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City Council Minutes Page 9 February 21, 2006 ----------------------------- Chief Beahen stated the sheriff’s office is considering another alternative for the 800 MHz system. Councilmember Farber stated the city should reserve the right to put a system on this tower in case something changes in the future with the 800 MHz system. Mr. Beck stated they would reserve that right and would also require the city have the option of keeping the pole. He stated the poles are a security interest to lenders, so Nextel would have the option of installing a different pole if they ever left the site. Councilmember Gumphrey suggested continued negotiations with Nextel with the additional rent as new carriers are added to the tower. The Council concurred. 3.9. Consider a Resolution in Support of the League of Minnesota Cities’ Efforts to Preserve the Authority of Minnesota Cities to use Eminent Domain A special meeting of the City Council, HRA, and EDA was held on February 13, 2006 to discuss this item more in-depth. Councilmember Motin stated he made some changes to the proposed resolution and asked the Council to review it before approving. Councilmember Dietz stated the language; “majority of uses, such actions were…” is not a true statement. He stated there have been two occasions when the request has been made by the landowner. Councilmember Motin stated that in the last five years eminent domain has only been used about three times and two of them were at the request of the owner. He suggested changing the language to replace the word majority with the word recent. The Council concurred. MOVED BY COUNCILMEMBER FARBER AND SECONDED BY COUNCILMEMBER DIETZ TO ADOPT RESOLUTION 06-23 IN GENERAL SUPPORT OF THE LEAGUE OF MINNESOTA CITIES’ EFFORTS TO PRESERVE THE AUTHORITY OF MINNESOTA CITIES TO USE EMINENT DOMAIN (WITH MODIFICATIONS). MOTION CARRIED 5-0. 8. Other Business Mayor Klinzing provided an update of the Region 7W Transportation Policy Board who is responsible for prioritizing federally funded projects in Sherburne County and three other counties. She stated Elk River received $946,000 for an east/west corridor route for the year 2009-10. She questioned if the city could move forward with the project earlier then 2009. Mr. Maurer stated the city could move forward and that the state likes to see timely completion of projects in the schedule. The city could fund the project and be reimbursed by the state.