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November 19, 1998 To: Honorable Mayor and City Council Members From: Chuck Whiting, City Administrator Re: November 23, 1998 City Council Meeting I will be attending the League of Minnesota Policy Adoption meeting in Minnetonka Friday and therefore am writing my memo to the Council prior to Monday's agenda being set. I believe it will be a relatively quiet agenda, however, the Council may wish to revisit some budget discussion items after further reflection of this past week's information meeting. One item I have asked Bruce Kessel to address are the issues raised at the November 9 meeting regarding decertification of TIF district four, and the Holiday gas station property within its TIF district. Bruce will not be in attendance, but I can attempt to address any questions that may arise. Also, as mentioned at that meeting, a more thorough discussion of the city's TIF policies and fiscal standing can be done at the December work session. This agenda may also have the modification to the Children's Home Society agreement for the lease at the community center. Cari has been working on this with Scott Riggs and has informed me that while the modification is relatively simple, a complete new agreement may be necessary. We can report on that Monday, however if not ready, the agreement will have to come to the Council in December. A meeting has been set up with the Parks and Recreation Commission for this Tuesday evening at 7 p.m. Bruce has put together a draft outline for an agreement for consideration with the YMCA. This is being forwarded to the Parks and Recreation Commission as is budget information Bruce has put together based on discussions with the Y. This information will be presented for discussion Tuesday as well. Mary Saarion has given some additional information that poses questions for consideration, plus supportive information regarding service criteria the department has performed in the past. I will attend this meeting and report to the Council during the budget meeting on November 30. Bob Long is setting up a meeting with Barbara Haake and Dan Coughlin to review the airport issue. Mayor McCarty is drafting a letter to Circle Pines and Lexington as well to inform them on behalf of the city of the status of our litigation and seeking their interest. The meeting Bob Long is setting up is an attempt to familiarize our new representative with the issue and to begin a process of working with other communities that have had similar concerns with MAC. I believe that meeting may be Tuesday considering the short week. I will see you on Monday and will have reviewed the agenda by meeting time. One note, Governor Elect Ventura will be the featured speaker at Friday's League of Minnesota Cities. He is coming on short notice in his now noteworthy busy schedule and it should be interesting to hear his positions on cities' issues. Have a good weekend.