CCP 12-22-2006 Administrator's Update

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0 Non-Agenda for Week Ending Friday, December 22,2006 , Mayor and City Council Page 2 . City staff has begun recruitment for a new Accounting Analyst. The deadline f()r submitting a job application to the City is January 19th. City staff has narrowed the candidate field for the Finance Director position to two candidates. Schawn completed background checks and they were vcry good. Management assessments were completed. On December 29th, the second interviews will be conducted. Schawn and Greg attended an instructor class through the Minnesota Department of Homeland Security to become certified as Minnesota-National Incident Management System (Mn-NIMS) instructors for the State of Minnesota. Preparations have begun for the January 16th City of Arden I-lills Town Hall meeting. Letters were sent out to potential community groups that may be interested in setting-up an inf()rnlational booth at this year's event on December 21 st. The City is still seeking volunteers for the City's various committees and commissions. If you knO\v of someone that may be interested in serving on a committce or commission, please have them contact Schmvn (651-634-5125) orvisit thc City's web sitc for application materials. The deadline for submitting application materials is December 22nd, but the City \vill accept applications unti I all open positions are filled. Tuesday afternoon Kris and Deb met with Mark Gieseke, Mn/DOT State Aid Engineer. Mark . tries to visit with each City once every 12-18 months to check in and find out any new news or concerns. Staff gave him a brief summary ofTCAAP, and briefly discussed the 1-694/1-35/96 discussions that have been ongoing. City Hall Arbitration: There will be a hearing and a conference call in early January. Staff anticipates a briefing for Council in a closed session on January 8. Northwestern College is moving forward with a new Mastcr Plan for their campus. They were hoping to hold a community meeting in mid-December to go ovcr the details of the plan with their neighbors; however, that meeting has been pushed back to mid-January. Invitations will be sent to the City Council and Planning Commission, but as soon as the date is set, we will send out the information. The Master Plan is likely to have a first review with the Planning Commission in February, and it will probably rcquire at least one more meeting with the Planning Commission in March. Staff is working with Clear Channel Communications regarding recent changes to their billboard on Hwy 694 near the 35W interchange. Clear Channel has changed the face of the billboard to an LED (lighted) message-board t~lce. The City's sign ordinance docs not permit message boards. Clear Channel will need to either remove the message hoard t~lce or apply for a site plan review. .