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Thomas M. Sweeney James J. O'Connor John H. LeMay George F. Borer Marcus S. Teichner Sweeney, O'Connor & LeMay Professional Association Attorneys at Law Suite 1200 Northern Federal Building St. Paul, Minnesota 55102 July 19, 1985 Mr. Joseph G. Chlebeck City Clerk 515 Little Canada Road Little Canada, MN 55117 RE: Purchase of Property at Ruth and Danont Our File No. 4787 Dear Mr. Chlebeck: Telephone (612) 222-2541 I am writing to request your direction relating to the purchase of the above- described property by the City. As you will recall, this is the property that the City owned on a Public Use Restrictive Deed from the State of Minnesota. Since the City no longer used the property for the public easement designated in the State Deed, it was required to convey the property back to the State of Minnesota. The City requested that Tony Reiter, the Ramsey County Land Commissioner, prepare an appraisal of the subject property for the City to purchase it outright from the State of Minnesota. Mr. Reiter's appraised value of the property was $30,000.00, and the appraisals that the City obtained seemed to confirm the $30,000.00 appraised value. Mr. Reiter has recently contacted us and indicated that the City mist make its decision on whether to purchase the property or else it may be sold at a public auction to the highest bidder. I again spoke to Mr. Reiter on July 19, 1985, and Mr. Reiter indicated to me that the $30,000.00 appraised price may be negotiable. He again stated; however, if the price is to be negotiated, he must have something from the City in writing such as a soil report, or other competent opinion that the property has either soil problems or other characteristics which will affect the development or other use of the property. In other words, he is willing to negotiate the price but he must base his decision on additional facts establishing that the property has problems. It may also be possible for the City to reacquire the subject property subject•to a different public use restriction. If the City desires to do that, we must obtain Mr. Reiter's approval of the public use and then make application through his office. I would suggest that if the City wishes to proceed to reacquire the property subject to another public use, it first should determine what the public use would be and then contact Mr. Reiter for his approval prior to maldes application. 3.3 IRr211Wij .1111 22 19 CITY OF LITTLE CANADA