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GlobeSt.com UPDATE: Medtronic Expansion Faces Possible Referendum

MOUNDS VIEW, MN-Opponents to the sale of a city golf course to the medical device firm are circulating a petition to force the issue to a citywide vote this November. Medtronic says it has ardent support and plans to begin work in September on its $65 million, 820,000-sf expansion.

By Jim McCartney | Updated on July 20, 2005

MOUNDS VIEW, MN-A group of citizens opposed to selling a city golf course to Medtronic for the medical device company’s major expansion project are gathering signatures to try to force a referendum on the sale.

While the legal issues have yet to be resolved about the effort, it does appear that the city’s charter affords citizens broad powers to reverse city council decisions through citywide referendums. The opponents of the proposed Medtronic development hope to put the project on the November ballot.

Last month, the council approved the sale of the city-owned Bridges of Mounds View Golf Course to Medtronic, the Fridley-based medical technology company. Medtronic hopes to break ground in September on a $65-million, 820,000-sf headquarters for its cardiac rhythm management group.

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