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City of Centerville <br />Council Meeting Minutes <br />December 14, 2005 <br />the confidential report prepared by the outside attorney and the City Attorney’s opinion <br />to the League of Minnesota Cities Insurance Trust. <br /> <br />Motion by Council Member Terway, seconded by Council Member Lakso to <br />authorize Staff to release the confidential report prepared by the outside attorney <br />and the City Attorney’s opinion to the League of Minnesota Cities Insurance Trust. <br />All in favor. Motion carried unanimously. <br /> <br />City Administrator Larson indicated that Planning and Zoning has finished their section <br />of the Codification and are recommending those sections be included when the <br />Codification is considered by Council. <br /> <br />2. Downtown Redevelopment Planning <br /> <br />City Administrator Larson indicated that he and other representatives from the City met <br />with the library representatives to discuss the County’s need for a new resource library <br />and they have not yet made a decision on the final location for the resource library. He <br />then explained that the library representatives have asked the City to provide any further <br />information that may assist them in their decision on whether to choose Centerville as the <br />location. <br /> <br />City Administrator Larson explained that the proposal would use a pretty large piece of <br />ground and they would be tax exempt but it would generate traffic for downtown and it is <br />a valuable resource for the community but would not generate tax revenue. <br /> <br />City Administrator Larson indicated that Staff seeks direction on whether to spend City <br />funds to provide the requested information to the Library Board. He then suggested <br />approving up to $5,000 to provide the information. <br /> <br />Council Member Lee indicated that he would like the City to aggressively pursue having <br />a library located in the City. <br /> <br />Mayor Capra indicated she would be open to spending the $5,000.00 at this point. <br /> <br />Council Member Terway indicated his only concern would be not to jeopardize any of <br />the established plans for redevelopment within the downtown area. He then said he <br />would agree to spending the $5,000 to get the documents necessary to the Library Board <br />in an attempt to bring a library to the City. <br /> <br />Council Member Lakso agreed and said she feels a library would be an asset to the <br />community. <br /> <br />Council Member Paar indicated he thinks it would be nice to have a library but he has <br />some concerns as to the size and he does not want to utilize all the available property for <br />redevelopment on the library. He then said that the library could potentially bring <br />businesses in. He further commented that he would like the consultant providing the <br />Page 6 of 9 <br /> <br />