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COUNCIL MINUTES JULY 11, 2005 APPROVED 336 . 337 Resolution No. 05-93 can be found in the City Clerk's office. 338 339 FINANCE DEPARTMENT REPORT, AL ROLEK 340 341 There was none. 342 343 ADMINISTRATION DEPARTMENT REPORT, DAN TESCH 344 345 A. Consideration of Resolution No. 05-94, Adopting 2005-2006 Proposed Council High - 346 Priority Goals, Objectives, and Actions, Gordon Heitke 347 348 City Administrator Heitke presented the Staff report, indicating Staff recommends approval. 349 350 Councilmember Carlson asked on page 9, objective 2, if the 35W City contribution is through Tax 351 Increment Financing (TIF). She also asked how the improvements would be funded once the project 352 is done. Community Development Director Grochala stated that objective refers to the I35E 353 interchange design work on the bridge. He explained that dollars were received from Congressman 354 Kennedy to pay for 80 percent of the project and the County would pay 50/50 on the remaining 20 355 percent. He noted improvements would be funded by possible assessments on developments in the 356 area. 357 358 Councilmember Carlson suggested on page 5, best practices, it should read "Council retreat" rather 359 than "Council and Staff retreat," for the first one. City Administrator Heitke asked if she was •360 suggesting a change in the objective to eliminate Staff. 361 362 Mayor Bergeson stated he does not think the goal precludes any arrangement. He noted there could 363 be numerous configurations and the objective would cover all of these. 364 365 Councilmember Dahl stated she would like a retreat for Council only and requested the wording be 366 changed. City Administrator Heitke stated some language relates to the budget setting process and a 367 retreat should occur prior to this process. 368 369 Councilmember Dahl moved to adopt Resolution No. 05-94, Adopting 2005-2006 Proposed Council 370 High -Priority Goals, Objectives, and Actions with the exception of changing the wording to "Council 371 will establish a date for a retreat before the budget financing process." 372 373 Motion failed for lack of a second. 374 375 Councilmember Reinert moved to adopt Resolution No. 05-94, Adopting 2005-2006 Proposed 376 Council High -Priority Goals, Objectives, and Actions. Councilmember Stoltz seconded the motion. 377 378 Mayor Bergeson stated this is an ambitious set of goals and the City would make a good faith effort. 379 He noted that at the work session, a disclaimer had been given stating they would try to follow the 380 goals where feasible. However, some may be unfeasible due to a conflict with another ordinance, etc. 381 or if they are not able to provide resources through the budget process. 382 • 8