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• Community Center building or its activities. They, as with the youth, would participate in those <br /> discussions and reports having to do with their subject and would be considered advisors to the <br /> Commission. This approach further opens participation but not by adding work to staff or confusing <br /> the Council relations with yet another board. <br /> These are my thoughts and if the Council wishes,these or other ideas could be formalized in writing <br /> and discussed with the Parks and Recreation Commission in the coming weeks, perhaps in a joint <br /> session. <br /> In other business,part of the week has been devoted to attempting to get hearings in the House and <br /> Senate on our airport legislation. Bob Long and Mayor McCarty visited the Capital separately on <br /> Thursday on this, and I have met with the administrators of Lexington and Circle Pines. Bob was <br /> told late Thursday the house will schedule it before the Local Government and Metropolitan Affairs <br /> Committee. If this is so, some of us will likely have to go down and testify. The Senate will <br /> hopefully schedule a hearing once the House has. The political hurdles are interesting. <br /> Rick Jopke and I met with Dave Maroney on the Mermaid project and I have been trying to meet <br /> with each of you on aspects of the project. If you haven't talked with me yet,please give me a call. <br /> The two LELS bargaining units are essentially on hold. We are awaiting word on mediation for the <br /> patrol unit, likely in March, and the sergeants' meetings will now wait until spring when insurance <br /> premium information comes in. I am hoping to sometime get back to the public works agreement <br /> in time for Council action in March. <br /> Everest has contacted me regarding the building N project and now apparently are willing to proceed <br /> as the City last offered. I have talked with Jim O'Meara about finalizing the documents and he is <br /> proceeding. <br /> The Mayor and I attended the second meeting of the regional athletic facilities concept Tuesday <br /> night. Different possibilities were reviewed. It appears nothing substantial will happen on the <br /> arsenal site for some time so interest turned to evaluating existing fields and buildings for a more <br /> coordinated approach to recreation in the district. This will likely lead to discussions about city <br /> maintenance of school grounds as well. <br /> That's it for now. See you on Monday. <br /> • <br />