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4M Page 1 of the October 30th memo, attached, to the RCLGSSC represents the staff Steering Committee's recommendation that before any recommendations be made to the legislature, additional study on financial and implementation impacts, goverence and legislative issues must be addressed. It is the staff Steering Committee's fear that this Commission is going to suggest recommendations for consolidation to the legislature that are merely surface level observations and the legislature will go off willy nilly without vital information. The staff Steering Committee is meeting today to try to develop a strategy to offset the powerful force of the St. Paul lobby as well as the Commission's belief that everything has to be accomplished in the impossible timeframe given them by the legislature. The feeling of the Steering Committee is that it is in the best interest of St. Paul, the suburban communities, Ramsey County and the Study Commission to concentrate only on one or two areas of service consolidation that can be and should be accomplished within the timeframe set out by the legislation. REGIONAL SENIOR CENTER The Senior Center Task Force has held two meetings and is moving forward with efforts to determine final site, funding resources and mechanisms if the project is to proceed. The minutes (approved and unapproved) of the two meetings are attached for your records. The managers and administrators are meeting with representatives of the Met Council today to seek their assistance in funding both program and initial start up costs . Two weeks ago, the managers and administrators met with Senator Novak and Representative Johnson to gain their support. One of the issues that concerned them was the degree to which area wide support from the senior population had been determined. They suggested the senior population in all four communities be surveyed. This issue was addressed at the last Task Force meeting. The consensus of the Task Force was to move forward with the survey • . ' . - . . a11t. This mea^cam—�dd3 onal—expcndi-tt-res for all participating cities . As soon as the details of the proposed survey are finalized, I will provide an update. The next meeting of the Senior Center Task Force will be held in Mounds View on November 6th at the Wildwood Manor community room. SENIOR HOUSING The company which built the senior housingproject, Golden Pond,_in New Brighton, Ark Development, has expressed interest in the land directly across from City Hall for the purpose of building a senior housing complex. Tim Nelson, of Everest Development, is acting as the liaison with the company and is trying to make contact with the 3