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City Council Regular Meeting Minutes July 22, 2003 0-2 Page 15 Mr. Gilligan noted present legislation would allow liquor establishments to remain open until 2:00 a.m. if Council did nothing. He stated this ordinance moved the closing time back to 1:00 3 a.m. 4 5 Motion by Councilmember Faust to approve First Reading of Ordinance 2003-009 amending 6 Section 1000.10, Subd. 7 hours of sale. 7 8 Discussion: 9 10 Councilmember Thuesen indicated, when the City had a better idea of redevelopment at Apache 11 Plaza with the new addition at the south end, he was definitely open to discussing a closing time 12 of 2:00 a.m. He added Council needed to keep an open mind about the 2:00 a.m. closing time. 13 Councilmember Faust responded the time could always be changed at a later date. 14 Councilmember Thuesen agreed and felt this was the correct move to make at the current time. 15 16 Motion carried unanimously. 17 18 2. Resolution 03-059, re: Registration of Stonehouse property. 19 City Attorney Gilligan noted the Stonehouse parcel had several title defects that could best be 20 cured through the registration process. 21 22 Motion by Councilmember Thuesen to adopt Resolution 03-059 to register land (Stonehouse 0 property). 25 Motion carried unanimously. 26 27 3. Resolution 03-060, re: Approve redevelopment agreement with Amcon 28 Construction. 29 Stacie Kvilvang, Ehlers and Associates Inc. came forward to address the Council. She noted, at 30 the May 13, 2003, City Council meeting, the Council approved entering into a Pre- 31 Redevelopment Agreement with Amcon Construction for the redevelopment of the 32 Stonehouse/SAV I and Fire Station site. At their June 24, 2003, meeting, the Council approved 33 proceeding with redevelopment of the Stonehouse property in accordance with redevelopment 34 option #4 in which the City would retain a portion of the land for the City's liquor store and sell 35 the remaining land to Amcon. Amcon would construct a new retail development and the City 36 would utilize the land sale proceeds to offset the cost of purchasing the new liquor store from 37 Amcon. 38 39 Ms. Kvilvang stated the City attorney, Ehlers and Associates and City staff had been working 40 with Amcon to prepare a Purchase and Development Agreement that outlined the business points 41 of the proposed transaction. Ms. Kvilvang reviewed the provisions within the Agreement with 42 Council. 43 44 Motion by Councilmember Faust to adopt Resolution 03-060, approving contract for private redevelopment with Amcon Construction Company LLC and authorizing the execution and recording thereof. 47