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MINNESOTA CITY COUNCIL SPECIAL STUDY SESSION
ST. LOUIS PARK,MINNESOTA
MAY 20, 2013
The meeting convened at 6:30 p.m.
Councilmembers present: Mayor Jeff Jacobs, Steve Hallfin, Anne Mavity, Julia Ross (arrived at
6:57 p.m.), Sue Santa, and Jake Spano.
Councilmembers absent: Susan Sanger.
Staff present: City Manager (Mr. Harmemng), Director of Operations and Recreation (Ms.
Walsh), and Recording Secretary(Ms. Hughes).
1. Environment& Sustainability Commission: Sustainable SLP Applicant Review
Mr. Harmening presented the staff report.
Council reviewed the list of applications submitted for the Commission and the applicant
rankings prepared by staff to assist Council in selecting candidates to interview. After
discussion, Council reached consensus on the following: (1) the two business member candidates
would be appointed to the Commission without need for an interview; (2) regular member
candidates with a ranking of 6 or better would be appointed to the Commission; (3) most of the
regular member candidates with a ranking of 7 would be interviewed by Council; (4) interviews
with regular member candidates will be scheduled for Monday, June 3m, beginning at 6:15 p.m.;
(5) Council will appoint all members of the Commission at the regular City Council meeting on
June 311d; (6) staff was directed to prepare a list of three questions to be provided to the regular
member candidates in advance of the interviews.
Councilmember Santa suggested that staff ask the junior naturalists at Westwood Nature Center
if any of them are interested in serving as a youth member on the Commission.
Mr. Harmening provided a brief update on SWLRT and stated the Met Council Project Office
will be presenting its freight rail plans to the Technical Project Advisory Committee (TPAC) on
May 23rd and representatives from the Project Office will be in attendance at the May 28th study
session to present the freight rail alternatives to Council. He added that staff will provide talking
points to Council by Thursday of this week to assist Council in responding to resident inquiries.
The meeting adjourned at 7:04 p.m.
Nancy Stroth, ity Clerk Jeff Jaco.,s, ayo