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Minutes approved by the Edina City Council March 17, 2020.
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MINUTES
OF THE WORK SESSION OF THE
EDINA CITY COUNCIL
HELD AT CITY HALL
MARCH 4, 2020
5:30 P.M.
Mayor Hovland called the meeting to order at 5:33 p.m.
ROLL CALL
Answering roll call were Members Anderson, Brindle, Fischer and Staunton and Mayor Hovland.
Staff in attendance: Jennifer Bennerotte, Communications Director; Tara Brown, Sustainability Manager;
Stephanie Hawkinson, Affordable Housing Development Manager; Nate Kaderlik, Utilities Supervisor; Scott
Neal, City Manager; Chad Millner, Engineering Director; Lisa Schaefer, Assistant City Manager; Don Uram,
Finance Director; and Perry Vetter, Parks & Recreation Director.
SUMMARY OF CITY MANAGER PERFORMANCE REVIEW
Mayor Hovland summarized the City Council's recent review of City Manager Scott Neal's performance. Mayor
Hovland explained that Manager Neal was evaluated in the areas of goal accomplishment, leadership,
organizational management, employee satisfaction, communication, trust and ethics. Mayor Hovland said
Manager Neal performed well in all areas and the Council gave Manager Neal especially "high marks" for his
management of the Highway 100/County Road 3 groundwater plume; Sept. 7 officer-involved shooting; housing
issues and mentoring, especially of the City Management Fellow. He said things for Manager Neal to work on
are more advanced notification to the Council and community of bigger projects, race and equity work and
stormwater management.
Mayor Hovland said he and Member Brindle would work to determine a recommendation for increasing
Manager Neal's salary, which will be brought to the City Council for approval later this year.
REVIEW DRAFT FLOOD RISK REDUCTION STRATEGY
Engineering Services Manager Ross Bintner and Water Resources Coordinator Jessica Wilson introduced
members of the Flood Risk Reduction Strategy Task Force in attendance: co-chairs Kathy Amlaw and Nora
Davis and Roxane Lehmann, Richard Manser and Louise Segreto. Not in attendance were members Greg
Lincoln and Richard Strong. The task force has held 12 meetings in the past nine months.
Bintner discussed the work of the task force, framework and strategy. He then provided examples of action
taken by the City in the past in response to a stormwater issue and compared it to a how similar situation might
be handled in the future. He concluded by discussing next steps, which include community education and
amending the City's Comprehensive Water Resources Plan.
The Council thanked the task force members and applauded their work.
ADJOURNMENT
Mayor Hovland adjourned the meeting at 6:54 p.m.