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MINUTES OF THE WORK SESSION
OF THE EDINA CITY COUNCIL
WEDNESDAY, NOV. 4, 2020
5:30 P.M.
Mayor Hovland called the meeting to order at 5:31 p.m. The meeting was held electronically using
Webex software.
ROLL CALL
Answering roll call were Members Anderson, Brindle, Fischer and Mayor Hovland. Absent: Member
Staunton.
Staff attending the meeting were: Scott Neal, City Manager; Lisa Schaefer, Assistant City Manager;
Jennifer Bennerotte, Communications Director; Emily Bodeker, Assistant City Planner; Jeff Brown,
Community Health Administrator; Ryan Browning, I.T. Director; Grace Hancock, Sustainability
Coordinator; Risi Karim; City Management Fellow; Community Engagement Coordinator MJ Lamon;
Heidi Lee, Race & Equity Coordinator; Chad Millner, Engineering Director; Tracy Petersen, Assistant
Parks & Recreation Director; Andrew Scipioni, Transportation Planner; Susan Tarnowski, Art Center
General Manager; and Cary Teague, Community Development Director.
2021 Commission Proposed Work Plans
City Manager Neal reminded the Council that chairs of its advisory boards and commissions had
presented their draft work plans for 2021 at a previous work session. Since then, he and his team
reviewed the items, considering the following:
Alignment with other City work plans, goals and available resources
Clarification of Council, staff and Commission roles
Capacity for number of events and communication campaigns
Though commissions had been encouraged to work on work plan items collaboratively in the past,
cross-commission committees had difficulty finding meeting times that worked for all members,
communicating and balancing priorities. As a result, this year, instead of cross-commission committees,
City Manager Neal recommended only two commissions be involved with a work plan project – one as
the lead to review and recommend and the other to review and comment.
City Manager Neal, Assistant City Manager Schaefer and Community Engagement Coordinator Lamon
then went through each of the proposed work plans and shared their recommendations. Council
Members provided feedback.
The final work plans will be presented to Council on Dec. 1 for approval.
ADJOURNMENT
Mayor Hovland adjourned the meeting at 6:25 p.m.
Respectfully Submitted,
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Jennifer Bennerotte, Communications Director
Minutes approved by the Edina City Council Nov. 17, 2020.
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James B. Hovland, Mayor