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! I and explained the bid opening results. Staff feels we should have these proposals reviewed by the adjacent neighborhood and then negotiate an acceptable development agreement that protects the City, the developer and the neighborhood. To date, the mailing list consists of 43 property owners adjacent to this property to the north. We expect that this mailing list may need to be expanded somewhat. Prior to a decision being made, there needs to be at least one more neighborhood meeting. Staff is asking for City Council direction to continue with the neighborhood process and to authorize staff to attempt to negotiate an appropriate development agreement and to introduce the ordinance that allows this to happen. Gary Lien, 14620 Bowers Drive NW, Ramsey, asked if there are any plans for the use of these funds from the sale of the land. Councilmember Peterson replied that there is a park across the street and the money is dedicated toward construction of that. Mr. Lien asked if there is a fund for the development of parks. Mr. Schroeder responded that a fund is set up to receive park dedication and that money goes into the fund. Periodically, it's doled out. Since 1991, City Council has felt that when park dedication is sufficient to develop a park, Council feels it should be done at the same time as the development. In 1993, Council dedicated landfill interest earnings toward park development. Art Reese, 6300 - 144th Avenue NW, Ramsey, stated he lives across from Hunter's Hill Park and there used to be a couple of tether balls and teeter totters in the park. They just disappeared instead of being repaired. He added that there is also a sledding hill on the back part of the park and there's barbed wire on that side. Last year a child got scratched up and he wondered if the fence should be there. Mr. Schroeder stated that the tether bail repair/purchase would just come out of the maintenance budget so he will check to see why that was removed. He thought maybe the teeter totter was removed because of a request by the insurance company. They see them as dangerous, but he would check that out also. He added that he will look into the barbed wire fence being there too. Motion by Councilmember Peterson and seconded by Mayor Hardin to begin a process of coming up with a development agreement and proposal and to continue the communication with the adjacent neighborhood. Motion carried. Voting Yes: Mayor Hardin, Councilmembers Peterson, Beahen, Beyer and Zimmerman. Voting No: None. Motion by Councilmember Peterson and seconded by Councilmember Beahen to introduce the ordinance selling this City-owned property. Motion carried. Voting Yes: Mayor Hardin, Councilmembers Peterson, Beahen, Beyer and Zimmerman. Voting No: None. Case #10: Parabody Expansion City Administrator Schroeder stated that staff has been working with Parabody trying to facilitate their expansion needs. We have been approached asking the City to adopt a resolution to initiate the process for Industrial Revenue Bond financing. Each year, in order to compete for this, a resolution needs to be adopted for them to even make an application for the financing. It could be they receive this adopted resolution, go after the funding, and not get it. If they compete and receive the funding, there are additional actions required to complete that process. If the money is City Council/December 10, 1996 Page 19 of 25