HomeMy WebLinkAbout2014/09/29 - ADMIN - Minutes - City Council - Joint I/ISt. Louis Park OFFICIAL MINUTES
MINNESOTA JOINT CITY COUNCIL/SCHOOL BOARD MEETING
ST. LOUIS PARK, MINNESOTA
SEPTEMBER 29, 2014
5:30 p.m. Dinner
Call to Order
Mayor Jacobs called the meeting to order at 6:03 p.m.
Council Members present: Mayor Jeff Jacobs, Anne Mavity, Greg Lindberg, Tim Brausen, Jake
Spano, and Steve Hallfin
Absent: Sue Sanger
School Board Members present: Board Chair Nancy Gores, Bruce Richardson, Jim Yarosh, Julie
Sweitzer, Ken Morrison, Joe Tatalovich, and Karen Waters
City Staff present: City Manager Tom Harmening; Housing Supervisor Michele Schnitker;
Housing Programs Coordinator Marney Olson; Recreation Superintendent Jason West;
Communications and Marketing Coordinator Jamie Zwilling; Organizational Development
Coordinator Bridget Gothberg
School District Staff present: Dr. Rob Metz, Superintendent; Lisa Greene, Community
Education Director; Sara Thompson, Director of Communications and Community Engagement;
and Richard Kreyer, Director of Human Resources.
The City Council and School Board discussed:
• Student Updates on current public enrollment and diversity
• City Housing development and policies
• School construction happening now
• School needs for the future
• City Community Center Project
• School Branding
• Potential topics for the next meeting (which will be determined at a later date).
Possibilities included but not finalized: fields; sidewalk plans; Highways 100 and 7;
more facilities conversation; diversity; arts; school process for strategic planning;
continued collective conversation around homes, what amenities people want, what is
affordable, etc.
• The City offered to assist the School District with the use of Housing Staff to share
census data as well as trends in housing.
Adjournment
The meeting adjourned at 8:28 p.m.
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