City Council - 03/30/1982 - Special Meeting APPROVED MINUTES
SPECIAL MEETING
EDEN PRAIRIE CITY COUNCIL
TUESDAY , MARCH 30, 1982 6:30 PM, CITY HALL
COUNCIL MEMBERS: Mayor Wolfgang H. Penzel , George Bentley, Dean
Edstrom, Paul Redpath and George Tangen i
CITY STAFF: City Manager Carl J. Jullie; Finance Director
John D. Frane; Bill Fahey, Ehlers and Associates
Walter Parkins, Dick Graves and Arlin Waelti ,
O'Connor & Hannan.
ROLL CALL: All were present
r- APPROVAL OF AGENDA AND OTHER ITEMS OF BUSINESS
MOTION: Bentley moved, seconded by Red path, to approve the Agenda as published.
Motion carried unanimously.
II. PUBLIC HEARING
A. AMENDING TAX INCREMENT FINANCING DISTRICT NO. 1 AND ESTABLISHING TAX INCRE-
MENT DISTRICT NO. 2 Resolution No. 82-58, providing for modification of the
development program for Development District No. l and the Tax INcrement Finan-
cing Plan for the Economic Development Tax Increment District therein and for
the establishment of proposed Tax Increment District No. 2 and the adoption.
of a Tax Increment Financing Plan related thereto)
The Mayor opened the Public Hearing on the amendments to the Tax Increment
Financing District No. 1 and the establishment of Tax Increment Fa nancing
District #2.
City Manager Jullie verified publication of the notice and noted that the
plan amendments had been forwarded to the Hennepin County Board of Commissioners
members and to School District #272 as required by law. Copies of the Planning
Commission Minutes of March 29, 1982, were given to the Council .
Walter Parkins of O'Connor & Hannan informed the Council that Hakon Torjesen
had called him and stated that he believed O'Connor & Hannan had a conflict
of interest because it had lobbied the legislature, on behalf of the Chamber
of Commerce, to not change the tax increment financing laws and it is also
representing the City as bond counsel for the sale of tax increment financing
bonds and that the City was not following its own Guide Plan by stimulating
growth in the Major Center Area by building roads .
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Penzel stated that in this case the Chamber and the City had a common
interest in seeing that the roads would be built and the City had en-
couraged the efforts put forth by its law firm.
Bentley noted that special assessments will be levied upon benefited
properties and that nobody was getting a free ride.
Edstrom said the Guide Plan states that growth should be balanced and
he felt that the project was consistent with the balanced growth policy.
MOTION: Redpath moved, seconded by Edstrom, to adopt Resolution No.
82-58, providing for modification of the development program for Development
District No. 1 and the Tax Increment Financing Plan for the Economic Develop-
ment Tax Increment District therein and for the establishment of proposed
Tax Increment District No. 2 and the adoption of a Tax Increment Financing
Plan relating thereto. Motion carried unanimously.
III. ADJOURNMENT
The meeting was adjourned at 6:46 p.m.
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