HomeMy WebLinkAbout2017-11-18 Town Hall Meeting Minutes MINUTES
OF THE TOWN HALL MEETING OF THE
EDINA CITY COUNCIL
HELD AT EDINA SENIOR CENTER
NOVEMBER 18, 2017
10:00 A.M. UNTIL 12:00 NOON
CALL TO ORDER
Mayor Pro Tem Brindle called the meeting to order at 10:05 a.m.
Mayor Hovland entered the meeting at 10:07 a.m.
ROLLCALL
Answering roll call were Members Brindle, Fischer, Staunton, Stewart, and Mayor Hovland.
The Mayor explained the purpose of the town hall meeting was to allow a free flow of questions between
the attendees and Council. Approximately 30 residents attended the meeting and asked a variety of
questions that included the following:
• Seal coating still shedding gravel month after project complete on Edinmoor;
• Communications process with neighborhood, need for a process for neighbors to discover
proposed developments, applicants have more time than neighbors,
• Status of former Public Works site;
• Rental licensing, such as AirBNB, and
• Concern with polling places located in schools
• Concern that Council receives full range of resident input, who selects experts used by the city
• Traffic and speeders east 66th Street and Normandale Road
• How can a builder be working or have a project finished with an unpaid permit, each contractor
should have a report card
• Developers costs should be a sliding fee based on city costs
• Estelle Edina project, dissatisfied with communication and questioned why staff makes a
recommendation
• Council invited to a Leadership meeting at 66 West
• Does Council have any plans to set a minimum wage ordinance
• Affordable housing for seniors is needed
• Consider staffing assistance at Historical Society,and consider relocation of Grange Hall and Cahill
school
• Was road reconstruction special assessments constitutional
The Mayor and Council thanked residents for coming and engaging in a questions and answer session.
The Mayor adjourned the Town Hall Meeting at 12:05 p.m.
Respectfully submitted,
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Minutes approved by Edina City Council, December 5, 2017.
—James B. Hovland, Mayor