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COMMUNITY <br />SURVEY <br />MINUTES OF THE WORKSHOP MEETING <br />CITY COUNCIL <br />LITTLE CANADA, MINNESOTA <br />Pursuant to due call and notice thereof a workshop meeting of the City <br />Council of Little Canada, Minnesota was convened on the 23rd day of <br />February, 2011 in the Conference Room of the City Center located at 515 <br />Little Canada Road in said City. <br />Acting Mayor Rick Montour called the meeting to order at 6:00 p.m. and <br />the following members of the City Council were present at roll call: <br />CITY COUNCIL: Acting Mayor <br />Council Member <br />Council Member <br />Council Member <br />ABSENT: <br />ALSO PRESENT: <br />FEBRUARY 23, 2011 <br />Mayor <br />City Administrator <br />Finance Director <br />City Clerk <br />Mr. Rick Montour <br />Ms. Shelly Boss <br />Mr. John Keis <br />Mr. Mike McGraw <br />Mr. Bill Blesener <br />Mr. Joel R. Hanson <br />Ms. Shelly Rueckert <br />Ms. Kathy Glanzer <br />The purpose of this evening's workshop meeting is to begin the process <br />of question design for a residential community survey as well as discuss <br />the potential of conducting a focus group of representatives of the business <br />community. With regard to the residential survey, the City Administrator <br />indicated that one of the City's 2011 Goals was to conduct a residential <br />community survey. The Administrator pointed out the potential for <br />additional cuts in State aid to the City and the resulting need to increase <br />taxes and /or decrease services. The results of the survey would then be <br />used as an aid to the financial decision making process. <br />Peter Leatherman, Decision Resources, reported that many cities are <br />currently using community surveys to rate and prioritize the services they <br />provide for the same purpose that Little Canada is discussing, as a <br />budgetary tool in making financial decisions that are currently facing <br />cities. Leatherman also explained that a community survey would consist <br />of a random sample of 400 residents, which would provide an error rate of <br />plus /minus 5 He explained how the random sample is identified noting <br />that cell phone numbers are also a part of the selection pool of telephone <br />numbers. <br />