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MINUTES City Council November 9, 1988 Economic Fahey suggested that the City Cler•k follow up with the mar~keting firm to Development determine if they have obtained the infor•mation they need. Committee (Cont.) Facilitation Blesener• repor~ted that after reviewing the infor~mation on facilitation Meeting meetings, it appears that this is exactly what the City Council wants to do. Blesener felt that the meeting can be used to get into next year•'s Agenda objectives as well as for long-r•ange planning. Addition Blesener suggested that Scalze and the City Clerk meet with Gover~nment Tr•aining to see of a one-day pr•ogram can be designed for the City. Blesener• did not feel the areas of team building needed to be addressed, but that the Council needed to spend time on pr~iorities and goals. Scalze agr•eed and also Felt a plan needed to be developed for• r~eaching goals. CORRECTION Fahey recommended that the fifth paragraph on page 10 of the November 9, RES. NO 1988 Council meeting minutes be amended to read as follows: "Fahey felt 88-11-502 that any program should specifically focus on the goals and objectives of the City and not on developing a mission statement or better personal relationships between Councilpersons because no difficulties existed between Councilmembers and developing a mission statement was less productive use of everyone's time than goal setting. Bl esener fel t tnat a tdCl i l GdLUY' dti Lfl@ niee ~ i ny wuu i u ue VCf ~' UCIIC I i ~ i a i since the facilitator~ will know how to d.raw out people or• settle others down. The Council discussed the timing of such a meeting, feeling that it should be held on a Saturday some time in January. The Council also felt that the City's depar~tment heads should be invited to this m~eting. LaValle stated that he would like to have a facilitator• that he did not know. Council discussed this and it was the concensus of the Council that they would be comfortable with a facilitator~ even if he was known to individual Councilmembers. Scalze and Blesener indicated that they would wor•k on this matter as a small committee and come back with a recommendation to the Council. Little Fahey r•epor•ted that he and Co~incilmembers Collova and alesener• met Canada with the School District the other morning on a revision to the Flementar•y School District s plans for the addition onto the Little Canada Elementar•y School School. Addition Scalze pointed out that this matter was discussed pr~eviously by the Agenda Council at a Special Council meeting, and suggested that in the future Addition Special Council meetings be telecast on Cable TV. Page -10-