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Mounds View City Council July 25, 2005 Regular Meeting Page 2 that they needed to get certain things done to in order to get occupancy noting that he has talked 1 with Director Ericson about this and asked if could rent the building without the parking lot or 2 does he have to wait until Belmier decides to follow through with the plans they submitted to 3 him. He stated that he is asking the Council what to do. He stated that the City approved the 4 plans and a contractor came in from out of state and built on a piece of property they have owned 5 for over fifty years. He stated that he did discuss the project with Director Ericson and Economic 6 Development Coordinator Backman and told them that they were willing to sell the project 7 because they did not want to ruin the integrity of the building. He stated that they wanted to 8 share the right in and right out access noting that since that time they have lost the integrity of the 9 building, the parking lot is not done and the right in/right out access is not very convenient. He 10 expressed frustration stating that he does not know what to do and asked if the City would be 11 able to help him with Belmier. 12 13 Director Ericson confirmed that there have been some difficulties dealing with the developer and 14 getting the project done. He stated that the property owner has been working with Belmier in 15 getting the project done as to what was originally promised for the PAC building site. He stated 16 that they do have a letter executed by Belmier indicating that they would honor and abide by their 17 original agreement to do improvements on the PAC building site and Staff feels confident that 18 they will follow through with it, recognizing that they have already been put out for several 19 months and are not sure when it would actually be completed. He stated that as to the question 20 of whether or not they can rent the building with the parking lot in the condition it is in, they can 21 rent the building noting that it is not in the condition that the either the City or he would prefer. 22 23 Mr. Prose explained that one of the reasons he does not want to rent the building the way it is 24 right now is because of the problems he has had. He expressed concerns stating that he does not 25 want to misrepresent the issues with the new buyers from CDS adding that he is not sure if the 26 new buyers are aware of all the ramifications and problems he has had with Belmier. He stated 27 that he did meet with the new owner of the building noting that the new owner was livid. He 28 stated that it is obvious that the new owner was misrepresented by his employee noting that he 29 tried to talk to the owner about it and was basically told to hit the road and take care of it himself. 30 He explained that one of the reasons he does not want to be in charge of the planning for this 31 project is because the grades were screwed up from the beginning. He stated that he does have 32 the capability of hiring the subcontractors to get the job done but if he does that he does not want 33 them to come back and accuse him of goofing it up. He stated that he wants Belmier to put in the 34 parking lot and follow through on their commitment. He stated that the paperwork Staff received 35 from Belmier includes one of the amendments to their purchase agreement but it does not include 36 the second amendment, which was the amendment for the curb removal. He indicated that 37 Kirsten signed off on the amendment for the curb removal noting that had he not had that signed 38 piece of paper at the time of closing, they would not have closed and wouldn’t have been dealing 39 with Belmier. He stated that he does not know what their stance is on this issue adding that he is 40 currently discussing this concern with his attorney and they are trying to put together a plan. He 41 stated that currently it has been left where he is supposed to be responsible for the parking lot and 42 get it finished. He expressed concerns stating that he does not want the liability noting that the 43 bond that Belmier is holding does not cover the costs of the scope of work left to be done. He 44 asked if Council would visit the site. 45