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f dft -2- The Manager announced the "good news" that the C. G. Rein Company had acceded to staff's insistence that the City's lease for the former LaBelle space would include the provision for the City canceling.the lease without a penalty if the state legislature would make changes in the existing law which would allow a grocery or drug store in the same .shopping center to sell strong beer or wine and precluded the City's right to issue permits for such sales. He also said the lease addition gave the City the right to withdraw from the lease if the Country Store next door closed, even though another grocery store should replace them next to the liquor store. Mr. Childs indicated the City Attorney had reviewed the new lease, was very happy with the changes and recommended Council approval after all changes had been initialed. Mr. Nelson told Councilmember Enrooth he had not heard any rumors about the possibility of a liquor store replacing a store on the Minneapolis side of Stinson near the City's new operation but had heard the owner of the store on the corner of 37th Avenue N.E. and Old Highway 8 was considering such an operation in that area. Mr. Nelson concluded his report by saying he would be certain the existing air conditioning and heating equipment in the store was satisfactory before the lease would be signed. The Chair Pro Tem complimented the Liquor Manager on his success in accomplishing what had originally been perceived as an almost impossible endeavor. • Motion by Councilmember Enrooth and seconded by Chair Pro Tem Ranallo to approve the proposed lease with the C. G. Rein Company for approximately 9,100 square feet of space next to the Apache Country Store subject to the concurrence of the City Attorney with the final document. Motion carried unanimously. Mr. Childs indicated seven vendors had been invited to submit bids for a walk-in cooler for the new store and only two had responded with only one meeting the City's fixture specifications. Since those bids had been closed, the Manager said staff had ascertained two 5 hp rather than one 10 hp compressor was needed and each bidder had been given the opportunity of including that change in his firm's bid. National Store Fixtures had increased their bid by $900 while St. Cloud Restaurant Supply added $1,500 which left National Store Fixtures with the lowest bid of $44,200 at the same time they met the City's specification requirements. The manner in which the staff had handled the reopening of the bids had met with the approval of the City Attorney, the Manager told the Mayor Pro Tem and he indicated they had been assisted by Lynn Griffiths who had helped to draw up the specifications and had reviewed them for the City. Motion by Councilmember Makowske and seconded by Councilmember Enrooth to accept the bid of $44,200 from National Store Fixtures for the walk-in cooler and accessories for the new Apache liquor store with the contract to be awarded only upon comple- tion of the signing of the lease for that space. Motion carried unanimousl-y.,. Mr. Childs told Mr.Nelson he would expect the contract to be awarded within a week which should not interfere with his planned opening September 1st.