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MEETING OF THE ELK RIVER CITY COUNCIL <br />HELD AT THE ELK RIVER CITY HALL LUNCHROOIq <br />MONDAY, FEBRUARY 17, 2004 <br /> <br />Members Present: Mayor I<linzx g, Councilmembers Dietz, Kuester, Mot_in, and Tveite <br /> <br />Members Absent: None <br /> <br />Staff Present: <br /> <br />City Admimstrator Pat I,~laers, Finance Director Lori Johnson, City Clerk <br />Joan SchroSdt, Building and F~nvironmental Administrator Steve Rohlf, and <br />Recording Secretary Tina Allard <br /> <br />Call Meeting To Order <br /> <br />Pursuant to due call and notice thereof, the meeting of the Elk 1Liver City Council was called <br />to order at 5:10 p.m. by Mayor I42inzing. <br /> <br />2. Consider 2/17/2004 Agend¢ <br /> <br />MOVED BY COUNCILMEMBER TVEITE AND SECONDED BY <br />COUNCILMEMBER KUESTER TO APPROVE THE AGENDA. MOTION, <br />CARRIED 5-0. <br /> <br />Discussion on Ci .r?vide Goals and Continue Planning on Work Program for Council and <br />Staff Development <br /> <br />Each Councilmember was assigned a different community's visioning process, mission <br />statement, and goal setting plan, to review and then to report on that plan during this <br />worksession. <br /> <br />Councilmember Kuester-City of Becker <br />Councilmember Kuester discussed dae process used in the City of Becker to create their <br />visioning process. She discussed the definidons of the terms: vision statement, mission <br />statement, and goals. Overall, Councilmember Kuester liked Becket's visioning plan. <br /> <br />Mayor I(flinzing stated that she liked fl~e visioning ideas in the first plan but felt that d~e <br />follow up plan was too detailed. <br /> <br />Councilmember Tveite-Ciw of Mounds View <br />Councilmember Tveite staied that he liked fl:e City of Mounds View's vision plan. He stated <br />flaat the plan discussed long term/short term goals, citywide/departmental goals, and yearly <br />action steps/long term action steps. He stated that the pfioritization of goals was missing <br />from flae plan and that staff needs direction in this area. He also stated flaat dais visioning <br />process needs to determine the city's target market. He stated that the target may not always <br />be the citizen, but could include staff, developers, etc. <br /> <br />City Adininistrator Pat I42aers stated that staff presents goals in their annual report and is <br />loo'kmg for feedback from Council regarding priorities and how these goals fit into the <br />citywide vision of Council. <br /> <br /> <br />