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Councilmember Zimmerman replied that it is more than a purchase agreement, the City will be giving away $9,000 a year in taxes, which should be going to the schools and the roads. Now other people in the neighborhood are going to have to pay more towards the school district. Councilmember Kurak stated that the Council had six options to consider to settle the lawsuit. Councilmember Hendriksen replied that ACCAP presented them with six options, but the purchase agreement said that if ACCAP considered the property to be damaged they could have walked away and that is what they should have done. Motion by Councilmember Kurak, seconded by Councilmember Anderson, to authorize settlement agreement with Anoka County Community Action Program, Inc., based on the recent discussion during the Attorney/Client privileged meeting held on July 5, 2001, and addressed in the summary, amending the agreement to say up to a 32 unit single family or townhouse project. Motion carried. Voting Yes: Mayor Gamec, Councilmembers Kurak, and Anderson. Voting No: Councilmembers Hendriksen and Zimmerman. Case #5: Authorization to Submit Proposal for Quad Cities Cable Commission Studio City Administrator Norman stated that the Quad Cities Cable Commission is soliciting proposals from interested parties in order to purchase a buildable land parcel for a proposed facility. The City Council has discussed in the past the possibility of offering the land located at 6391 Sunfish Lake Court at a competitive price for Commission consideration. Additionally, the Council has also discussed the possibility of waiving utihty hook-up charges and assessments. Staff has been working with Robert Bohnhoff of Princeton, Minnesota, the owner of the property, to arrive at a purchase price for the property. Mr. B0hnhoff has agreed to a purchase price of $85,000. Staff is recommending that the City offer to subsidize the purchase price of the property in an amount of $15,000 as well as waiving the utility hook-up charges and assessments. Councilmember Hendriksen noted that he had expressed concern that the City agreement with Mr. Sharp for the property east of Sunfish Lake Boulevard commits the City to return to Mr. Sharp certain funds based on the evaluation of the structures that are built on the property. The concern is that the QCTV building would be tax exempt and would not generate tax increment so the City may have obligated themselves to return funds to Mr. Sharp that the City will not be collecting if QCTV accepts Mr. Sharp's proposal. City Attorney Goodrich stated that the property west of Sunfish Lake Boulevard has a building under construction and the property is to be completed under two phases. The southerly portion of the property is conveyed as phase I. At the same time the City entered into an agreement with Mr. Sharp that if he builds a three million dollar project on the second phase that generates increment he will get back the funds that he paid for the property. If he were to donate the land to QCTV he would not have the ability to make a three million dollar project. City Council/July 1 O, 2001 Page 9 of 14