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ON SEVERAL OCCASSIONS THIS COUNCIL HAS BEEN ASKED " WHAT IS <br />THE SITUATION ON THE SECTION 32 NEGOTIATIONS" ? THE MAYOR <br />HAS ALWAYS SHRUGGED VS OFF WITH, " WERE JUST TALKING, <br />NOTHING IS REALLY HAPPENING". <br />TODAY WE READ IN THE PAPER THAT NEGOTIATIONS ARE COMPLETE <br />AND ON MAY 8TH WE WILL GIVE UP SECTIOZ,'b OAKDALE. 1 <br />NOT SO MUCH AS A PUBLIC HEARING, A PUBLIC INFORMATION <br />MEETING OR A SIMPLE INFORMATION LETTER TO THE CITIZENS. <br />TWO COUNCIL PEOPLE MAKE A DECISION TO GIVE UP THE MOST -. <br />DESIRABLE PIECE OF BUSINESS PROPERTY IN OUR CITY. THE <br />PRIME INTERCHANGE LOCATION EAST OF THE CITIES. THE LAND <br />WITH THE MOST POTENTIAL FOR A LARGE TAX BASE ( WESTERN <br />LIFE BUILDING ACROSS THE FREEWAY WILL PAY $ 876,768.14 <br />IN REAL ESTATE TAXES IN 1990 OF WHICH $ 121,596.44 <br />WILL GO TO THE CITY OF WOODBURY. LITTLE WONDER <br />WHY OAKDALE IS ANXIOUS TO GET THEIR HANDS ON SECTION 32 <br />WITH THAT POTENTIAL. <br />k <br />I UNDERSTAND JUDGE MAAS DECISION ON THE CITIES APPEAL OF <br />THE BROCKMAN PROPERTY IS DUE ON MAY 10th. <br />HAVE JUDGES TRADED INFORMATION AND OUR COUNCIL WANTS TO <br />CLOSE THE BOOK ON THE APPEAL SO AS TO SAVE THE EMBARRASSMENT <br />OF SPENDING IN EXCESS OF $ 50,000.00 TAX PAYERS DOLLARS <br />ON A LOSING'ISSUE. IS THAT THE REAL REASON FOR THE MAY 8TH GIVAWAY? <br />LET US HAVE SOME INFORMATIONAL MEETINGS LET THE CITIZENS <br />OF OUR CITY KNOW WHATS GOING ON. GIVE US ALTERNATIVES. <br />DON'T TREAT THE CITIZENS OF LAKE ELMO IN THE SAME SECRET, <br />NO INFORMATION, KEEP THEM IN THE DARK SENARIO USED IN THE <br />PAT MORRISION FIRING. <br />ABOVE ALL DO NOT GIVE Jf SECTION 32 ON MAY 8TH. <br />