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Ms. Connolly expressed a concern about the property not being bid on. She wondered if any developers in Ramsey were contacted to see if they were interested in the land. Mr. Schroeder stated that the City had an individual interested in buying this property. It was brought to the City Council for consideration - it was handled much like the City's industrial park is handled. We do not go out and ask if anyone is interested - we are approached. Ms. Connolly stated she was uncomfortable taking the $80,000 as she felt it may not be enough to fix the building. Mr. Raudio interjected that there is a difference between the industrial park and this property on T.H. #47. He knows there is property for sale in the industrial park, he did not know this land was for sale. Councilmember Zimmerman stated he supports restoration of this building but does not support this action if the City did not go out for bids. Terry Hendriksen, 15631 Ramsey Boulevard NW, Ramsey, inquired about comparables for the appraisal done on the property. Mr. Schroeder assured him there were comparables done. We did not negotiate a purchase price and then go out and gain an appraisal. He reiterated that the City was approached about the property and we said we would take whatever the appraisal came back at. The person that did the appraisal has been doing appraisals for the City for four years. She's very qualified and does well at Commissioner hearings. Mr. Hendriksen commented that his experiences in cases such as this is there's usually a disparity - the City's appraisal is usually low. He added that it appears the money the City will be receiving is encumbered. The City is receiving $80,000 to be escrowed for a certain purpose - "that has less value than the plain old buck". Mr. Schroeder stated that City Council allocated these funds for the remodeling of the old school house. Mr. Hendriksen expressed "uneasiness" with this entire transaction. Motion by Councilmember Peterson and seconded by Mayor Hardin to grant site plan approval to KKE Architects for the Landmark Community Bank facility. Motion failed. Voting Yes: Mayor Hardin and Councilmember Peterson. Voting No: Councilmembers Beyer and Zimmerman. Absent: Councilmember Beahen. Case #2: Request for Site Plan Approval of Listul Industries; Case of Sharp and Associates City Engineer Jankowski stated that Sharp and Associates have been retained by Listul Industries to prepare a site plan for their new facility to be constructed on the west side of Sunfish Lake Boulevard, just north of the railroad tracks. The office-warehouse facility is proposed to be 19,690 square feet in size. Because of the type of work they do, steel fabrication, they are looking to have a flow-through type of operation. There is an access proposed on Sunfish Lake Boulevard. The majority of the access would come off the proposed extension of McKinley Street. This has been forwarded to the County and they City Council/February 27, 1996 Page 7 of 14