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Charter Commission October 14, 2004 Page 3 APPROVED Charter Documents Letter(Commissioner Dahl)—Commissioner Storberg stated she had located newspaper articles from the Circulating Pines from ten years ago regarding the Charter Commission. She gave the original documents to Commissioner Dahl for the Charter files. UNFINISHED BUSINESS Five-Year Plan— Chair Trehus stated he had requested further information on the Five-Year Plan from City Administrator Gordon Heitke who indicated it was possible that a draft of the 5- year plan could be prepared in late 2004 with Council approval in early 2005. He asked if there were any comments with the five-year plan. Pavement Management Report—Chair Trehus stated he had requested further information on the Pavement Management Report from City Administrator Gordon Heitke who indicated in a memorandum to the Commission that the draft Pavement Management Plan will be completed and presented to the City Council for their initial review in November. Mr. Heitke's memorandum stated it was anticipated that the Pavement Management Plan, when completed in greater detail, would provide a general schedule for improvement of streets within each category. This general schedule will be further refined when incorporated into the Five Year Financial Plan update. The final project implementation schedule will not only be based on the condition rating, but will be influenced by other factors, including but not limited to available funding, sanitary sewer and water improvements, traffic volumes, drainage issues, etc. This schedule will be continually updated on a yearly basis as conditions and factors usually change over time. Commissioner Bor noted there would need to be a City referendum for approving a pavement management plan. Chair Trehus noted the thirteen percent of the streets requiring a complete reconstruct would only increase in the future. Commissioner Storberg asked why they could not pay a little more taxes, which would go into the general fund to pay for street reconstruction. Commissioner Dahl noted the City needed to communicate the importance of a pavement management plan properly to the residents, which had not been correctly done the last time. Commissioner Bor stated they needed to make sure this was communicated correctly this time and they needed to keep on task on it. Commissioner Warren stated in the past the communication was poor and the referendum did not go through, but if the residents had sufficient communication, it might go through. She 3