08-30-94 Council Workshop Minutes

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MINUTES OF THE WORKSHOP MEETING CITY COUNCIL LITTLE CANADA, MINNESOTA AUGUST 30, 1994 Pursuant to due call and notice thereof a regular meeting of the Council of the City of Little Canada, Minnesota was held on the 30th day of August, 1994 in the Council Chambers of the City Center located at 515 Little Canada Road in said City. Mayor Raymond Hanson chaired and called the meeting to order at 7:38 P.M. and the following members of the Council were present at roll call: MEMBERS PRESENT: Mayor Mr. Raymond Hanson Council Member Mr. Jim LaValle Council Member Mr. Steve Morelan Council Member Mr. Bob Pedersen Council Member Mrs. Beverly Scalze ALSO PRESENT: City Admin. Mr. Joel Hanson Park Comm. Mr. Aoward Remerowski Planning Comm. Mr. Denny Davison Planning Comm. Mr. Dennis Carson Resident Mr. Jim Gustafson Decision Res. Mr. Bill Morris Decision Res. Mr. Peter Leatherman Admin. Asst. Mrs. Kathy Glanzer COMMUNITY Hanson reported that at a Council/Staff goal setting SURVEY session held last fall, it was determined that the City is at a crossroads and it was necessary to set the future direction of the City. One of the means for determining that direction would be to conduct a community survey to find out what the citizens feel that direction should be. Hanson pointed out that the City did a community survey in 1988, and the City Council has tried to follow the mandates of that survey. The City recently hired Decision Resources to conduct another community survey, and the purpose of this workshop is to formulate topic questions to be asked in the survey. Bill Morris, Decision Resources, reported that on July 13, 1994 a focus group of residents and business owners was held to develop topics to be addressed by the community survey. That focus group consisted of 8 1