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Albert Lea City Council approves variances, cannabis registrations, grant application and project awards
Summary
On March 23 the Albert Lea City Council approved final reading of Ordinance 26-153, authorized publication of its summary, authorized a SCDP grant application for owner-occupied housing rehab, approved two retail cannabis registrations (each with a mayoral no vote), awarded infrastructure and remodel funding actions, and approved two zoning variances.
The Albert Lea City Council on March 23 carried several motions affecting housing, zoning, public infrastructure and local business licensing.
Ordinance and publication: The council gave final approval to Ordinance 26-153 (an amendment to conditional-use permit time limits that lets permits be extended beyond 12 months when the approved project remains unchanged) and approved a separate resolution to publish a summary of that ordinance. Staff noted the summary requires four-fifths approval and the council passed the roll-call vote.
DEED SCDP grant application for housing rehab: Council opened a public hearing and then approved a resolution authorizing submission of a Small Cities Development Program (SCDP) grant application to the Minnesota Department of Employment and Economic Development (DEED). Staff and a SEMCAC representative described the proposal: a $431,250 application to support owner-occupied rehabilitation in targeted blocks (Fountain, Clark, Water and William streets). The program would run 30 months if funded; loans would be structured as seven-year instruments with up to $25,000 available before deductions for title, lead-risk…
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