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. . . ARDEN HILLS CITY COUNCIL WORKSESSION - JULY 20 1998 6 Discussion: It was the consensus of the Council that Phase II of the reuse plan appeared to be the biggest priority issue; how best to implement the plan; and the necessity of finding the outcome of this project to determine other issues. . Miscellaneous Other Outstanding Project Items Strategy: The City Council asked staff to prepare a strategy for those projects not identified as an immediate priority. The proposed strategy would be: , "Continue to monitor all of the various aspects of TCAAP" , "Continue to re-evaluate on an on-going basis changes in priorities when a higher priority item is completed, and/or when there is some level of influence from an outside source on a project/issue 2. Other outstanding projects/issues Joint maintenance facility; retrocession; County Road I reconstruction/redevelopment; joint athletic facilities; Alliant Techsystems consolidation; utilities; relationship with federal agencies; and clean up procedures. Discussion: After substantial discussion, the Finance Committee Liaison (Councilmember Aplikowski) and staff were directed to notify the Finance Committee Chair (Chuck Mertensotto) of the Council's charge for the Committee to establish strategies and a proposed budget, within the next 45 - 60 days, for Council consideration on the proposed construction of a joint maintenance facility. Specific direction included: methods for (A) How to fund our portion of facility; and (B) Can City finance whole project? c. 1999 Budget/CIP Update Don Szurek, Fire Chief with the Lake Joharma Volunteer Fire Department (LJVFD) and Paul Bergmann, Department Secretary, were in attendance to review various operational and budgetary requests of the LJVFD. Discussion items included equipment upgrades; accountability of the LlVFD and City regarding expenditures and requests; timely submission of CIP requests and expenditures; rationale of the LlVFD regarding expenditures; re-establishing the trust of involved parties; Alliant Tech funds; levy limits of the City and the challenge to the department to accommodate those limits in funding requests; districting calls; and overall planning strategies of the department and communication of those strategies to the City's. Mr. Szurek commended Mr. Fritsinger on his work in revising the Joint Powers Agreement and draft future contract between the City's of North Oaks, Shoreview and Arden Hills.