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Kelly & Lemmons, P.A.'s Qualifications for Lino Lakes Some specific examples of our recent municipal work: • City building construction and joint powers agreements — The City of Gem Lake needed a municipal building after almost 50 years of operating out of private homes and a local car dealership's training room. The Town of White Bear needed to move and renovate the century -old town hall it uses for meetings. Patrick Kelly and Trevor Oliver helped coordinate a joint venture which produced a new joint -use municipal building in March, 2008 for the two governments. Our firm drafted joint powers agreements necessary to make the project possible and assisted the city through the bid and award of the contract for construction. We invite you to contact Bill Short, Clerk/Treasurer of White Bear Township, for more details. • Zoning, platting, and comprehensive plans — Taylors Falls is a growing community which is successfully maintaining a rustic feel consistent with its great scenic location on the St. Croix River. Kelly & Lemmons routinely reviews subdivision and planned unit development proposals for Taylors Falls to ensure that development fits within the City's vision as well as within the law. Our firm can also help during adjustments. Taylors Falls recently adopted a visionary new comprehensive plan, and needed a new zoning ordinance to implement the new items in the plan. Patrick Kelly and Trevor Oliver drafted a zoning moratorium for the city which prevents new large development while the zoning code is under adjustment, but does not prevent homeowners from making needed repairs or changes to their existing homes. We invite you to contact Mayor Mike Buchite or Clerk/Treasurer Jo Everson at the City of Taylors Falls for more details. • Prosecution - We prosecute for the City of Little Canada, a city of approximately 11,000 people which is served by the Ramsey County Sheriff's Department. Prior to that, our firm served as prosecutors for the City of Maplewood from 2000 to 2006. Patrick Kelly helped get a Ramsey County satellite courthouse built in Maplewood in 2005 to aid in handling suburban cases. Over our time with Maplewood, the City's caseload in district court almost doubled. Our firm maintained its high positive disposition rates throughout the period of growth. We invite you to contact the Maplewood Police Chief, David Thomalla, 1830 E. County Road B, Maplewood, MN 55109, (651) 249 -2600. • Annexation defense — Landowners served the City of Gem Lake with four concurrent detachment and annexation petitions in late July, 2006. The City brought in Kelly & Lemmons, P.A. as its city attorney in response. Working with the City and the landowners, we accomplished settlement and /or withdrawal of all the petitions prior to a hearing. We invite you to contact Mayor Paul Emeott of Gem Lake for further details of our work on these cases.