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<br /> <br /> <br />Item No: 4 <br />Meeting Date: June 2, 2008 <br />Type of Business: Worksession <br />Administrator Review : ___ <br />City of Mounds View Staff Report <br /> <br /> <br /> <br />To: Honorable Mayor and City Council <br />From: James Ericson, Clerk-Administrator <br />Item Title/Subject: Set a Date for a “Mini” City Council/Staff Retreat <br /> <br /> <br />Introduction: <br /> <br />On March 14 and 15 of this year, the City Council and department heads attended a <br />leadership retreat at the Random Park recreation building. The retreat was facilitated by Don <br />Salverda, a consultant who specializes in municipal strategic planning and team building <br />among the City’s key elected and appointed officials. At the retreat, the Council and <br />department heads discussed the past, present and future, and responded with a revised <br />framework of strategic organizational goals and an action plan to respond to the challenges <br />and opportunities facing the City of Mounds View over the next two years. One of the <br />actions decided was to get back together after six months or so to assess the progress being <br />made toward attaining said strategic goals. <br /> <br />Discussion: <br /> <br />Six months from March is September, which may or may not be the best month to gather for <br />a half-day special retreat. August may be too early to have made significant progress and <br />yet waiting until October may be too late in the year to be assessing progress. As for the <br />location, the Random Park shelter building worked well, however the Council could just as <br />easily meet in the Community Center. As for a particular day, since Mondays would work <br />well with everyone’s schedules, one option would be the fifth Monday of September (Sept <br />29th). Other options could include a Saturday morning or afternoon or an evening during the <br />week. <br /> <br />Recommendation: <br /> <br />Take a look at your calendar and come up with a couple options as to when we can schedule <br />the mini retreat and consider what, if anything, in addition to review of goals, might be topics <br />of discussion at the mini retreat beyond review of goals. <br /> <br />Respectfully submitted, <br /> <br /> <br /> <br />________________________ <br />Clerk-Administrator <br /> <br /> <br />