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TO: FROM: DATE: SUBJECT: MEMORANDUM Mayor and City Council Pat Klaers, City Administrator May 23, 2002 Joint Meeting with the School Board The Elk River School Board has invited the City Council to join them at their May 23, 2002 regular meeting for a joint session to discuss issues of mutual concern. The School Board will adjourn from its regular meeting and meet with the City Council for a worksession in the Training Room at 7:30 p.m. Accordingly, it is appropriate for the School Board to take the lead in this joint meeting and most of the topics in the agenda have come from discussions at School Board meetings. Police Liaison Program Chief of Police Tom Zerwas will be at this meeting to update everyone on the Project Alert program. This program replaced DARE. The city has two police officers that teach Project Alert. These two officers work in all the Elk River schools but mainly spend their time in the two junior highs and the senior high. Attached for your information is a memo from the Chief of Police regarding the Project Alert program. Also, attached is the School Liaison Funding Agreement between the school and city. To date, no changes have taken place. e Facility Use The City Council Chambers will be under reconstruction from about May 2003 through April 2004. Accordingly, both the City Council and the School Board are going to have to fred a different location to hold their meetings. The city will likely use a combination of the Lions Park Center facility and the Little Theater. Regarding the school's use of the Council Chambers, the city would like to know the long-term plans of the school district. By this I mean, is the school going to use our facility for the foreseeable furore or are they planning to develop their own cable ready meeting room? If use of the Council Chambers is to continue, then the city