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the process, findings and interests of our region's seven cities. The Council, along with the Legislature and McKnight Foundation has funded much of the planning efforts of this period. The critical issue however is to gain the Met Council's acceptance of a process developed outside their normal framework and policies for planning. In other words, the Coalition is set to propose methodology, policy and projects to the Council as a way of doing things, instead of the other way around. The other critical factor in this is the acknowledgment by Coalition leadership, principally the city managers, mayor and community development staffs that the full implication of this approach is not fully understood by our own communities, something which the managers themselves have struggled with. It is a complicated and at times confusing approach,but the overriding theme seems to be two fold, one,joint planning among the communities improves the region better than seven separate and possibly conflicting approaches, and two, there is greater power in the greater number. We have the attention of the Met Council and much of the metropolitan region on how and if such an approach is feasible. The purpose of this meeting will be to review and make a case that it is feasible, and Mounds View Council attendance along with the other city councils in the region will determine that. I will also be adding this for a short general discussion at the work session of the 20. Council members have probably noticed the work is coming to completion on Edgewood and the city hall parking lot. A couple of minor problems persist, the striping is done quite right, but overall it seems to be what was ordered. The remnant parcel may(or may not) have once again caught the interest of developers, as an inquiry or two has been made. Otherwise, I have not heard of any traffic problems with the new configuration. That's it for now, have a good weekend and see you Monday night.