01-14-2008 CC MIN• PLANNING WORKSHOP OF THE ELK RIVER CITY COUNCIL
HELD AT THE ELK RIVER CHAMBER OFFICES
MONDAY, JANUARY 14, 2008
Members Present: .Mayor Klinzing, Councilmembers Farber, Gumpbrey, Motin, and Zerwas
Members Absent: None
Staff Present: City Administrator Lori Johnson, Rusty Fifield of the Hoisington Koegler
Group Inc.
1. Call Meeting To Order
Pursuant to due call and notice thereof, the planning workshop of the Elk River City
Coundl was called to order at 6:25 p.m. by Mayor Klinzing.
2. Consider Council Agenda
Rusty Fifield, Hoisington Koegler Group Inc., began the planning workshop by going over
the objectives, agenda, and ground rules he prepared for the first planning workshop.
3. Council Planning Session
The council members proceeded to list items of interest and issues they wanted to discuss
• during the workshops. The items included finantial viability of the City into the future,
gravel mining azea development, gravel mining operations and restrictions on hours, pazk
and recreation funding, economic development assistant and community development
director positions, marketing the City, transportation funding, affordable housing, natural
resource inventory, downtown parking, Citp image, the landfill, code enforcement, sewer and
water expansion, promoting success downtown, and relationships with the public and
developers.
Council held discussion on the image and identity of the City, and a desire to do more
marketing to increase the City's visibility.
The council next discussed filling the vacant assistant director of economic development
position. After discussion, council requested that this be put on council agenda fox February
4 fox formal action to fill the position of economic development assistant. Council also
directed that filling the community development director position be placed on the February
4 agenda for formal action.
Council discussed downtown parking, including current and future needs. Discussion on this
item will continue at a future date.
The council set the next planni ~ workshop for Monday, February 4, 2008.
4. Other Business
No discussion.
• 5. Council Updates
City Council Minutes Page 2
Date: January 14, 2008
There were no Council Updates.
6. Staff Updates
There were no staff updates.
Adjournment
There being no further business, Mapor Klinzing adjourned the planning workshop of the
Elk River City Council at 9:00 p.m.
Minutes prepared by Lori son.
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Tina Allard
City Clerk
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