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County/Blaine Airport will be held on April 19 and 20. The Assessment will include a Social Impact Statement from MAC's perspective. The City can submit its own Social Impact Statement prior to the hearing and also convey its position on the tower and proposed duel runways at the hearing. The issue of a Airport Task Force was discussed by the Council last month. This item has been placed on the Agenda for Monday night's meeting so that the Council can discuss how best to proceed with either a Task Force and/or the City's position on the Airport's current and future activities. Ramsey County CDBG Activities Last year, County and over 11 city representatives met on several occasions to discuss the CDBG (Community Development Block Grant) process. The process at that time was based on participation of city representatives on an Advisory Committee. The Committee (of which Mayor Linke was a member) was charged with reviewing all CDBG and Home loan applications, participating in the applicant interviews and making funding recommendations to the County Board. The meetings last year ended with an understanding by city representatives that the Committee would not only be retained, but expanded to include one representative from each of the Ramsey County suburban cities. Recently, the County informed the cities that the Committee was to be disbanded and that the County staff would be reviewing applications, assigning a review ranking system. From the information that I have gathered, none of the cities are pleased with this outcome. I have included herein a copy of a letter from the City Manager of White Bear Lake, Mark Sather that sums up very well the position of the people who have long participated in the CDBG allocation activity. I present this information to you in case you have questions you may wish to ask Commissioner Wedell on Wednesday. REMINDER MARK YOUR CALENDARS FOR: Ron Fagerstrom's Retirement Party 6. 00 Tuesday, March 7 Special Council Work Session 6. 00 Wed. , March 8 Next Council meeting 7 . 00 March 20 I will be attending the National League of Cities Congressional Conference March 9-15. Michele and Tim Cruikshank will have the number where I can be reached. In addition to the Conference activities, I will be gathering information on corridor/main street studies from cities of similar size and characteristics that I hope will assist the Highway 10 Task Force. The Agenda may look a little scary with all the items, many are quick update or discussion items. On several of the presentations, non-Department Head staff members have been asked