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April 11, 1997 To: Honorable Mayor and City Council From: Chuck Whiting, City Administrator 111111 Re: April 14, 1997 City Council Meeting . Despite some relatively important items on the agenda, I will have to make my memo short due to time. Here's a brief overview of agenda items. Item 10-7:10 p.m. Public Hearing on Bel Rae TIF Plan: The Council will have a copy of the TIF plan in your packet along with the resolution for approval. Bob Long and myself can attempt to answer any questions that rise from the public hearing. However, the plan is not ready for approval Monday evening and I will ask the Council to extend the hearing to the April 28 meeting. First, the Planning Commission needs to review the plan and report to the Council. They do not meeting until next week. Second, the building evaluation has to be completed by the architect, and while that may be done by Monday, his report will simply be an overview. Third, the negotiations with VB Digs is still taking place. While I had a very good meeting with them on Thursday, our discussions may have some impact on the plan. All in all, I can report on that but will need the Council to defer action on the resolution and continue the hearing until April 28. Also, I will try to contact council members Trude and Stigney to review the meeting of Thursday, and I will be setting up a meeting for next week with the architect, Koopmeiners and VB Digs to review a building plan. Item 11A - MAC Presentation: Mark Ryan of the Metropolitan Airports Commission will be present on Monday night to respond to the concerns expressed by the City in Bob Long's letter of • November 25, 1996. Two disappointing things to date, first, MAC has not even scheduled the public hearings on their comprehensive plan, something they had led us to believe they were going to do in March. Second, Mr. Ryan was unable to meet with myself and Bob Long this past Thursday in preparation for Monday evening's meeting. Frankly, I am concerned that MAC is delaying public input until all effective action the Legislature could take is past. Therefore, I think contact with our representatives is prudent. In talking with the Mayor and council members Trude and Quick, as well as Bob Long, contact will be made with Novak and Evans no later than Tuesday. Julie has already been in touch with Evans' office. Two things for consideration, first, find what bills MAC is seeking passed and counter them. Nyle Zikmund is also tracking this. Second, an amendment to a relative bill could be made as was done by Voss and McCarren to restrict MAC action. I may be able to report on this more next Monday. Item 11E - Bel Rae Architectural Agreement: I do not have an agreement for Council consideration at this time, though hopefully I will by Monday evening. Recognizing that Council members may want to read the agreement for approving it, in the interest of time, I may recommend on Monday evening to have the Council by motion authorize the Mayor and City Administrator to enter into an architectural agreement with WAI Continuum for the work needed at the Bel Rae. WAI will submit the standard architect agreement and I expect fees to be in the $190,000 to $200,000 range, including the work that has been done to date (about $30,000). I realize this is slim as far as information goes for the Council, and I can try to address questions about this on Monday night. 0 I wish I could spend more time going over the VB Digs meeting because I felt very good about the result. Basically, we talked about a facility for a minimum of eight volleyball courts useable for basketball of which the City owns a quarter. There is more details than that and I will try to talk to each of you over the coming few days about it. Have a good weekend and see you on Monday.