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CITY COUNCIL WORK SESSION June 7,2010 APPROVED 223 amendment and background information, including an opinion prepared by Attorney L 224 Steve Bubul pinpointing some issues with the commission's proposal. He also provided 225 some background information on the citizen task force amendment proposal as well as 226 the commonly used Chapter 429 language. He believes the council decided to not go 227 forward with the Charter Commission amendment but rather the citizen task force 228 proposal without the tax exempt language which was found to be obsolete. The 229 commission's proposal included a reverse referendum element but along with that some 230 processes that would be extremely cumbersome. 231 232 The council discussed the need to put the past aside and work in a cooperative way with 233 the Charter Commission to find the best approach for the road situation. There are 234 Charter Commission members who have knowledge of the issue from the beginning and 235 they are important. The council discussed the upcoming joint meeting with the 236 Commission and a member suggested the idea of having a subcommittee of charter and 237 council representatives to work on the issue once and for all. There was some 238 discussion about the Commission's past use of funds. There was recollection of the one 239 road improvement project that passed on the ballot and some ideas of what could have 240 made that a successful effort. 241 242 10. Joint Meeting with Charter Commission—Acting Administrator Dan Tesch noted 243 that the Charter Commission Chair saw the information included in the packet for this 244 item and asked that he hand out the Charter Commission's response to the audit which he 245 did. 246 247 The council reiterated that the attorney has said that it is illegal for the council to provide 248 funding for anything other than what is allowed by statute. 249 250 In reviewing the items laid out in the staff report(items that had previously been 251 identified for discussion with the commission)the council elected for just one agenda 252 item, "road improvements and how to get there". The Commission will of course add the 253 items of their choice. 254 255 11. Organizational Study—Acting Administrator Tesch noted that this item is not ready 256 for consideration but was added to the agenda so that it doesn't fall off of the council's 257 radar screen. 258 259 There is a desire among council members to have the new city administrator involved in 260 this process. In the meantime staff should be investigating the possibilities that have 261 been brought forward by council members. 262 263 12. Reschedule July Work Session—The current city council schedule for the year 264 doesn't include a regular work session in July because it would have fallen on July 5, a 265 holiday. 266 The council concurred that there should be a meeting in July and that they will reschedule 267 to July 6, 5:30 p.m. 6