05-25-94 Council Workshop Minutes

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MINUTES CITY COUNCIL MAY 25, 1994 The Administrator indicated that the Council needs to define the make-up of these committees. Scalze felt that the City should make sure the committee has representation from the senior citizen community, renters, and business owners or managers. Pedersen pointed out that there are varying age groups in each of these categories, and suggested that a cross-section of these age groups be included. Scalze suggested that the citizen-based committee be comprised of an equal amount of homeowners and renters, or the same proportion of homeowners and renters that there are in the City. Then there should be a representation of senior citizens and young parents for each cateqory. The City Administrator reported that Decision Resources would randomly select committee members based on pre- qualification. Pedersen pointed out that using the voter registration listing for identification of committee members may not get the person who lives in the City for only a year or two. However, that type of person is needed on the committee since the City will always have that type of resident. Scalze again stated that the committee should have representation from renters in as close to the actual percentage of that population base as possible. Morelan did not believe that adhering to the actual percentage was that important since the committee's task is to identify issues to be addressed in the survey. Pedersen felt that there should be representation on the committee of renters, condominium homeowners, and mobile homeowners, as well as single-family homeowners. The Administrator pointed out that a person could represent one of these categories, and still represent the senior citizen or young parent category. Morelan felt that age and residential status were most 2