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CORRECTED CITY OF ST. ANTHONY SPECIAL COUNCIL MEETING MINUTES October 4 , 1977 The executive session of the City Council was called to order at 6: 21 p.m. by Mayor Miedtke to discuss a matter with legal counsel con- cerning unpaid special assessments. Present: Duane Miedtke, Donna Stauffer and Bill Sauer Also present: Jim Fornell, City Manager John Drawz, Special Counsel Councilman Sundland arrived at 6: 22 p.m. , Councilman Haik arrived at 6 : 25 p.m. The Council discussed only the details of the proposed reassessment and apportionment action on properties located in the Apache Plaza and Diamond 8 Apartments areas. The session was ordered closed by Mayor Miedtke at 6 : 50 p.m. At 7: 02 p.m. Mayor Miedtke reconvened the hearing on Resolution 77-048 which had been continued from the September 27, 1977 Council meeting. Attorney Bruce Odlaug said he was representing the owners of Diamond 8 Apartments when he once again protested the reassessment for improve- ments made to his client' s property 11 years ago for which the City had made the mistake of not collecting from the original owner. He felt the City was making another mistake trying to collect these past due amounts from the present owner who had done everything "a reasonable man could do" to search the title to the property before purchasing it. He felt Council minutes of the past indicated "the public 's interest was ignored in the attempts to collect the assessments for the property improvements" and contended "the City is now trying to have an innocent party pay for the City' s mistakes of 11 years ago as well as to bear the legal costs of a court battle to find out who is right" . He re- iterated his point that his client had paid the full purchase price for the property believing all assessments against it had been paid. The Mayor thanked Mr. Odlaug for the letter he had submitted providing the Council with the attorney 's contentions regarding the assessments. Loren Gross, another attorney repeated the claim made during the first hearing that his clients, Mr. and Mrs. Edwin Beutz , had made a good ® faith purchase of their property with no knowledge of these assessments .