City Council - 10/18/2016 - Workshop APPROVED MINUTES
CITY COUNCIL WORKSHOP & OPEN PODIUM
TUESDAY, OCTOBER 18, 2016 CITY CENTER
5:00—6:25 PM, HERITAGE ROOMS
6:30—7:00 PM, COUNCIL CHAMBER
CITY COUNCIL: Mayor Nancy Tyra-Lukens, Council Members Brad Aho, Sherry Butcher
Wickstrom, Kathy Nelson, and Ron Case
SCHOOL BOARD: Elaine Larabee, Chair; Dave Espe, Vice Chair; Holly Link, Treasurer;
Ranae Jacobus, Clerk; John Kohner, Director; Greg Lehman, Director; Adam Seidel, Director
CITY STAFF: City Manager Rick Getschow, Police Chief James DeMann, Fire Chief George
Esbensen, Public Works Director Robert Ellis, Community Development Director Janet Jeremiah,
Parks and Recreation Director Jay Lotthammer, Communications Manager Joyce Lorenz, City
Attorney Ric Rosow, and Recorder Lorene McWaters
SCHOOL STAFF: Superintendent Curt Tryggestad, Assistant Superintendent Josh Swanson,
Executive Director of Business Services Jason Mutzenberger, Executive Director of Human
Resources Thomas May, Executive Director of Student Services Patricia Clair, Director of
Personalized Learning and Instruction, Director of Community Education, Director of
Communications & Community Relations
Workshop - Heritage Room H
I. JOINT MEETING WITH THE EDEN PRAIRIE SCHOOL BOARD
A. School District Presentation on Demographics
Executive Director of Business Services Jason Mutzenberger gave a presentation on
school district demographics. Mutzenberger said families have a number of public
and non-public education options, including resident school district, open enrollment
to another school district, charter schools, traditional/religious schools, and home
schooling.
Mutzenberger said district enrollment has decreased by 8.9 percent(882 students)
over the past 10 years. Resident enrollment decreased by 14.5 percent(1,407
students). The district expects enrollment to continue to decrease by three to four
percent over the next 10 years, with most of the decrease occurring over the next five
years.
Mutzenberger said part of the enrollment decline is due to demographic changes
resulting in kindergarten classes that are smaller than the previous year's grade 12.
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Approximately 9 percent of Eden Prairie students attend private schools and 8 percent
open enroll outside district. 7.8 percent of district enrollment is students that open
enroll from outside the district.
In 2014-15, 66.8% of students were white and 33.2% were minority. In 2019-20, the
minority population is expected to make of 39.2% of the student body.
Mutzenberger said staff and the School Board plan to focus on marketing and
customer service in in the coming year an effort to reduce the number of students
choosing to open enroll outside the district.
City Presentation on Development
Community Development Director Janet Jeremiah gave an update on development
activity. Jeremiah said the number building permits for single family homes appear to
be on track to be lower for 2016. Current single family developments are Prairie
Ridge, Eden Gardens, Meadows at Riley Creek and Reeder Ridge. Seven infill sites
are likely to be developed as single-family, for a total of 154 new units. The
Metropolitan Council estimates Eden Prairie's current population as approximately
63,000. That is expected to climb to 82,400 in 2040. Jeremiah said much of the
population growth will result development around the Southwest LRT Green Line
Extension.
The current total housing unit count is 9,614 with approximately 37.7 percent of those
units classified as affordable. Jeremiah outlined steps the City is taking to preserve
affordability of existing units, including extensions of TIF housing districts and
incentives for property owners.
Open Podium - Council Chamber
II. OPEN PODIUM
III. ADJOURNMENT