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AGENDA ITEM — 3E �i -t1 DEN HILLS MEMORANDUM DATE: April 8, 2024 TO: Honorable Mayor and City Councilmembers FROM: Dave Perrault, City Administrator SUBJECT: Legislative Priorities and Processes Budgeted Amount: Actual Amount: N/A Council Should Consider N/A Funding Source: N/A Council should discuss how to approach legislative priorities and the processes for future funding requests. Background The City Council should discuss how to approach future legislative priorities. For 2024, the City has two bonding requests for consideration, these were worked on by different Councilmembers and Staff. This legislative session is expected to end late Spring. While it isn't clear if or when the State will begin accepting funding requests for 2025 consideration, that could also happen in the spring, this past year MMB requested projects be submitted in June. Should requests open again, the Council may want to be prepared with identified requests or have the process ready for how to work to get projects submitted. Prior to this year's requests, Staff worked with members of the Council on existing capital projects, such as the Lexington Avenue Watermain or the County Road E Utility replacement. Council may want to consider planned capital projects, such as, water meter replacement ($1,500,000) or water/sewer forcemain work ($240,000). Council could also consider projects that we have discussed, but may be waiting on a funding source, such as, the Old Highway 10 Trail ($2,800,000). Should Council want to refine this process, Council should direct how it wants to approach the process, either by designating one or two Councilmembers to work with Staff to bring back a recommendation for Council consideration or discussing the priorities with the full Council at a worksession. Council may also want to consider outside assistance to guide Staff and the Council through the process, i.e. utilizing a lobbyist. Budget Impact N/A Attachment N/A Page 1 of 1