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November 30, 1999 To: Honorable Mayor and City Council From: Chuck Whiting, City Administrator Re: December 6, 1999 City Council Meeting and Work Session Truth in Taxation Hearing, 6 p.m.: The Council will be calling to order to conduct the Truth in Taxation hearing starting at 6 pm on Monday. The Council can conduct the hearing in a similar fashion to the November 22 meeting, and take questions from residents. As with any hearing, the hearing is closed when comments are completed, after which the Council may want to spend its own time going over any final budget issues prior to next week's final adoption of the budget and levy. As for the work session, here is what we have as of Tuesday evening: Item 1 - Decertification of TIF District 4: The proposal stems from past discussion as whether to do this, and from the more recent proposal from Walgreens to consider part of this district as a development. While the district was set up to capture increment generated by the community center, it was not set up to capture increment from a develop like Walgreens. It appeared for some time that inaction in the district would simply allow it to lapse, but with the Walgreens interest and the two small Videen lots included in the district, the Council should probably decertify the district simply to eliminate it should a development take place. Item 2 - Golf Course Report: Year End 1999: John will be present to review the year at the Bridges and again lay out issues facing the City in future operations of the course. Several items will need to be reviewed so this item may take the better of an hour. Item 3 - Golf Course Interfund Loan: This too has to be reviewed, preferably prior to making a final decision. Items for the Council to consider are when and how its final decision is to be made, which we can review with you on Monday. Item 4 -Review of Billboard Ordinance Amendment: This somewhat related item also is coming up for Council action. A public hearing is being set for the December 13 meeting with notice in the paper. Item 5 - Point of Sale Policy: This issue was brought up several weeks ago and delayed for discussion until now. Staff will review the issue with the Council and the merits of options. Item 6- Update on Housing Replacement Properties: Jim Ericson will report on this item. Item 7-Review of Metricom Corporation Request for Use of City Right of Way: The materials in your packet should explain this well enough. Metricom is a vendor of wireless internet access through their product attached to light poles in the right of way. Their agreement with the City is being reviewed by the city attorney, but has passed muster in other communities.