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E~ER,",;ARD E'. 5TEFFIEN STEPHEN H, MUNSTENTEIGER ED;YARD W BEARSE RtCHA~D A; BEENS ROBERT C. PARTA ROb;ALD B. PETERSON RUSSELL H CROWDER January' 31, '1980 ~ZEMORANDUM · · TO: · --Mr. Edward Fields _ . ..... ;.i~_.?i":Anoka County Commissioner-' · .~." Ramsey City Councilman FROM: STEFFEN, MUNSTENTEIGER, BEARSE, BEENS, PARTA & PETERSON ^TrO.NEYS A~ L^W ~ 403 JACKSON STREET ANOKA. MII~NESOTA 55303 ~__ TI:I. 1612l 427-6300 Mr. Ralph McGinley Anoka County Administrator / _.. t// Hr. Bernard E. Steffen ' SUBJECT: PUBLIC WORKS AUTHORIZATION & kPPROPRIATION BILL STATUS The.Purpose of this Memorandum is to create a record of a telephone conversation which I have had this week with Kevin Walli of · " C'on~ressman Oberstar's office, in regard to the above referenced . matter, in order to ~ak~ some judgment about how to proceed with . :....the proposed Ramsey Recreation~Building Project. - ' Mr. Walli indicated that 'the Public Works Authorization Bill was -~:-!:~. ....... .'-in'conference committee prior to the~end of the year but the issues- · relating to it were not resolved and there have been no meetings · ~' in January of the conference committee, itself. .-The conferees · :;':·,~.'~'i- have been involved in House debate on another public works type . bill during-the month of January and. have not held meetings because :. .. of that. Staff has been meeting to'attempt to work out difficulties between the House and Senate versions; the conference chairmen are ~ Representative Roe and'Senator Muskie. I A major poin~ of controversy between the two houses is a House provision which would provide'a one billion dollar standby public works authorization which'would be triggered if and when unempl.oy-' ment, nation wide, reaches 6.5%. Current figures prepared by