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Councilmember Hendriksen stated that they would be looking at all options. Mayor Gamec inquired if QCTV is a for-profit company. City Administrator Norman explained that QCTV is a Joint Powers therefore everyone working for QCTV is a government employee. Councilmember Anderson stated that there seems as thought that situation. One is that the current building is leased at an that they need. In the past it has been the preference, building, but she does not know that that is agreement they would be able to get a mortgage, to them, or QCTV could choose to go into somethin Councilmember Hendriksen replied that whenever the issue discussed in the past it seemed like the City Manager from building for QCTV and so the issue someone is going to need to build it the next 15 years would Councilmember Anderson inq only half the s~ze : , not to own a As a Joint Powers and rent back their own building was interested in buying a 'as never really addressed. Q .~nee~:za' bmld~ng and · :~.~ '~ii.¢ ~~ . agreement with A~ fll be in place for a landlord. Councilmember Kurak stated that entityS:~'-":l:~ they own their own building they would not pay.taxes, but if they were 1 t~en they would. Councilmeml~'er'J-Iendriksen. i~ted that many't~¢s_. ~,,City gives away things in order to attract businesses:'~C~'some perio~i'i~? time goes by ~"the City benefits ~om the busi. ess. ~e explain~d'~at it is unlike!:~','~:t the prope~,~d be built on in the near ~ut~re and the one reas6n the C~t~,p. urchasecl the. BMA prop~i'.~as to get a racer appearance as people drove up Sunfish Lake Bouleyard;s0 ~t'would;~?ense to bmld the bmldmg rather than hawtng vacant land. x:,:? .?~5,:;"~';~i~'mbe, r.r.~";~i.d.~t building the U.i~di.g wo.~d be in.e.ti.g bond. a.a tax ti~e. ~e buil~i'ng'would also ~e S~i~iized to acco~odate a s~dio and in 15 ye,s if QCTV leaves it would ha~ ~ be rented({~smdio or m~e it econo,cai to lease it to someone else or sell it She inquired ~"-~o who W6hld m~age the prope~ if the CiW le~es ~e build~g. Ms. Kur~ stated that ~f tBe: City were going to spend the money on a bmldlng she would prefer to see the City expand 0~;9i* Hall. She stated that she th~s that QCTV would be ~ asset to the .but she is not~pmfo~able with leasing the prope~. ,~' v5 .. ,'e -,. v COunc~e~ber Hendfiksen stated that he did not ~ow that there is ~y~ng si~ific~t with the deSi~ of the building, but would find that out. He did not t~ that it was a case of doing City Council/March 20, 2001 Page 9 of 12 -123-