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MINUTES City Council Oct. 14, 1987 Center•vi 11 e Road Par~k Pr•oposal (Cont.) n corzar:cTZON RF,'S. N0. 87-10-505 the Council's long-ter•m plan to decr~ease the City's mill r•ate. LaValle asked the effect on the Capital Budget should the City choose ri4t -t-o--aaa-ow chari tabl e gambl i n~ i n the future. N~' F~~ ~2NCOME~ Mr•. Voto r~eplied that without the appr~oximately $100,000 per~ year• anticipated fr~om charitable gambling, the plan would not wor•k at the $1.5 million level. Fahey repor•ted that the City r•ecently pur~chased the Johnson/Mostad pr~oper~ty and was able to obtain gr~ant money to fund a por~tion of this purchase. Scalze explained that the Johnsen pr•oper•ty was pur~chased in May of 1986 on a contr•act-for-deed by the City at a cost of $84,000 for• 9 acr•es of pr•oper•ty. The Mostad pr~oper•ty was pur~chased at a cost of $62,750 for• 6 acr~es. The Mostad pr•oper•ty was appr•ai sed by the Ci ty at $55,500 and the City obtained a gr~ant fr•om the State and Feder•al governments for• thr~ee-quar~ter•s of that appr~aisal pr•ice. The pr~oper•ty owner has been asking $70,000 for the property. Scal ze r•epor•ted that the Ci ty woul d pur•sue gr~ants for~ the devel opment of the Centerville Road property, should the property be acquired by the City. For the public record, Fahey read letters which he has received from citizens either~ for~ or• against the acquisition of the Center•ville Road pr~oper•ty. These 1 etter•s wer•e fr•om Mr•. and Mr•s. Di ck Thomal l a in favor• of the acquisition, Sher•yl Lambert in favor~, Pam Younghans in favor•, an unsigned letter~ opposed, Gr•eg J. Wolf in favor~. Also r•eceived was a petition signed by appr•oximately 90 childr•en in favor~ of the Center~ville Road pr•oper~ty acquisition. Fahey noted that the City has not negotiated a pur~chase pr~ice for• any of the pr•oper•ti es i nvol ved. Blesener• pointed out that the City Attor~ney at one point was author•ized to tr•y to obtain option agr•eements on the pr•oper•ty, however•, this was not accomplished as of tonight's meeting. Fahey noted that the City does have an appr~aisal of the pr~oper~ty. Fahey asked if ther•e was anyone fr~om the gener~al public pr~esent wishing to addr~ess the Council on this matter•. Ter•r•y Vi tal i, r~esi dent i n the ar•ea of the pr•oposed par~k, stated that she was in favor~ of the pr•oposal. Steve Hallgr•en, 3005 Center•ville Road, asked if the proper•ty cur•r~ently for• sal e i n the ar~ea at a pr•i ce of $80,000 per acr•e was i ncl uded i n the pr~oposal. Fahey explained that the pr•oper•ty in question is located nor•th of Page -5-