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City Council Regular Meeting Minutes <br />January 12, 2021 <br />Page 3 <br />1 Interim City Manager Yunker reported that staff received a resignation from Dan Payne of the <br />2 Planning Commission effective January 1st. He noted the Council will need to look at how the <br />3 City will want to fill that slot. <br />4 <br />5 Councilmember Jenson stated on December 15`t' he attended a meeting with the Metro Cities <br />6 Race Equity Ad -Hock Committee. Over the last several months the committee has developed a <br />7 questionnaire that is now being brought up to the League of Minnesota Cities that will be sent <br />8 out to all cities looking at how the LMC can help cities and what resources are required. He <br />9 indicated on December 17' he attended the year end Metro Cities meeting for the Board of <br />10 Directors and the primary item was the change over in personnel and approved who was going to <br />11 come on board. There were also some close outs of some of the service delivery procedures that <br />12 were finalized and approved. <br />13 <br />14 Mayor Stille stated since the last City Council meeting, he attended the Regional Council of <br />15 Mayors on December 14th. December 15'h the Council had a work session where everyone <br />16 participated. January 11 °i he attended the Regional Council of Mayors and it was very <br />17 interesting and some food for thought, Thomas Fisher, the Director of Minnesota Design Center <br />18 at the U of M together with Peter Frosh from Greater MSP, talked. He reviewed the topic with <br />19 the Council. The thought was how to position themselves on what is coming and what to do <br />20 from a Zoning and Planning perspective and how to handle the assets. He noted he also attended <br />21 the Mississippi Watershed Management Organization Board Meeting, and the Stewardship Fund <br />22 was touched upon which is a series of grants that organizations can get. If anyone is interested <br />23 and wants to know more about this item, he indicated he would open to discussing it further and <br />24 direct them to the right areas. <br />25 <br />26 VIII. COMMUNITY FORUM. <br />27 <br />28 Mayor Stille invited residents to come forward at this time and address the Council on items that <br />29 are not on the regular agenda. <br />30 <br />31 Hearing none, Mayor Stille moved forward with the agenda. <br />32 <br />33 IX. INFORMATION AND ANNOUNCEMENTS. <br />34 <br />35 None. <br />36 <br />37 X. ADJOURNMENT. <br />38 <br />39 Mayor Stille adjourned the meeting at 7:22 p.m. <br />40 <br />41 Respectfully submitted, <br />42 Sue Osbeck <br />43 TimeSaver Off Site Secretarial, Inc. <br />44 a), <br />45 - Mayo <br />46 ATTEST: <br />