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G�,,..1��' f� August 16, 2001 Ms. Connie Pease, Chairperson and Members of the Roseville Ethics Commission C/o City Manager's Office 2660 Civic Center Drive Roseville, �in�esota 55 113 Dear Ms. Pease and Members of the Roseville Ethics Commission: I am pleased to respond to specific questions that you pose related to proposed legislation in the 2000 Session. Specific response to your questions is as follows: Q: Were public funds used and if so, to what extent? Did you bill the City for your time? A The meeting in question occurred during the normal business day, no expenses were incurred. Q: Did you seek an expense reimbursement? A: No. Q: Underwhat public authority were you acting? A: As City Manager, among the broad range of duties, one important role is to monitor and legislation, advise legislative bodies on possible impacts of with the intent on protecting our commuuity's interests. It is/was not unusual for elected officials to inquire about potential legislation or to offer comment as to the possible impact on Roseville. Further, Councilmember DoM Wiski was very involved with legislative issues as then Chairperson of the Transportation Advisory Board and also a member of the Board at the Association of Metropolitan Municipalities (AMIV�. Councilmember Wiski indicated that he had been party to discussions about tlus proposed legislation with AMM. He was to have been at the meeting. Q: Did you go as a representative of Roseville or in some other capacity? A I attended as a member of City staff. Q: `��ho accompanied you? A: As I recall, attending were Councilmember Dean Mascbka, Attomey Joel Jamnik, Finance Director Ed Burrell, and myself. As indicated earlier, Councilmember poM Wiski was also planned to attend. As I recall, he intended to meet at the Capital but a change in his personal schedule and traffic delays caused him to miss this meeting. To further explain my involvement it may be helpful to understand some of the relevant preceding events. While at an out-of-state conference, I received a voicemail from Gene Ranieri, Executive Director of tlte AMM. Mr. Ranieri called to say that he had just met with Representative Dan McElroy. Rep. McElroy indicated to Mr. Rauieri that he had just met with Mayor Kysylyschyn and representative(s) of a developer regarding proposed T'IF legislation and that Mr. Ranieri should call me to advise about its' potential impact. Mr. Rauieri did call me shortly after their meeting. The proposed changes involving TIF had not been the subject of hearings and the usual public process. Efforts by me at the time to identify who had proposed these changes proven unsuccessful. I do not believe that the AMM and League of Cities knew of the proposed changes at tl�e time. The then proposed legislative changes had potentially significant impact on Roseville and other cities. That "heads-up" by Rep. McElroy caused ANIlVI, the City of Roseville, and ultimately the Nlinnesota League of Cities to carefully review the possible impacts of the legislation and advise the Legislature accordingly.