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MINUTES .
OF THE SPECIAL MEETING'OF THE
EDINA CITY COUNCIL HELD AT CITY HALL
, JANUARY 12, 1987
Council Members present: Kelly, Richards, Smith, Turner and Courtney.
Advisory Board/Commission Members present: Bill Lewis (Community Development
and Planning Commission) , Bill Lord (Park Board) , Gordon Stuart (Heritage
Preservation Board), Quentin Collins (Building. Construction Appeals Board),
Jean Rifley (So-uth Hennepin Human Services Council), Nancy Grimsby (Recycling
Commission), Jeoff Workinger (Human Relations Commission), Dr. Sharon Aadalen
(Board of Health), James Van Valkenburg (Art Center Board) and Dennis Maetzold
(Citizens Safety Council).
Staff Members present: Manager Rosland, Buresh, Hoffman, Hughes, Johnson,
Kojetin, Larsen, Paulfranz, Shirmang, Smith, Swansen, Wallin and Daehn.
Facilitator: Barbara Arney
Member Turner commented that the purpose of the meeting is to revise and adopt
the City's mission statement, an important step in the City's strategic
planning process. Board/Commission chairpersons have been invited to attend
and participate in the,discussion as the Council feels. strongly that citizen
participation is a key element in the process. Member Turner then reviewed
the steps that have led to the development of a draft mission statement and
the observations and recommendations of the Management Audit Committee with
regard to strategic planning.
The meeting was then turned over to Barbara Arney, facilitator, who presented
the general guidelines for the work session. The attendees were then divided
into small groups which reviewed, discussed and developed recommendations for
the draft mission statement and the key words relating to the statement.
group then presented.their recommendations to the entire group.
Each
At the meeting's conclusion, Member Turner stated that the recommendations
and suggestions would be reflected in the revision of the mission statement
and would be presented to the Coucil at its next meeting for formal adoption.
No other business was discussed by the Council. The meeting adjourned at
9:oo p.m. -
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