02-14-03 Special
CITY COUNCIL AND HOUSING
AND REDEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY
MEETING MINUTES
Richfield, Minnesota
Special Concurrent Meeting
Of City Council and HRA
February 14, 2003
The meeting was called to order by Mayor Kirsch at 4:30 p.m.
Council Members
Present:
Martin Kirsch, Mayor; Gertrude Ulrich; John Enger; and Sue Sandahl.
Council Members
Not Present:
Susan Rosenberg.
HRA Members
Present:
Thomas Harms; Kristal Stokes; Joan Heimberger; and Dan Linnihan.
HRA Members
Not Present:
Michael Sandahl.
Staff Present:
Samantha Orduno, Executive Director; Steven Devich, Acting City Clerk;
Bruce Palmborg, Community Development Director; John Stark,
Community Development Manager; John Dean and John LeFevre, City
and HRA Representatives with Kennedy and Graven, and Sid Inman,
Ehlers and Associates.
Item #1
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February 14, 2003
John LeFevre, Attorney for the City and HRA, asked the City Council and HRA to adjourn to
a closed session so that legal counsel could provide advice to the City Council and HRA regarding
a proposed settlement. Mr. LeFevre. indicated that representatives of the City, HRA, Best Buy Co.,
and Walser Auto Sales, Inc. had participated in court-ordered mediation and had reached a
proposed settlement of the litigation. He stated that it would be disadvantageous to the City and
HRA to discuss the matter in open session and that the attorneys needed to meet in closed
session in order to adequatelya<;ivise the City and HRA.
M/Ulrich, S/Sandahl to adiourn to a Special Concurrent City Council and HRA Closed
Executive Session in the Executive Conference Room to discuss a tentative settlement for litiQation
between the City of Richfield. Richfield HRA and Walser Auto Sales. Inc.
Motion carried 4-0.
The Special Concurrent Closed Executive Session with the City Council and Housing and
Redevelopment Authority was called to order by Mayor Kirsch a.nd Chair Harms in the Executive
Conference Room at 4:36 p.m.
Council Members
Present:
Martin Kirsch, Mayor; Gertrude Ulrich; John Enger; and Sue Sandahl.
Council Members
Not Present:
Susan Rosenberg.
HRA Members
Present:
Thomas Harms; Kristal Stokes; Joan Heimberger; and Dan Linnihan.
HRA Members
Not Present:
Michael Sandahl.
Staff Present:
Samantha Orduno, Executive Director; Steven Devich, Acting City Clerk;
Bruce Palmborg, Community Development Director; John Stark,
Community Development Manager; John Dean and John LeFevre, City
Representatives with Kennedy and Graven, and Sid Inman, Ehlers and
Associates.
The purpose of this meeting was to discuss tentative settlement for litigation between the
City of Richfield, Richfield HRA and Walser Auto Sales, Inc.
The Closed Executive Session was convened pursuant to M.S. 13D.05,subd. 3(b).
The Closed Executive Session adjourned at 5:23 p.m.
Item #2
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February 14, 2003
Mayor Kirsch and Chair Harms reconvened the Special Concurrent City Council and HRA
meeting in the City Hall Council Chambers at 5:25 p.m.
Item #3
John LeFevre, Attorney for the City and HRA, presented a proposed settlement of three
pending litigations: zoning case, condemnation case and TIF case.
Mr. LeFevre summarized the proposed settlement by reading from the proposed resolution.
Mr. LeFevre stated that this settlement must be reduced to a specific written agreement and
submitted to the Court for approval.
M/Kirsch, S/Sandahl that the followinQ resolution be adopted, that it be spread in the
resolution book and that it be made part of these minutes:
RESOLUTION NO. 9307
A RESOLUTION APPROVING SETTLEMENT
OF PENDING LITIGATION
Motion carried 4-0. This resolution appears as Resolution No. 9307 in Resolution Book No.
74.
Mayor Kirsch commended Chair Harms, City Manager Orduno, legal staff, representatives
of Best Buy, the Walser Group and City staff for their efforts in reaching this settlement.
The meeting was adjourned by unanimous consent at S:.3:?:m. I~~ /J
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MartiO-..!. Kirsch
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L. Devich
Acting City Clerk