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MINUTES City Council Feb. 24, 1988 Text Amendment (Cont.) Spooner Park & Other School District Issues Agenda AdGition P9r•. Bl esener• i ntr•oduced the fol l owi ng or•di nance and moved i ts adopti on: ORDINANCE N0. 293 - AN ORDINANCE AMENDING SECTION 903 OF THE LITTLE CANADA CITY CODE, KNOWN AS THE LITTLE CANADA ZONING ORDINANCE REGARDING TNE STRIPING AND CURBING OF PARKING AREAS The for•egoing or~dinance was duly seconded by Mr~. Collova. Ayes (4) Blesener•, Collova, Scalze, Fahey. Nays (0). Or•di nance decl ar~ed adopted. Col l ova r•epor•ted that he and Mr•. Bl esener• met wi th r•epr•esentati ves of the School Distr~ict and discussed the possible pur•chase of Spooner• Park pr~oper•ty by the City, possible City par~ticipation in the cost of an addition to Little Canada Elementar•y School, and the futur•e of the Capital View building. Collova r~epor•ted that the School Distr•ict would like the City to make an offer~ on the Spooner• Par•k pr~oper•ty. Fahey suggested that the Council discuss this and establish an offer• pr~ice. Fahey noted that the proper•ty has been appr~aised by both the City and the School Distr•ict. B1 esener• r•epor~ted that he i nfor~med the School Di str•i ct r~epr~esentati ves that the City felt their• appr~aisal was the mor•e accur•ate one, noting the sale pr•ice of industr•ial pr•oper•ty in the Center~ville Road ar•ea. Bl esener~ noted that the Spooner• Par•k pr•oper•ty i s zoned r~esi denti al. Fahey r•epor•ted that the City is inter•ested in pur•chasing 21.7 acr•es of 1 and i n Spooner• Par•k. The Ci ty' s appr~ai sal for~ thi s pr~oper~ty i s $22,000 per• acr•e. Fahey noted that Lar~r•y Lee r•ecently pur~chased industrial property along Centerville Road for $20,000 per acre as well as the pur•chase of industr•ial pr~oper•ty by the AIC Cor•por•ation in this same pr•ice-r•ange. Fahey fel t the val ue per• acr~e for• the Spooner• Par•k pr•oper•ty was 1 ess than the City's appr•aised value. Fahey felt an offer~ should be made for• less than the appr•aised value, and the City can include a letter• justifying the offer~ amount. Blesener~ r•epor~ted that the School Distr•ict is looking for~ a r•esponse fr~om the City on all thr•ee issues within the next two to thr~ee weeks. Collova reported that an architect has been hired to begin drawing plans for• the addition to Little Canada School. Blesener• r~epor~ted that the School Distr~ict would like to know if the Page -8-