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• 7 1 *he and-several Councilmember-s -had been :authorized..to. negotiate 2 with- the School -Board' s -representatives; 3 • *the City had- come up with a package which was basically what .the 4 —school wanted at that time, and which the City- agreed to,- under 5 ' .which the City would build :a parking lot and play ground for the 6 school and would maintain the grounds around the school• for the 7 - next two years, which would -cost between $80 ,000 and .$90 ,000 ,to 8 do; 9 . *some time later, the School Board indicated they needed an ap- _ 10 praisal made- of the building and had a study made of what it would 11 cost them to move out of Parkview which turned out to be $273 , 000 12 of which the- School District only has about $20 ;000 each for the 13 next two years ; 14 *the School District said they were willing to pay about $60 ,000 15 of the moving costs, which put the school and the City about 16 $120 , 000 apart. 17 The School' s appraisal indicated the land was worth. about $240 ,000 and 18 the building itself about $.70 ,000 . The School District study had 19 suggested a desirable use of the property would be to demolish the 0 building and erect single family homes on the site and they appear to be 1 considering doing that as one of their options. 22 Mr. Childs indicated the City had begun to question whether, it would be 23 worth the City' s while to spend $200 ,000 for the building and then 24 another $200-250 , 000 to convert a •portion of the building for the Fire 25 Department and to make the other improvements the City would want to, 26 including putting 'on a new roof and making the necessary changes to the 27 heating system. He said firm figures on doing that should be available 28 by the :end of the week. 29 In the meantime, the School is jockeying around lots of ideas,, including 30 tearing; down ' the .building which the Manager perceived could be very 31 interesting because that would force the eviction of the City. 32 If the City does not remain in Parkview, Mr. Childs said some 33 arrangements would have to be made to add on the -existing fire station - 34 or construct a new building, or find some alternate space somewhere. 35 The 'City Manager -pointed out that the, City had given -the- Parkview 36 property to the School District on the condition it be -used only for 37 school 'purposes back in 1951. However., that' condition had been _negated 38 by the rule of law which says such -a condition is only good for -30 years 39 which means the City' s rights expired. in 1981 . the . City' s position 40 remains -that -since St. Anthony had given the .School District the land 41 : for the school-, it= •doesn' t make sense. to spend. -tax payers -,money to get 02 it---back.. - -He -said the school ' s: initial argument . for even charging 43 Anything for the building in the .f:i-rs.t place -had been that New Brighton 44 :tax ' payers were. alto -involved and-,.the School Board was only trying to .