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TO: MAYOR AND CITY COUNCIL FROM: PATRICK KLAERS, CITY ADMINISTRATOR DATE: APRIL 9, 1993 SUBJECT: CIP WORK SESSION ON 4/13/93 The April 13, 1993, meeting was originally scheduled to have all of the remalnlng Annual Reports presented to the City Council. However, due to the work involved with the relocation of City facilities, the two Annual Reports that generate the most discussion (Police Annual Report and the Finance Annual Report) are not ready for presentation to the Council at this time. Accordingly, we will do an Annual Report that generates a lot of discussion (Building and Zoning Annual Report) and will hopefully be able to do some capital improvement program work. . A D.A.R.E. presentation has been added to the agenda so the Council can discuss this issue before anything is made public at the April 20, 1993, Chamber of Commerce meeting. Also, please note the list of staff updates that needs Council discussion. As the meeting is scheduled to begin at 6:00 p.m. on Tuesday, April 13, 1993, it is still anticipated that some CIP work can be accomplished. If the City Council believes that this is not the case, please advise me so that I can notify the City Engineer and the Finance Director. At the last CIP work session on 3/30/93, the City Council began prioritizing the 1993-97 work projects. No projects were deleted from the previously developed lists but some priorities on which projects are most important to the Council began to be established. Mayor Duitsman provided his list of high priority projects and when we began our discussion on available finances, it became clear from Council members comments which projects are high priorities. At this 4/13/93 meeting, I would like to continue to discuss available finances for the CIP with the City Council. We can briefly review the finances presented at the last meeting and, in more detail, present the remaining financing sources that are available for the CIP. A concern that must be kept in mind is how much of the available money should be spent immediately versus how much should be saved (and added to) for larger scale projects in the future. . Also, a concern that has previously been discussed is making sure a realistic project schedule is developed. We do not want to try to do three years of work in one construction season based on financial and staff time limitations. An example of this time limitation concern is all of the work that has been requested by the City Council that the City staff needs to present back to the City Council at future meetings. The work 720 Dodge Avenue N.W., Elk River, Minnesota 55330 (612) 441-7420