study. I found a need for additional veterinary services in a 5 city area, and I chose Arden Hills primarily for four reasons: 1. Central to other cities he had mentioned (Arden Hills, Shoreview, Vadnais Heights, North Oaks and Rosevi11e). 2. Central to existing clientele that I have established at this time. 3. Flaherty's gas station site is an excellent business site; has an excellent location and that would benefit the business in that regard. 4. Arden Hills has no animal hospital to date. On March 21st of this year, after satisfying the Arden Hills variance committee and the Planning Commission, the City Council voted 5-1 in favor of issuing a Special Use Permit and approval for the construction of Arden/Shoreview Animal Hospital on this site. Last month the City Council heard my presentation concerning the use of Industrial Revenue Bonds for this purpose as an available means of financing this project - Council vote was 4-1 in favor of applying to the State general pool for these funds. As of the day before yesterday, the application was given preliminary approval by State, meaning that this is a feasible project and that it is a credible attempt to provide a service that they feel IR8s can be used for according to their standards. These bonds will be issued. as Mr. Deans said, pending the outcome of the public hearing tonight. Again, the purpose of the hearing, as I understand it, is to address the issue of IRBs. but the other factors that I feel should be addressed. along with the idea of the need, is to sub- . stantiate that need. I think one of the things that I offer is that I'm presently offering veterinary service to existing clients. on a house call basis, and I wish to provide a much fuller service, and therefore need a facility to do so. I have a mobile house call answering service, and, since January of this year. I've had 1543 calls to that service asking me for my professional service. I have had an ad in the yellow pages for the Arden/Shoreview Animal Hospital since July, and have received 426 calls on our answering machine, with the majority of inquiries as to when we will be open. Arden/Shoreview Animal Hospital will be a first class facility offering the following services: 1. Medical and surgical care for small animals. 2 . Quality boarding facility. 3. House call service ----------