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   <br />  <br />  STAFF REPORT  <br /> <br /> <br /> <br />TO: Mayor Keis and Members of the City Council <br /> <br />FROM: Corrin Wendell, AICP, Community Development Director <br /> Bryce Shearen, Parks & Recreation Director <br /> <br />DATE: October 26, 2022 <br /> <br />RE: Little Canada Gateway Signage Task Force <br /> <br /> <br /> <br />ACTIONS TO BE CONSIDERED <br /> <br />Gateway Signage Task Force and Capital Improvement Plan discussion. <br />BACKGROUND <br />Enhancing Identity and Empowering Community was one of the four strategic directions <br />included in the City’s 2019 Strategic Plan. One of the strategic initiatives related to this direction <br />was to consider updating Little Canada’s gateway signs that are located in multiple entry points <br />to the City of Little Canada to enhance the community’s identity. <br />Over the past 6 months, the City Council appointed task force of key stakeholders including <br />representatives from various commissions and City Council representative to consider options <br />and discuss recommendations for improvements to the City’s existing ‘Welcome to Historic <br />Little Canada’ signs. In addition to reviewing other community gateway signs and considering <br />potential designs, the task force discussed the current locations of signs and if additional <br />locations should be considered. <br />The task force members are: <br /> City Council Member – Christian Torkelson <br /> Parks & Recreation Commission Member – Peter Schletty <br /> Planning Commission Member – Dawn Kulousek <br /> Little Canada Historical Society – Curt Loschy <br /> City Staff – Corrin Wendell, Community Development Director and Bryce Shearan, <br />Parks & Recreation Director <br /> <br />