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. . After the Springsted presentation, the Fiscal Planning Adviscry Committee discussed the extend and timing implications of proposed referenda_ On April 4th, it was the unanimous suggestion of the Fiscal Planning Advisory Committee to run a 5 year referendum for an increased $222 per weighted pupil unit. Recommendations: The Fiscal Pianning Advisory Committee came to the conclusion that lour recommendations would be made to Superintendent Thein and the Roseville School Board. 1. The Fiscal Planning Advisory Committee recommends that the district administration continue to work toward increasing effectiveness and fiscal efficiency by continuing to examine creative alternatives. 2. The Fiscal Planning Advisory Committee recommends that the school board continue to look for ways for Roseville Area Schools to provide the exempiary service that the Roseville community has come to expect. 3_ The Fiscal Planning Advisory Committee reecmmends that Superintendent Thein recommend to the Roseville School Board the running of a 5 year increased operating levy that will run concurrent with the existing levy and will retire with the existing levy in 2008. 4. The Fiscal Planning Advisory Committee recommends that Superintendent Thein reconvenes a fiscal planning task force no later than 2005 to address the retiring levies. It is also a recommendation that Superintendent Thein convenes aforementioned fiscal planning committee anytime changes in Minnesota Tax Law would permit an increase in Roseville's levy potential. 5. The Fiscal Planning Advisory Committee recommends that Superintendent Thein and the Roseville School Board ecnsider the current political climate when determining the ecrrect course of action regarding a mail-in, Primary Election, or General Election vote. The Fiscal Planning Advisory Committee was not able to reach consensus or determine a specific recommendation as to which of the three options allowed for the greatest possibility of passing the recommended levy. Therefor the Fiscal Pianning Advisory Committee recommends that more research should be done to establish the most preferable time schedule for the proposed election to increase levy authority. 6. The final and most important recommendation from the Fiscal Planning Advisory Committee is to create a vehicle to fully educate the public as to: the financial cuts that have already been made, the continuing financial needs of the district, the services that Roseville schcol children and the community currently receive, the tax implications of a successful levy vote, and the possible consequences of a failed levy vote. The Fiscal Planning Advisory Committee recommended that "scare tactics" and "feast or famine" methodology be avoided at all costs.