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Mounds View City Council September 27, 2004 Regular Meeting Page 3 Council Member Quick stated that it hadn’t been built correctly, and that they had went after the 1 contractors to get things done correctly. 2 3 Mr. Marosney asked if they hadn’t received the legal fees on top of the money they were asking 4 for. 5 6 Mayor Linke stated that there were extenuating circumstances that negated a lot of their claims. 7 8 Mr. Marosney asked why they didn’t put it on the ballot and ask the people what they want to do 9 with it. 10 11 Council Member Quick said that was his idea exactly. 12 13 Mayor Linke stated he had been pushing for a phone survey. 14 15 Council Member Quick stated that his idea had been shot down by the Council. 16 17 Council Member Quick stated that there is about 70 acres of the property that they had received 18 from the Department of Transportation, and that there was a caveat that stated it had to be used 19 for public purpose. He stated they have asked the Governor’s office to make an administrative 20 ruling, and they’ve also sent that question to the Attorney General’s Office. He stated that this 21 was done legislatively, and that he didn’t know whether the Governor could take off something 22 that the legislature had put on. He stated that the golf course issue will be looked at on October 23 4th. 24 25 Mayor Linke stated that right now they’ve spent about $90,000 on this so far. 26 27 Mr. Marosney stated they should turn the parcel into a park and build houses around it, and at 28 least that way they would make the money back and pay for the bond. 29 30 Mayor Linke stated that they are all trying to work towards the same end; to do the best thing 31 they can for the City. He stated that this cannot be done until all the information has been 32 received. 33 34 Council Member Quick stated he had run into a situation with a bridge where a lot of money had 35 been spent, and then the newly elected officials had killed the item, and a lot of money had went 36 down the tubes. He stated that he had learned to ask a lot of questions a long time ago. He stated 37 he is probably the most pro tax base person here. He stated they could have put in some high-end 38 condos down in the southwest corner of the city, and they could have gotten ten times the taxes 39 from it. He stated that they would have had to have condemned some properties to do it. He 40 stated that they don’t have any high-end condos available in the area. 41 42 Council Member Marty stated that they would have had to have condemned 15 to 18 different 43 properties, and he hadn’t agreed with that. 44 45