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<br /> <br /> STAFF REPORT <br /> <br /> <br />TO: Mayor Keis and Members of the City Council <br /> <br />FROM: Joel Hanson, City Administrator <br /> <br />DATE: April 20, 2018 <br /> <br />RE: Call for Closed Session to Consider Purchase of 93 West Little Canada Road <br /> <br /> <br />Staff is recommending we go into closed session to discuss a request we purchase the above <br />reference property. We may close a meeting to discuss this offer pursuant to Minnesota Statutes <br />13D.05, subd. 3(c). This statute allows us to close a meeting to “develop or consider offers or <br />counteroffers for the purchase or sale of real or personal property”. <br /> <br />To close the meeting to consider this matter, we need to comply with the following steps: <br /> <br />• Before closing the meeting, the council must state on the record the specific grounds for <br />closing the meeting, describe the subject to be discussed, and identify the particular property <br />that is the subject of the meeting. <br />• The meeting must be tape-recorded and the property must be identified on the tape. The <br />recording must be preserved for eight years, and must be made available to the public after all <br />property discussed at the meeting has been purchased or sold or after the public body has <br />abandoned the purchase or sale. <br />• A list of councilmembers and all other persons present at the closed meeting must be made <br />available to the public after the closed meeting. <br />• The actual purchase or sale of the property must be approved at an open meeting, and the <br />purchase or sale price is public data. <br /> <br />The property owner, Mr. Blake Bonjean, has proposed three options for us to consider regarding the <br />potential acquisition of this property. As you will recall, this was the sight initially proposed for the <br />Suite Living project that ultimately moved to the former Winter property on Rice Street. As part of <br />that transaction, the possible acquisition of 93 West is appropriate for consideration. <br /> <br />Staff will outline the options during the closed session. The Council will then need to provide <br />direction as to how they would like to proceed.