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CITY COUN CIL WORK SESSION January 7, 2013 DRAFT 11. Letter of Support for HOME Grant Application – D ominium Project – 179 Economic Development Coordinator Divine recalled the Dominium proposal to develop 180 townhomes in the Legacy area. They will need several sources of income to make such a 181 project feasible. At the federal level, she reported that tax credit s have been continued 182 and that improves t he outlook for a project. Dominium also want s to apply through 183 Anoka County for a HOME grant before next week’s deadline. They have requested a 184 letter of support from the city. She clarified that such a letter does not indicate any city 185 financial commitment to the project. The council discussed some of the elements of the 186 Dominium project. The mayor suggested that a resolution approved by the council would 187 be the most appropriate but since there isn’t time to get one approved (the deadline is 188 prior to the next council meeting), he will review the details again and provide a signature 189 of support if possible. 190 191 Review Regular Agenda – The agenda was reviewed. 192 193 Annual Appointments – The council concurred to fill the blank positions as follows: 194 - Rob Rafferty, Vadnais Lakes Watershed District; 195 - Acting Mayor, Jeff O’Donnell; 196 - County Corrections Program, Jeff O’Donnell 197 - Joint Law Enforcement Council, Dale Stoesz 198 Regarding the designation of the legal newspaper, council m embers indicated that they 199 received a letter of interest from the Anoka Reporter . Administrator Karlson d iscussed 200 the paper and recommended against a change. The city clerk reviewed the statutory and 201 charter requirements for an official newspaper. The council concurred to stay with the 202 Quad Community Press after reviewing cost and delivery considerations. Carter Johnson 203 of the Quad Community Press was present and provided some information on how the 204 paper reaches citizens. 205 Mayor Reinert noted that o ne of the attorneys that has represented the city through the 206 Ra twik firm has broken off to another firm; he recommends that the city give the new 207 firm an opportunity to present a plan for their services. 208 209 There were no other changes to the regular Council agenda. 210 211 The meeting was adjourned at 8:45 p.m. 212 213 These minutes were considered, corrected and approved at the regular Council meeting held on 214 January 28, 2013 . 215 216 217 218 219 Julianne Bartell, City Clerk Jeff Reinert , Mayor 220 221 5