2A/B, State Budget & Stadium Proposal

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�;tS.RZEN HILLS MEMORANDUM DATE: July 18, 2011 TO: Honorable Mayor and City Councilmembers FROM: Patrick Klaers, City Administrator SUBJECT: State Budget and Stadium Proposal On Thursday, July 14, 2011, Mayor Grant called a Special City Council meeting for Monday, July 18th, at 7:00 p.m. The purpose of this Special meeting is to review and discuss and to consider possible action on: 1) the State budget compromise 2) the stadium proposal As of the writing of this memo, the "budget deal" has been tentatively agreed to by the Governor and the Republican leadership. Accordingly, meetings by both parties will happen over the weekend and an overall budget agreement is anticipated. A Special Session is expected to be called for early next week. If all of this takes place, it is also possible that new stadium legislation could be introduced and considered. The stadium proposal is not part of the budget deal but Lester Bagley has comments in the Star Tribune and the Pioneer Press regarding being close to an agreement and hopeful that the stadium can be taken up in the Special Session after a budget is approved. If this is the situation, the City Council may want to take some official action on the stadium proposal Monday evening. In an effort to be prepared if action by the City Council is deemed necessary and appropriate, this Special meeting was called by Mayor Grant.