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Item 6—Cigarette and Tobacco Products Draft Ordinance: Scott Riggs will be present to review a draft ordinance on this subject and explain the requirements of the City for this ordinance. Item 7—Draft Resolution for Creation of Streets Fund and Dedication of Franchise Fee Revenue: As the follow-up step to increasing the franchise fee, the Council needs to determine the policy for its use. That was generally clear in the resolution passed on October 11 thThe question for the Council to keep in mind is how restrictive of an action does it want to take on the future use of this money. The resolution drafted lays out policies and procedures fairly clearly, but a future Council can change that simply by passing another resolution. The franchise fee part of this fund it should be remembered is currently a year-to-year approval by the Council. That cannot change by any action the Council will take in creating this fund since its action has and appears will in the future to be taken separately. The option of setting these conditions in ordinance is also there. That would make it more difficult but not impossible to change in the future. A charter provision would make this the most restrictive but would also take the most time and effort to implement. For purposes of Monday's discussion, staff stuck with the resolution approach, but if the ordinance approach is of more interest we can draft that up for a first reading based on this resolution. Item 8—Public Information Policies and Form: Scott Riggs can review this with the Council as well. It should be noted that this policy will follow state law on data practices which will also play a significant role in how the City sets up its electronic filing and retrieval policies. Item 9—Comprehensive Plan Update: Rick Jopke will give the Council a briefing on the status of the comp plan and the process coming up for its adoption. Item 10—Ordinance Public Hearing Options: Despite the criticisms leveled about how the franchise fee ordinance was noticed, the Council still did not address whether it wants to effectuate any changes in its own procedures for determining how or when to notice an ordinance adoption. The Charter provision that Council member Stigney is proposing does not address this either. If the Council is interested, the options suggested in my memo of the last work session may help. Item 11 —Y2000 Budget Review: We did not complete all the non-general fund budgets on Monday so we would like to do that Monday. We may also be able to review the discussions staff has had with Kennedy and Graven regarding their retainer and non- retainer work. We also want to review the revenue side again,particularly fees relating to building and zoning. In other business, Kitty Hickok is now leaving the City. Her last day is November 12. We are placing an ad for her replacement and will inform the Council of any changes we feel need to be made. I am a bit concerned that the utility billing and payroll schedules can be maintained during this time. Remaining staff is meeting to determine how best to