City of Bloomington recently issued the following announcement.
Notice of Concurrent Public Hearing: City Council, City, Board of Commissioners of the Port Authority
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the City Council (the “Council”) of the City of Bloomington (the “City”) and the Board of Commissioners (the “Board”) of the Port Authority of the City of Bloomington (the “Port Authority”) will hold a concurrent public hearing on Thursday, October 29, 2020, at or after 6:00 p.m. at City Hall, 1800 West Old Shakopee Road in the City, with respect to (i) a business subsidy to be provided by the City and the Port Authority to SICK, Inc, a Minnesota corporation, or any of its affiliates (collectively, the “Developer”), pursuant to Minnesota Statutes, Sections 116J.993 to 116J.995, as amended (the “Business Subsidy Act”); and (ii) an Ordinance approving the conveyance to the Developer, by limited warranty deed, of all or a portion of the real property located within Industrial Development District No. 1 – South Loop District and owned by the City (the “Development Property”), legally described as:
Lot 1, Block 1, BIRD & CRONIN ADDITION, Hennepin County, Minnesota.
Lot 1, Block 1, R.E. MURRAY 1ST ADDITION, Hennepin County, Minnesota.
Lot 2, Block 1, ALPHA BUSINESS CENTER, Hennepin County, Minnesota.
The East 302.71 feet of the following described tract: All of the Southwest ¼ of the Northeast ¼ of Section 1, Township 27, Range 24 West of the 4th P.M. except the South 26 acres thereof, Hennepin County, Minnesota
The City is conveying the Development Property to the Developer for the purpose of the construction in multiple phases of approximately 170,000 to 215,000 square feet of production and logistics space, approximately 200,000 to 300,000 square feet of office space, approximately 30,000 to 60,000 square feet of warehouse space, parking, and utilities, including storm water management facilities, on the Development Property (the “Minimum Improvements”).
The purpose of the proposed business subsidy is to aid the Developer in the construction of the Minimum Improvements. Information concerning the proposed project, including the form of the business subsidy agreement to be completed for each phase of the Minimum Improvements, is on file and available for public inspection at the offices of the Administrator of the Port Authority and the Community Development Director of the City at City Hall.
Copies of the proposed development agreement setting forth the terms and conditions of the sale of the Development Property are on file and available for public inspection at the offices of the Administrator of the Port Authority and the Community Development Director of the City at City Hall.
Any person with a residence in the City or who is the owner of taxable property in the City may file a written complaint with the City and the Port Authority if the City or the Port Authority fails to comply with the Business Subsidy Act. No action may be filed against the City or the Port Authority for the failure to comply unless a written complaint is filed.
How you can participate
As permitted by state law and due to the global COVID-19 health pandemic, this public meeting will be held electronically.
To watch or listen to the meeting:
- BTV (Comcast channels 859 or 14)
- Watch online at blm.mn/btv-live or the City's YouTube channel blm.mn/youtube
- By phone: 1-415-655-0001, Access code ___________.
- 1. To participate live during public comment or a public hearing at the council meeting, please dial phone number: 1-866-873-0999, Conference ID:______________. As you call in, the Operator will ask your name and which agenda item you are calling in to provide comment or testimony. Please provide the number and item name listed on the agenda. You will be placed on hold and your line muted until it is your turn to comment or testify.
- 2. Leave a voicemail at: 952-563-4695
- Please include the number and item name listed on the agenda.
- Please submit comments by 2:00 p.m. on the date of the meeting in order to ensure adequate time to disseminate your comment or testimony to the City Council.
- 3. Send an email to: admincm(link sends e-mail)@bloomingtonmn.gov(link sends e-mail)
- Please include the number and item name listed on the agenda.
- Please submit comments by 2:00 p.m. on the date of the meeting in order to ensure adequate time to disseminate your comment or testimony to the City Council.
- Please indicate if you also plan to call in during the meeting to provide live comment or testimony.
A full copy of the proposed Ordinance is available below. For more information or to submit comments prior to the public hearing, call 952-563-4546.
At the time and place fixed for the public hearing, the City Council will give all persons who appear at the hearing an opportunity to express their views with respect to the proposal. Written comments will be considered if submitted to the Administrator of the Port Authority at Bloomington Civic Plaza, 1800 West Old Shakopee Road, Bloomington, Minnesota 55431, on or before the date of the public hearing.
PLEASE NOTE, due to COVID-19, the public hearing may be conducted via telephone or other electronic means as allowed under Minnesota Statutes, Section 13D.021. Please refer to the City’s website at https://www.bloomingtonmn.gov/notices or call City Hall at 952-563-8700 to learn how to attend the public hearing via telephone or electronically.
BY ORDER OF THE CITY OF BLOOMINGTON AND THE PORT AUTHORITY OF THE CITY OF BLOOMINGTON
Proposed Ordinance BPA SICK Conveying Property.pdf
Original source can be found here.
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