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Councilmember Hendriksen replied that he was not sure, but would find out. He stated that he would like to know if there is some interest in having them located in Ramsey. Mayor Gamec stated that he thought it would be a great to have QCTV located in Ramsey. Councilmember Zimmerman would be in support of QCTV locating to Ramsey. Councilmember Hendriksen inquired if the Council would be willing to help support getting them in the City in any significant way. Councilmember Anderson stated that there is some help you can give to some organizations that you cannot give to non-profit organizations and they would need to clarify what support they can and cannot give. Mayor Gamec stated that he thinks the suggestion should be made to QCTV and then bring the issue back to the Council for consideration of financial support. Councilmember Zimmerman requested that staff research the financial aspects and have the City Attorney review the legal aspects. Case #4: Authorization of Sale of Property with Anoka County Community Action Program (ACCAP) City Attorney Goodrich stated that the City of Ramsey entered into a purchase agreement with the Anoka County Community Action Program, Inc. (ACCAP) on February 18, 1999. The purchase agreement would allow for the sale of City-owned property at the intersection of T.H. #47 and soon-to-be-built Sunwood Drive. The purchase agreement spelled out that a development agreement would be executed between the parties, which would complete the sale of the property owned by the City to ACCAP. Staff completed negotiations on a development agreement and prepared the development agreement for Council consideration during the regular meeting of December 12, 2000. ACCAP subsequently requested the City to simply follow through with the sale of the property with an agreed upon amount of $269,000. At a recent meeting with the City Attorney, the Council directed staff to place the item on the Council agenda for reconsideration of the matter. Motion by Councilmember Anderson, seconded by Councilmember Kurak, to introduce and ordinance authorizing the sale of certain City-owned property located in the City of Ramsey and direct staff to close on the sale of the property pursuant to the terms of the purchase agreement and subject to final adoption of the ordinance. Further discussion: Councilmember Zimmerman inquired if the purchase agreement was beyond the one year time limit. City Attorney Goodrich explained that if the City chose to continue with the lawsuit, it would not be a good suit to be defending. Councilmember Zimmerman inquired City Council/February 27, 2001 Page 11 of 23