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Meeting of the Elk River City Council fiver Held at the Elk River Emergency Operations Center Monday, April 26, 2021 Members Present: Mayor John Dietz, Councilmembers Garrett Christianson, Mike Beyer, Matt Westgaard, and Jennifer Wagner Members Absent: None Staff Present: City Administrator Calvin Portner, Chief of Police Ron Nierenhausen, Finance Director Lori Ziemer, City Clerk Tina Allard, Public Works Director/Chief Engineer Justin Femrite, Planning Manager Zack Carlton, Fire Chief Mark Dickinson, Parks and Recreation Director Michael Hecker, and Deputy Clerk Jessica Miller I . Call Meeting to Order Pursuant to due call and notice thereof, the meeting of the Elk River City Council was called to order at 1:03 p.m. by Mayor Dietz. 2. Council/Staff Retreat Leadership Assessment Discussion Lisa Sorenson, Sorenson Consulting, presented Leadership and Team Effectiveness and walked the Council and staff through the results of their colors personality profiles. Staff and Council discussed the differences and how to interact and communicate with each other based on each person's prominent profile color. The Council recessed at 2:55 p.m. The meeting reconvened at 3:11 p.m. Review 2020 Retreat Mr. Portner presented a PowerPoint reviewing the 2020 retreat and the agenda topics for this meeting. Business Matrix Update Mr. Carlton distributed an updated Action Plan generated from the Elk River Area Chamber of Commerce Focus Group discussions. He reminded the Council these are results from a survey the Chamber of Commerce sent out to building permit recipients from the last few years. Mr. Carlton reviewed the updated Action Plan. He stated staff is looking at some of the larger design standards and questioned where the Council would like to see change or of any sections of the code the Council is interested in discussing.