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Request for Action <br />City of <br />Elk <br />River <br />To <br />City Council <br />Meeting Date <br />May 5, 2025 <br />Item Description <br />Ordinance 25-07: Multipurpose Facility Advisory <br />Commission Membership <br />Item Number <br />8.2 <br />Prepared By <br />Joe Stremcha, Business Services Director/Assistant <br />City Administrator <br />Reviewed by <br />Katie Harstad <br />Cal Portner <br />Tina Allard <br />Action Requested <br />Adopt, by motion, Ordinance 25-07, regarding membership and duties of the Community Event Center <br />Commission. <br />Background/Discussion <br />The Multipurpose Facility Advisory Commission discussed the ordinance during their regular meeting on April <br />7, 2025, following the City Council Joint Session. <br />Motion by Vice Chair Kotzian and seconded by Commissioner Hecker to recommend the following changes <br />to the Council: <br />■ Change the name of the commission to the Community Event Center Commission, thereby changing <br />any instances in the ordinance referencing the Multipurpose Facility Advisory Commission. <br />■ Remove the verbal annual report from "powers and duties." <br />■ Remove "The commission shall meet at least three times each year", meeting requirement. <br />■ Revise membership to consist of five voting members: <br />o One member of the Senior Activity Center <br />o One sitting member of the City Council <br />o Three at -large members modeled after the parks and recreation structure, with members <br />appointed by the city council. It is expected that a preference be given to city residents, but <br />residency by itself shall not be disqualified. <br />Motion carried 5-0. <br />With the removal of the association designation and fully at -large membership sans the senior center <br />representative, we could find a situation where a number or even a majority of members are not Elk River <br />residents. Staff added the following to the ordinance for your consideration on May 5: "Representatives may <br />be nonresidents of the city, but there shall be no more than one nonresident of the city serving on the <br />commission at any one time." <br />The Elk River Vision <br />A avelcoming community with revolutionary and spirited resourcefulness, exc ptional service, and community p p W E H E 0 B1NMURd184 <br />engagement that encourages and inspires prosperity <br />