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PRELIMMARY PROGRAM SCHE 1998 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.. "Cities Marketplace" 7:30 - 1 I a.m. Wednesday, June 17, 1998 Reeistration/ "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) (SQ 7:30 - 8 45 a.m. Met Council Forum (AfC) • 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 M,kRK YUDOF, PRESIDENT, 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' 1045 a.m. -4 p.m. 10 -II 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 Special Interest Session — Especially for Cities With Armories • Investing in the Internet —What You Can Learn from Other Cities Mayors Association/Mini- 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 - 330 p.m. • Comprehensive Planning (GHQ General Session Collaboration (Intergovernmental & Between Cities) (SC) 1:15 - 3:00 p.nt. The Comp Plan: A Tool For Decisionmaking (Part I —The Issues) (MC) GUBERNATORIAL CANDIDATES FORUM ON CITY Issues Leadership Institute: The Basics for Elected Officials (until 4:45 p.m.) • 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 H (choose one) 330 -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 (G)VC) • Employee Recognition Programs Roundtables on Topics of Interest to Small Cities (SC) • New Collaborative Approaches to Recreation The Comp Plan (Part 1[— Possibilities for Growth Management, • Alternative Revenue Sources (plus Setting Fees & Rates to Redevelopment, Implementation) (AfC) 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 -9pm. City Night 430 - 8:00 P.M. Recognition Celebration With Spaghetti Dinner and Strolling Musicians in "Cities Marketplace" 9 pm, - midnight followed by an ice cream social and games in Canal Park's Grand Slam, and Free Omamex Theater admissions. Friday, June 19, 1998 Continental Breakfast 8 - 9 a.m. General Session Vote: On Thursday, certain sessions are specifically 9 - 10:45 a.m. designed for Metropolitan Area Cities (MC), Greater DICK BEARDSLEY Minnesota Ciries (GMC), and Small Cities (SC).