City Council - 06/17/2008 - Workshop APPROVED MINUTES
CITY COUNCIL WORKSHOP & OPEN PODIUM
TUESDAY,JUNE 17, 2008 CITY CENTER
5:00—6:25 PM, HERITAGE ROOM II
6:30—7:00 PM, COUNCIL CHAMBER
CITY COUNCIL: Mayor Phil Young, Council Members Brad Aho, Sherry Butcher, Jon
Duckstad, and Kathy Nelson
CITY STAFF: City Manager Scott Neal, Police Chief Rob Reynolds, Fire Chief George Esbensen,
Public Works Director Eugene Dietz, Community Development Director Janet Jeremiah, Parks and
Recreation Director Jay Lotthammer, Communications Manager Joyce Lorenz, Assistant to the
City Manager Michael Barone, City Attorney Ric Rosow, and Recorder Lorene McWaters
Heritage Room H
Mayor Young called the meeting to order at 5:35 p.m. Council Member Nelson was absent.
I. COMMUNITY CENTER UPDATE
Parks and Recreation Director Jay Lotthammer presented a PowerPoint overview of the
Community Center project. Ground was broken on the expansion and renovation project
was in April 2007. The Grand Opening event was held May 17, 2008, and the final
portion of work on the Third Ice Rink will be completed in September. Membership has
increased sharply—from 531 at this time last year to almost 1,000 memberships as of
May 2008.
Lotthammer said the construction management concept, under which RJM Construction
acted at the City's representative, used on this project worked well. Lotthammer also
provided an update on new financial contributions to the project as well as a list of new
expenses.
The final walk-through is scheduled for late August and project acceptance will be
presented to the City Council in September for approval.
II. INNOVATIONS IN COMMUNICATIONS
City Manager Scott Neal and Communications Manager Joyce Lorenz previewed three
new features on the City Website.
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A. CITY NEWS
The City News feature allows individuals to subscribe to update alerts on 19
topics and 66 sub-topics via e-mail.
B. CITY DOCS
City Does provides website visitors access to a variety of public documents,
including ordinances, resolutions, and meeting minutes. More types of
documents will be added as they are digitized by staff.
C. CITY TV
On City TV, users can view Council and Planning meetings live and on-demand.
A bookmarked agenda accompanies each on-demand meeting, allowing the user
to instantly go to whichever portion of the meeting they wish to see.
Council Chamber
III. OPEN PODIUM
A. MARK LINDNER—PARK BOUNDARY
Mr. Lindner said he just became aware that the City is undertaking a project to
locate and mark boundaries between private and City-owned property. He said he
does not believe residents should have to pay for unnecessary property surveys.
He also does not want to have to see the property markers. Mayor Young thanked
Mr. Lindner for his comments. He said encroachment onto City property is an
ongoing issue, and that the City recently began to formalize our process of
locating and marking property boundaries. Much of this work is being done by
seasonal employees.
IV. ADJOURNMENT