Agenda - Council - 01/28/1986 - Laserfiche WebLink

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:1 I Council Action: Your act]or, will be to review the letter and the attached correspoh- dance and after that review discuss whether or not the City has any ir~terest in takihg e positior~ on this subject. iCASE PUBLIC SERVICE PORTION OF COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT BLOCK GRANT FUNDS; CASE OF FAMILY LIFE MENTAL HEALTH CENTER: Enclosure (D2-J) cot,rains a letter dated December 31, 1985 from the Family Life Marital Health Center. After reading that letter, you will note that they are requesting that we distribute $1,000 of the service portion of our CDBG funds to this group. Council Action: Your action will be to consider the request of the Family Life Marital Health Center and take the action you deem appropriate. I I I ! I I I CASE #12: WALTEK, INC./PCA: Councilmember Cox has requested that this ~atter be placed or, the agenda so that formal discussion can be had on what, if anything, the City can do to assist Waltek, Inc. in it's on-going dealings with the Mirmesota Pollutior~ Cor~trol Agency. Council~ember Cox will be pre- sent ing whatever information he dean, s appropriate on this subject. Council Action: Your actior~ will be to take whatever action you may deem appropriate after having held your discussion regarding this ~atter. CASE #13: LOCAL GOVERNMENT AID: During the 1985 Legislative Session, there was heavy lobbyir~g to change the LGA distributio~ for~ula. The b~-oadest effort by the League of Minnesota Cities studied and recom~er~ded a change i~ the distribution formula; however, the individual cities were unable to agree on the formula. The Legislature thus was not going to take action on changing the formula in 1985. The LGA program for 1986 was reauthorized for only one year, unchanged, with total State appropri- ations ir,creased by approximtely 6%. i I I I I The 1985 Legislature did not authorize the LGA program to continue after the 1986 City budget year. Therefore, the 1985 Legislature ir~tended to review the issue in the 1986 sessicm. The current projected State shortfall in revenues may significantly delay or reduce 1986 LSA d~stribution. The e~phasis on revenue short- falls will also probably delay a review of the LGA formula until the 1987 session. The Legislature has been advised by groups such as the League of Minnesota Cities to delay a review of the formula until the 1987 Legislative Session. The League has also recommended that the Legis- lature again extend the program using the current formula with a ~% increase for City budget year 1987.