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T.CITY LOUIS OFFICIAL MINUTES
PARK CITY COUNCIL STUDY SESSION
November 12, 2002
The meeting convened at 7:00 p.m.
Present at the meeting were Councilmembers Susan Sanger, Susan Santa, Sally Velick, Jim
Bnmeyer and Mayor Jeff Jacobs
Staff present: City Manager(Mr. Meyer); Organizational Development Coordinator(Ms.
Gothberg)
1. Organizational Development Exercise
At the study session meeting of July 22, 2002 Council consider a different format where retreat
sessions would be scheduled quarterly (or more frequently if desired by Council) on a second or
fourth Monday in lieu of a Study Session. Organizational Development Coordinator, Bridget
Gothberg, prepared this summary of council's first discussion. In addition, a presentation abou
the Carver Model of Governance was presented by Councilmember Bnmeyer.
City Council Learning Session Summary
What do I want to happen in these learning sessions (hopes)?
• Learning about the changing and the dynamics of the council changing
• System or structure for new people to transition
• How to work with each other and how to work with new people
• Better define how we use the Carver Model and how we do not
• How not to get "nudged" the wrong way
• How we can be a self-renewing/healthy group
• Be creative as individuals and as a team
• How to not always react, be more assertive
• Learn about each others styles and how we work as a group
• Get back to neighborhood relations
• Learn why are we not spending more time on the things that are important
• How to be a better job of broader participation
• Make the "Ron" transition smooth/positive
• Test our vision statement on what is missing
Parking Garage of Ideas
• Write or, at least, put together the unwritten norms to help Ron's successor be a part of
the council
• Contingency planning
What did I learn?
• Together we will make St. Louis Park a better place to live as our community grows
• My proper role as an elected official is to creatively determine how the world will be
different as a result of my being that role and then to manage that change
• The Carver principles. (several responses)
• How important it is to review the Carver model
Study Session Minutes -2- November 12, 2002
• Importance of shared values as to our process and relative importance in selection of
Ron's successor
• Try to remain focused and not get distracted
• Relationship between the council and the staff.
• Focus on getting council more involved in the big picture discussion at an earlier stage
• We are doing better with the Carver Model than I thought.
• We must be aggressively creative in order to leave worthwhile legacies
• We need to develop a systematic way to determine stakeholder feelings
• We need a system to incorporate more interest/participation by a broader range of
constituencies.
• Assessments and connections: our styles are different and we can get the same result.
How will I use it?
• I will articulate what I do to third graders and to myself, using the Carver definition
• I will remind others of the Carver model when we get "off track" at Council meetings
(several responses)
• We all need to remember to help those that weren't at this learning session to use the
Carver model and to bring them up to speed
Following the above discussion, council agreed that the next session would be scheduled to learn
about individual leadership styles, how they work within the Council and how they work in
relation to the Carver model.
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