The Week Ahead

Here it is . . .

Monday, May 11, 2009
4:30 PM BOARD OF ESTIMATES ROOM 260
Stimulus money
– Mini reorganization in Community Development Block Grant office – here and here.
Police are getting a new LTE position
– Human Resources folks seem to be getting raises – here, here, here and here.
– Finally, after 3 years, sick leave for hourly employees!! We put it in the budget 3 years in a row and they finally are going to have the ability to spend the money!
Police overtime report – and it actually went DOWN!
Plastic bag ordinance
– More making affordable housing, less affordable.
Hiring and intern instead of getting software recommended in the Economic Development Plan
Capital West TIF agreement, sponsored by Bruer AND Verveer, looks like the fight is over.
– Unlike non-profit affordable housing, Walgreens gets their taxes back.
Going into closed session to talk about several tax cases (Finally! Why they didn’t do this months ago, I don’t know.)

Tuesday, May 12, 2009
5:00 PM AFFIRMATIVE ACTION COMMISSION ROOM LL-120 MMB
Report on women, minorities and people of color on city committees and the Mayor’s useless report.

5:00 PM TRANSIT AND PARKING COMMISSION ROOM 260 MMB
Downtown plan and multi-modal downtown transportation plan presentation.
Redevelopment of Municipal building/hotel and parking ramps
– Watch out! “Service Improvements” (i.e. cuts) are coming. Not currently attached but should be coming before tomorrow?
Low income bus pass program

Wednesday, May 13, 2009
4:30 AM CDA HOUSING OPERATIONS SUBCOMMITTEE ROOM 120 MMB
– HA!, you really think they are meeting at 4 am? The agenda says pm, looks like just a screw up in the clerk’s office which will likely be corrected after they read this! 🙂

Thursday, May 14, 2009
4:30 PM COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY ROOM 260 MMB
– Lakepoint, Allied, Truman Olson, Truax and Villager . . . as usual. Hard to tell what they might be talking about, not many attachments.

5:30 PM CENTRAL LIBRARY DISPOSAL SURPLUS PROPERTY CRITERIA AND SELECTION COMMITTEE CENTRAL LIBRARY, 201 W MIFFLIN ST, R00M 202
– Looks like they’ll spend time discussing their recommendation (again, no attachments)

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