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Notes from the April 22 Stacy Council |
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By Anne Thom
The Sunrise Mobile Home Park is enforcing a curfew. Non-residents will be asked to leave or have their vehicles towed from the park, which is private property after 9 p.m.
The Joint Resolution for Orderly Annexation of Lent township property has been worked out on paper. Stacy and Lent Township have agreed on 40 acres of land that will come into the city. In exchange for the land the city has agreed it will not seek annexation by ordinance (orderly) or by contested case (hostile) for 15 years from the date the resolution is signed.
Grundhoefer asked that the agreement be forwarded to contract attorney George Hoff who handles annexation issues for the city. Grundhoefer wants Hoff to look it over prior to a meeting being held with Lent Township to obtain final public comment. Payne will contact Lent Township to set a date for a joint meeting sometime in May.
Randy Lindholm of Metal Crafters of Stacy, along with Tom Anderson of Finntek of North Branch, brought a virtual presentation of the building and landscaping designed for Metal Crafters of Stacy. As the virtual presentation of the building’s interior, exterior and landscaping played across the screen, Anderson explained how the design would meet the requirements set for the Stacy Ponds Business Park.
There were no comments following the screening, except from Stacy City Engineer Chuck Schwartz, who said, “Traditionally, we get a landscape plan.”
Anderson explained he has not planned to hire a landscape architect and wanted to know if it is required. Daher reviewed the city ordinance for the SPBP and read “..a landscape architect or equivalent..” Daher directed Schwartz to work with Finntek and Metal Crafters to meet the requirements for the landscaping.
City Financial Advisor Todd Hagen was not present at this meeting, but Lindholm was told Hagen is working on the “but for” test to make sure Metal Crafters qualifies for the 75 percent Tax Increment Financing (TIF) deal they were offered at the April 8 meeting.
Lindholm and Anderson want to start building by mid-May. City Attorney Peter Grundhoefer advised he will complete a few minor changes to the purchase agreement so Lindholm could have that back almost immediately in order to secure his financing.
The council went ahead and approved the agreement contingent on the changes being made.
John (Jack) Poucher of Redtail International currently of White Bear Lake is also looking to work out a purchase agreement for half of Lot 9 and all of Lot 10 in the SPBP. The mayor initially quizzed Poucher as to why there had been such a lengthy delay in Redtail’s pursuing the purchase while Payne checked the files to find the city had indeed received a purchase agreement some time ago.
Daher apologized for assuming the city had not received the agreement. Poucher was asked to come back to the May 13 council meeting with a purchase agreement and a closing date. He will work with Grundhoefer to get this done in the next two weeks.
Members of the Park and Recreations Committee brought a contingent of members with plans and proposals in hand. Stacy resident Jackie Rausch, who has done a makeover of Lions Park, is now hard at work on the park in Richland Meadows to be known as “Meadows Park.” Along with returning guest Jerry Schroder, Councilor Aslakson, Jeanne Aslakson and David Cook, Rausch and Councilor Aslakson presented their plan to beautify the landscape of Meadows Park by adding trees to the perimeter.
They designed the layout with a large amount of open space for Stacy’s kids to play in. The council approved granting the group up to $2,500 for the work on Meadows Park and some additional horticultural improvements to Lions Park. Rausch and committee colleagues donated their time for the design as well as for some of the planting.
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