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ity of <br /> <br />iver <br /> <br />TO: <br /> <br />FROM: <br /> <br />DATE: <br /> <br />SUBJECT: <br /> <br />MEMORANDUM <br /> <br />Item # 6.6. <br /> <br />Mayor & City Council <br /> <br />Steve Ach, City Planner <br /> <br />April 28, 1997 <br /> <br />Consider Advertising for Planning <br />Intern <br /> <br />Two months ago during the Planning Department's annual report to the City <br />Council, I indicated a request would be forthcoming for a planning intern. It <br />has been approximately 18 months since Troy Langer left the department to <br />pursue other career opportunities. Since Troy's departure the department <br />has managed to survive the peaks and valleys of the development cycle, <br />however, I believe we would be much better off with that additional staff <br />member as we were in 1995. <br /> <br />The 1997 budget included expenditures for an internship position. Spring is <br />the best time to hire an intern as a majority of the students are graduating <br />and are looking for internship or entry level positions. <br /> <br />In the past, the city has contacted the planning programs at Mankato State <br />and St. Cloud State to obtain applications of interested candidates. I will be <br />contacting those same schools again this year, as that process seemed to work <br />out well in the past. However, in addition to the two schools mentioned <br />above, I have also contacted the landscape architecture program at the <br />University of Minnesota to see if there would be any interested candidates <br />that could possibly fit a unique position with the city. This position would <br />still be considered a planning intern, however it would have slightly different <br />credentials geared more towards an urban design/landscape architecture <br />background. This position would still perform various planning duties in <br />addition to other special design projects. Besides the typical planning <br />functions, this design/landscape architect could provide the following <br />services: <br /> <br />on various city projects, consulting costs could be reduced or <br />eliminated by having this position in house and lending their <br />expertise to complete necessary plans; <br /> <br />13065 Orono Parkway · P.O. Box 490 · Elk River, MN 55330 · (612) 441-7420 · Fax: (612) 441-7425 <br /> <br /> <br />