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<br /> <br />Request for Action <br /> <br /> <br />To Item Number <br />Mayor and City Council 6.1 <br />Agenda Section Meeting Date Prepared by <br />Presentations, Awards, February 4, 2019 Kaylin Clement, Sr. Communications Coordinator <br />Recognitions <br />Item Description Reviewed by <br />Recognize “Mayor for the Day” essay winners. Tina Allard, City Clerk <br />Reviewed by <br />Cal Portner, City Administrator <br /> <br />Action Requested <br />Have Breanna and Avery each read their essays, followed by Mayor Dietz stepping down to present them <br />with “Mayor for the Day” signs. <br /> <br />Background/Discussion <br />In late August, the League of Minnesota Cities (LMC) put out a call for submissions in the “Mayor for <br />the Day” essay contest. The essay challenged kids to think about the variety of services cities provide that <br />make a community great (parks and recreation, street maintenance, police and fire service, etc.) and to <br />write about how they’d enhance or improve those programs/services if they were Mayor for a day. The <br />city promoted the contest via our website, social media channels, and e-newsletter, in addition to <br />connecting with ISD 728 who distributed the essay details to fourth, fifth and sixth grade students in the <br />district. <br /> <br />More than 450 fourth, fifth, and sixth grade students submitted “Mayor for the Day” essays to LMC. Of <br />those, three were published in the January/February 2019 Minnesota Cities magazine and three honorable <br />mentions were recognized. <br /> <br />Breanna Bode, a sixth grader from VandenBerge Middle School, was one of the three published essays. <br />Avery Lauder, a sixth grader, also from VandenBerge, was recognized with an honorable mention in the <br />publication. Of the hundreds of students who submitted essays, two of the six recognized by the LMC in <br />Minnesota Cities magazine were Elk River students. We are proud of both Avery and Breanna, and invite <br />them now to share their essays with Mayor and Council about what they would do if they were Mayor for <br />the day. <br /> <br />Financial Impact <br />N/A <br /> <br />Attachments <br /> Two winning essays <br /> <br />The Elk River Vision <br />A welcoming community with revolutionary and spirited resourcefulness, exceptional <br />service, and community engagement that encourages and inspires prosperity <br /> <br />