01-11-14 CC Goal Setting Workshop 2014 City Council Goal Setting Workshop
Brookview Grill
January 11, 2014
Council Members Present: Mayor Shep Harris and Council Members Joanie Clausen, Larry
Fonnest, Steve Schmidgall, and Andy Snope.
Staff Present: City Manager Tom Burt, Park and Recreation Director Rick Birno, Police
Chief Stacy Carlson, Public Works Director Jeannine Clancy, Community Development
Director Mark Grimes, Assistant City Manager Chantell Knauss, Fire Chief Mark Kuhnly,
Finance Director Sue Virnig and Communications Manager Cheryl Weiler.
The meeting was convened at 8:35 am.
Discussion of Individual Council Members' vision: Mayor Harris asked for words that
described Council's role: and philasophy: committed, respectful, receptive, progressive
development, excellent city services, collaborative government, citizen engagement,
representative, knowledgeable, trust, customer service opportunity, vitality, takes input,
communication with residents, consensus, sound judgment and decision making, visionary,
and for the greater good.
Understanding Mayor/Council and City Manager Roles: City Manager Burt explained the
Plan B form of government. The City Manager works for Council and the employees of
Golden Valley work for him. Council sets policy and staff implements the policy.
Council Cohesion and Communication: Council would share letters to the editor or guest
columns prior to the piece being published. Staff will work together to get press releases
and educational pieces to the public. Social Media would help get the word out.
Outreach Options: Future Neighborhood Meetings or Listening Sessions will have an
agenda. Meetings will begin with an explanation that no opinion or action could take place
and all meetings will be posted. The location would have to be open to the public and
accessible by all. The Sessions will be quarterly on established dates for ease of publicity
and during the fourth week of the month.
Council Liaison Roles: Council appointments will be made and Council's role will now be to
serve as the primary contact on the Council for the Commission, Board or Committee.
Attendance is not required, with the exception of certain ones which will be noted.
Calendar of Council Events: Council has many events/activities throughout the year such
as commission interviews, State of the City address, budget meetings, Golden Valley Days,
MN Night to Unite, neighborhood meetings, Mighty Tidy, and Open Houses for Police and
Fire.
The list of priorities submitted by Council was reviewed and each item was categorized into
one of three categories. Council then designated three items in each category that are top
priorities.
Council Priorities/Action Items # Dots
Market, Rebrand Cit
Garba e - Sin le Hauler • •
Garba e - Collection one da /week
Senior Citizen Task Force
Garba e - Misc. Issues •
Destination Golden Valle Task Force • • • •
Low Interest Home Im rovement Loan Pro ram •
Foreclosure Prevention - Banks • • •
Bud et Adviso Committee • • • •
Arts Commission
Council/Mana er Worksessions # Dots
Golden Valle Business Council
Boards/Commissions/Council Relationshi s •
Ex lanation of Golden Valle Fund, Foundation, PRISM
Nei hborhoods Or anizin /Nei hborhood Names •
Explanation of Planning Processes (Comp Plan, PUDs, Subd., • • • •
McMansions
Ex lanation of Bid Process •
Instant Police Incident Re orts
Joint Council/School Boards Meetin
National Lea ue of Cities Attendance Bud et • •
After School Pro rams
Efficient Delive of Cit Services/Partnershi s • •
Buildin Permittin Process • • •
Review Inflow/Infiltration •
Boards/Commissions Review # Dots
Qualit Develo ment Buildin Materials • • •
Su ort Bassett Creek Reclamation
Stud Greenwa s, Hike/Bike Paths • •
Pedestrian Connections over Hi hwa 55 • • • •
Human Rights Commission - Empower Underrepresented •
Communities to be
More Involved
Human Ri hts Commission - Bull in Follow-u Pro rams
Creation of Do Park •
Health Communities Initiatives • •
Annual "State of the Environment" Re ort • •
The priorities with the most top priority designations will be brought forth for further
discussion at the next Council Goal Setting session.
Future Council /Manager Topics
Teen Council
Schuller's
Garbage Hauling
Train Noise - Quiet Zones
Elections - Move to Even Year
The second Goal Setting session will review City Finances and be held in April.
The meeting was adjourned at 1:07 pm.
Respectfully Submitted,
Tom Burt
City Manager