HomeMy WebLinkAbout03-14-23CITY OF LAKE ELMO
CITY COUNCIL WORKSHOP MINUTES
MARCH 14, 2023
CALL TO ORDER
Mayor Cadenhead called the meeting to order at 6:30 pm.
PRESENT: Mayor Charles Cadenhead, Councilmembers Katrina Beckstrom, Matt Him, Jeff
Holtz and Lisa McGinn.
Staff present: City Administrator Handt, Public Works Director Powers, Fire Chief Kalis, Building
Official Taylor and City Clerk Johnson.
Community Thread Presentation
Sally Anderson, Executive Director of Community Thread, presented information on
programming, and data regarding Lake Elmo resident involvement. Ms. Anderson also
requested that the Council consider making a financial contribution to Community Thread.
EDA Business Retention and Expansion Survey Update
Mayor Cadenhead discussed key findings of the survey. Discussion held regarding
communication assistance for businesses, business directory and coordination with the Connect
Lake Elmo group.
2023-2024 Strategic Goals
Discussion held regarding the goals identified as top priorities for the city in 2023-2024. Staff
was directed to bring a presentation to the City Council on the pavement management plan and
to place the new city center building becoming occupied and operational as the first goal.
Increasing engagement on commissions was discussed with goals of having commissions fully
staffed within one year and after that, filling vacancies within 3 months. An updated format for
quarterly dashboards was discussed for implementation with the reporting of the first quarter
2023 data. Discussion was also held regarding creation of a 10 year capital improvement plan.
Items for Future Agenda
There will be no workshop in April, 2023.
Meeting adjourned at 8:10 p.m.
LAKE ELMO CITY COUNCIL
ATTEST:
Charles Cadenhead, Mayor
Julie Jo nson, C Uttferk