HomeMy WebLinkAbout2017-03-07 City Council Work Session Minutes MINUTES
OF THE WORK SESSION OF THE
EDINA CITY COUNCIL
HELD AT CITY HALL
MARCH 7, 2017
5:35 P.M.
Mayor Hovland called the work session of the Edina City Council to order at 5:35 p.m.
ROLL CALL
Answering roll call was: Members Brindle, Fischer, Staunton, Stewart, and Mayor Hovland.
Edina City Staff attending the meeting; Kelly Dumais, City Manager Fellow; Debra Mangen, City Clerk; Scott
Neal, City Manager; Eric Roggeman, Finance Director; Kyle Sawyer, Assistant Finance Director; Lisa Schaefer,
Assistant City Manager; and Cary Teague, Community Development Director.
City Consultants, Mic Johnson and Sarah Crouch of Architecture Field Office were also in attendance
GREATER SOUTHDALE WORK GROUP UPDATE
Members of the Greater Southdale Work Group attending: Chris Cooper, Don Hutchison, Jim Nelson and
Mark Chamberlain.
Community Development Director Teague updated the Council on the community engagement and work of
the Greater Southdale Work Group. He introduced Mic Johnson who presented the draft model of the small
area plan. Mr. Johnson talked about the principles of development that led to the draft including: ) building
upon existing assets, 2) improving access, 3) ensuring walkability, 4) building that was human-scaled, 5)
varied architecture of development, 6) allowing mixed-use, 7) being family friendly, 8) being
environmentally green, 9) encompassing all seasons, 10) being connected throughout the district and 1 1)
being a destination.
Mr. Johnson presented the draft model that demonstrated possible build outs in the various sub-districts
and "super" blocks, with the Greater Southdale area. The discussion included how to include such a small
area plan and vision into the City Comprehensive Plan, the analysis needed to stage development, and the
importance of shaping the development.
2018-2019 BUDGET PROCESS & VISION EDINA WORK PLAN
City Manager Neal stated that he and Finance Director Roggeman would be presenting the proposed 2018-
2019 Budget Process and Timeline. Mr. Neal explained the Council needed to schedule a retreat to develop
the themes from the Vision Edina Work Plan that would be used to guide the 2018-2019 Budget. Mr.
Roggeman outlined the Funds that make up the City's Consolidated Budget, reviewed definition used in
preparing budgets and explained the biennial budget, capital improvement plan process. The budget timeline
started with the March Th work session and culminated in the final budget adoption in December. Mr.
Roggeman gave some historical data showing the change over time of the city's tax capacity and annual
property taxes for a median valued home. In addition Mr. Roggeman presented a graph showing how much
each taxing jurisdiction receives for a median valued homestead property in the Edina School District. He
finished with some comparison of city property taxes for 21 metropolitan municipalities.
ADJOURNMENT
Mayor Hovland adjourned the meeting at 6:58 p.m.
Respectfully submitted,
Debra A. g n, City Clerl<
Minutes approved by Edina City Council, March 21, 2017.
James B. Hovland, ayor