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Miscellaneous: <br /> <br />Mate Building: Currently the City is involved in confidential negotiations with a company that <br />is looking at purchasing the Mate building. The company has the potential to bring 125 jobs and <br />utilize the exiting structure in its current state. Updates will follow... <br /> <br />Phone Discussion: Recently staff received a phone call from a business stating that the City was <br />buying up all the metal buildings and making it harder for smaller businesses to be able to afford <br />buying them. This business owner, who currently leases in Ramsey also expressed concern <br />about thc lack of 1-2 acre lots for small businesses. I believe these items can be addressed in the <br />workplan discussion but I thought this phone discussion was worthy of specific notation. <br /> <br />Debee [)roperty: The City Purchased the Debee property for $170,000 on Aril 6, 2005. A <br />relocation payment was also made to Mr. Debee to move his equipment to his new location in <br />Mora. Staff' will open meaningful negotiations with a Ramsey business to discuss relocating to <br />the Debcc property and to construct a new building in 2005. <br /> <br />Amoco l'roperty: Staff and the City Attorney have been in contact with counsel for Amoco. <br />Details of the purchase agreement are being reviewed Staff is hopeful a closing will occur on or <br />before May 31, 2005. <br /> <br />Zero-Zone Refi-igeration: On Monday, February 7, 2005 SUPERVALU purchased Total <br />Logistics, Inc. Zero Zone Refrigeration was held by this holding company. ' Staff is currently in <br />contact with SuperValu and Zero-Zone to finalize a proposed acquisition of the former Spohn <br />l'roperty for a future expansion. The City:is still negotiating the terms and sales price of the <br />property. <br /> <br />Future Meeting Topics: <br /> 1. Monument Signage <br /> <br />~7 <br /> <br /> <br />