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MINUTES OF TIIE REGULAR ORONO COUNCII. ML•'LT. ELD OCTOBER 29, 1984. PAGE: 12 1820 LONIC FISK Ilse stated that lie L ight Fisk the offer of Mr. Meyer for $12,000 minus the Eewer, well and other things that his ownappraispr hadmentioned. Ilse stated 'Chat when he handed the letter to Fisk's wife, he stated that he realized that it was not meeting the $17,000 which Visk had initially offered, however, he was willing to act as a mediator between Fisk and Meyer to keep the negotiations going. Ilse stated that he was very clear when he spoke with Fisk's wife that therd:was no other offer but just t1he offer that he had delivered. Ilse asked Fisk's wife to have Fisk call him within two days to get this resolved as soon as possible. Ilse stated that Fisk did not call. him. Ilse stated that he called Fisk one week later and said Fisk star?d that $8,500 was out, $17,003 or nothing. Ilse stated that the $8,50J offer subject to negotiation was to get negotiations started. City Attorney Radio stated that Meyer has submitted a two page document to the Counc i 1 to see i f th is was ever transmitt?d to Fisk. Don Meyer of 485 Park Avenue stated that the original letter was sent to Fisk in order to start negotiations. Meyer stated his $8,500 offer is still valid tonight. Meyer st,,ti---d that he saes this as a solution to the problem because he doesn't want a house right next door to him and if. .it means that he has to buy a lot he will. Councilmember Grabek noted kloc the record that he objected to written note passed by the Mayor. Grabek stated that he read only the first portion which was a motion to reject the variance. Grabek stated that he is not influenced by that note nor did he read the entire note. Grabek stated that he doesn't think that those comments should be passed to individual Council people, that they should be brought out into the open. Mayor Butler stated that they will be brought out into the open. 33utler stated that she gave it to Grabek so that he would have some idea as to where site was coming from. Butler stated that she would rather write her thoughts down prior to speaking them. Mayor Butler moved, Councilmember Adams seconded, to request Staf f to draft a resolution denying the request of Lonie Fisk based on the following findings: 1. The property can be put to a reasonable allowed use. It can be used as a City park, the City could conceivable acquire the property through the condemnation procedure or through outright purchase. Or the property could be purchased by the adjacent property owner in order to be combined with the adjacent property in order to bring they adjacent property more into conformance with the zoning code.