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Council Minutes
Special
September 10,1997
1. The meeting was called to order by Mayor Ristow at 4:35 p.m.
Present: Mayor Ristow, Councilmembers Cordes, Gamer and Fitch
Absent: Councilmember Strachan
Also present: Administrator Erar, James Brimeyer and management team members Asher, Bell,
Finstuen, Mann, Olson, Roland and Siebenaler
2. James Brimeyer facilitated the workshop designed to develop a mISSIon for the City.
Information gathered at the previous meeting of August 27, 1997 was discussed and placed in the
following five categories:
Planninli
. Develop a proactive Comprehensive Plan
. Strive for high quality developments/redevelopments
. Facilitate/promote a broad range of new developments
. Extensive planning to determine the type of expansion needed in the Downtown and what
development should occur on Highway 50.
. County Road 31 extension, design and location of types of housing/industrial/commercial
developments along the proposed corridor
. Environmental issues - Surface and groundwater management
Services
. Plan and coordinate city services
. Build and maintain a strong and healthy Council/staff relationship
. Continue working on improvement of customer service - Complaints received by council
forwarded to staff, staff to research and respond in a timely manner and inform council of
results
. Expand recreational facilities
. Adhere to policies and enforce consistently
Financial Responsibilities
. Identify needs of both existing and proposed public facilities (Central Maintenance Facility,
Satellite Fire Station, City Hall)
. Establish financial health
. Continue to decrease the tax capacity rate to meet the rising rates of surrounding cities
. County Road 31
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Identity
. Sense of community - Establish a sense of identity and cohesion between the North and
South and East and West portions of the City
. Identify and describe Downtown area and define development that should occur along
highway 50
. Cradle to grave - Provide housing economically feasible for persons from their youth to
elderly care facilities
. Establish a Mission Statement
. Gathering place - a central focal point - defining the "Hub"
. A place called home - a place to come home to
Governance
. Maintain a strong Council/staff relationship based on mutual respect and trust
. Organize stakeholders - identify broad base and then m stakeholders for individual projects
. Broad participation - task forces, work groups, Boards and Commissions, neighborhood
groups, old/young, north/south, east/west
. Well informed community - Identify and educate community leaders, know key stake holders
and mechanisms for information sharing, hold informational meetings, provide up to date
information
. Governance education - Let people know the process and invite participation
3. The City Council discussed the process for establishing a policy:
. Agree to disagree and still trust and respect
. Council sets policy, objective of the policy being problem solving rather than personalized
. Staff is allowed to implement policy
Four draft policies were presented to the City Council and will be presented for formal adoption
at the first meeting in October.
4. Motion by Fitch, second by Gamer to adjourn at 8: 1 0 p.m. Motion carried.
Respectfully submitted,
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Karen Finstuen
Administrative Service Manager