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Highway #10, and to amend the Memorandum of Understanding with the City of Anoka approved April 13, 2004. Motion carried. Voting Yes: Mayor Gamec, Councilmembers Elvig, Cook, Jeffrey, Pearson, and Strommen. Voting No: None. Absent: Councilmember Olson. The meeting was recessed at 9:06 p.m. and reconvened at 9:15 p.m. Case #18: Consider Adoption of City Council Out-of-State Travel Policy City Administrator Norman reviewed that at a work session held by the City Council on June 28, 2005, the City Council requested that a Travel Guidelines Policy be drafted for the City. Staff had also learned that a new State Statute had been adopted during the 2005 legislative session that requires that all local government units must develop a policy that controls travel outside the State of Minnesota, for applicable elected officials of that government unit. The League of Minnesota Cities developed a model travel policy for cities to consider and the City Council discussed the model policy in a work session held on November 15, 2005. Changes discussed in the work session have been incorporated into the policy. The policy is now ready for adoption. Councilmember Elvig suggested striking the bullet point referencing the sister city relationship, as it may be too specific for an overall policy. Motion by Councilmember Cook, seconded by Councilmember Jeffrey, to adopt the City Council Out-of-State Travel Policy with the following bullet item removed: ~Vhether the elected official has been specifically assigned by the Council to visit another city for the purpose of establishing a goodwill relationship such as a "sister-city" relationship. Motion carried. Voting Yes: Mayor Gamec, Councilmembers Cook, Jeffrey, Elvig, Pearson, and Strommen. Voting No: None. Absent: Councilmember Olson. Case #19: Property Management on Highway 10 Parcels City Administrator Norman reviewed that in September 0£2005 the City purchased the property known as the NAU building through RALF Funding. The building included two areas that are suitable for leasing. As the City continues to acquire properties in the Highway 10 corridor it will determine which ones will continue to operate at a profit or breakeven point for the City. To ensure that these buildings remain in service staff is recommending that the City retain a property manager for the buildings along Highway 10. The current proposal would be to hire Premier Commemial Properties, Inc. to operate the NAU building per the terms described in the proposed contract. The building currently houses a storage operation for boats and RV's. The front of the building could be leased out for an office/showroom user. The Property Manager would be in place to market the vacant space and to manage existing tenants. City Attomey Goodrich advised he will be making changes to the agreement, as a more thorough document laying out the relationship has been drafted. The motion should make the approval City Council / December 13, 2005 Page 26 of 37