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142 COUNCIL MEETING APRIL 26, 1993 the vandalism attended the last City Council meeting and it appeared that at least some of them were smug and showed no remorse. Mr. Schaefer said that if the City will not take action to indicate that this conduct is not appropriate for a City official, then the City is condoning their actions and has failed an a morality leader of the community. Mr. Schaefer's third point was in reference to the proposed mediation between the Reshanau Park Estates Homeowner's Association and the Reshanau Lake homeowners. The City has taken steps to arrange the mediation process and has indicated that they will step aside and allow the process to run its course. On April 22, 1993 Mr. Schaefer asked the City Administrator what the City would do if the two parties could amicably resolve their dispute. Mr. Schumacher said that the City would not take action regarding the boat launch but would continue with the process of clarifying the ordinances so that such disputes could be avoided in the future. However, a letter dated that same day from Mr. Schumacher was mailed to the Reshanau Park Estates Homeowner's Association members which mandates the removal of the boat launch. He asked what kind of hypocrisy was being practiced here. The City Council process has compromised the mediation process. Why would the other lakeshore owners come to mediation if they knew that the City has mandated the removal of the boat launch? Why should the Reshanau Park Homeowner's Assn. continue mediation if this is merely wasting taxpayer's money on a useless exercise? He felt the mediation process had promise and asked the Anoka County Mediation Services to approach the City Council and ask that they join in the mediation process. There has not been a response to this request. Mr. Schaefer said that if the issues can be set aside and the enforcement action by the City can be set aside until the mediation process can be resolved or completed or allowed to run its course, he had faith in finding a common ground with the neighbors around the lake. Mr. Schaefer's fourth point regarded legal opinions. He referred to the City Attorney's legal opinion in the City Council minutes of last fall and relied on this opinion and proceeded with some of the development work on the outlots. He felt that the opinion has now changed by some arbitrary rules and referred to the written opinion sent to the Reshanau Park Estates Homeowners this past week. He asked further questions regarding this opinion and felt there were apparent inconsistencies in the legal opinion. He asked if this was a specific problem or a symptom of a bigger problem. Mr. Schaefer contacted several other cities to determine the number of lawsuits they were involved with. He said he noted that these other cities seemed embarrassed by the number of lawsuits pending against the City of Lino Lakes. This appears to be a symptom of a greater problem and felt that there PAGE 11 1 1