For today’s post, I will share my Friday Report for August 31, 2007 that will be distributed later this afternoon to the City Council and City staff. Enjoy:
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OFFICE OF THE CITY MANAGER½Friday Report
DATE: August 31, 2007
TO: Mayor and City Council
FROM: Scott H. Neal, City Manager
RE: Friday Report for August 31, 2007
1. Special Budget Workshop – I mentioned this in my Friday Report last week, but just as a reminder, the Council Workshop for September 4 will begin at 4 pm with a presentation and dialog with the BAC concerning their Final Report. At approximately 5 pm the workshop will shift into a discussion among the Council concerning budget philosophy and goals. We will wrap-up the Workshop at 6:30 pm. We have a number of speakers for Open Forum and Open Podium.
2. Senior Advisory Council – The Senior Advisory Council will provide the Council with a special presentation on their activities and plans at the Council meeting next week.
3. Watershed Board Meeting – I will be meeting next week with Michael Cassonova, chair of the Riley-Purgatory-Bluff Creek Watershed District. We will be discussing ways in which our respective organizations can improve our working relationships.
4. Seniors and Preservationists -I met this week with the seniors at the Senior Center to talk with them about the BAC recommendation to move their operations from the Senior Center to the Community Center. I also met this week with representatives of the Eden Prairie Historical Society to provide some insight to them on the City’s plans for several of our historic sites.
5. Students on Commissions – Mike Barone coordinated the annual Students on Commissions orientation meeting this week. I welcomed the students and gave them a general description of the program Mike told the students about the structure of city government and the general expectations of the program. Each student then met with their respective commission liaison to hear a more detailed description of their commission’s duties and expectations.
6. Xcel Energy – I described a meeting last week the Mayor and I had recently with officials at Kroll OnTrack regarding their concerns about the unreliability of their electrical power supply from Xcel Energy. I had a meeting this week with a resident from the Boulder Pointe neighborhood regarding the same issue. I am getting a meeting together with Xcel to talk about the general issue of the reliability of their Eden Prairie infrastructure.
7. School District Meeting – Our annual joint workshop with the School Board is planned for September 18 from 5-6pm at City Center. If you have any potential items for that agenda, please let me know at your earliest convenience.
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