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* Jill Lien, Aimee Fairbrother and Teresa Bender have volunteered to coordinate the Holiday party for the City this year. They have solicited input from staff. The consensus is to hold the dinner at DeCoy's in White Bear Lake. DeCoy's is opening a new party area that will be available to accomodate our group. After the meal, the general public holiday party will reconvene at Kelly's Korner. More info. will be coming. * Ron Gersdorf (Municipal Contract Coordinator for Waste Management) has been relieved of his duties. Mr. Bruce Malec (Division Manager, Waste Management) will be present at our next meeting to discuss the renewing our refuse contract. * LaMotte Park has been overseeded and fertilized thanks to the efforts of public works. This is going to end up being a first class park. * Rick Carlson called me to say that he would like to begin work on plat submittal for the former Prachar property. This property is approximately 20 acres located directly south of LaMotte Park. * I have placed a copy of a letter in your mailbin that was received from the Circle Pines /Lexington Police Commission. They are stating that they do not have the financial ability to continue looking at the feasibility of a four City police department. It appears possible to continue the feasibility analysis of a potential four City police department without utilizing resources under the control of the police commission. This is kind of a sensitive issue. The police commission has a lot of ownership in the Circle Pines /Lexington department. In my opinion, it would be unfortunate if this "ownership" obscured the vision of community leaders to at least have an open mind to consider the feasibility of a four City department. I mentioned at the last tri -City meeting that I wanted to see the study carried out and to place in writing the reasons for and against consolidation. At this point, I do no have enough information either way to determine if 9/17/99