04-13-17 Council/Manager Minutes OFFICIAL MINUTES
COUNCIL/MANAGER MEETING
GOLDEN VALLEY, MINNESOTA
April 13, 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,
Finance Director Virnig, Communications Manager Weiler, Parks and Recreation Director
Birno, Police Chief Sturgis, Planning Manager Zimmerman and Planning Associate/Grant
Writer Goellner.
1. 2040 Comprehensive Plan Update - Land Use - continued
Planning Manager Zimmerman updated Council on the second Comp Plan Conversation
discussion regarding land use which focused on the areas in the Downtown West Planning
District and around the planned Golden Valley Road Light Station Area.
The Council discussed the land use areas of downtown and around the proposed light rail
station.
Mr. Zimmerman said the Planning Department planned to come back in the future with an
initial draft of the Golden Valley General Land Use Plan map.
2. 2040 Comprehensive Plan Update - Housing
Planning Associate/Grant Writer Goellner provided feedback received from the Comp Plan
Conversation's open house and discussion regarding housing which included reactions to
the draft goals and objectives and the initial recommendations from the Comprehensive
Housing Study conducted in late 2016.
The Council discussed affordable housing, future redevelopment areas, programs that may
be available for residents looking for housing and the housing study.
The consensus of Council was to have staff prepare preliminary recommendations on an
affordable housing policy and to bring it back to Council for review at future meeting.
3. 2016 Positive Performance - General Fund Transfer and Assignment of Fund
Balance
Finance Director Virnig reviewed the General Fund Balance policy approved in 2011 which
included information regarding positive performance. Ms. Virnig stated staff is recommending
$1,000,000 to be transferred out of the General Fund with $300,000 going into the Park
Improvement Fund and $700,000 to the Storm Water Utility Fund. Parks and Recreation
Director Birno provided information in regards to where the park improvement funds would
be used and answered Council questions. City Manager Cruikshank answered questions
regarding the Storm Water Utility Fund.
The Council discussed the proposed general fund transfers and the consensus was to move
forward with the recommendations.
Ms. Virnig indicated that the resolution would be added to the next regular Council meeting
for formal consideration by the Council.
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4. Public Art Policy
City Manager Cruikshank provided background information on the proposed Public Art Policy.
The information included the role and responsibly of the Golden Valley Foundation Art Council
and the City. Mr. Cruikshank said basically the policy would state that the Foundation/Art
Council would be responsible for fundraising and maintenance and the authority of the
placement and art selection would reside with the City.
The Council discussed the proposed Public Art Policy, the background and the possible
committee member makeup of the Art Council. The general consensus was to move forward
with the Public Art Policy and to have a staff liaison assigned to the Art Council.
5. Presentation on Results of Brookview Branding Focus Group
City Manager Cruikshank introduced the item and stated staff had conducted two community
input meetings to review the proposed Brookview branding information. Communications
Manager Weiler reviewed the results gathered at the focus groups regarding the Brookview
building names and other amenities.
After Council discussion, the consensus was to call the new facility Brookview. Council
thanked staff for conducting the community focus groups.
6. Presentation on Proposed Crisis Communications Plan
City Manager Cruikshank introduced the item and stated due to several high-profile incident in
the metro that many cities, including Golden Valley, are reviewing their current communications
section of their emergency response plan. Communications Manager Weiler said the review
indicated a need for a more thorough plan with improved staff training and on-call support crisis
communicators. She presented a four-step proposal for implementing an updated plan that
would meet the City's needs for an amount not to exceed $20,000. Ms. Virnig answered
questions regarding where the budget for the item would come from.
The Council discussed where the budget for the item would come from, how the training would
work, and the consensus was to have staff submit a proposal not to exceed $20,000 and to
bring the item back to Council at a future meeting for formal consideration.
7. Campus Security
Police Chief Sturgis discussed the current campus security program which included the
current improvements and reviewed further recommendation for campus security. He stated
the improvements can be accomplished for less than the CIP allotted amount of $50,000.
The Council consensus was to go forward with the campus security recommendations.
The meeting adjourned to a further discussion on campus security at 9:15 pm.
She and M. Harris, ayor
ATTEST:
Kristine A. Luedke, City Clerk