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• 7 1 *he and several Councilmembers 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 20 building and erect single family homes on the site and they appear to be 01 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 W2 it back. He said the school' s initial argument for even charging 43 anything for the building in the first place had been that New Brighton 44 tax payers were also involved and the School Board was only trying to