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LAW 0FFICES OF ERWIN A. PETERSON PETERSON, BELL,, CONVERSE & EN EN RIOBEFITC. BELL, WILLARD L. CO- N VERS,E 21001 AMERICAN NATIONAL BANK BUILDING ROGER A. JENSEN 101 EAST FIFTH STREET K U RT F'. W A LT'H E'R T. PAUL, MINNESOTA 55 101 W.'TIMOTHY MALCHOW1 MARTIN J. COSTELLO TELEPHONE (612), 224-4703 JAMES C. ERI,C,KS,ON� DAVID, S. ANOERSON TELECOM ER I(G12) 22,31-8070 WILLIAM IM. ID RINANE PAMELA CONVERSE ZERIN CAROL, A., BALDWIN January 20, 19891 SCOTT B. CROSS SAN CAROLINE IF. SELL Mr . Stevie Nor th Acting, City Manager Ci,ty of Rosieville 2660 Cilvic Center Drive Roseville, Minnesota 55113 Rie: Ded 11cat ion of Space 'in Of if icial Newspaper for Public Notices Olur File No. 1011-19 'Y'olu ha,ve asked f or an opinion cloncerining whether or not the City can, legially require a newspaper,, as a clondivition to becoming the official newspaper olf the Cityle, to dedicate a certain amount of I space each, week for public notices. Enclosed is, a research memorandum done by Caroline Bell I indicating that, there are no cases in point, one way or the ol the r . p I believe that the City may require that type of a condition to a newspaper, being awiarided the status as the official newspaper. if the newspaper believes that such a requirement is an infringement upon its First Amendment righ,ts to determine what 'it will Publish,, it need not bid on the official newspaper contract. 0 The Public notice's also are matters which support the public 'hea,l,th, safety, and welfare and so, long as the space is not used f o r political pu,rploses by of f 'ice 'holders, I believe such a requirlement would be reasonable.6 We have checked wi,th, the League of cities and they 'indicate that they have no knowledge of any other cities imposing such a requiremient and further that th,ey have no knowledge of any M litilgati,on involiving such a requilrementai yours very truly, t p cail F2MWPT1%XT;Ejr, &all sum ERSE & JENSEN