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of the Council. He felt they didn't understand what Council is <br />doing and that this was a good example of that. He stated that the <br />house was purchased by a prior Council with the then stated intent <br />of using that facility, when City Hall needed the space. It was <br />not purchased for the Chamber. The Chamber used it in the <br />meantime, because the City didn't need it. He thought that was a <br />very good use and a good thing. The City is not trying to "get" <br />the Chamber. The City has reached a point, where the City now <br />needs to utilize that property for what they bought it for. <br />Selling the building to or leasing it to the Chamber long term is <br />not practical. He commented that at some point that little house <br />may not even be there, because City Hall will run out of room. If <br />the City expands, the number of City employees will also expand and <br />the City needs the office space. City Hall is full and the City <br />needs the space. He stated that he wants to get along with the <br />Chamber, even though sometimes that is not possible. <br /> <br />Hornbostel asked the Chamber why, every time the City gets this <br />close and makes the effort to try to get along, then the Chamber <br />sabotages it. She wanted Chamber to go back and think about, if <br />there is some way that the two (2) parties could sit down and talk. <br />Council would like to talk to the Chamber and have tried to for <br />several years, but they seem to be making no progress. She <br />explained that the City is in the spot where they need the offices <br />for the City. She felt every time Council tries to start a <br />relationship with the Chamber, they get shot down. She would like <br />to go back to ground zero. <br /> <br />Davidson moved that Council terminate the lease with the Chamber <br />effective December 31, 1992. Seconded by Howard. <br /> <br />Sisk recommended that since Council had a special meeting on <br />September 29, 1992, for the purpose of the second reading on the <br />bond, that Council delay its action until September 29, 1992, using <br />the next two (2) weeks to come up with a workable solution. The <br />new proposal had caught him off guard. <br /> <br />Davidson stated that the current lease is automatically renewable, <br />which is a clause that he wouldn't approve of even if Council was <br />extending the lease. The current lease has to be terminated <br />regardless. He didn't see any purpose in delaying the action. The <br />City needs the space. <br /> <br />Sisk saw no benefit to be gained by terminating it tonight. <br /> <br />Mayer felt the City needed to draw up a new lease anyway. He <br />recommended that Councilman Sisk head the negotiations with the <br />Chamber. <br /> <br />Hornbostel felt the lease should be changed right now, but that it <br />doesn't mean that there can't be new things that can happen in the <br />next two (2) weeks. <br /> <br />8 <br /> <br /> <br />