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MEMO • To: Honorable Mayor and City Council From: Chuck Whiting, City Administrator Re: October 13, 1997 City Council Meeting Date: October 10, 1997 Unlike last week's memo, I will need to keep this one short. If I am too brief on any subject, please call me on Monday for further explanation. Item 11A-Informational Meeting with Rick Packer,Met Council Representative: Mr. Packer is our area's representative on the Metropolitan Council. This City Council has not spent a great deal of time discussing Met Council issues, other than perhaps indirectly the airport. However, several regional issues and policies taken by the Met Council effect Mounds View such as housing, transportation, planning and growth options. I will attempt to brush up myself on some of these issues, but the Council will want to hear what he has to say and direct several local/regional issues questions to him. Item 11E- Negotiations Agreement with Anthony Properties: The Council reviewed this agreement last Monday evening. I do not have a clean version with the 180 day negotiation 0 period included. I have discussed this some more with Mr. Smith and feel it would be fine for the City to have this agreement extend that long. I believe that our work can be completed within that time period with all issues covered for Council and community consideration. 90 days as originally drafted would simply be too short, particularly with the budget and holidays coming up. I am also still working on the community meeting with an October 28 date, but I am also considering a November 5 option. The November 5 option would allow me to have something in the upcoming Mounds View Matters that would be more informative to people than anything I can do for October 28, plus the Council can have a new council member available for the meeting. I also put in a new Exhibit A with the rational of attempting to keep open the possibilities of space use along the lines the U of M Design Center presented, which I figure will allow me to be more consistent with the community presentation later. My requested action would be to approve this agreement Monday evening. Item 11F- Scheduling of Special City Council Meeting for Canvassing of November 4 Election Results: I will be asking the Council set a special City Council meeting for 6 p.m., Wednesday, November 5, for canvassing the election results. I am also checking with the City Attorney to see if this meeting can also be used for swearing in the winning candidate. This can also be done prior to the community meeting if it is held that evening. Item 1111-Request for Funds Regarding Coalition for Healthy Youth: The efforts taking place in this area with the Coalition for Healthy Youth apparently are in some minor need of up- front funding. Dennis Probst, the Mayor of Arden Hills, proposed each city contribute$500 to cover some initial costs of mailing and the like. Mayor McCarty was the City's lone attendee at