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March 18, 1999 To: Honorable Mayor and City Council From: Chuck Whiting, City Administrator Re: March 22, 1999 City Council Meeting A quick reminder(no pun intended here)that Council will be meeting at 6 p.m. in a work session to review the police chief severance use option before going into regular session at 7 p.m. Gary is on vacation and will not be able to make that work session. So here is what we have for Monday evening: Special Order of Business Item 4A-The I-35W Corridor Coalition put together a plaque for Duane McCarty who will be up to accept it. Item 4B -Review of Council/Staff Retreat: This would be a good time for the Council to make comments regarding the retreat. Council members should have received Mr. Neu's summary of the weekend. Once Council has reviewed this, I would like to begin work on some of the team building aspects with city employees. Staff has moved its meetings up to Tuedays in an effort to get the agenda packets done by Thursday as well. Consent Agenda Item 6D - Golf Course Truck Purchase: In a conversation with Council member Stigney, he asked for supporting information for the decision to purchase a new truck for the golf course and an inventory of all city trucks. Staff will be getting that information. I believe I have the authority to commit to this purchase but in deference to this discussion, I have placed it on the consent agenda if questions remain. If so, it will need to pulled off, if not, Council will be approving of the purchase. Unfinished Business Item 7A-Long Distance Phone Bills: In the Council's packet is the review of each long distance call for a previous bill and a summary of receipts and payments for 1998. The issues behind the interest in this bill revolves around the control of calls by employees. While there doesn't appear to be any abuses in my mind and our honor system of paying for personal calls and minimizing the making of personal calls appears to me to be satisfactory,the impression that abuse could happen may still need to be addressed. To that end, I will remind employees of their responsibility to use the city's phone system responsibly and minimize if not eliminate any personal long distance calling. Council Business Item 9A-Public Hearing re: Woodcrest Park Wetland Mitigation: Mike will have more to add on this, including an estimate and issues regarding attempting mitigation in Woodcrest Park. Being a public hearing, Council should expect questions from the community. Item 9B - CUP re: Outdoor Flower Mart: Staff's memo should cover this item.