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Rae Ballroom and who wants the City to buy the land. It appears that Mr. Moses has not stopped his pursuit of allies to convince the Council that they should buy the land. He phoned Tim Cruikshank the week I was in D.C. to find out the name of the Chair of the Focus 2000 Business, Growth and Development Project Team. He then sent a letter to Tim C. addressed to Brian and the rest of the FOCUS Team. Today (Wednesday) Moses called Brian to see if he had received the information and told Brian that he (Moses) was on the agenda for Monday night and wanted to come to Brian's house this week to discuss Brian's position. Brian called Paul today and was totally confused on the matter because he had not received the "information" (we were going to give him the information at the Recognition Dinner, but didn't connect). He didn't kncw why was being pursued by Moses. When_I called Moses to find out why he thought he was on the agenda for Monday night, he denied that the had told Brian that the was on the agenda. I explained to Moses that the FOCUS 2000 Team was not an advisory commission with on-going policy advisory authority from the Council - their mission completed upon presentation of the FOCUS 2000 Final Report. I then called Brian to explain some of the history of this subject. Brian stated that he would call Moses back just as a courtesy. Later, Brian called Paul to say that Moses had asked him to revise the FOCUS group's report to include a recommendation for the Council to purchase the property. It appears that Mr. Moses is continuing his pursuit of City acquisition of land that the Council has heretofore consistently stated that they do not desire to acquire, especially at the inflated price put forth by Mr. Moses. I don't think we have heard the last of Mr. Terry Moses. EDA ESTABLISHMENT Monday night will be the night the Council will consider the establishment of the Mounds View Economic Development Authority. This represents the first step in a series of development steps to ensure the City's continued economic viability. If established by Council resolution, the EDA will conduct its very first meeting immediately following the Council meeting. The EDA will become the corporate authority for all economic development activities in the City, including administration of all Tax Increment Financing Districts. 1994 Legislative Activities Tim C. and I will be attending the LMC Legislative Conference on Thursday. One of the more interesting bills currently in a Senate Committee is a deregulation bill proposed by U.S. West. It is U.S. West's regional approach to its national attempt to obtain Congressional sanctions, through legislation, to enter into the cable industry without franchise provisions or local regulatory or oversight authority. This topic was widely discussed at the NLC Congressional Conference in D.C. and is best described