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EN HILLS MEMORANDUM DATE: November 29, 2010 TO: Honorable Mayor and City Council Members FROM: Patrick Klaers, City Administrator SUBJECT: Staff Updates Background 1. Facility Fee discussion PTRC 2. TIF Development District map 3. 2011 PMP auto cad services 4. Public Works union contract requests 5. City Council meeting schedule and agendas 6. Library As time allows, I would like to verbally update the City Council on a number of current activities. The list of update items includes the following: 1. Parks and Recreation Manager Michelle Olsen will be at this meeting to discuss with the Council the conversation that took place at the last PTRC meeting regarding fees to Youth Associations for field usage. This issue was noted in the last Admin Update. Attached is the Facility Fees chart that was also in the last Admin Update and a memo from Michelle on this topic. 2. At the last Council meeting on November 15 the meeting was running late and I didn't really have time to fully explain the TIF Development District map situation. Per conversations and emails with Stacie Kvilvang, the Development District is just identifying the area in which the City can expend TIF dollars. Placing the entire City in the Development District provides the City with the maximum flexibility in deciding where to best use available TIF funds. Areas excluded from a City-wide Development District map typically are done along lines of demarcation that are easily understood (i.e. roadways) and to exclude AHATS would require a legal description. Staff would have a challenge from a timing point of view and the City from a cost point of view in putting together the legal description for excluding some or all of the AHATS property from the Development District. As noted last meeting, the Development District map needs to be changed as it currently excludes the Presbyterian Homes site. The current Development