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• Department Heads and I met with Roger Williams on Thursday to review Highway 10 corridor properties. It was a good discussion. Roger is a Councilmember for New Brighton and works for the Office of Dispute Resolution. He will be moderating a discussion with the Council on April 29 for this subject. If anyone has any opinions they would like to share about Highway 10 development, feel free to pass them along to me or Cathy Bennett. Chuck ♦ I attended the American Economic Development Conference Saturday through Tuesday in Colorado Springs. I found the conference to be very helpful and informative, especially Internet info. • I have been meeting with representations regarding the Bel-Rae Ballroom. ♦ I have scheduled a meeting between Chuck, myself and Everest Development to visit the Business Park. • A preliminary meeting was held Thursday a.m. with Roger Williams, Dispute Resolution regarding the upcoming meeting with the Council on April 29, 1996 to discuss Highway 10 redevelopment. Cathy Recruitment has started. The job ads for Community Development Director and Finance Director will be in this Sunday's employment section of the Star Tribune and Pioneer Press. The ad will also be run in national, state and metro periodicals. Hopefully, the new department heads will begin the last week of June or beginning of July. I attended a Safety and Loss Control Workshop in Wednesday. LMCIT representatives and Berkley Administrators did a thorough job informing cities about training and personnel issues, how to avoid lawsuits, an update on data privacy and city insurance coverage. Stopped in Tim Cruikshank's office this week to say"hi". MAUMA's April meeting was held in the Lauderdale City Hall in response to the recent Minnesota Police Recruitment System lawsuit. Larry Thompson, MPRS Executive Director and Charlie LeFevre, Kennedy & Graven, discussed some implications of the lawsuit and what cities can do to avoid this situation. Dawn