Laserfiche WebLink
Metadata
Document management portal powered by Laserfiche WebLink 9 © 1998-2015 Laserfiche. All rights reserved.
<br /> t '. <br /> suite at the Arden Plaza Offices at 3585 North Lexington Avenue. Lastly, the seventh . <br /> commercial/industrial permit (#5815) involved a $10,000 interior remodel of 1901 West <br /> County Road F. .. <br /> In August, the City issued two new residential (single family) construction permits which <br /> had a total value of$614,164. In August, the City issued 21 residential remodeling . <br /> permits which ranged in value from $671.34 to $23,184.00 and had a total value of <br /> $129,699.34 and had an average value of$6,176.16. <br /> 2. Sign Permits. In August, the City issued two sign permits. The first sign permit (#97- I <br /> 09) was for a new sign for the Nolt Company at 4880 Round Lake Road. The second <br /> sign permit (#97-10) was for temporary signage at Bethel College at 3900 Bethel Drive. I <br /> Economic Development <br /> 1. Gateway Business District. The Staff (Terry, development attorney Bob Deike, and . <br /> myself) met with representatives of Welsh Companies (Dick Zehring and their attorney <br /> Tom Hart of Winthrop and Weinstine) on Wednesday August 20,1997 to discuss "filling <br /> in the dates" on the Development Agreement for Phases II, III, and IV of the Gateway . <br /> Business District. The first critical date which has to be known is the date on which they <br /> will own all of the properties (the acquisition date sets the date for the start of road . <br /> construction, the start of road construction sets the date for the permanent building <br /> financing, the date of the permanent financing sets the date for the start of building <br /> construction, the date of the start of building construction sets the date of the start of the tJ <br /> public revenues streams, the start of the public revenue streams sets the bonding <br /> requirements... ). <br /> The Staff was infoffiled that the earliest that Welsh would be able to commit to owning . <br /> the remaining properties (Harstad, Naegele strips, and City) was October 15, 1997 versus <br /> the anticipated response of August 31, 1997. Given the critical path nature of this . <br /> development, the disruption of the timeframe for the first component of critical path will <br /> cause major ripples throughout the entire path (ie., the first delay jeopardizes fall street <br /> construction for the City, negotiations with current tenants for the developer, and I <br /> introduction of fluctuations in the bond market for the developer and the City). <br /> In short, it is my current personal belief, that Welsh is unwilling to buy the remaining . <br /> properties (which are the most expensive properties) and start the critical path until the <br /> excess soil issue (which I discussed at the August 18, 1997 worksession) is satisfactorily . <br /> resolved. If it is not satisfactorily resolved, then it is my belief that they will walk away <br /> from the project. The Staff and the City Engineer are diligently working to resolve this <br /> issue to the mutual satisfaction of the City and the developer. I <br /> Code Enforcement <br /> 1. 1369 Forest Lane. The Staff has given the owner until Friday, August 22, 1997 to allow . <br /> the City to have access to the structure so that we may determine its habitability. If the <br /> owner does not provide access to the Building Official by that date, the City Attorney -. <br /> will commence proceedings to allow the Building Official access to the property. After <br /> the building has been inspected we will report the findings to me City Council for <br /> direction on what action to take. <br /> . <br />