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Page 1 of 2 AGENDA ITEM – 3B MEMORANDUM DATE: August 12, 2024 TO: Honorable Mayor and City Councilmembers FROM: Jessica Jagoe, Interim City Administrator SUBJECT: Legislative Priorities Budgeted Amount: Actual Amount: Funding Source: N/A N/A N/A Council Should Consider Council should provide direction on its legislative priorities for 2025 and beyond. Background At a previous meeting, the City Council requested to discuss legislative priorities in August. This is in addition to a previously agreed-upon schedule where the Council begins to discuss legislative priorities in January. Attachment A is the most recent CIP summary that lists upcoming capital projects. In the past, the Council has selected projects from the CIP that it felt were good candidates for State funding. Recently, the Council has sought money for sewer forcemain work and the Old Highway 10 Trail project. Due to the lack of a bonding bill this year, neither were successful. However, we were recently notified that the Old Highway 10 Trail project was awarded money from the Met Council. The Public Works Director can provide a verbal update on this if requested. Should the Council select projects it wants to pursue for future State funding, it should discuss how it wants to move forward. Below is what was previously agreed upon should the Council want to mirror a similar process. It should be noted that it is unclear if there will be a bonding bill next year. It is not a typical bonding year, but the last number of years have been atypical for State bonding projects. • January/February 2025: Council discusses legislative priorities and designates the Mayor and a Councilmember to work with Staff on preparing items for funding requests and to be the Council point people for the requests. The Council may want to have preliminary discussions with its legislators in early 2025, too. • March 2025: Staff works with designated Councilmembers on preparing draft requests.