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July 28,1999 To: Honorable Mayor and City Council From: Chuck Whiting, City Administration Re: August 2,1999 Work Session We have a number of items for the work session agenda, so here they are: Item 1 - CLOSED SESSION - Status of Airport Litigation. Item 2 - Right of Way Ordinance #635 Final Draft Review: I will get a copy of the final draft for your summary review and place on the August 9 agenda for final action. Item 3 - Review of Camera Use Practices for Televised Meetings: Council member Stigney requested this be discussed. Item 4 - Garbage Hauling Schedule: Mike Ulrich will respond to Council member Marty's inquiry concerning switching to a designated garbage hauling day in the city. Item 5- Review of Parks and Recreation Commission Improvement Proposals: Terri Blattenbauer will be present to review the Park and Recreation Commission's proposals for capital improvements. This item will likely be incorporated later into city budget discussions. Item 6 - Decertification of Parcels from TIF District #2: Bruce Kessel has drafted a resolution to meet Council member's request of last week. The Council has spent a good deal of meeting time reviewing tax increment financing, so the issue should be fairly clear. If any additional action regarding TIF is desired by the Council, this would also be a good time to bring it up. For background, members may want to bring past packet information from the winter and spring meeting on the topic. Item 7 - Status of Personnel Policies: Some inquiries from Council members regarding personnel policies and the status of the past recodification of city policies requires this item to come back to the council. In response, I have asked the city attorney to give me an estimate to his time and expense for finalizing this process. The process has been on hold the past couple of years, simply due to lack of time and staffing. With much of the work done, the finalizing of policies will need counsel review anyway, but with the changes in council members, the Council itself may want to review the policies directly and make changes. I would suggest doing that with the city attorney. I can advise if needed. Finally, if approved at some time, I would have the attorney provide the city with a final copy of the policies. Item 8 - Consideration of MSA Turn Back Roads: Mike will review the options for the city.