HomeMy WebLinkAbout05-23-2022 EDA PacketLINO LAKES
ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY
MEETING
Monday, May 23, 2022
Immediately following Regular City Council Meeting
(council meeting begins at 6:30 p.m.)
City Council Work Room
1. Call to Order and Roll Call
2. Consideration of Minutes of May 2, 2022
3. Action Items -
A) Closed session. Discuss offer and counter offer for the Sale of Property,
Lots 1-3, Block 2 and Outlots B & C, The Village No. 4.
4. Adjourn
EDA MINUTES May 2, 2022
DRAFT
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DATE : May 2, 2022 1
TIME STARTED : 5:32 p.m. 2
TIME ENDED : 6:20 p.m. 3
MEMBERS PRESENT : EDA Members Rafferty, Lyden, Stoesz, 4
Cavegn, Ruhland 5
MEMBERS ABSENT : none 6
OTHERS PRESENT : Community Development Director 7
Michael Grochala; City Administrator 8
Sarah Cotton 9
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The meeting was called to order at 5:32 p.m. by EDA President Ruhland 11
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CONSIDERATION OF THE MINUTES OF JANUARY 24, 2022 13
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Economic Development Authority (EDA) Member Stoesz moved to approve the minutes 15
of January 22, 2022 as presented. EDA Member Lyden seconded the motion. Motion 16
carried on a voice vote. 17
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DISCUSSION ITEM 19
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President Ruhland read a statement explaining the need to close the meeting, as allowed 21
under law, in order to discuss an offer and counter offer for the sale of certain property 22
(Lots 1-3, Block 2 and Outlots B & C, The Village No. 4). 23
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EDA Member Cavegn moved to close the meeting. EDA Member Lyden seconded the 25
motion. Motion carried on a voice vote. 26
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Upon completion of discussion of the above matter, a motion was taken to open the 28
meeting. The motion was approved on a voice vote. 29
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The meeting was recorded and the recording will be maintained in the Office of the City 31
Clerk as required. 32
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The meeting was adjourned at 6:20 p.m. 34
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Julianne Bartell, City Clerk Rob Rafferty, Mayor 39
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SCRIPT TO CLOSE AND REOPEN THE EDA MEETING
To Close:
• President to read the following statement:
Pursuant to Minnesota Statutes, Section 13D.05, subdivision 3(c)(3), the meeting will be
closed to discuss offers for the purchase of real property owned by the EDA and located at
500 Block of Town Center Parkway (Lots 1-3 and Outlots B & C, Block 2, the Village No.
4) all in the City of Lino Lakes, Minnesota and the potential development of such property.
Motion by EDA Commissioner:
I make a motion to go into closed session pursuant to Minnesota Statutes, section 13D.05,
subdivision 3(c)(3) to discuss offers or counteroffers for the purchase or sale of real or
personal property located at 500 Block of Town Center Parkway and the potential
development of such property.
• Obtain a second
• Roll call vote
Motion by EDA Commissioner to Open Meeting (while in the closed session):
• I make a motion to return to open session
• Obtain a second
• Roll call vote
RULES
A public body may close a meeting pursuant to Minn. Stat. Section 13D.05, subd. 3(c)(3) to
develop or consider offers or counteroffers for the purchase or sale of real or personal property.
Before holding a closed meeting under this exception, the public body must identify on the
record the particular real or personal property that is the subject of the closed meeting.
Vik v. Wild Rice Watershed Dist., No. A09-1841 (Minn. Ct. App. Aug. 10, 2010) (unpublished
opinion) (holding that this exception authorizes closing a meeting to discuss the development or
consideration of a property transaction and is not limited to the discussion of specific terms of
advanced negotiations). DPO 08-001. DPO 14-014.
The closed meeting must be tape recorded. The recording must be preserved for eight years and
must be made available to the public only after all real or personal property discussed at the
meeting has been purchased or sold, or after the public body has abandoned the purchase or sale.
The real or personal property that is being discussed must be identified on the tape.
A list of members and all other persons present at the closed meeting must be made available to
the public after the closed meeting.
The actual purchase or sale of the real or personal property must be approved at an open meeting,
and the purchase or sale price is public data.