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Richfield City staff seek direction on storage site as wetlands, leases and neighborhood concerns complicate options
Summary
At a Dec. 9 Richfield City Council work session, staff presented a candidate storage site on MAC property and requested direction. Staff cited a $700,000 CIP placeholder, wetland delineation at the current site, lease arrangements and neighborhood screening as key constraints.
Richfield City staff asked the City Council during a Dec. 9 work session for direction on where to locate a consolidated municipal storage facility, saying the current setup is fragmented and one existing yard lies within a wetland delineation that may force relocation.
Staff described the MillardWorks lot as a "postage stamp" and outlined a candidate site on MAC-owned property near 77th Street that the city currently occupies under a parking lease. "We haven't been told to leave, but we know we need to get out," Speaker 1 said, describing recent state contact and the city's intent to relocate rather than wait for enforcement.
The presentation listed other existing storage uses — a small onsite building for tools, a site used for trees and street sweeping, and an older TAF/TAPS…
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