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Administrator Report March 22, 2010 Page 2 4. ClearWire Request As the Council will recall, the City recently approved a lease agreement with ClearWire to locate antennae on the City’s water tower. The terms of the lease provide the City with annual payments totaling $21,000 with a 4% annual inflator. ClearWire also paid $2,000 up front to cover our legal and engineering review of the agreement and the plans. In an effort to achieve sufficient coverage for their services, ClearWire is requesting to construct a monopole in Silverview Park. The pole could replace one of the existing light standards already in the park or could be located in the wooded area. The City Code allows for telecommunication poles in parks by conditional use permit, however because the City is the owner, there should be some level of agreement reached before any such application is made. Given its acreage, Silverview Park might be a good location for a cell tower and would provide the city with additional revenue. Is the Council open to consider such a proposal? 5. Ramsey County League of Local Governments Meeting At the last City Council meeting, Council Member Mueller announced that the Ramsey County League of Local Governments (RCLLG) would be holding a meeting at the Mounds View Community Center on March 25, 2010. The meeting topic is “Partnering with Nonprofits and Foundations to Strengthen Your Community.” RSVP’s are needed by March 23, so please let me know if you intend to attend. If three or more Council members attend, we will post a quorum notice. We have been notified that an elected official from Roseville, New Brighton, Mounds View, Falcon Heights or Lauderdale is needed to serve on the County’s Dispatch Policy Committee. The RCLLG will appoint this person, so let me know if one of you is interested. (Please refer to the correspondence from Scott Williams, Ramsey County’s Director of Emergency Communications, for more information.) The board meeting agenda and the meeting flyer is attached for your reference. 6. Election Calendar As the Council is aware, the MN Legislature changed the date for the primary election to the second Tuesday in August to be consistent with federal legislation. The Governor signed this into law. This year, the primary election will be on August 10th. The primary reason for the change is to allow sufficient time for military personnel to submit absentee ballots. Attached for your reference is the election calendar for this year. 7. Charter Commission Meeting The Charter Commission met on March 10, 2010. The Commission continues to discuss possible changes to Chapter 8 of the Charter relating to special assessments and local improvements. Some changes being proposed are substantial which should raise some concern for the City from a procedural and financial standpoint. (I have put together a memo outlining my concerns which is attached for your review.) Two potential changes would allow for petitions against projects that do not include special assessments and would allow a petition FOR an improvement that did not include special assessments. Finance Director Beer and I met with one of the Charter Commission members prior to the March 10 meeting to get a better understanding of what’s driving the discussion.