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18. TCAAP Sanitary Sewer matter. There is a sanitary main that crosses under 35W from the TCAAP site into Mounds View. The pipe is ours and there was a flow meter on our side of the freeway. When TCAAP was in operation, the Army would pay the City for their flow. For many years now, there has been no flow. Much of the anticipated sanitary discharge from Rice Creek Commons would flow through our pipe, thus a new agreement will need to be finalized to protect the City against damages or charges for the flow from Arden Hills. The Met Council may take over the pipe from the City which would also be fine. Kennedy & Graven is working on it. Don Peterson and the Interim Administrator would be staff contacts for this work. 19. City Code Recodification. The City Code was last recodified in September of 2015. More than 30 ordinances have been approved since then, many of which amended the City Code. Others, like franchise fee extensions or rezonings, are legislative activities of the Council and those appear in the appendices of the City Code. Barb and Kerrie can provide Kennedy & Graven with copies of the executed ordinances. It will likely take K&G a month to complete the rewrite of the City Code, after which new titles will be distributed to staff that still have paper copies of the Code and replacement documents will be uploaded to the Website. 20. Advisory Committees. The City Administrator attends various advisory committees. After attending such meetings, the administrator gives reports to the City Council at subsequent Council meetings to ensure a smooth flow of information. a. One such committee is the YMCA Advisory Committee. This group meets quarterly at the Community Center. Attendees include the YMCA staff, Don Peterson, Marl, Beer, myself, Council member Meehlhause, plus a representative from Parks and Rec. Gary Stevenson has been attending as the "resident at large". The Interim Administrator should plan to attend these meetings. b. Another advisory meeting is the Anoka County Airport Advisory committee. This group meets less frequently and brings together city representatives from communities surrounding the airport, staff from the airport and MAC, plus tenant and business reps from the airport. Barbara Haake is our resident appointee and she and I regularly attend these meetings. The Interim Administrator should plan to attend these meetings, especially if the resident rep is unavailable to attend. c. I have attended 35W Corridor Coalition meetings in the past, but since Council member Gunn is the president, I didn't feel the duplication was warranted. d. Relating to 35W, there are technical advisory committee meetings attended by communities that will be impacted by the 35W Managed Lane Project. Most of the attendees to this meeting are public works directors and city engineers. Jerome Adams with MnDOT coordinates these meetings and City representation is important. Since we do not have a public works director and Don Peterson is already overbooked, the Interim Administrator should plan to attend. 21. Charter Commission Activity. The Charter Commission recently met with the City Council to address the possibility of amending the Charter to change the timing of when a special election would be required. I got the sense that the Commission was willing to consider a language change, however neither body seemed to reach a consensus on what the appropriate time frame should be.