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City Council Regular Meeting Minutes December 13, 2005 Page 7 1 higher rate than another business in the same area. Mayor Faust replied he believes there are 2 some individual responsibilities in that if someone feels they have been treated unfairly they may 3 wish to contact the Human Rights Department. He noted doing legal research for a business may 4 not be legal because the City does not do research for private persons at public expense. He 5 added it is not known what has transpired between the lesser and lessee. Council never gets 6 involved in the economic trade that goes on and developers guard this trade quite closely. 7 8 Gedam Azeze, Owner of Limu Coffee, thanked everyone for his or her support and asked 9 Council to look into this issue. 10 11 Councilmember Horst stated he used to have a small business in St. Anthony but when rent 12 became too high it closed. He noted he would be surprised if the landlord is trying to stick it to 13 this particular tenant or get her out. He added he is not sure what Council can do regarding a 14 private business and a private developer and is unsure there is any legal action they can take. He 15 hopes the small business_ can stay there and thanked everyone for coming. 16 17 Councilmember Gray thanked everyone for coming and making their viewpoints known. He 18 stated he is not sure where Council can go with this but would not want the business to leave the 19 community. He added he would be in favor of doing anything they can do. 20 21 Mayor Faust stated the lesser will not negotiate in public. The marketplace is going to dictate 22 what happens no matter the business size. The assumption is that no reputable developer would 23 take a chance of prejudicing an owner with higher rent because they could loose everything they 24 have. He suggested the owner ask what everyone else in the complex is paying. The newspaper 25 has been good at getting information and usually digs out the truth; that is how additional 26 information may be found out. This meeting and the number of people in attendance can be 27 referenced, which will run daily for the next month. 28 29 IX. INFORMATION AND ANNOUNCEMENTS. 30 None. 31 32 X. MISCELLANEOUS INFORMATIONAL DOCUMENTS. 33 Mayor Faust thanked Council and City Staff for this past years' work. He noted there were 22 34 Council meetings, one Special .meeting, 13 Work Sessions, and 14 HRA. meetings. He added the 35 Council participates in many other activities throughout the year and named a majority of them. 36 37 38 39 40 41 42 43 44 45 ADJOURNMENT, Mayor Faust adjourned the meeting at 8:51 p.m. Respectfully submitted, Cheryl Felix TimeSaver Off Site Secretarial, Inc. 46 ATTEST: 47 City Clerk Mayor 10 .Motionr carried unan,i ouslY: