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MEMO September 11, 1998 To: Honorable Mayor and City Council From: Chuck Whiting, City Administrator Re: September 14, 1998 City Council Meeting Despite the heavy work session agenda of last Tuesday,this Monday's meeting is relatively light. Here's what we have: Consent Agenda-Item 5F-Extension of Building N Final Plat: Everest has been in contact with us again on their Building N efforts. This item on the Consent Agenda and the development agreement on the EDA agenda have come back to the City at Everest's request and have to take into account some circumstantial changes that have taken place. Rick Jopke's memo reviews the fact that extending the final plat deadline as requested,while of no real changes from the original, may fall outside of the code requirements for extensions. I agree that no adverse effect to the city is created by this extension,but the Council may want to reconsider any extensions after this one. Everest is attempting to market this project as a development and some changes in the development agreement allude to this. Regardless,it still appears to be worthwhile to proceed with these changes and allow Everest to move on Building N. However, continued indefinite inaction on Everest's part in developing this property may want to be discouraged in the future. Council Business - Item 7C - Resolution 5265 Setting 1999 Preliminary Levy and Setting Public Hearing: Bruce has put together the resolution setting the 1999 preliminary levy at the maximum amount, approximately a 5% increase over 1998, and setting the budget public hearing for November 30. This will also be a special Council meeting. I am working with staff to address the Council on the 1999 budget again at the October 5 work session. This meeting will be particularly timely because it will be the same meeting that the community center management proposals will be reviewed, and I expect to understand the general fund budget impact of those proposals as well. Item 7D-Theater Development Agreement: The language should reflect the discussions of last Monday evening. I think unless there are major problems with it, the Council should approve it to allow staff and the engineers to get going on the specifications of the street reconstruction in order to get the traffic light in as quickly as possible next spring. Hopefully that will help close the timing gap between the theater opening and the light for traffic management. Also, staff has not pursued seeking requests for proposals for development of the corner parcel of city property created by the realignment of Edgewood for a number of reasons. First, the wetland mitigation options on the community center site were pursued and when it became evident that the Midland Videen property would not be critical to that mitigation it lessened the need to pursue that property, and hence proposals for development of the corner. Second,two developers are aware of the new lot and have chosen not to push the City at this time for whatever reason. Wendell Smith is probably too busy with developing the theater property, and Terry Moses may be waiting for the City to commit either