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CITY COUNCIL WORK SESSION APRIL 17, 2002 • take the appropriate action. The grant would help take care of a lot of problems but the restoration of the creek is only one part of that. Mayor Bergeson advised the District to work with staff to prepare a formal letter of support for the project. COPS MORE — FEDERAL MATCHING FUNDS GRANT, SERGEANT KENT STREGE Officer Kent Strege advised the Council he would like to update them on the COPS MORE grant. He stated the Department applied for the grant last year to be used for patrol cars and software. The Department did not get the entire grant that was requested. The Department has been asked to reapply for the grant. The City's match for the grant would be $4,288. That amount is in the budget if the Department does receive the grant. If the grant is received, the purchase of additional software and hardware will allow the Department to continue its expansion into the area of making information more easily accessible to officers while they are in their squad cars. That would allow the officers to stay out among the public as much as possible during their shifts. SET DATE FOR SPECIAL MEETING FOR CANVASS OF SPECIAL ELECTION, ANN BLAIR City Clerk Blair advised the Council they have to canvass the special election that is scheduled on April 27, 2002. The Council has to canvass the election within one week of the election. She asked the Council to schedule a meeting time to canvass the election noting the meeting would be very brief. Councilmember O'Donnell stated he will not be available the first part of the week after the special election. He added he is very comfortable with the rest of the Council meeting in his absence. Mayor Bergeson stated he would prefer to canvass the election sooner than later because of the interest in the referendum. City Clerk Blair stated the results of the referendum can be announced before the Council has the meeting. It was the consensus of the Council to schedule the Canvass of Special Election meeting on Wednesday, May 1, 2002, 5:00 p.m. UPDATE ON DEVELOPMENT REGULATIONS TASK FORCE, JEFF SMYSER AND MIKE GROCHALA City Planner Smyser distributed information regarding the Ordinance Revision process. The task force has been working on the subdivision ordinance. The task force has