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<br />. City staff continues to send out letters on a monthly basis (typically the last week of month) and <br />more frequently as needed to the City's congressional delegation (last one sent out on July 5, <br />2007) . <br /> <br /> <br />Congressional Letters and Meetings <br /> <br />. The Mayor and City Administrator, along with County Commissioner Bennett met with Betty <br />McCollum's office on May 21, 2007 to discuss the project. Her office requested a timeline for <br />the transportation improvements which staff provided to her Aide, Joshua Straka, on June IS, <br />2007. <br /> <br />Interim Space For Army <br /> <br />. The Army is currently looking for new office space since they will be required to vacate their <br />offices located on the TCAAP site by the end of September. City staff provided them options <br />and/or known sites that may work for them to relocate to. <br /> <br />National Guard <br /> <br />. National Guard stated they are looking at building some "dormitories" on the western side of their <br />property, there were long-term plans for building a headquarters building by the lake and they <br />also discussed building a community center as a joint venture. The National Guard will be <br />meeting with the City Council on July 30, 2007 to go over their plan for improvements (barracks <br />and possible community center). <br /> <br />. National Guard representative indicated that they will be preserving 1,200 acres of the AHATs <br />property as open space and that they will provide the City with a map of the area. <br /> <br />. It was decided that the City and National Guard would try to meet quarterly and that the City <br />would provide them copies of the congressional letters. <br /> <br />Busiuess Subsidy Policy <br /> <br />. The City currently does not have a formal busiuess subsidy policy or public assistance application <br />(In 1999, the State Legislature adopted new regulations for the granting of business subsidies by <br />state and local government, which are required to be in writing and formally approved by the <br />governing board(s) of the City). In order to be able to react to any future requests from <br />businesses and/or developer's for public assistance, staff is working with the City's Economic <br />Development Commission to work on draft documents. They met on July 18,2007, to discuss <br />the policy and items to be included. They anticipate having the first draft completed in late <br />August for review and discussion with the City Council. <br /> <br />Project Status Memo <br /> <br />4 <br />