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1998 PRELIMINARY PROGRAM SCHEDULE . LMC 85th Annual Conference Minnesota Cities: Going the Distance Tuesday, June 16,1998 Thursday, June 18, 1998 Tuesday Evening Kickoff at Spirit Mountain with BBQ Dinner, Continental Breakfast Native American Dancers, and a telling of the Stories of the Ghosts 7:30 - 9 a, m. of Spirit Mountain 6 p.m. Registration /Computer Lab, Marketplace" 7:30 - 1 l a.m. Wednesday, June 17, 1998 Registration/ "Cities Marketplace"/Tech City/Computer Lab Concurrent Sessions III (choose one) 7:30 a.m. - 8 p.m. 9 - 10 a.m. • Annexation ( "GMC) Continental Breakfast Specialized Hiring (Police & Fire) (SC) 7:30 - 8:45 a.m. Met Council Forum (MC) • Leadership Instimte: Conflict Resolution (until noon) Welcome /Opening Session Customer Service: Dealing Directly With Citizens 8:45 - 10:15 a.m. Money Down The Drain YIARx YUDOr, PRESInEN I, UNIVERSITY of MINNESOTA Special Interest Sesssion— Especially for Cities Trying to Implement Sustainable Development Tour "Cities Marketplace" Special Interest Session — Especially for Cities With Higher Education 10:15 - 10:45 a.m. Institutions Nominating Committee Meeting Tour "Cities Marketplace" 10:45 a.m. -4 p.m. 10-11 a.m. Concurrent Sessions I (choose one) Concurrent Sessions IV (choose one) 10:45 - 11:45 a.m. 11 - 12 noon • How to Handle Hot Topics Corporate Subsidy Reform Commission (GMC) • Improving Relationships Between Cities, School Districts and Alternative Waste Treatment Systems (SC) Counties Greenways (MC) • Avoiding Expensive Mistakes in Eminent Domain Visioning for Your City • How to Recruit, Sustain, Recognize & Utilize the Services Leadership Institute: Conflict Resolution (continued) of volunteers Getting Citizens Involved in Relevant, Beneficial Ways • Elected Officials Responsibility in Emergencies I Special Interest Session — Especially for Cities With Armories • Investing in the Internet—What You Can Learn from Other Cities Mayors AssociatiomMini- Conference LuncheowLMC Annual Meeting • Special Interest Session — Especially for Cities With Airports 12 noon - 2:15 p.m. Exhibitors' Luncheon in "Cities Marketplace" Concurrent Sessions V (choose one) 11:45 a.m. - 1:15 p.m. 2:30 - 3:30 p.m. • Comprehensive Planning (GMC) General Session Collaboration (Intergovernmental & Between Cities) (SC) 1:15 - 3:00 p.m. The Comp Plan: A Tool For Decisionmaking (Part I —The Issues) (MC) GUBERNATORIAL CANDIDATES FORUNI ON CITY ISSUES Leadership Instimte: The Basics for Elected Officials (until 4:45 p.To • Electric Deregulation Tour "Cities Marketplace' Capital Improvements — Infrastructure 3 - 3:30 p.m. Special Interest Session — Especially for Cities With Municipal Liquor Stores Concurrent Sessions 11 (choose one) 3:30 - 4:30 p.m. Concurrent Sessions VI (choose one) • Educating Citizens About Local Government 3:45 - 4:45 p.m. • Affordable Housing That Works Waste Water Treatment Regulations (GMC) • Employee Recognition Programs Roundtahtes on Topics of Interest to Small Cities (SC) • New Collaborative Approaches to Recreation The Comp Plan (Part H— Possibilities for Growth Management, • Alternative Revenue Sources (plus Setting Fees & Rates to Redevelopment, Implementation) (MC) Raise Money) Leadership Institute: The Basics for Elected Officials (continued) Improving Community Life for Youth Partnership 2000: Improving City/State Relations Special Interest Session — Especially for Cities With Railroads LMC Reception and Banquet 6 -9p.m. City Night 4:30 - ?:p0 p.m. Recognition Celebration With Spaghetti Dinner and Strolling Musicians in "Cities Marketplace" 9 p.m. - midnight followed by an ice cream social and games in Canal Park's Grand Slam, and Free Omninex Theater admissions. Friday, June 19, 1998 Continental Breakfast 8 -9a.m. General Session Nate: On Thursday, Certain sessions are specifically 9 - WAS a.m. designed for Metropolitan Area Cities (MC), Greater DICK BEARDSLEY Aimtesota Cities (GMC), and Small Cities (SC).