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<br />Item No: 07E <br />Meeting Date: December 13, 2010 <br />Type of Business: CB <br />Administrator Review : ____ <br />City of Mounds View Staff Report <br /> To: Honorable Mayor and City Council <br /> From: Desaree Crane, Assistant City Administrator <br /> <br /> Item Title/Subject: Resolution 7710, Setting the 2011 City Council Meeting <br />Dates, Staff Retreat, and the 2011 Town Hall Meeting. <br /> <br /> <br />Discussion: <br /> <br />Based on the Council’s schedule of conducting meetings, Work Sessions are normally <br />scheduled for the first Monday of each month and Council meetings on the second and <br />fourth Mondays of each month. Attached is a proposed list of Work Session and City <br />Council Meeting dates for 2011 (Exhibit A). <br /> <br />Three legal holidays fall on dates that would otherwise be considered Council meetings— <br />Independence Day (July 4, 2011), Labor Day (September 5, 2011), Christmas (City offices <br />are closed on December 26, 2011 in observance of the Christmas holiday). For these <br />dates, the schedule reflects a Tuesday. <br /> <br />In addition to setting the official calendar, Staff would like to discuss dates for the <br />Council/Staff Retreat and the Town Hall Meeting. Due to the costs associated with <br />preparing and conducting a Town Hall Meeting, Staff and the City Council relocated the <br />Town Hall Meeting in 2010 to City Hall. This included scheduling the 2010 Town Hall <br />Meeting on a weekday night (Monday). Relocating and rescheduling the Town Hall <br />Meeting in 2010 generated more resident participation than in past Town Hall Meetings. If <br />the City Council wishes to continue scheduling the Town Hall Meeting on a Monday night, <br />then Staff would recommend starting the Town Hall Meeting at 7pm to be consistent with <br />most City meetings. The following below are possible dates for the Town Hall Meeting. <br />The City Council may wish to continue having the Town Hall Meeting in City Hall, or move it <br />back to the Mounds View Community Center. The Community Center and City Hall <br />Council Chambers are available on the following dates: <br /> <br /> March 2011 April 2011 <br /> <br /> Monday, March 21st Monday, April 18th <br /> <br />In regard to the Council/Staff Retreat, Staff feels that scheduling the retreat in February will <br />allow enough time for Staff to prepare a presentation for the Town Hall Meeting. The <br />following below are potential dates for the Council/Staff Retreat: <br /> <br /> February 2011 <br /> <br /> Tuesday, February 15th <br /> Wednesday, February 16th <br /> Thursday, February 17th