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I i I I I I I I I I February 24, 1984 TO: Mayor and Councilmembers FROM: City Administrator RE: Staff Report for February 1984 1) Finance - The cash flow report and the budgetary revenue and expenditure report for January 1984 are not contained in this agenda because of the end of the year work. You will be getting these reports at the March 1984 Council meeting. Z) Legislative - The following is Submitted on this issue: a) Legislative conference 1984 - This is the annual League of Cities' conference that will be held in St. Paul on March 13 and 14, 1984. I plan on attending this conference. If Councilmembers would like to attend, you should let me know at the meeting so we can get registered for it. If you have any questions as to what will be covered at this conference, please refer to page 8 of the February issue of the Minnesota Cities'publication. b) State aid - We (City Administrator, City Attorney and Mayor) have been working with our legislators (Senator Dahl and Representative Larsen) to get the issue resolved for Ramsey and Andover. I am enclosing as enclosure (1) to this report what we are proposing and what they think can fly. Everybody on the hill admits that we are not being treated fairly in the distribution of local government aids. 3) Council, Commission Chairperson and Staff workshop - It is suggested that you read the following two articles in the Minnesota Cities publication dated February 1984: a) Financing Housing for Seniors regarding Brooklyn Center - I think this is a very innovative project and it pertains to some of the things we were talking about at our last workshop meeting and will be addressing at our next workshop meeting at 7:30 p.m., March 5, 1984. b) Gully, Minnesota regarding a Small Minnesota City Solves Senior Housing and Retailing Problems - I think you will find this article very interesting as it again pertains to things we are talking about at our workshop meetings. I have had some fine comments on these workshop meetings which is good to hear. Summary - I think both of the above articles point out how programs can be packaged by a community. However, to do these things, it takes innovative thinking, positive attitudes and trust in the community's ability. 4) City Charter Commission - I have attended the last two Charter Commission meetings and thought they were good meetings. I thought a lot of fine points were made and as a result some changes were made to the proposed charter at their meeting of February Z3, 1984. It was really great seeing our Council ~ Commission members taking such an active roll in City business. LGS:pj c