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PROPOSAL FOR LEGAL SERVICES — CITY OF LINO LAKES A. PROPOSAL FOR BOTH CIVIL AND CRIMINAL LEGAL SERVICES Sweeney, Borer & Sweeney is submitting this Proposal for Legal Services for both City Attorney and Prosecuting Attorney. Our extensive experience in both civil and criminal matters, as specifically set forth below, illustrates that Sweeney, Borer & Sweeney is uniquely qualified to serve as Lino Lakes City Attorney relative to both civil and criminal matters. 1. City Attorney — Civil Sweeney, Borer & Sweeney specializes in all aspects of municipal law, including zoning, platting, land development, condemnation, litigation, environmental law, employment law, drafting municipal laws and charters, HRA and EDA representation, contract law, and all related municipal activities. Sweeney, Borer & Sweeney's experienced staff of attorneys and other professionals take pride in the firm's broad understanding of the legal, political and economic concerns facing local governmental units in Minnesota. The members of our firm have a combined eighty years of experience in civil municipal representation. We have had extensive experience since 1965 in routine legal matters, such as, preparation of resolutions and ordinances, the review of contracts involving municipalities, the preparation of oral and written legal opinions relating to the interpretation of statutes, ordinances, charters, rules and regulations, and the resolution of legal questions that occur on a daily basis in a municipality. We have frequently drafted ordinances for our cities covering the full range of municipal concerns. Our drafting experience includes the supervision and completion of the recodification of the Shoreview Municipal Code in 1971, the recodification of the Blaine Municipal Code in 1980 and 2004, the preparation of numerous amendments to the Blaine City Charter, and the preparation and negotiation of Development Contracts, Special Use Permits, and Planned Unit Development Agreements with developers. An example of our ordinance drafting included an adult use ordinance which was drafted for the City of Blaine resulting in a Summary Judgment of Dismissal in favor of the City against the operator of an adult bookstore, who had sued the City for alleged constitutional violations. We have negotiated and drafted agreements between a city and school district pertaining to the construction of a civic center -ice arena facility. We have represented cities in many projects relating to the use of public financing, including industrial development bonds, commercial development revenue notes, municipal housing programs, and tax increment financing. Our firm provides specialized economic development and redevelopment advice to our municipal clients. We have extensive experience in the following areas: • Preparation and negotiation of development and redevelopment contracts for both commercial and residential projects; 1