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To: Honorable Mayor Adams and City Council From: Julie Feier, City Manager Date: September 22, 2006 Subject: Weekly Update I have included two proposals from facilitation consultants for your consideration. th Please review both proposals and provide me with feedback before October 4. I hope to have your questions answered and be ready to proceed at the October th 9 Council meeting. Council Work RulesSubstitute Tree Ordinance Revised drafts of the and the are attached for your consideration. I will plan to bring the substitute tree ordinance back on the October 9 agenda and the work rules on the October 23 agenda unless I hear otherwise. In the interim, your feedback is welcome. There are also two draft ordinances for your review. Chapter 8.40 deals with the municipal code relating to weeds. I would like to address some administrative issues as they relate to the issuance of special tax bills. The amendments reflect our current practices. The second ordinance, which was requested by Councilmember Price, relates to Chapter 6 concerning dogs. The proposed amendment would increase the required insurance premium from $100,000 to $500,000 directly affecting six dogs registered in the City. You may want to discuss expanding the impacted breeds and revising language in the vicious dog ordinance. Staff is still considering revisions, I would recommend holding off on presentation of the ordinance until we have looked at the relationship and impact of each ordinance. Daniel and Henry Our insurance provider, , presented the annual liability results for the past year this week. The financial statements, loss analysis for liability and worker’s comp are available in a binder. I have marked two copies—one for Council in the Clerk’s office and forwarded a second to the Library. I also have a copy in my office if you are interested. The bottom line financially, is that our