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We are on more solid ground with the second concern, because we and many <br />neighboring communities have not supported expansion of the Airport over <br />the fifteen years or more that this threat has been with us. We have <br />support from state legislators on this one, and I am personally working <br />through an association of suburban mayors which I am co-sponsoring, in <br />order to oring home to the Metropolitan Council our concern that we have <br />local control over vital issues such as the Airport expansion. There are <br />also a number of local efforts under way questioning the Airport.:expansion. <br />The Council is currently considering ways to most effectively codrdinate <br />all these local efforts. <br />In a third problem area to answer the concerns behind. a city-wide storrn <br />sewer proposal in 1978, the City Council last year passed a resolution <br />which in general requires a developer to take care of any increase, "on- <br />sAte",f storm water problems caused by his development. However, this <br />approach has been questioned in some difficult cases. I intend to form <br />a committee to look at any proposed solutions for these drainage problems <br />(and related concerns such as the preservation of wetlands) which will <br />not financially burden the community. Apart from any problem which might <br />be caused by future development the City Council has agreed we do not <br />have a general, wide spread storm drainage problem. However, there is a ( <br />current problem caused by back-up of storm sewers along Ardan Avenue <br />which has given concern for several years. Much of the Ardan Avenue system <br />was given a badly needed cleaning last season. The cleaning will help, <br />but is unlikely to be the whole answer. For any residual problem, the <br />City has an engineering study which indicates that relatively inexpensive <br />solutions are possible. <br />A continuing high priority concern is efficiency and economy in government. <br />This is not only good business, but inescapable in this era ofhigh <br />inflation and multiple demands on city services. By a provision in the <br />City Charter, we will be receiving reports each quarter from heads Of <br />City departments. The first of these will be given at City Council <br />meetings on March 10th and March 24th. These will be opportunities for <br />citizens to get direct answers on Department expenditures, services and <br />plans. <br />