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the property may be subject, and that has been passed along to the inquirers. They were also advised • that informing the Council quickly of the referendum intention would be appropriate so as to minimize possible conflict with requirements on the City for acting on zoning matters, and to warn MSP of potential delays in City actions on those matters. The Council should expect to hear of this possible referendum question Monday evening, likely during the public comment period. I have warned MSP of this possibility. Questions regarding the technicalities of this issue should be referred to Bob Long Monday evening. Item 11B-HVAC Requests for Proposals: Mike Ulrich will address this item. Item 11C-Resolution 5153 Certifying the 1998 Proposed General Fund Levy: The Council will recall discussing this last Tuesday and decided by consensus to determine the preliminary levy at the maximum allowed by the state,with further discussions to follow into the fall. Bruce will review the resolution and the Council may wish to confirm the additional meeting dates set up last Tuesday for reviewing the budget in addition to the public hearings set in the resolution. Item 11D-Golf Course Superintendent Agreement:Bob Long has made some minor changes and can review them with the Council Monday evening. Item 11E - First Reading of Housing Code Ordinance 603: Jennifer Bergman, in her last appearance before the Council, will introduce this reading and address its particulars. Item 11F-Request to Offer Position of Community Development Director: As discussed with • the Council last Tuesday, I am asking the Council to authorize me to offer the Community Development Director position to Rick Jopke pending satisfactory background testing under the terms I outlined last week. Those are: starting pay at step 4 with no increase to step 5 for one year excepting normal pay increase at January 1, ten days banked vacation pay, accumulation of vacation pay at 10 day per year rate in the first year, 12 days of banked sick leave, personal car travel reimbursement at per mile rate as set in personnel policies, normal City health insurance benefits and a starting date to be determined. I have informed Rick of the Council's last two meetings and I expect he will give me a response once the City has made its offer. He will not be going through the drug and alcohol test nor criminal background test until the City offers. If those are not satisfactory in my eyes, I will withdraw the City's offer, and open discussion with the next best candidate. This is considered to be standard operating procedure. Assuming the Council make the offer and Rick accepts the offer, I would expect him to be able to begin prior to the end of this month. Other stuff has been happening of course, but I will be brief. First, Novak has set the MAC meeting up for September 30 at 10 to 12 at the Capital. I have put the Mayor, attorney and myself on notice to be there. The exclusive negotiation agreement is on the EDA agenda and I would have liked to be somewhat more involved in that issue in this memo, but have been unable to because of time constraints. However, I think that focusing on the agreement itself exclusively on Monday may be only a part of the needed discussion for addressing the related issues. Other than all that, have a good weekend and see you Monday night.