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WEEKLY UP DATE a traro. • , wpo.r Tuesday, April 16, 2013 5:00 p.m. — Public Work Committee — Lake Itasca Room 5:45 p.m. City Council Work Session/Strategic Planning — Lake Itasca Room Preview of Next Week April 11, 2013 Public Works Committee (5:00 p.m. — LIR) The agenda for Public Works consists of one case - Cost Estimate for Pedestrian Crosswalk at Alpine Drive and Zirconium Street. There will be a review of the 2012 -2013 winter maintenance activities under the Committee /Staff Input portion of the agenda. City Council Work Session /Strategic Planning 5:45 p.m. - LIR) Council and staff will meet in work session format to continue with Strategic Planning. The agenda includes review and discussion of the following three scenarios: A New Day; Moving Forward; and 2013 Budget Status Quo. Council and staff will discuss which direction to move toward, discuss a balanced scorecard and the next steps. Pizza will be available for dinner. Council Update Changes to our Team. It is official, after 23 years of service with Ramsey, Captain Tim Dwyer has accepted the Chief of Police position with the City of Cambridge. Tim's last day in the office will be Friday, April 26 We wish him well! Please welcome Bruce Westby, our new City Engineer. Bruce comes to us from the City of Monticello where he worked as the City Engineer for 7 years. Hakanson Anderson will be with us for up to 1 -month during the transition period. Also, a huge Thank You to Shane and Ron for serving as Ramsey's Interim City Engineers since last summer. Staff selected a finalist for the Economic Development Manager position and will be bringing a case forward later this month for consideration. • The Community Development Department is providing an update to current development projects and draft policies as part of the attached Development Update. Attached to the Weekly Update is the Development Update. • Finance was busy with the auditors this week as well as running budget numbers for the Strategic Planning session.