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MINUTES OF THE WORKSHOP MEETING CITY COUNCIL LITTLE CANADA, MINNESOTA MAY 23, 2018 Pursuant to due call and notice thereof a workshop meeting of the City Council of Little Canada, Minnesota was convened on the 231d day of May, 2018 in the Conference Room of the City Center located at 515 Little Canada Road in said City. Mayor John Keis called the meeting to order at 6:00 p.m. and the following members of the City Council were present at roll call: CITY COUNCIL: ABSENT: ALSO PRESENT: Mayor Council Member Council Member Council Member Council Member City Administrator Assoc. Planner/Code Enf. City Clerk Parks & Rec/Comm. Serv. Mr. John Keis Mr. Tom Fischer Mr. Rick Montour Mr. Mike McGraw Mr. Christian Torkelson Mr. Joel Hanson Ms. Jessica Jagoe Ms. Heidi Heller Mr. Bryce Shearen Mayor Keis stated that the purpose of this evening's workshop is to discuss redevelopment and determine next steps, and discuss objectives of a downtown area. REVIEW The City Administrator explained that buying property and holding until a REDEVELOPMENT redevelopment becomes practical is critical to redevelopment since it is rarely & DISCUSS possible to buy property when needed. He stated that property owners will often OBJECTIVES OF want more money when they know the City needs the property, or the parcels A DOWNTOWN are not available at the time for various reasons. He noted that he also has a list AREA of examples of properties that the City has purchased and the end result. The City Administrator stated that the City has also used "first right of refusal" options to purchase when certain properties become available for sale. He suggested that it is probably worth pursuing a first right of refusal agreement with the property owner of 2828 Condit since the City owns the adjacent properties and they will all need to be developed together. The City Administrator reviewed the list of potential redevelopment areas throughout the city.