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Committee forwards consent agenda to full council; downtown storefronts contract discussed

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Summary

The committee moved 11 consent items to the full council with a recommendation for approval, including a $460,000 contract with the Downtown Council for the Vibrant Downtown Storefronts initiative. Council Member Cashman asked staff for a follow-up memo on downtown retail vacancy counts and program fill goals.

Vice Chair Linnae Palmisano read into the record 11 items on the consent agenda and moved the package with a recommendation for approval to the full City Council. The committee approved the motion by voice vote.

The consent package included (numbers correspond to staff read list): 1) a gift acceptance from the National Public Safety Partnership to cover travel and lodging expenses for Chief O’Hara; 2) a gift acceptance from the Minnesota section of the American Water Works Association; 3) a contract amendment with Carpool Computer Systems for case management software—an increase of $27,000, bringing the contract to a total not to exceed $664,650; 4) a…

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