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City Council Regular Meeting Minutes • March 10, 1998 Page 5 1 Jim Benson, Special Projects Manager/Technical Consultant, Business Records Corporation, 2 stated his company is prepared to respond to the City's request by providing a Technical 3 Requirements Analysis. This would include an interview of staff in each department, an 4 inventory of the hardware and software in each department, and an assessment of future needs of 5 each department including connectivity to the Internet. The result would be a five-year plan. 6 Marks stated that what the City of St. Anthony really needs to know is how to apply this 7 technology. This proposal actually addresses the second level of implementation, after the City 8 determines what it is they want and can do to make the entire City more productive and provide 9 services which have never been provided before. There is a need to define City-wide goals but 10 first there is a need for a vision and an understanding of what is possible. He asked what 11 Business Records Corporation could do to help with this first aspect. 12 Mr. Benson stated he is responding to what the City requested on their RFP. He agreed with 13 Marks and suggested the first thing the City may need to do is have a"focus group" kind of 14 meeting to brainstorm in terms of where the City is heading. 15 Marks suggested information be provided to Staff which illustrates what other Cities, even in 16 other parts of the country, are doing. 10 Mr. Benson stated he could provide this type of information. City government is his company's 18 business and they have City clients from here to the East Coast. 19 D. Councilmembers. 20 Faust reported that on February 26, 1998, he and City Manager had attended the League of 21 Minnesota Cities Legislative Day in St. Paul. It provided an opportunity to talk with'a number of 22 people including Senator Marty, Representative McGuire and Finance Commissioner Wayne 23 Simoneau and carry forward the message about the flooding problem. He noted an article in the 24 newspaper which reported that the Senate had approved $38 million in bonding. Things are 25 moving in the right direction but a concerted effort is still needed. He commended the Staff of 26 the League of Minnesota Cities for providing the City of St. Anthony with so much support. 27 Cavanaugh asked what type of concerted effort was necessary. 28 Faust noted there would be no more testimony allowed. The Senate and the House of 29 Representatives will need to reach an agreement in the Conference Committee. It is important 30 for the City to remain vigilant and watch the way things go and talk with the leaders of the 31 Senate and the House. 32 Cavanaugh asked if there was still the 'issue of the City of St. Anthony not being named on the House of Representatives list for funding.