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MEMO July 24, 1998 To: Honorable Mayor and City Council From: Chuck Whiting, City Administrator Re: July 27, 1998 City Council Meeting Monday's meeting appears to be a relatively short agenda, and hence, this will be a short agenda. Here's what we have: Item 7A-Approval of Ordinance 621 re: MediaOne Franchise: A public hearing and action on the second reading of this ordinance to approve the agreement with MediaOne for the cable television franchise agreement is scheduled. No questions have been forthcoming on this subject and the other cities in the cable group are expected to approve this as well. Item 7B-Approval of Ordinance 620 re: Driveways,Parking Areas and Accessory Buildings: The same pertains to these changes to the existing ordinance. Staff will brief the Council again on any comments or changes made since the last meeting. Item 7C-Setting of Special City Council Budget Work Session: In looking at the work schedule for August, I think another budget session for August 31 would be appropriate. Staff is working on the budget presented earlier this week to the Council and should have a more refined budget to present by then. September 14 will be the Council meeting where the preliminary budget levy is set and an August 31 meeting may help in setting an appropriate levy. Item 8A- 1998-99 LELS Contract Approval: As Council is aware,we have proceeded through mediation on this contract this past week. The issues came down to POST licensing fees,court time and specialty pay. The mediator facilitated the discussion and both sides made some concessions. Cali and I would like to discuss this with the Council in closed session,and then go back to an open session with the Council for action on a resolution to approve or not approve the contract settlement. In other business, one item we anticipated to be on this agenda was take off. The theater project has appeared to stall on the developer's side and I think the City should hold off on pursuing the road realignment plan until some clarification comes. Right now discussions with the developer(I am lumping Carmike and Anthony Properties under the same umbrella) have essentially been that the public dedicated road through their site will be built by the City according to our specifications and MSA standards,with the costs being reimbursed by the developer. To date,that final understanding has not been committed to in writing in a developers agreement. While staff has worked up a proposal for utilizing our engineer to begin on the road realignment work,there does not seem to be any reason to pursue that without a reciprocal commitment from the developer. I expect one to be to the City shortly,just not in time for Monday's meeting. On the flip side, there may be some concern that delays such as this put in jeopardy the schedule that has been so much discussed,but it would seem to be only logical to have the understanding on the through street clear before