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. . . ARDEN HILLS CITY COUNCIL - JULY 26, 1999 18 Mr. Post stated that he had spoken with Mr. Mike Fix who had pointed out that there was the ongoing land transfer process occurring with the Minnesota National Guard. Mr. Fix indicated that there was a question in terms of, if the land transfer to the Guard is accomplished prior to the Congressional Bill passage, who would be the responsible party to convey the property to the City. Councilmember Malone asked, if the land transfer went through prior to the legislation being passed, would this nullify the legislation. Mr. Fritsinger stated that this would not be case. The motion carried unanimously (5-0). ADMINISTRATOR COMMENTS Mr. Fritsinger stated that he had been attempting to schedule a meeting with Bethel College representatives, Mayor Probst and himself. The Bethel College representatives have been on vacation over the last week and this meeting has not been scheduled. Therefore, there will be no new information before the next Parks and Recreation Committee meeting being held on Tuesday, July 27, 1999. Mr. Fritsinger stated that he would continue trying to schedule this meeting at the earliest opportunity. Mr. Fritsinger stated that the Josephine East, LLC project on Shoreline Lane has continued to move along slowly with regard to the preparation of the development agreement. The developer did bring doeumentation to the City today which was required to finalize the development agreement. Mr. Fritsinger stated that the developer had disagreed with a few points of the development agreement and he was not sure how this would move forward. If these issues are worked out, the City Council will be presented with the developers agreement at its August 9, 1999 meeting. COUNCIL COMMENTS AND COMMITTEE LIAISON ACTIVITY REPORTS Councilmember Malone stated that he would not be available to attend the Planning Commission meeting on September 1,1999. Councilmember Malone had provided the Couneilmembers with a survey being sent to local gover11111ents from the Metro Area Local Gover11111ent officials. This survey was requesting opinions regarding what should happen with the Metropolitan Council legislation. Councilmember Aplikowski stated that she had not attended the recent Chamber meeting. Councilmember Aplikowski stated that she was on the League Poliey Information Committee. The League wants to know what the City should be working on for the good of the City. She stated that she would be bringing items from the City of Arden Hills to the next League meeting. Councilmember Aplikowski stated that the Operations and Finance Committee had not met since the last City Council meeting.