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THlS IS <br /> IT . . . . <br /> FOR THE WEEK OF AUGUST 26-30, 1996 <br /> ADMINISTRATION <br /> • As usual, things have been busy. Staff continues to work on the 1996 budget and will be <br /> ready to present a preliminary levy to the Council on September 9. We continue to <br /> critique fund balances and proposed expenses, and I suspect that we will continue to do <br /> this into November before finalizing the budget in December. <br /> • Mounds View hosted the four communities considering one of the ice rinks proposed at <br /> the National Sports Center this past Wednesday. It was a good turnout and an excellent <br /> discussion. The cities are being asked to assume some risk in case a certain number of ice <br /> hours are not used and paid for by the local hockey associations. The cities will be able to <br /> use some ice time for their residents, but the ongoing uncertainty of full utilization of <br /> hours did concern many council members from the four cities. Ramsey County may also <br /> be interested in assisting, and if so, that may push this project to reality. <br /> • I spent some time along with Pam and Cathy this week with the I-35W Corridor group <br /> finalizing a grant application to the Met Council for planning and data collection from <br /> Minneapolis to Blaine as part of the liveable communities act. It is interesting but <br /> complicated. I expect the group will know if it gets the grant by the end of November. <br /> • On the work session agenda for Tuesday, Bob Long will be present to discuss the charter <br /> and airport issues. No staff report was done for those two items. I will be out of town on <br /> Friday, back for the Vikes on Sunday and golfing in Wisconsin on Labor Day. Everybody <br /> enjoy this final summer holiday! <br /> Chuck <br />