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In Memory If you haven't heard yet the man who has been the mail carrier to the City for the past 5 years was killed in the Sunday, February 20th head-on collision near Chicago City that also took the life of a young mother and her little boy. Many of the staff knew him well and have had a difficult week as they remember his endearing smile and good humor. Samantha CITY HALL EXPANSION UPDATE It has been a busy week of moving into the new office area for Administration and Park and Recreation. Withthesetwo Departments moving;the Community - Development Department also had a chance to reorganize their work areas. 11s nice to be moved in but there are several small kinks to work out. The remainder of the construction is still scheduled to be completed by 3/2 with a punch list completed by 3/11. On Friday, the Police Squad room will be carpeted and early next week the Community Room will be carpeted. Also, the downstairs archives is almost done being transformed into a women's restroom. ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT COORDINATOR AND HOUSING INTERN The deadline for the Economic Development Coordinator and Housing Intern positions was the end of the day on Monday, February 14, 1994. 31 applications were received for the EDC position and 26 applications were received for the Housing Intern position. Although we did not receive as many applications as we would have liked, there seem to be several well qualified candidates for both positions. We have gone through all of the EDC applications and will be interviewing 10 candidates on Tuesday, March 1. Most of the candidates are from the Metro area, some are from Southern Minnesota, one is from Wisconsin another from San Diego. The interview panel will consist of Samantha, Jerry, Kevin Loch (Economic Development Coordinator from New Brighton) and me. The Housing Intern applications have also been reviewed and interviews should begin by the end of next week. FOCUS 2000 UPDATE The Focus 2000 Steering Committee will be meeting tonight (2/24) for the first time. Georgine Madden from ProSource will be present for the first hour aiding in the initial phase of creating the Vision and Mission Statements. Tim C.