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• With elections close by there is a lot of work taking place in the administration <br /> department. Four residents have filed for various council positions, about two hundred <br /> absentee ballots have been sent in(I expect approx. 1,000), election judge training is <br /> happening weekly, and preliminary testing and the public accuracy tests have been <br /> scheduled. <br /> • The MAUMA chair has asked me to be a boardmember and to chair the Professional <br /> Development Committee. I will also be on the planning committee for the 1997 MCMA <br /> annual conference. These will be great opportunities to work with employees from other <br /> communities. <br /> • Maui was absolutely incredible, everyone needs to make it there at least once in their life. <br /> The wedding went off without a hitch... now I'm a Weitzel instead of a Postudensek. <br /> Dawn <br /> ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT <br /> • Busy, Busy, Busy week. I have had numerous requests for space this week and have been <br /> putting together responses to accommodate these requests. I'm sure that companies are <br /> panicking because the summer is coming to an end and would like to identify sites for <br /> construction this fall or early spring of'97. Two good possibilities for the remaining <br /> Bridges sites and numerous referrals for building N. <br /> • Again, the I-35W Corridor Coalition met this week to somewhat finalize the Livable <br /> Communities Act Grant request. It is due this Friday. What a wonderful start to a <br /> regional economic development model if the grant is funded. <br /> • Decision Resources successfully completed pretesting the survey this past weekend with <br /> no apparent question flaws. They are slowly plugging away at the actual calling this and <br /> next week. Many residents are interested in responding but would like calls back after the <br /> holiday and kids are set in school. They estimate that calling will be completed the second <br /> week in Sept. and results tabulated by the 18th It is suggested that we pick a date to <br /> review the results. Suggested dates are as follows: Sept 18th, 19th, 24th or 25th. <br /> Please let me know what works for you as soon as possible so that I can arrange it <br /> with Bill and Diane from Decision Resources. <br /> • Chuck and I attended a strategic planning session for the North Metro Business Retention <br />