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Mounds View City Council Page Eleven ~egular Meeting April 12, 1993 invest in their community, shape its future and be a part of Mounds View's history. Orduno reported that at this meeting the Council is officially "kicking off" the 1993/94 City Visioning Process by appropriating funds and signaling the start of the process with the announcement of the "Mounds View Look Into the Future" contest for Mounds View students in grades 1st through 8th. Orduno announced that flyers have been prepared to be distributed to the students on Tuesday,. April 13. Students are being asked to name the process. There will be a winning name from each grade level and the student submitting the name chosen will receive a $50 gift certificate. Overall winner will receive a $100 gift certificate. Grade winners will be presented their prizes at the May 10th Council Meeting. The winning name will be used in all promotional literature, the City Newsletter, cable shows and throughout the entire process. Orduno explained the steps to be followed in the Visioning Process. Two community-wide public forms will be held July 21 and July 22. The forums will be conducted by a non-Council, non-staff facilitator and will host special guest speakers. After the speaker presentations, all of the forum participants will be asked to join others in small discussion groups to begin brainstorming the issues, problems and concerns they see facing Mounds View. now and those that will impact the City in the future. Orduno announced that in June a brochure will be mailed to each and every resident and business describing the above-referenced forums. There will be a comment card in the brochure that should be filled out and returned to City Hall so that residents' issues and concerns will be included in the forum group discussions. Orduno stated .that a summary of the discussions will be prepared and mailed to every forum participant and also to individuals who submitted comment cards. Along with the summary will be an application to volunteer for a position on one of the "issue project teams". Orduno explained that each of the key issues identified at the forums will be the topic for a 5-7 member issue project team. Teams will meet from September through December and will be charged with developing the mission, the goals and strategies for the identified issues. All project teams will submit a preliminary report to a third community- wide public form in January at which time the public will have another opportunity for input into the shaping of the future of Mounds View. Orduno reported that the final report will be presented at the March 14 City Council Meeting. The final report will become the basis from which the City's Vision Statement, Mission Statement, Future Goals and Strategies will be developed and incorporated into a working policy document.