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$12,289.87, IMP Bond Redemption #2 $287.80, Total $889,300.42 and for confir-
mation of the following claims dated 12/31/85: General Fund $89,890.78, Art
Center $268.05, Swimming Pool Fund $24.40, Golf Course Fund $24,002.68,
Recreation Center Fund $800,56, Gun Range Fund $40.46, Utility Fund $11,348.12,
Liquor Dispensary Fund $367,078.11, Total $493,453.16.
Ayes: Kelly, Turner, Courtney
Motion carried.
Member Kelly asked that staff prepare a comparision of usage and rates charged
by ?innegasco for last year versus this year in order to determine if their
rates have really dropped as Minnegasco contends.
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There being no further business on the agenda, Mayor Courtney declared the
meeting adjourned at 9:20 p.m.
City Clerk
MINUTES
OF THE SPECIAL MEETING OF T€E
EDINA CITY COUNCIL HELD AT CITY HALL
JANUARY 25, 1986 V
The Edina City Counci1,held a special meeting to discuss the proposed megamall
with legislators and to review the City of Edina Comprehensive Plan - 1980.
Present were Members Kelly, Richards, Turner and Courtney.
Representative Mary Forsythe (District 42B) and the following staff: Kenneth Rosland,
Gordon Hughes, Ceil Smith, Craig Larsen, Robert Kojetin, John Wallin, Susan Moore
and Marcella Daehn.
BLOOMfNGTON' S PROPOSED MEGAMALL DISCUSSED.
proposed megamall to be constructed in Bloomington and conveyed to Representative
Forsythe their concerns for the project's impact on Edina and in particular the
increased traffic it would generate on 1-494.
exempt from fiscal disparities was also considered. No formal action was taken
by the Council..
Also attending were
1 The Council Nembers discussed the
- The issue of the project being
COMPREHENSIVE PLAN - 1980 GIVEN INITIAZ, REVIEW. Planner Craig Larsen stated that
the Comprehensive Plan - 1980 remains a current and useful document and that most
of the goals, objectives and policies contain in the Plan reflect current
actions and policies of the City.
minor changes or no changes at all. General recommendations of the staff were:
1) Incorporate the most up-to-date data available into the Plan, 2) Improve
the,quality of the printing, paper and graphics, 3) Extend the life of the Plan
following anticipated revisions, and 4) Consider Social (Human) Services Element.
Mr. Larsen then reviewed with the Council the following elements of the Plan:
1) Land Use, 2) Housing, 3) Environmental Protection, 4) Transportation,
5) Community Facilities and 6) Implementation. Policy changes, additions and
deletions were discussed.
by the Council: definition of senior citizen housing, transportation analysis
zones (TAZ) forcasts, policy decisions involing other controlling agencies and
the solar access issue.
agreed to proceed with the process of updating the Plan, i.e. review and
recommendations by the Community Development and Planning Commission, work
session by the Council for debate of issues and policies, followed by a public
hearing on the updated Plan.
The Plan could survive the Plan period with
The following were identified for further aebate
I Following the initial review of the Plan, it was
No formal action was taken by the Council.
No other business was discussed by the Council.
Mayor Courtney .at 11:OO a.m.
The meeting was adjourned by
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City Clerk