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To: Honorable Mayor Adams and Council From: Julie Feier, City Manager Date: August 21, 2008 Subject: Weekly Update Loop Trolley Transportation District The held their first meeting August 7 and the following resolutions were approved: 1. Resolution electing officers for a one-year term: Chairman - Joe Edwards, Executive Director - Francis Slay, Treasurer - Charles Dooley, and Secretary - Joseph Adams; 2. Resolution adopting Bylaws for the District; 3. Resolution adopting a budget for the 2008 fiscal year; 4. Resolution authorizing the District to levy a sales tax of up to one percent (1.0%) on all retail sales made within the District and authorizing the Chairman to take all steps necessary to collect such sales tax; 5. Resolution adopting Open Meeting and Records Policy; 6. Resolution defining the first fiscal year for 2008 and subsequent fiscal year; 7. Resolution adopting a corporate seal; 8. Resolution authorizing the Chairman to identify and purchase errors and omissions insurance for members of the Board of Directors; 9. Resolution authorizing the Chairman and Treasurer to establish bank accounts. The photo on the following page is of one of the City’s flood buy out lots on Wilson Ave. In an effort to beautify the neighborhood and provide landscaping appropriate for the Wilson Ave flood flood plain, PW procured a grant to install a rain garden. The remediation project will be complete in the fall. All the major design work is complete. The project was designed to use the water effectively. The plantings, trees and mulch will soak up and filter the water so that it will not stand for days at a time. The Parks Department will add the Wilson properties to their tree watering routes. Public Works will design a display to explain to neighbors and other interested parties what is happening at the site as well as the benefits of managing the storm water. Department of Natural Resources still needs to approve the wording for the signage.