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City of j,%~ ..1~ Minnesota, USA Regular City Council Meeting Minutes City Hall Council Chambers, 2660 Civic Center Drive Monday, June 15, 2009 1. Call Roll Mayor Klausing called to order the Roseville City Council regular meeting at approxi- mately 6:00 p.m. and welcomed everyone. (Voting and Seating Order for June: Johnson; Pust; Ihlan; Roe and Klausing) Finance Director Chris Miller served as Acting City Manager, with City Manager Ma- linen having been previously excused from tonight's meeting. City Attorney Scott Anderson was also present. Mayor Klausing noted that Councilmember Pust had been previously excused from tonight's meeting. Mayor Klausing also thanked Councilmem- ber Roe for serving as Acting Mayor at last week's Council meeting to allow him to at- tend afamily event. Closed Executive Session -Discuss Acquisition of portions of property located at 2690 Cleveland Avenue and 1947 County Road C for Road and Construction Purposes City Attorney Scott Anderson reviewed the purpose of the Closed Executive Session related to the attorney/client privileged and confidential appraisal information in accordance with Minne- sota Statute 13D.01; and Minnesota Statute 13D.05, subd. 3.c respectively. City Attorney Anderson noted that the meeting would be tape recorded with the tape held by City Attorney Anderson until deemed appropriate, if applicable, for public dissemination. Klausing moved, Roe seconded, recessing the meeting into Closed Executive Session, at 6:06 p.m., in accordance with Minnesota Statute, Section 13D.01, for the City Council, staff and legal counsel to discuss attorney/client privileged information and confidential information related to a discussion regarding offers for the purchase of portions of 2690 Cleveland Avenue, and 1947 County Road C from Roseville Acquisitions LLC and to include Minnesota Statute, Section 13D.05, subd. 3.c. for closure to discuss real property that may be subject to an offer or counter- offer to purchase. Councilmember Ihlan advised that she would be voting against the motion; since Open Meeting Law did not require closure, and since this was an important public issue, she opined that there was no need for secrecy at this point. Mayor Klausing spoke in support of the motion; opining that, depending on the outcome of the discussion during the Closed Executive Session, the property acquisition itself would be part of the regular meeting agenda, as indicated on tonight's agenda; with Councilmembers able to state their positions on any potential action at that time. Mayor Klausing opined that, as elected offi- cials, the City Council was charged with looking out for individual taxpayer interests, which sometimes required confidential discussions during property acquisition negotiations.