Agenda - Council Work Session - 10/03/2006

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John (Mac) LeFevre has recommended that the City obtain a quotation from their appraiser to complete an updated of the original appraisals as they will be older than 6 months at the time they will be reviewed by the Commissioners. I yviU request this proposal from Integra Real Estate Services and prepare a recommendation for your review. I will also get a revised Appraisal for the parcel "I" (celftOwer parcel) as the original did not include sub-leases with other phone service providers. I have also notified Muir that the city intends to take over all responsibility for relocation of the existing business within the project area and that any future Purchase Agreements they execute should not include relocation costs or benefits. Mr. Dan Wilson is currently preparing a "relocation cost estimate" that will be incorporated into our overall project budget. Mr. Wilson will also be convening a meeting for all property owners to attend and learn of their rights for relocation benefits as part of this action by the City. Mike Mulrooney continues to search for replacement parcels for the Stanton parcel. Given the cities cooperative position in trying to secure Mr. Stanton a.sujtable parcel for his relocation, I feel the City should immediately request Mr. Stanton sign an Access Agreement or stop.all efforts to find a suitable replacement property and let the courts decide .on value and relocation. , ... . In a meeting this past week it was decided that the City should not proceed ahead with any early acquisition without having Muir's Letter of Credit in place giving the city assurances that Muir will re- purchase the parcels from them, Access Agreements Currently Muir has Access Agreements for six of the sixteen parcels. Without the remaining Access Agreements, Muir will not be able to meet their submittal deadline of October 2006. Subsequently, I am recommending that the City ask Mac LeFevre to petition the Courts for Right of Access for all sixteen parcels as soon as possible. Concurrently, Bill Goodrich could continue to try and negotiate these rights with an understanding that the court proceedings will take a minimum of two weeks. This will allow us to notify Muir of a "date certain" that they will have rights to access the property and complete their surveying, environmental and soils investigations. (Note: The City has not completed Phase I Environmental reports on either the Stanton or Amble parcels. _ Muir now has a Purchase Agreement and Access Agreement with Amble sothis work can be completed. It was determined that the City should complete the Phase I Audit of the remaining parcels. Sean Sullivan will direct NTI to complete this work as well as update their completed Phase One's that needed additional site review as a result of snow cover during the original visit.) Site Plan Muir has requested some clarification from the City regarding their proposed "Fitness" tenant. In the original RFP and Muir's subsequent response, the City indicated that they would preferthat Muir not include a fitness user on their site as this may conflict with goals and objectives of the Ramsey Town Center Community Center development. Given the current status of Ramsey Town Center, Muir is asking if the City still stands by this position or would they now agree to a fitness user in Ramsey Crossings. They have also begun to look at moving the home improvement tenant back to the southwest comer of the site. I should have a concept site plan shortly to review with you and staff.