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Mounds View City Council June 28, 2004 Regular Meeting Page 14 Council Member Stigney stated on page 1, paragraph 5, they talk about the banquet center 1 including 8,000, but it also includes 4,800 square feet of community education area, including 2 three large meeting rooms, five offices, hallways, bathrooms, and separate entrance area. He 3 asked whether they couldn’t go out for RFP’s with and without this to see what the interest is and 4 what would benefit them more in marketing it themselves. 5 6 Mayor Linke stated the 4,800 number is going to have to change. 7 8 City Clerk/Administrator Ulrich stated they would revise that. 9 10 Council Member Marty stated he wondered if they should look at options 2 or 3 more closely and 11 possibly look for a caterer or a manager to manage it without leasing it to get away from the tax 12 burden. 13 14 Council Member Gunn stated that they would be responsible for the taxes, not the city. 15 16 Mayor Linke stated he thought they should send the RFP’s out to start the process, and that they 17 can always make a change. 18 19 MOTION/SECOND. Gunn/Quick. To authorize staff to send out RFP’s for option one with 20 amendment as noted. 21 22 Ayes-5 Nays-0 Motion carried. 23 24 N. Directing Staff to Develop a Revised Lease Agreement with the Twin Cities 25 North Chamber of Commerce in the Mounds View Community Center. 26 27 Economic Development Director Backman stated in December of 2003 the Mounds View City 28 Council approved the current lease agreement with the Twin Cities North Chamber of 29 Commerce. By January 1, 2004 the TCN Chamber had relocated from its offices in Fridley to 30 the Mounds View Community Center. He stated the Chamber occupies 1,263 square feet of 31 office space located in the western portion of the former Community Education area. The TCN 32 Chamber pays a gross rent of $1,160 per month to the Mermaid, the Banquet Manager and Agent 33 of the City. The Mermaid spent $10,000 on leasehold improvements to accommodate the 34 Chamber. These included replacement of the carpet, repainting walls, installation of three work 35 stations, desks and walls, etc. The term of the current lease runs for five years. 36 37 Economic Development Director Backman stated recently Ramsey County has indicated that 38 only the space controlled by the YMCA for park and recreation activities is exempt from 39 property taxes (approx. half the building). He stated he had received correspondence which 40 indicated that the County views the current agreements with the Mermaid as a lease by a for-41 profit agency and therefore subject to property taxes. The Chamber apparently is viewed as a 42 qualified exempt entity, however, due to the structure of the lease the space is disqualified as 43 exempt. 44 45