05-23-1988 - Agenda Packet City Council - regular meeting

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51988.1 OLO To: Mayor and City Council C`�OhCIC FoETING FROM' Mark Bernhardson, City Administrato 1LAY 2319c%,' DATE: may 19, 1988 :3TY Of PR1)NO SUBJRCT: Administrator's Information MINNESOT_A CITIES MANAGER'S CONFERENCE - From Wednesday, May 9th thtough Pr7asy, Msy 7Tt- I_bed_Ehs privilege of attending the Minnesota City Manager's Conference at Cragene Resort in Brainerd. The program consisted of two main presenters who discussed the issues of Customer Service and Customer Relations as they relate to public sector organizations and secondly discussed Media and Public Relations in the public sector. The sessions were extremely valuable in pointing out perspectives in both the customer and media area that are not often considered in the public sector. It is hoped that in the next few months I will be able to share some of this information with staff in an informal training session. PLANNING COMMISSION REPRESENTATION - JUNE 13TH MEETING - At the PIannlnq Commissionne regular meeting on May 16tA they were asked to react to the outline regarding the responsibilities of the P..anning Commission and their relationship to the Council. As a result of that the Chair and Vice Chair will be available as representatives to discuss this issue with the Council at the Council's June 13th meeting. MARINA LICENSING - As noted in the attached sample letter, Mike Gillis n his (rdreated to the marinas that he will be out to visit each of the sites within the next few weeks. Based on that he will be making a recommendation at the June 13th meeting regarding the continuing process. He is presently anticipating recommending a site visit by Planning Commission and the Councilmembers for all the sites wish hopefully having consideration of the licenses by the Council in July. 299 HOLLANDER ROAD - One of the issues raised by the resident at this_iddress was the Police Department efforts to retrieve his missing cat. At one point Mr. Hollander did have three cats missing, however, two have returned home. The attached letter from the Police Department, by Officer Fischenich, outlines what steps he had taken in response to Mr. Hollander's complaint. The cats were originally reported missing on 4/21/88, Officer Fischenich together with other officers have investigated the matter. SPRING CLEAN-UP NUMBER 2 - The second day of clean-up held on May 7, 1988 resulted -in 7 duspaters being taken for a total this year between the two clean-up days of 17-18 dumpsters of debris being removed (each dumpater carries between 39 and Ss cubic yards of trashi.