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13186.14 TO: FROM: Mayor and City Council Mark Bernhardson, City Administratoll!�� COUNCIL MEETING F.B 10 uses DATE: January 31, 1986 SUBJECT: Administrator's Information CITY OF ORONO C.D.B.G ASSESSMENT GRANT PROGRAM - As you may be aware the City as received approval or its assessment grant program and it is currently taking applications for said program. Applications will close on February 7, 1986, and at that point we will sit down and review the applications and take the money available against the needs, we will then make application to the County for additional discretionary funds to be prorated among those persons. It is eypected that we will bring back an application for such discretion,ry funds to the February 24, 1986, meeting. EMEF,ENCY PREPAREDNESS Based on the desire of the Mayor to attend the table top session we have changed the date from February 13, 1986, to April 24, Ig86. Should any of you be interested in attending, please let us know. POSSE SYSTEM As you may he aware the Police information system has been installed and is presently up and running. This has been a very positive thing for the department and provides a daily readout of activity, which the officers at a glance can quickly ascertain where the activity is so that they may be a lookout for such activity or tie into activity that they have noted in the past. A' ionally we will be able to print out information on a weekly �thly basis for all the contract cities and save a lot of a calculations that are currently being done by the clerical force. As the personnel learn to use the system I am sure there will be additional henefits that we will gain by it. As a side note we have installed the communications equipment that was approved during the Council budget and have noticed improved productivity plus less down time with the link, which has been already of benefit to the Finance Department. DEERING ISLAND In response to the issue that was brought by a Councilmember regar''ing the development of a private club that was marketing the utilization of Deering Island as part of a benefit, the Planning and Zoning Administrator has sent off a letter to the developer indicating that such use does require a conditional use permit from the City of Orono and that should he desire to use it in such a manner that he should be submitting such an application. At present we are waiting his response.