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Special Council Meeting
January 17, 2012
Mayor Slavik called a Special Meeting of the Plymouth City Council to order at 6:00 p.m. in the
Medicine Lake Room, 3400 Plymouth Boulevard, on January 17, 2012.
COUNCIL PRESENT: Mayor Slavik, Councilmembers Wosje, Willis, Stein, Bildsoe, and
Johnson.
ABSENT: Councilmember Black.
STAFF PRESENT: City Manager Ahrens, Parks Director Evans, Police Chief Goldstein,
Community Development Director Juetten, Public Works Director Cote, Fire Chief Kline, and
City Clerk Engdahl.
Goals and Legislative Priorities for 2012
City Manager Ahrens stated copies of the goals and legislative priorities from 2011 have been
provided to the Council.
Mayor Slavik asked if the Council's goals should be measurable versus visionary. The majority
of the Council felt that the goals should be more value type goals and easy for the residents to
understand. There are tools in place, such as the Capital Improvements Program and the budget,
that serve as checklists to make sure measureable goals/projects are being completed. However,
they requested departments to prepare annual reports and work plans that would be presented at
Council meetings.
Councilmember Johnson asked if the Council is interested in doing a citizens survey as it has
been a number of years since the previous one. The majority of the Council were in agreement of
doing a survey, and they suggested that staff receive proposals from a number of firms and
modify or scale down the number of number of questions that were in the previous survey.
City Manager Ahrens stated Councilmember Black isn't in attendance this evening, but she gave
her a few items for Council consideration. The items are (1) increasing the commercial and
multi -family recycling, (2) direct the Environmental Quality Committee to design and
recommend a pilot project for recycling food waste, and (3) do an inventory of the City's trail
system to see where there are gaps in the system. With item 1, this item is in the Environmental
Quality Committee's work plan for 2012. With item 2, the Council suggested that the
Environmental Quality Committee includes this in their 2013 work plan. With item 3, this
inventory is underway with the Park and Recreation Advisory Committee.
Adopted Minutes 1 of 2 Special Meeting of January 17, 2012
Following the Council discussion on goals and priorities, the Council directed staff to prepare the
list of those goals and priorities for the January 24 Council agenda.
Police Chief Goldstein informed the Council of legislation supported by the Minnesota County
Attorneys Association, City of Maple Grove, Minnesota Police and Peace Officers Association,
Minnesota Sheriff's Association, and the Minnesota Chiefs of Police Association regarding
adding an intelligence data classification to the Minnesota Data Practices Act.
Future Study Sessions
The Council didn't schedule any study sessions. Mayor Slavik requested that staff schedule
meetings in the near future with legislative representatives.
Adiournment
Mayor Slavik adjourned the meeting at 8:25 p.m.
andra R. Engdahl, dtClerk
Adopted Minutes 2 of 2 Special Meeting of January 17, 2012