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<br />• Mr. Goodrich's court experience includes representing the City in eminent domain litigation,
<br />• special assessment appeals, land use litigation and miscellaneous municipal litigation. In
<br />• addition, during his first fifteen years as City Attorney, Mr. Goodrich was the City prosecutor
<br />prosecuting in District Court hundreds of misdemeanor criminal offenses. Mr. Goodrich
<br />• continues to be involved in the Law Firm's prosecution duties, including primary responsibility
<br />• for all court trials (trials without a jury).
<br />• Mr. Goodrich has been responsible over the years, with few exceptions for the City's real estate
<br />• transactions including as stated above, the drafting of purchase agreements, title reviews,
<br />• marketable title issues /resolutions, drafting standard development agreements, drafting leases
<br />• and easement acquisition documents, as well as drafting certain of the City's comprehensive plan
<br />• and assisting in drafting various comprehensive plan amendments.
<br />Mr. Goodrich has experience in consulting with and giving advice to the City's Human
<br />• Resources Manager regarding employee relations including advice and interpretation regarding
<br />• the City's personnel policy, personnel contracts, and city code, employee discipline, and data
<br />privacy matters as relates to personnel issues.
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<br />• In addition, to attending all regular City Council meetings, Council work sessions and special
<br />• meetings as directed, Mr. Goodrich does also attend all HRA regular meetings and special
<br />meetings as requested and he does, on an as- requested basis, provide legal services to the HRA
<br />• including real estate matters. Mr. Goodrich is very willing and qualified to become more
<br />• involved in HRA real estate matters as directed by the HRA and/or its Executive Director.
<br />• ` Education:
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<br />• University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minnesota, B.S. 1967, Major: Business
<br />• Administration
<br />University of Minnesota Law School, Minneapolis, Minnesota, J.D. 1970
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<br />• Professional Chronology:
<br />• Admitted to Minnesota Bar 1970
<br />• Admitted to United States District Court 1971
<br />• General and municipal practice of law, 1970 to present
<br />• Attorney, City of Ramsey, 1970 to present
<br />• Attorney, City of Dayton, 1971 to 1976
<br />Assistant City Attorney, City of Anoka, 1976 to 1979
<br />• Acting City Attorney, City of Anoka, 1979
<br />• Metropolitan Council, Easement Acquisition, 1983 to 1984
<br />• Attorney, Town of Frankfort, Wright County, Minnesota, 1986 to 1996
<br />Attorney, City of Bethel, 2003 to present
<br />• Attorney, Stockholm Township, Wright County, Minnesota, 1996 to 2012
<br />• Member, Randall, Goodrich & Haag, P.L.C., 1980 to. present
<br />• Minnesota Attorney ID: 0036171
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