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CITY COUNCIL WORK SESSION April 1, 2013 DRAFT 4 be important to understand priorities before reductions are considered. The mayor said 135 that he’d like to keep drilling down on all areas of the budget. A session to discuss 136 priorities will be scheduled. 137 138 7. City Communicati ons Plan – Police Chief Swenson introduced the proposed 139 Communi c ation Plan and Social Media Policy that will ensure consistency and help to 140 establish and maintain appropriate s ocial media use. The Plan is clear in establishing 141 types of communications and how they will be handled as well as instituting a “stop light” 142 method that establishes the urgency of communications. 143 144 Council Member Stoesz asked if city council notices could be posted on Facebook and 145 Chief Swenson remarked that consideration of your audience is an important element of 146 any post. Mayor Reinert suggested that the council could have a role in this, perhaps in 147 getting the word out to encourage citizens to tell the city how they best receive 148 communications. 149 150 8. Community Survey – Admini strator Karlson noted that the idea of a community 151 survey was raised by the council recently. He has asked a company that specializes in 152 surveys , Decision Resources, for an informational estimate. He recalled t hat the city of 153 Coon Rapids did a 16 questi on survey at a cost of about $16,000. If the city were to 154 contract for a survey, it would most likely be funded through the general fund 155 contingency. 156 157 The mayor wondered how surveys are done now since many people don’t have home 158 phones. Mr. Ka rlson sug gested that cell phone contact would be included as well as land 159 lines. 160 161 The council discussed timing. Council Member O’Donnell remarked that it is still early 162 in this year so there is uncertainty about what else could be vying for the contingency 163 fundi ng; it may be best to discuss this type of service later in the year. Mayor Reinert 164 concurred and asked staff to return with this matter in a few months; also the next 165 discussion should include information on how a survey could reach people without land 166 lines. 167 168 9. Bald Eagle/Elmcrest Corridro – Council Member Roeser indicated that he requested 169 this discussion and he has included some information in the packet showing Bald Eagle 170 Boulevard. There are p ictures of the roadway that is in really bad condition . He wants to 171 start a discussion about how the city could be involved in fixing the road. Perhaps 172 something like funding a paving project through the watershed district or shared costs 173 with another city, or even state Legacy funds. The council has hear d abo ut a WSB 174 service that helps look for grant funds; maybe that’s an avenue. The city administrator 175 could contact the City of Hugo and see if there’s interest and have WSB put together a 176 ball park figure for improvements that don’t include sewer and wat er. 177 178 Review Regular Agenda of April 8, 2013 – The council reviewed the meeting packet. 179