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CITY OF ST. ANTHONY • COUNCIL MINUTES January 25 , 1983 Mayor Sundland opened the meeting with the Pledge of Allegiance at 7 : 46 P.M. Present for roll .call : Enrooth, .Letourneau, Sundland, Ranallo, and Marks . Also present: Larry Hamer, Acting Manager; William Soth, City Attorney; and Richard Krier, H.R.A. Planning Consultant. The Council resumed thediscussion of the procedure- which would be followed for selectinga developer for the Kenzie Terrace Redevelopment Project and accepted the format .for conducting the .interviews recom- mended by Mr. Krier. Each developer would be given a one hour inter- view, February 8th , the first starting at 6 :00 P .M. and the second at: 7 :15 P::NL::watri-15 mnut"e breaks between the interviews and before the regularly scheduled meeting is opened at 8: 30 P.M. Thefirst half hour of each interview would be devoted to an uninterrupted presenta- tion of the developer' s proposal with an additional 30 minutes left open for questions from the H.R.A. and- for legal questions to be clarified by the City Attorney. Mr. Soth notified the Council at this point that his firm also represents • both of the firms who -are being considered for the project. He reported he had researched the possibility of conflict of interest should he serve as legal counsel to the City at the same time* the project is being developedand found it would be legally permissible for him to continue to serve the H.R.A. as long as both the City and the developers are notified of the conflict and neither objects to the arrangement. He has no .personal involvement with either of the firms , Mr. Soth told the Council and he does not believe his position would be compromised -in any way since similar connections are common within firms as large as his . Councilman Enrooth commented, that when he considers the alternative of having the City ' s counsel as less than top drawer, as happened in the Johnson litigation, .he believes the Council should consider the credibility of the person involved, and accept Mr. Soth as legal counsel for this project. Mr. Hamer indicated he would have a notice that the .Council meeting February 8th would be delayed until 8 : 30 P.M. placed in the Bulletin. Motion by Councilman Ranallo and seconded by Councilman Letourneau to approve as submitted the minutes for. the Council meeting held Janu- ary 11, 1983. --�1 Motion carried unanimously. �• J Mr. Hamer indicated all the property owners on 27th Avenue N.E., and _ a majority of those on Pahl Avenue had signed the petition for the