HomeMy WebLinkAboutCEC Minutes_3.15.21CITY OF FALCON HEIGHTS
Regular Meeting of the Falcon Heights - Community Engagement Commission
City Hall
2077 West Larpenteur Avenue
MINUTES
March 15, 2021 at 7:00 P.M.
Note: This meeting was held by web conference.
A. CALL TO ORDER: 7:01 PM
B. ROLL CALL:
Larrabee _X__ Cooley-Kistler _X__ LaDouceur __X_
Ebbesen _X__ Dumbacher ___
COUNCIL LIAISON:
Gustafson _X__
STAFF PRESENT:
Walter _X__
C. PRESENTATION:
D. APPROVAL OF MINUTES:
1. January 25, 2021
Motion to approve the minutes by Julie Ebbesen;
Approved, 4-0.
E. DISCUSSION:
1. Discuss CEC Priorities
• The 2019 strategic plan is a long-term vision of what we as a City want to do by 2025.
The pandemic affected our ability to make a lot of these items a reality. Strategic
direction Number One: ‘Leveraging Community Involvement’ has a lot of relevance to
the CEC. This opportunity that we have tonight is setting our priorities and getting back
on track with these strategic directions.
• The idea was for the CEC to discuss how it fit into the five priorities that were
established in the strategic planning in 2019.
• It’s important to consider what we are hoping to get from people, and what they will get
in return. The event needs to have value for them.
• One idea is a cookout for apartment buildings to engage with the renters at their place of
residence.
• We could provide info on commissions. Tell people that their voice matters and is
important.
• Part of it is we may not be sure how to communicate with certain populations. Unless
they communicate with us, we’re not sure how to solve that. Good to host on-site to
show that we are coming to them, not asking them to come somewhere else.
• The last time we held an ice cream social was in 2019 and we involved a variety of
community organizations there. Gibbs Farm, Bell Museum, Lions, etc.
• Good Acre might be a good partner.
• A Resource Fair would be an option, bringing together a bunch of organizations that
provide services to residents.
• Could host a CEC corner in the newsletter- highlighting great things that are happening
in the neighborhood.
• Before next meeting: Julie will follow up with Ashleigh on needs for the resource fair.
Review first year priorities and identify one to two ideas that could fit into the five
categories.
2. Review ideas for events in 2021
• We are always looking for things to do in the wintertime. One idea is to piggyback on
the winter carnival at the state fair where people in Falcon Heights can decorate their
yards with snow sculptures. A day of sledding or snowshoeing at the golf course,
meeting up at the City Hall for hot chocolate/coffee.
• At one time, we were going to do a food truck event with maybe a beer truck. Could
work with a contact from the Beer Dabbler to make this happen.
• At one point there was a medallion hunt in the Community Park.
• Before next meeting: members will send event ideas to Ashleigh to compile and
distribute ahead of the next meeting; members will review and select favorites to discuss
at the April meeting.
F. INFORMATION/ANNOUNCEMENTS:
G. ADJOURNMENT: 8:24