HomeMy WebLinkAbout03.10.06 Work Session Packet
City of Farmington
325 Oak Street
Farmington, MN 55024
Mission Statement
Through teamwork and cooperation,
the City of Farmington provides quality
services that preserve our proud past and
foster a promisingfuture.
AGENDA
CITY COUNCIL WORKSHOP
MARCH 10, 2006
BEGINNING AT 7:30 AM
POLICE STATION MEETING ROOM
1. CALL TO ORDER
2. APPROVE AGENDA
3. ORGANIZATIONAL MATTERS DISCUSSION
Summer hours
Organizational changes/development
Expectations
4. COMMUNICATIONS DISCUSSION
City Survey
Community Communications
. Weekly updates
. Website
. City Calendar
. Other
5. DEVELOPMENT DISCUSSION
Economic Development Plan
Annexation
"Business Spotlight"
Trunk Highway 3
. 195th Street intersection
. Downtown Area Access Management Plan: Workshop?
6. CAPITAL PROJECTS DISCUSSION
Money, Budgeting, Debt limit and Tax impacts
City Hall project:
. First Street garage
. Schedule
. Citizen involvement
. Road projects surrounding (Spruce, 2nd St; Options)
Elm Street - 2007!
. Disruption
Community Center
. Referendum process and costs
. Financing and schedule
Boardwalks
. Identify locations
. Identify funding sources
. Construction method - in-house or contract
Fiber to the Premises
. Do we want to pursue? Background & discussion
. What direction do we want to go? Wireless, hardwired, conduit only?
. New development? All development?
. Workshop?
Angus Dump Site
. An idea for discussion and direction
7. WHERE DO WE GO FROM HERE?
Priorities
Schedule
Expectations
8. ADJOURN
PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT
Council workshops are conducted as an informal work session, all discussions shall be considered fact-finding, hypothetical and unofficial critical thinking exercises,
which do not reflect an official public position.
Council work session outcomes should not be construed by the attending public and/or reporting media as the articulation of a formal City policy position. Only
official Council action normally taken at a regularly scheduled Council meeting should be considered as aformal expression of the City's position on any given matt