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City Council Regular Meeting Minutes January 24, 2006 Page 5 1 Mayor Faust asked Ms. Garbarini to explain the active and passive portions of the park. Ms. 2 Garbarini said the passive area would mean the adults would use it, and the active area would be 3 the area kids would use. 4 5 Mayor Faust asked if a study has been done to determine the density of the children using the 6 park. He added that he was concerned that those in attendance at the open house were interested 7 residents. Ms. Garbarini said they were. She added that there could be questionnaires to 8 determine who would be using the park. 9 10 Erich Young, Parks Commission Vice Chair, said there are a lot of apartment buildings in New 11 Brighton, and those families could use this park. 12 13 Councilmember Horst asked how the building is utilized in the summer. 14 15 Mr. Hartmann explained it is scheduled through Community Services. Classes are held inside it 16 and outside. 17 18 Mr. Young said Emerald Park is a larger park. People from Roseville and New Brighton use the 19 park because it is the best maintained rink in the area. 20 21 Jeff Reynolds, 4009 Shamrock Drive, said the park is across the street from him. He said they 22 do get a lot of people from both ends. The biggest use is in the winter time. He said they have d 23 done a great job in maintenance. He said it should be made more inviting to use in the summer. 24 There is not much lighting and people like to be able to see their kids. He thanked the Council 25 for considering renovating Emerald Park. 26 27 Mayor Faust said a budget must be determined. He asked the City Manager what needs to be 28 done to move the process forward. 29 30 Mr. Morrison said we are working with staff at Ehlers to come up with a strategy for all 31 improvements. He said this would be put on the list and a budget would be drawn up. If all the 32 funding isn't used, we could have the consultant continue to work with the Parks Commission. 33 He said we will work with our financial consultants to see how far we can afford to go. 34 35 36 B. Presentation of 2006 Goals by Mike Morrison, City Manager. 37 Mr. Momson addressed Council and explained the Council and Staff attended a retreat to work 38 on identifying goals for the next year. He added that it may take more than a year to accomplish 39 some of them. 40 41 The first item they discussed is the strategic profile. He said they devised a vision and core city 42 values which are: Community, collaboration, resident focus, safe and secure environment, the 43 feel of a village and fiscal responsibility. He pointed out the mission, which appears on the 44 letterhead and web page. The Key Action Areas drive what the goals are. These are: flood 45 protection, redevelopment, welcoming image and appearance, strong infrastructure, a safe and 46 secure environment, and clear and open communication. 47