06-05-2023 City Council Meeting Minutes

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City Council Minutes June 5, 2023 Page 2 of 6 5.1. Splash Pad Celebration Update Mayor Gardner stated the Grand Opening event was highly successful and well attended. 5.2. HOTGL—School Request Mr. Spiczka stated the school is trying to gauge the interest of the City Council to continue to collaborate with the school district to get land for future ball fields. Discussion ensued regarding loss of tax dollars if the school owns the land, the amount of land the school will require, the location of land, gain in economic growth by hosting ball tournaments, and donation versus selling the land to the district. MAYOR GARDNER MOVED TO WRITE A LETTER OF INTENT TO SELL UP TO 25 ACRES TO THE SCHOOL DISTRICT. CLEMENT SECONDED THE MOTION. MOTION CARRIED 3-0. 5.3 CR 11 Development—Developer Conversation Kyle Narveson, stated he met with EDC regarding the housing crisis, cost to build, availability to build financially, and housing market in Pequot lakes. Mr. Narveson would like to build a higher quality home at a more affordable price and would like the city to pay for all or part of the road that will go into the development which the cost would be approximately $115,000 for dirt road, $175,000 fora paved road. Discussion ensued regarding the cost of the home raising $20,000 each if builder built the road, the council not setting precedence with future development, and sending discussion to the EDC. Mr. Houle stated every city must figure out how to extend housing developments. Mr. Houle stated that generally cities do not pay for new development streets. The consensus of the Council is to send this discussion to the Economic Development Commission to do research on options for new developments. 6. Planning and Zoning 6.1. Planning Commission Report Planning and Zoning Commission report was presented to the Council. 6.2. Preliminary Plat— Patriot Pines