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11 Worksession Materials CITY OF NEW BRrGT1TON COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT MEMORANDUM DATE: February 6, 2009 TO: Dean Lotter, City Manager FROM: Grant Fernelius, Community Development Director OF Janice Gundlach, City Planner,.jbi SUBJECT: Proposed Policies Regarding Requests for Municipal Development Assistance and Cash Deposits for Certain Land Use Applications Introduction This memo is in preparation for the work session on February 10th concerning two topics that were briefly discussed last year. If the Council finds these proposed policies acceptable, staff will schedule the appropriate hearings later this month. The Planning Commission is prepared to address the Zoning Code changes at its next meeting on February 17th, unless otherwise directed. Histo Last year staff was contacted by representatives from Interplant Sales about building a new manufacturing facility at 3595 New Brighton Road. The company had initially inquired about the possibility of municipal development assistance for some of the extraordinary site costs. In order to answer the question, staff requested help with a brief tax increment/redevelopment eligibility analysis. That information was shared with the Council at a work session on June 24, 2008. The Council chose not to pursue Interplant's request any further and eventually the company abandoned its plans for the site. During the June 24th discussion, a question was asked about the City's practice with regard to collecting fees for these types of requests. Comments were made about the policies of other communities that collect application fees for these kinds of requests, not to mention more routine development/land use applications. Due to the limited amount of time, staff did not have the opportunity to fully address the matter. However, in the last few months we have been reviewing these practices and crafting policy changes for Council consideration.