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MINNESOTA CITY COUNCIL SPECIAL STUDY SESSION
NOVEMBER 17, 2008
The meeting convened at 6:45 p.m.
Councilmembers present: Mayor Jeff Jacobs,John Basill, C. Paul Carver, Phil Finkelstein, Paul
Omodt and Loran Paprocki.
Councilmember absent: Sue Sanger.
Staff present: City Manager (Mr. Harmening), Director of Parks and Recreation (Ms. Walsh),
Communications Coordinator (Mr. Zwilling) and Recording Secretary (Ms. Hamer).
Guests: Friends of the Arts Board Members: President Susan Schneck and Vice-President George
Hagemann.
1. Friends of the Arts Update
Ms. Walsh provided a brief staff report.
Ms. Schneck presented the Friends of the Arts (FOTA) Update. She provided information on
FOTA's involvement in connecting people and organizations around the arts, providing arts-related
information and resources, and coordinating community arts programs. She expressed the position
of FOTA that the organization's strength has been in community and defining community in
different ways.
There was discussion on the efforts of FOTA to increase awareness of the Arts for Life Scholarship
Program. There was also discussion on whether there is a need for a community theater in St. Louis
Park. It was suggested that a theater would not necessarily need to be used for performing space,
and that other possible uses could be gallery space and classroom teaching space.
The following suggestions were made by Council/Staff:
• Consideration of FOTA coordinating a community project in conjunction with The West
End Project.
• Possible re-advertisement of the Paint the Pavement Project.
• The West End Theater opening coinciding with the opening of the Coen Brothers film.
The meeting adjourned at 7:06 p.m.
Nancy Stroth, City Clerk Jeff Jacob;I, May.r