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<br />JAMES P. LARKIN <br />ROBERT L. HOFFMAN <br />JACK F. DALY <br />D. KENNETH LINDGREN <br />GERALD H. FRIEOELL <br />ALLAN E. MULLIGAN <br />JAMES C. ERICKSON <br />_WARD J. DRISCOLL <br />NE N. FULLER <br />HN D. FULLMER <br />ROBERT E. BOYLE <br />FRANK I. HARVEY <br />CHARLES S. MODELL <br />CHRISTOPHER J. DIETZEN <br />JOHN R. BEATTIE <br />LINDA H. FISHER <br />THOMAS P. STOLTMAN <br />MICHAEL C. JACKMAN <br />JOHN E. DIEHL <br />JON S. SWIERZEWSKI <br />THOMAS J . FLYNN <br />JAMES P. QUINN <br />TODD I. FREEMAN <br />PETER K. BECK <br />JEROME H. KAHNKE <br />GERALD L. SECK <br />JOHN B. LUNDQUIST <br />DAYLE NOLAN- <br />THOMAS B. HUMPHREY. JR. <br />JOHN A. COTTER- <br />BEATRICE A. ROTHWEILER <br />PAUL B. PLUNKETT <br />ALAN L. KILDOW <br />KATHLEEN M. NEWMAN <br />MICHAEL B. LEBARON <br />GREGORY E. KORSTAO <br />GARY A. VAN CLEVE- <br /> <br />JUN _ B 1994 <br />LARKIN, HOFFMAN, DALY & LINDGREN, LTD. <br />ATTORNEYS AT LAW <br /> <br />1500 NORWEST FINANCIAL CENTER <br />7900 XERXES A VENUE SOUTH <br />BLOOMINGTON, MINNESOTA 55431-1194 <br />TELEPHONE (612) 835-3800 <br />FAX (612) 896-3333 <br /> <br />DANIELL. BOWLES <br />TIMOTHY J. McMANUS <br />TIMOTHY J. KEANE <br />ALAN M. ANDERSON <br />DONNA L. ROBACK <br />MICHAEL W. SCHLEY <br />LISA A. GRAY <br />GARY A. RENNEKE <br />CHRISTOPHER J. HARRISTHAL <br />MICHAEL A. ROBERTSON <br />BRUCE J. DOUGLAS <br />SHANNON K. MoCAMBRIDGE <br />WIWAM C. GRIFFITH. JR. <br />JOHN J. STEFFENHAGEN <br />DANIEL W. VOSS <br />JOHN R. HILL <br />PETER J. COYLE <br />MICHAEL J. SMITH <br />VILIS R. INOE <br />OWIGHT N. HOLMBO <br />ANDREW F. PERRIN <br />ANN M. MEYER <br />FREDERICK K. HAUSER III <br />MARY E. VOS <br />LARRY D. MARTIN <br />JANE E. BREMER <br />RENEE L. TOENGES <br />MARCY R. KREISMAN <br />MARIEL E. PIILOLA <br />DAMON E. SCHRAMM <br />STEPHEN J. KAMINSKI <br /> <br />rt:;ItJJWJ~ <br /> <br />OF COUNSEL <br />WENDEll R. ANDERSON <br />JOSEPH GinS <br />MARK A. RURIK <br /> <br />- ALSO ADMITTED IN WISCONSIN <br /> <br />June 7, 1994 <br /> <br />Mr. Bill Rubin, Executive Director <br />Economic Development Authority <br />City of Elk River <br />P.o. Box 490 <br />Elk River, Minnesota 55330 <br /> <br />6le: Conflict <br />~ear Bill: <br /> <br />of Interest <br /> <br />This letter is in response to your letter of May 10, 1994, requesting, <br />on behalf of the Elk River Economic Development Authority (EDA), my <br />opinion with respect to a potential conflict of interest. Your letter <br />indicates that EDA President Jeffrey Gongoll recently accepted <br />employment with Riverside Development (Riverside). Riverside, its <br />principals and subsidiary companies, are involved in the business of <br />real estate development, brokerage and leasing in the City of Elk <br />River. The EDA's specific concern is whether President Gongoll's <br />access to the monthly "confidential" Prospect Status Report <br />distributed to EDA Commissioners will give Riverside an unfair <br />competitive advantage over other developers, and therefore constitute <br />a conflict of interest. <br /> <br />Your letter refers me to Minnesota Statutes Section 469.098, which <br />identifies certain conflicts of interest regarding EDA Commissioners; <br />and Section 471.88, which identifies a number of exceptions to the <br />state conflict of interest statute set forth in Section 471.87. I <br />have also reviewed the City conflict of interest ordinance, found at <br />Section 218.08(9) of the City Code of Ordinances; and the Minnesota <br />Open Meeting Law, Minnesota Statutes Section 471.705. My response to <br />your specific inquiry regarding the Prospect Status Report is set <br />forth below. I have also come across, in the course of reviewing the <br />4Ittatutes and ordinances identified above, several related issues which <br />