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2004-04-10 Friday Newsso The Friday News go April 10, 2004 Low Flying Planes We were recently notified by Dakota County that they would be having low flying planes over Mendota Heights some time soon taking pictures for updating their GIS maps. GIS maps are "geographic information" and can have lots of interesting information on them. With the terrorism threat, the County is being more careful about notifying Cities when they do these flights so that if Cities receive calls, they are aware of the reason for the low flying aircraft. The County provides us with copies of these maps when they are completed. We recently put one of the maps on display in the lobby — it's an interesting map to look at, and we have noticed that many of our visitors like to spend time studying it. 2004 Street Project Established At this week's City Council meeting, Sue McDermott the City's new City Engineer updated the City Council with answers to the questions that arose from the March 16°i meeting concerning the Street Rehabilitation Project proposed for 2004 — the Somerset Neighborhood (located north of Emerson and between Delaware Avenue and Dodd Road). After hearing Sue's update and accepting comments from the audience, the Council ordered the prom ject to go forward this year. It is a very complicated project with issues needing to be resolved concerning traffic, storm water, sump pumps, natural gas line replacement, MnDot permits and State Aid Permits. The project has been submitted to State Aid for their review. It is proposed to bid this project as soon as we can this year — hopefully in July. Because the bidding for the project will be later than normal in the construction season, we will give the successful contractor the option to start the work late this year, and depending on the weather and the contractor's abilities, finish the work this year, or next year. New Mendota Homes Joann Olin, Mendota City Clerk appeared before the Mendota Heights City Council this week to request permission to extend Mendota Heights watermain 410 feet along TH13 into the City of Mendota to serve three new homes. Council was concerned that the City Attorney have time to review the Joint Powers Agreement allowing the extension and that, Mendota Heights residents abutting the project be notified. Council tabled the request to allow more time for review and notification of our neighbors. Happy Easter and Passover. Respectfully Submitted, James Danielson City Administrator Attachments: Pipeline, Just the Facts, Parks & Recreation Agenda, Joint City Council/Parks & Recreation Commission Workshop Agenda, Planning Synopsis, Villager Article "Developer sues over Pilot Knob study", SouthWest Review Article "Remembering Pilot Knob's past" Friday Fax, AMM News. N E W S LETTER Public Works Engineering Code Enforcement Public Works The P"ipel'in4 The Parks Crew installed the water meters, replaced the urinals in the men's bathrooms and cleaned them at Mendakota and Kensington Parks to open them for the season. They washed the walls at Kensington to remove markings from the building. They fertilized just the soccer fields at Kensington South and Mendakota Parks. The Parks Crew also started up the sprinklers systems at Mendakota, Kensington and the Fire Hall and inspected for leaks. The Street Crew pulled out the "no parking" signs and reinstalled them on the north side of Wagon Wheel Trail. They pulled out and reinstalled a cross walk sign at Lockwood and Mendota Heights Road that was hit by a car. They reinstalled a stop sign hit by a car at Decorah and Huber. They had to hand dig to install a stop sign at Centre Point Drive and Centre Pointe Blvd. They removed the sanders, plows and wings from the trucks and installed a hot box and tray. The Street Crew also put up street name signs at Marie Avenue and Callahan Place. They reset the storm grate at 538 Abbey Way. Engineering The Somerset project was approved at the City Council meeting on Wednesday evening. The Engineering Department had meetings on Wednesday and Thursday to go over the Somerset street reconstruction project, Somerset Court reconstruction, Lexington Avenue trail and other upcoming projects. Issue # 17 T,W4" 4,tW4,?40411M U H&P p,011,et D"UST April 7th, 2004 The DAS / Warrant 04-04-2004 Mendota Using his in -squad computer, Officer Tanner Spicer ran a vehicle Heights license check. The check revealed the registered owner to be Police suspended. After stopping the car he determined that the driver was the R/O. A DL and warrant check revealed the driver had an Department ' active arrest warrant in addition to not having a driver's license. He was arrested and transported to the Dakota County jail. Support Gas Drive -off 04-04-20041735 hrs Staff Officer Todd Rosse responded to the Amoco on a gas drive -off. Bekky Trost The suspect pumped $26.00 worth of gas and left without paying. Cathy Ransom The vehicle license plate was something similar to MN# LCC138 on a maroon Chevrolet Lumina. That plate came back to a mini Police Officers van. The thief was described as a white male, early 20's, thin to Jere' Murphy Tillery y medium build, dark brown hair, approximately 6'2", jeans and a Yvette Till Lee.Flandrich dark t -shirt. The car had a bumper sticker that said, "_uck milk, Scott Patrick got pot?" Do you think that the employees or Officer Rosse will Bobby Lambert forget that car? Eric Petersen Todd Rosse Ammonia Leak 04-05-2004 0621 hours 'tanner Spicer Officer Tanner Spicer assisted MHFD on an ammonia leak in the Chad Willson industrial park. He closed traffic along with Eagan PD and Jeff VonFeldt MNDOT. The leak was contained and only Mendota Heights Jennifer Hurst Road was closed for anv length of time________--______ Investigations Person with a Gun I Officer Eric Petersen responded to a business on Waters Drive on a man with a Mario Reyes 0. Brian Connery gun call. While waiting for backup, he observed a man in the loading dock area Sergeants �,���-'- with what appeared to be a real gun, (the Donn Anderson i - - _ - -- - - ----- ------ ---._ �. Neil Garlock � orange tip had been removed). When it John Larrine appeared that the suspect was going to enter the warehouse, Officer Petersen made his presence known and took the Chief suspects into custody at gun point. The "toy" gun was taken into Aschenrener custody and the case has been referred to the City Attorney's Office for review on charging. The young man had bought the Airsoft gun the day before and brought it to work, thinking it was cool. -1- Issue # 17 April 7th, 2004 Expired Tabs I Warrant Arrest 04-06-2004 0034 hours Officer Tanner Spicer observed a car with expired tabs. Upon running the car, he determined that the registered owner was suspended and had a warrant. The driver stated that her God -brother owned the car. The driver did not have a license with her. Upon running a computer check on her, it was learned that she did not "have" a license; she did, however, "have" a felony warrant out of Ramsey County. She was cited for no MN DL and taken to jail. Her mother was allowed to driver the car. Medical Hold 04-06-20041445 hours Officer Scott Patrick responded to a call for help from an AA sponsor. The sponsor called when her friend began to threaten suicide. The subject admitted to using cocaine and drinking heavily. She said she was going to commit suicide by jumping off the bridge. Officer Patrick worked with the HealthEast medics to get the party admitted to the hospital and held for 72 hours of observation. MHPD / WSPPD Chaplains Called into service 04-06-20041749 hours For the second time in a week the Chaplain program was called into service to help Sergeant John Larrive deliver news of a death in the family. Chaplain Butch Millet responded to the scene and assisted in delivering the message. The Chaplains volunteer their services to the two police departments on a rotating basis. The Chaplains are on call 24/7 and are available to assist officers on a variety of calls for service. AOA 04-06-20041849 hours Officer Yvette Tillery responded to a possible jumper on the Mendota Bridge. Upon arrival she located an unoccupied vehicle in the westbound lane towards the north end of the bridge. A bicyclist handed Officer Tillery the keys to the Durango and advised that the vehicle had not been there 45 minutes earlier. Further investigation showed that the party had indeed jumped and was located directly below. Officers immediately responded to the area to check the person. He was deceased. Investigator Reyes arrived on the scene and a short time later it was determined that the victim had landed just into Hennepin County, the case was turned over to the Sheriff's Office for further investigation. Theft of Construction Supplies 04-7-2004 0800 hours A resident on South Freeway Road called the Police Department at 0800 hours to report that she had been awakened by noise from the neighboring construction site. When she went to investigate she observed several people loading lumber into the back of a pick up truck with lights on the top of the cab. Unfortunately, she waited 4Y2 hours to call. The job site supervisor was notified and will try to figure out what was missing. Spring is in the Air I Medical 04-07-20041658 hours A 68 YOA man was skateboarding, or attempting to skateboard, and ended up unconscious on the road. Sergeant Donn Anderson assisted HealthEast Ambulance with first aid. The skateboarder was transported to the hospital. Have a great Easter weekend! 1101. (D CITY OF MENDOTA HEIGHTS MEMO April 9, 2004 TO: City Council, Commission Members, and City Administrator FROM: Patrick C. Hollister, Administrative Assistant SUBJECT: Plam- ing Application Synopsis The City has received the following applications for the April 27, 2004 Planning Commission meeting: Planning Case #04-08 Scott B. Landsman 661 Cheyenne Lane Conditional Use Permit and Wetlands Permit for a Fence Plaiming Case #04-09 Roy W. Higgins 1357 Cherry Hill Road Conditional Use Permit for a Garage Expansion Planning Case #04-10 Robert J. Inserra 213 8 Aztec Lane Variance for a Garage Expansion ge 2 ;4 k, y nunity variety s this inning Mom & :r's Day Tennis r more er, call D may www. all. tion, 334 Linda E. Andersen/Review Chief Arvol Looking Horse looks across Pilot Knob in Mendota Heights on march 31, just minutes before leading a sacred ceremony at the site. Pflud-A R%xa..m%e,mbtr7,-1,ring past Seth Loy news editor It was a bright spring day March 31 as nearly 100 people gathered to take part in a sacred Native American cere- mony on Pilot Knob in Mendota Heights. The 25 -acre site, threat- ened by development, is home to a Native Ameri- can burial groupd and marks the spot where the 1851 Treaty of Mendota was signed. The city of Mendota Heights is con- sidering a proposal to build 157 townhomes on the land. Last Wednesday, Chief Arvol Looking Horse, a Sioux spiritual leader, led a ceremony intended to honor and repatriate the dead buried on the scenic hill overlooking the Mis- sissippi River and the downtown skyline. During the ceremony, he called for "peace, honor, dignity and respect" for all Native Americans, adding that people should "respect each nation's bound- aries." Several other people spoke at the event, includ- ing a representative from the Cheyenne and Ara- paho tribes. As they spoke, the shadows of planes from the Min- neapolis Airport flickered by overhead — like harbingers of progress. Several peace pipes were passed among those in attendance, who gath- ered in a wide circle. As more people arrived, the circle widened to include them. "A sacred place is a place of prayer, like a church," Looking Horse said of Pilot Knob. "We have a lot of relatives buried here. That's why, all these years, people have prayed. People asked me to come here — to pray for them." At the end of the cere- mony, Looking Horse and the other leaders collabo- rated on a new name for Pilot Knob, intended to honor those buried at the site: Wo-da-ku-ye pa -ha — which means "Hill of Rel- atives." A decision on the town - home proposal could take some time. Late last year, Mendota Heights officials decided that further envi- ronmental study is needed on the site. Soon afterward, two Pilot Knob landowners and Minnstar Builders, the developer, filed a law- suit against the city, say- ing that it had violated a state statute by not voting on the project within a 60 -day time frame. A hearing on a lawsuit was scheduled to take place April 2 in Hastings. In the meantime, oppo- nents of the housing pro- ject are working to place Pilot Knob on the state register of historic places. It has already been found worthy of inclusion on the national register. An exhibit detailing the history of Pilot Knob is also set to open at the Dakota County Historical Society on April 15. auau wot out Sim] cess De T unti thei Car son Rev, 441 the nat( peoy don tier C era HeN St. bus uar wh W-; Bu late pec ph( thi pa ma goi I for Ro nu dei cee of sc, tal on he. Si( th, ev ro be ta: kr Si( be wi Yo 50 HOME' Zi "1111 Developer sues sPilot Kno Owners of property on Pilot Knob in Men- dota Heights who are hoping to sell their land for a housing development have joined with developer MinnStar Builders in a lawsuit against the city of Mendota Heights. A hear- ing on the writ of mandamus suit is sched- uled for April 2 in Hastings. The lawsuit asks the Dakota County Dis- trict Court to direct Mendota Heights to issue a conditional use permit allowing the con- struction of 157 upscale townhomes on a 25 -acre site on the north side of Pilot Knob. Property owners John Allen and Joel Butten- hoff and MinnStar Builders claim that the city failed to act upon MinnStar's zoning requests within the time specified by state statute. The Edina -based development company had completed an environmental assessment worksheet on its plans last summer. Follow- ing a public hearing, the Mendota Heights City Council on November 18 voted unani- mously to require a full environmental im- pact statement (EIS) for the development, to be paid for by MirinStar. MinnStar owner Ron Clark could not be reached for comment. However, Mendota Heights city administrator Jim Danielson said that "the city was acting appropriately" when it asked for the EIS. Opponents of the project claim the devel- opment site at Pilot Knob Road and Acacia Boulevard is historically important to both whites and American Indians. "In the place known (by American Indi- ans) as Oheyawahi, `the hill much visited,' there is a profound and sacred history, ac- cording to the Web site of the Pilot Knob Preservation Association. "Here a treaty was signed that ceded 35 million acres of Dakota land to Minnesota's new pioneers and the. U.S. government. And here generations of Dakota Indian people were lovingly sent on their final journey, with an unspoken promise that their burial sites would remain undis- turbed:' Metropolitan Airports Commission execu- tive director Jeff Hamiel has also spoken out against the development because of its prox- imity to the flight patlis of airplanes using Minneapolis -St. Paul International Airport. Despite MinnStar's promise to construct the townhomes using noise -buffering materials specified by local building codes, Hamiel fears the development will lead to hundreds of additional complaints about airplane noise. Apr OZ Z004 16:55:43 Via Fax —> 65145ZB940 Administrator Page 001 Of 003 J LMC L -FridayFax- A weekly legislative update from the League of Allintzesola Cities Senate Tax Committee considers LGA bills On Wednesday, the Senate Tax Committee considered three broad bills that would attempt to restore a portion of the 2003 cuts to LGA. The bills considered included S.F. 2100, offered by Senator Tom Bakk (DFL -Cook), SIT 2873 offered by Senator Keith Langseth (DFL-Glyndon) and S.F. 3006, authored by Senator Ann Rest (DFL - New Hope). The Bakk bill would each restore $60 million of the 2003 LGA cuts by making $20 million of the 2003 city IVIVI-IC cuts permanent, redirecting $20 million in transit funding and using $20 million of one-time state resources. In addition, the bill would repeal the 2003 law change that added taconite aid to the LGA formula. That provision would begin phasing -in with the 2005 aid distribution and would have the effect of reducing LGA to cities receiving taconite distributions. Senator Langseth's bill, SF 2873 would restore approximately $45 million of the 2003 LGA cuts by reinstating the transit property tax levy, creating a new transit aid program and permanently extending the MVHC cuts for cities over 1,500 population. The transit tax would be reinstated within those metropolitan and greater Minnesota areas that were subject to the transit tax prior to the 2001 transit levy takeover by the state. The newly -imposed transit levy would be reduced or in some communities entirely offset via a new transit aid program that would target aid to those areas with permanent LGA and MVHC cuts in excess of 4 percent of the city's net tax capacity. The new transit aid would offset all but approximately $25 million of the transit levy, which then allows $25 million in state resources to be used for additional LGA funding. Senator Rest's proposal, SIT 3006, would restore $50 million of the 2003 LGA cuts without April 2, 2004 Page I designating a specific funding source and similar to the Bakk bill, would eliminate the taconite aid addition to the LGA formula. The Rest bill reflects the League's position last year that city aids not be disproportionately cut to solve the state's budget deficit. The $50 million increase in the LGA appropriation would roughly make the 2003 cut to LGA proportional to the overall LGA appropriation. Moorhead Councilmember Lauri Winterfeldt- Shanks and Moorhead City Manager Bruce Messelt testified in support of the Langseth Bill and St. Cloud Mayor John Ellenbecker testified in support of the Bakk bill. The League testified in support of the restoration of LGA and in support of the repeal of the taconite addition to the LGA formula contained in the Bakk and Rest bills, but expressed concerns about the funding mechanisms in SIT 2100 and SIT 2873. Tax Committee Chair Larry Pogemiller (DFL - Minneapolis) expressed to the committee his deep concerns about the magnitude of the LGA cuts enacted last year and his strong desire to find some way to restore a portion of those cuts. The Tax Committee will begin marking up their omnibus bill within the next few weeks and we are hopeful that some LGA restoration may be included in the Senate bill. Senate unveils their plan for the rest of session Early Friday afternoon the Senate DFL leadership held a press conference to describe their plan for balancing the $160 million state budget deficit and to discuss what the rest of the session might hold. During the press conference, several references were made to the fact that local governments (cities, counties, and school districts) took large hits last year which led to a discussion on the Senate's proposed additional For more information on city legislative issues, contact any member of the League of Minnesota Cities Intergovernmental Relations team. 651.281.1200 or 800.925.1122 Apr OZ Z11114 16:5627 Via Fax _> 65145ZH94H Administrator Page HHZ Of 003 LLMC -FridayFax- ..... A weekly legislative update from the League of Minnesota Cities .A.pril 2, 2004 Page 2 cuts to state agencies in the way of assistant and Senate advances county plat approval deputy commissioners. compromise Senate DFL leadership also laid out their plan for the omnibus bills. Traditionally these are the bills that dominate the activity at the Capitol during the end of session. The Senate will begin constructing four omnibus bills—one addressing the deficit, one including the finance recommendations of all committees, one dealinp, with taxes and a fourth that will contain bonding recoiiiii-iendations--be8inninp, next Monday morning. The budget deficit bill and the finance bill will be voted on before the Easter/Passover break, which will start Thursday, and will likely be merged into one bill on the Senate floor. The Senate plan will include several revenue - raising provisions included in the proposals offered by the governor and the House majority, including the up -front payment of sales tax on car ]cases ($36 million) and a provision to apply the cigarette sales tax at the wholesale level ($11 million). in addition, the Senate plan will include provisions to "close corporate loopholes" that will raise nearly $58 million and a 5% cut to state agencies which would include reductions in top agency management positions and leave each agency with one deputy commissioner. The Senate plan does not include a Racino proposal, nor does it raise taxes or tap state budget reserves. In total, the Senate plan erases the state's $160 million deficit and actually leaves $30 million that will be used to fund yet - to -be -identified priorities. In the House, leadership is progressing with multiple bills dealing with the budget with each budget committee sending their own bill to the floor for consideration where they have been debating them this week. This week the Senate Transportation Policy and Budget Division adopted a compromise proposal that addresses concerns raised by county officials relating to proposed plats that abut county roads. The committee previously heard SF 2600 (Ouiada, R -Elk River), but had laid the bill over for further discussion. Prior to the second hearing, city and county groups negotiated a compromise that requires developers to submit information regarding "plat roadway elements" to the county engineer at least 30 days before submitting the preliminary plat to the city. Under the agreement, "plat roadway elements" include the portions of a plat relating to right-of- way land dedicated to highway purposes, drainage and highway access control. The proposal also requires a city to enter the county engineer's or commissioner of transportation's comments on the record at the public hearing on the subdivision application. The counties dropped provisions that would have repealed municipal consent and required county approval of a preliminary plat. While there was general agreement between the cities and counties on this approach, the builders expressed concerns that the new language would essentially extend the plat review process by at least 30 days. Sen. Ortrrian (R -Chanhassen) offered an amendment to start the clock at the time that a developer submits the plat roadway elements to the county. This amendment would have left cities less time to review and approve a preliminary plat. The committee voted down the builders' amendment and approved the compromise language as an amendment to SIT 2557. For more information on city legislative issues, contact any member of the League of Minnesota Cities Intergovernmental Relations team. 651.281.1200 or 800.925,1122 Apr 02 20114 16:57:09 Via Fax —> 65145Z0940 Administrator Page 003 Of 003 -Fri-dayFax- A iveekly legislative update from the League of Minnesota Cities Last week, the I -louse Transportation Finance committee heard the House companion bill, HF 1913 (Kuisle, R -Rochester). While the author proposed the city and counties' compromise proposal, the committee adopted the builders' amendment to include the submission to the county engineer within the 120 -day preliminary plat approval limit. The amended bill was sent to the House Rules committee. Eminent domain provision still alive Legislation that would significantly limit cities' ability to conduct redevelopment was forwarded last week to the House Ways and Means committee. The language was added as an amendment to HF 2625 (Kuisle, R - Rochester), a Department of Transportation bill. The provision would require cities to prove by a preponderance of evidence that a taking for redevelopment serves a public purpose. This is one of four proposals being advanced by the Alliance for Reasonable Municipal Regulation (ARIVIR), a group comprised of auto dealers, realtors, builders and other business groups. However, it is unclear how broad the support is for this proposal since several cities have recently heard from builders who have concerns about the impacts of the public purpose requirements on development. The League of Minnesota Cities testified against the preponderance of evidence standard, arguing that the proposed changes would limit the availability of eminent domain as a tool for legitimate public purposes. LIVIC noted that the amendment would make it much more difficult and costly for cities, port authorities, EDAs and I -IRAs to perform statutory development and redevelopment functions. In effect, these changes would substantially limit the ability to April 2, 2004 Page 3 reverse blight and limit opportunities for businesses to expand and create jobs. The League, the Association of Metropolitan Municipalities and the Municipal Legislative Commission instead offered a proposal that would balance the rights of property owners to challenge a taking and the authority of local elected officials to carry out projects that are part of a community vision. However, this compromise amendment failed on a voice vote, and HF 2625, as amended, was sent to the House Ways and Means committee. The League and other groups have encouraged 0-- the Senate to consider this compromise language. Last week, Sen. Kiscaden was prepared to offer the compromise proposal, but when the proponents and opponents had not reached final agreement on the language, she instead moved to strike the public purpose section from SIT 2037. The bill passed as amended and was referred to the Senate Transportation Policy and Budget Division. The Senate Transportation committee met yesterday and adopted an amendment to SIT 2557 (Murphy, DFL -Red Wing) that would make additional changes to the appraisal process for property subject to condemnation for transportation purposes. While the committee did not move any amendments relating to the preponderance of evidence standard for redevelopment takings, the issue could still surface in the Finance committee or on the Senate floor. Please contact your state legislators to share your concerns about these proposed changes to eminent domain. You can find contact information for your representative by visiting the Minnesota Legislature's website at For more information on city legislative issues, contact any member of the League of Minnesota Cities Intergovernmental Relations team. 65 1.281. 1200 or 800.925.112? Association of Metropolitan Municipalities URIkUld MAI Page 1 of 2 April .5 - 9, 2004 ARCHIVES Fiscal Disparities Bill Amended in Senate Legislation requiring the Department of Revenue to conduct a study of the metropolitan fiscal disparities program was amended by the Senate Tax Committee last week to divert $12 million to Hemiepin County. In addition to mandating the study, the amended S.F. 2633, sponsored by Rep. Bill Belanger (R. -Bloomington), would now take funds off the top of the $346 million generated by the fiscal disparities pool, prior to the regular formula distribution. The result would be smaller fiscal disparities distributions for all counties, cities, townships and school districts in the metropolitan area, and an opening of the door for future proposals for skimming off the top. Of the $12 million taken, $8 million would go to Hennepin County Medical Center for the costs of uncompensated care and $4 million would go to the Hemiepin County Public Defender's Office. Hennepin County wound also continue to receive its regular distribution from the pool, based on the longstanding distribution formula. Of the seven county governments subject to fiscal disparities, Hennepin County is the only one that contributes more tax base to the pool than it receives. AMM's opposes the amended bill and testified against it, based on AMM Policy I -D. After being amended, it was laid over for further consideration. The Senate Tax Committee placed the bill on what they call the "A list," which contains those bills most likely to be included in the Omnibus Senate Tax bill. The bill's House companion, H.F. 28.59, has not received a hearing and contains only the language requiring a study of the program. Focal Aids and Credits Not Part of Budget Solution Budget balancing proposals in both the House and Senate continue to move through the process with few impacts on metro -area cities. At this time, neither plan includes cuts or changes to Local Government Aid (LGA) or the Market Value Homestead Credit (MVHC) as a means of the balancing the state's budget. The Senate Tax Committee is, however, considering several LGA and MVHC bills for inclusion in their omnibus tax bill. Numerous bills have been introduced to delay or permanently cancel the scheduled restoration of MVHC cuts and to replace a portion of state funded transit aid with a metropolitan property tax. The bills would use the money saved to increase the LGA appropriation and/or eliminate the phase-in of taconite aid as an ability -to -pay measure. The Senate Tax Committee heard several of these bills at a hearing last week, and laid them over for further consideration and possible inclusion in the omnibus tax bill. While not intended to help balance the state's budget, these proposals are viewed by some as a means of better spreading the pain caused by last year's cuts to local governments. Most of these bills have House companions, but the House Tax Committee has yet to hold a http://www.amml45.org/liewsletter.htni 4/6/2004 Association of Metropolitan Municipalities Page 2 of 2 hearing on any bill related to local government aids and credits. Applications for AMM Board Due April 9 Please Share This Information with City Officials AMM is currently seeking interested individuals for three openings on the AMM Board of Directors. The AMM Board is composed of 16 directors, plus a president, vice-president and past president. Board candidates will be reviewed by a nominating committee and voted on by the full membership at AMM's Annual Meeting in May. In order to maintain balanced geographic representation on the Board, candidates are being sought from Hennepin, Dakota and Washington counties. Both elected officials and managers/administrators are eligible to apply. The Board meets on the third Thursday of each month at 7:00 p.m. in the Board room of the League of Minnesota Cities building. Interested individuals should send a resume and cover letter to AMM at 145 University Ave. W., St. Paul, MN 55103 or amm@amni I 45.org no later than Friday, April 9. Any questions about Board openings or the candidate selection process should be directed to Roger Peterson at (651) 215 - 4002. AMM_News is sent periodically to all AMM city managers and administrators. 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