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•LAW OFFICES OF William G. Hawkins and Associates Legal Assistant WILLIAM G. HAWKINS TAMMI J. UVEGES BARRY A. SULLIVAN September 16, 1999 Mr. Brian Wessel City of Lino Lakes 600 Town Center Parkway Lino Lakes, MN 55014 Re: City of Lino Lakes v. Edward E. Vaughan, et al. Dear Brian: 2140 FOURTH AVENUE NORTH ANOKA, MINNESOTA 55303 PHONE (612) 427 -8877 FAX (612) 421 -4213 It is now time to conclude the Vaughan matter. As you know, the City acquired some property from Mr. Vaughan that was subsequently exchanged with Anoka County. The matter came up for trial last spring and it became clear that there was a Sdiscrepancy between what property the City intended to acquire and what property the City in fact did acquire. As part of the settlement we agreed to petition Anoka County to reconvey to us certain small parcels of property in order to adjust the property lines and avoid interfering with Mr. Vaughan's preliminary plat. We went though a very long process of getting surveys and presenting the information to Anoka County. Fortunately, Anoka County has agreed to reconvey some parcels of property to the City which we can in turn reconvey to Mr. Vaughan. The matter was heard and approved by the Anoka County Park Board and also approved unanimously by.the Anoka County Board. am requesting that this item be placed on the agenda at the next City Council meeting scheduled for September 27. We are requesting that the City Council authorize the conveyance of the property received from Anoka County directly to Mr. Vaughan. The terms of the settlement agreement approved by the Judge require this reconveyance. My suggestion is that you prepare a short presentation for the Council summarizing the initial land transfer, the problems that developed at trial and the solution that we reached with Mr. Vaughan and Anoka County. I am enclosing a map describing the property that we are receiving from Anoka County and conveying to Mr. Vaughan should you need to use this with the City Council. spoke with Dan Klint and he indicated that he had sent the deed to the County Board for signature and I expect that we will receive that prior to the City Council meeting. We will prepare a deed for signature at the time of the City Council meeting. We will then forward that to Mr. Vaughan and, hopefully, conclude successfully, I think, this fi0 litigation.