Agenda - Council Work Session - 05/07/2013

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• • • • tasks on time when given completion dates. ID • Relative to the request to describe the systems or mechanisms that would be established for monthly reporting of the status of projects, requests, and litigation, we believe that prompt • completion of assignments is the best means of status reporting. Typical City Council agenda scheduling may include, at the direction of the City Administrator, City Attorney reports on at • least a monthly basis as well as dictate project completion deadlines. In addition, the City • Attorney will be available at each City Council work and regularly scheduled meeting to answer questions in regard to the status of projects, and will be always available by telephone or e-mail • to answer questions. • • Of course, we are more than willing to comply with whatever system the City Administrator/Department heads may find appropriate to track assignments to insure their timely • completion. • • • • • CLIENTS /CONFLICTS OF INTEREST • Public clients represented include the following: City of Bethel — civil and prosecution services • Linwood Township — civil services City of Ramsey — civil and prosecution services • County of Anoka -CHIPS (Child in need of protection or services - we provide defense to • parents whose children are subject of County Social Services protective services) • Ham Lake Area Redevelopment Association • Central Minnesota Development Company — a certified nonprofit development company making and servicing small business loans on behalf of the SBA • Brooklyn Park Development Partnership Loan Fund — an organization engaging in real • estate (commercial) development and redevelopment projects and loans to qualified • borrowers within the City of Brooklyn Park • Rule 1.7 of the Rules of Professional Conduct would not permit an attorney to represent a client • if the representation of that client would be directly adverse to another client. The only • exception to this general rule is in the following situation: • "The lawyer reasonably believes the representation will not adversely affect the relationship with the other client and each client consents after consultation." • • To the best of our knowledge, we do not have any client whose representation would conflict • with our ability to provide legal services to the City of Ramsey. We have for many years represented municipalities that border upon one another and have not been involved in a conflict • of interest with any of those communities. In the event there ever would be a conflict, we would •