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• MEMO February 6, 1998 To: Honorable Mayor and City Council From: Chuck Whiting, City Administrator Re: February 9, 1998 City Council Meeting The agenda is relatively light for Monday evening, although things are going on. Here's what's on tap for Monday: Item 4-Special Order of Business-Mayor's State of the City: Mayor McCarty has asked to give a state of the city address for Monday night. Item 7A-Wastewater Budget Amendments: Mike and Bruce have prepared this information in regards to the discussion of manning the department over the next several months and beyond. In regards to concerns about whether this is premature or not,Mike and I have discussed this back into last fall. There was some thought of trying to incorporate the possibility of Wally Mortenson not coming back into the budget for 1998,but his operation and its results were not know. With the tight budget apparent, I figured waiting to see his status and considering an amendment to the budget • would be more practical,particularly if he turned out well. Staffs recommendation for Monday is to approve Resolution 5209 regarding this. Item 7B - Setting Public Hearing for Street Issues: In reflecting on the discussion of Monday evening, it was a little hard to determine exactly what the public hearing needed to do. With that in mind, I wrote a neutral type statement of purpose for the public hearing notice. I have put this on the regular agenda if the Council would like to discuss it since there may be expectations that a particularly preference is to be heard for street reconstruction at this hearing. I met with Bruce and Mike this week to review the work done to date and the meeting discussion to ensure we are prepared for the next series of discussions. Based on the discussions and input from residents, I figure there are about eight street construction and assessment options, three storm water options, two main policy changes that may have to be made for assessing and possibly construction standards, and then the corresponding time tables for any of the options. We are working on these with the idea that within two or three weeks we can bring this back to Council members to make choices. I expect we can have it done prior to the public hearing and perhaps review them with at the March 2 work session. As for Monday night,unless Council would like the wording done differently on the notice, it is just a matter of voting to set the hearing for March 9. • Item 7C - Committees for Community Center Oversight and Youth Activities Discussion: Council will recall this request being made at the last meeting. My main concerns are first, not creating more staff work, particularly in an area lacking staff, and second, doubling up on