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COUNCIL MINUTES MAY 24, 2004 APPROVED 1 Councilmember Dahl asked if Mr. DeGardner had talked to Mr. Cardinal before today. • 2 3 Public Services Director DeGardner responded he spoke to him on Thursday morning and had 4 indicated to him that the City Council was directing Staff and the City Attorney to prepare a lease 5 agreement that would be acted upon at the Council meeting this evening. 6 7 Councilmember Dahl asked if they were under any legal obligation to act on that lease. 8 9 City Attorney Sullivan stated the City Council was not legally obligated to sign it as the City Council 10 would have to act in some formal fashion, so that assurances that had been made by some other 11 person would not obligate them. 12 13 Councilmember Stoltz stated the information that they had had at the Work Session had been sketchy, 14 and that what had happened here with the two individuals was unfortunate. He stated it would best 15 serve the City and the two individuals who wished to lease the land to put this out for bid, even 16 though it was late in the season, because that would be the fairest thing to do. 17 18 Councilmember Stoltz moved to authorize staff to issue bids, and bring the bids back to the City 19 Council. Councilmember Reinert seconded the motion for discussion. 20 21 Public Services Director DeGardner stated the bidding process would need to be completed quickly 22 because it was planting season. 23 24 Acting Mayor Carlson suggested passing the Resolution tonight so that the planting season would not 25 be jeopardized. 26 27 City Attorney Sullivan stated that it would probably have to be brought back to the next City Council 28 meeting with the formal authority to accept the bid rather than approving it in advance. 29 30 Public Services Director DeGardner asked whether the successful bidder would have the opportunity 31 to begin farming operations prior to formal approval by the City. 32 33 City Attorney Sullivan stated that nobody would have the right to be out there until the City had 34 given that approval. 35 36 Acting Mayor Carlson suggested holding a special Council meeting after the bids were opened. 37 38 Councilmember Dahl asked whether it would be legally better to do it the way the motion had been 39 made or to redo the motion. 40 41 City Attorney Sullivan stated the motion and the second were to set it up for bids; that there would 42 need to be another motion to have a special meeting to sign a lease agreement with the highest bidder. 43 44 Councilmember Stoltz stated he is willing to make that amendment to the motion as stated by City 45 Attorney Sullivan. 46 47 Acting Mayor Carlson suggested closing the bids at noon on Thursday and having a special Council 48 meeting on Thursday evening. 4