01-10-17 Council/Manager Minutes OFFICAL MINUTES
COUNCIL/MANAGER MEETING
GOLDEN VALLEY, MINNESOTA
January 10, 2017
The meeting began at 6:30 pm in the Council Conference Room.
Present: Mayor Harris and Council Members, Clausen, Fonnest, Schmidgall and Snope.
Also present were: City Manager Cruikshank, Physical Development Director Nevinski,
Planning Manager Zimmerman, Planning Associate/Grant Writer Goellner, Parks and
Recreation Director Birno, Recreation Supervisor Stutzman and Administrative Assistant
Nally.
1. Presentation by Maxfield Research and Consulting - Golden Valley Housing
Inventory
Mr. Matt Mullins, Vice President of Maxfield Research and Consulting, was in attendance to
give a presentation to the Council on the Golden Valley Housing Study Preliminary Findings.
Mullins discussed the findings and said the project scope was to provide a custom
comprehensive housing study to identify the current and future housing needs for Golden
Valley residents and how their housing needs could be met both short and long-term. He
discussed the tools needed to implement in order to achieve the goals and answered
questions from Council regarding the presentation.
2. Presentation by Grounded Solutions Network - Mixed-Income Housing Policy and
Tools
Planning Associate/Grant Writer Goellner reviewed the proposed housing goals of the 2040
Comprehensive Plan. Mr. Mullins and Planning Manger Zimmerman answered questions
from Council regarding the need for affordable housing in the future.
Mr. Robert Hickey, Grounded Solutions Network, was in attendance to give a presentation to
the Council regarding developing a mixed-income housing policy and provided an overview
of what may be included in the policy, for example: zoning and/or financial benefits,
consistent affordability expectations, use of public money and should it be mandatory or
voluntary. He answered questions from Council regarding the presentation.
There was Council discussion regarding what the next steps may be to enact a mixed-
income housing policy and zoning changes that may be needed. Ms. Goellner said the next
step is to bring some policies that may be selected to the April Council/Manager meeting for
further discussion.
3. Teen Committee
Parks and Recreation Director Birno was in attendance to follow up on a discussion from the
October 2016 Council/Manager meeting regarding the state of the Teen Committee and to
discuss more extensive youth involvement in the political process in the City. He reviewed a
spreadsheet of surrounding municipalities regarding youth involvement. Mr. Birno answered
questions from Council regarding how staff would conduct outreach to teens for the committees,
what the options for teen involvement may be, and ways to make teens feel involved in the
community. Staff is recommending that potential youth serving on the Committee or on
Board/Commissions live or attend school in Golden Valley and be in grades 9 through 12.
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3. Teen Committee - continued
Recreation Supervisor Stutzman provided possible ideas of how the recruitment process might
work, and the opportunities youth would have.
The Council discussed strategies on how to recruit teens, marketing tools needed, what the
age the youth may be, how to encourage involvement, the opportunities for the youth, how a
mentoring program may work, and different ways to contact teens whether it is through the
local schools or youth involvement committees,
The next step is for the Council to consider Board and Commission by-law changes to add
youth members.
The meeting adjourned at 8:15 pm
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She and M. Harris, Mayor
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Kristine A. Luedke, City Clerk