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Community technology advisory commission
St. Louis Park, Minnesota
2/18/2021
1. Call to order
Meeting started 6:01 p.m. by videoconference
1a. Roll call
Members present: Bruce Browning, Kelly Heitz, Cindy Hoffman, Abe Levine, Rolf Peterson,
Theo Pohlen, Mike Siegler
Members absent: None
Staff present: John McHugh, Clint Pires, Jacque Smith
Guests: Aaryn Anderson, Jonathan Ralton, Sandeep Sinha, Shawn Wood
2. Adoption of agenda
Browning moved, Siegler seconded, all voted in favor of adopting the agenda with a
change committee report order – connected community will present first.
3. Approval of minutes: Jan. 28, 2021
Browning moved, Heitz seconded. All voted in favor of approving the minutes as
presented.
4. Smart cities initiative
Committee reports
• Connected community
Siegler presented the connected community slide deck. Levine asked about the fact
that it was most focused on residential connectedness, rather than mobile. Siegler
said following up with community research will help determine what use is most
needed. Pires asked about identifying geographical areas of need and potential
partnerships with ISPs and suggested these two items be made clear in the
presentation. Anderson reviewed slide 9 that covered options for various ISP models
from metro ethernet, to public/private partnership, to private LTE/5G. He also
pointed to slide 14 with information about identifying geographic locations.
Browning asked if CenturyLink and US Internet would provide coverage maps; Pires
responded that we can ask CenturyLink. He stated we have good idea of the
coverage of US Internet.
• GIS-enabled use cases
Heitz presented the GIS-enabled use case slide deck. Levine suggested emphasizing
integration of disparate data which then feeds into the drawbacks of maintaining
the status quo – without integrating data it’s difficult for anyone but the user to
access. Anderson agreed that data is often in a silo and providing a common
platform makes access easier. Pires said the current federal administration is more
inclined to take action on climate and race equity efforts in the next four years, and
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it the city doesn’t have data ready and available it may miss opportunities in these
areas.
• Environmental
Levine presented the environmental slide deck. Browning asked if there’s a starting
place for initiatives. Levine responded it was the pedestrian/bike counters and
research related to this effort. Ralton mentioned use of these counters in Boston,
which is now discussing interacting with apps such as Strava to determine where
bicyclists have come from and where they are going, rather than counting them only
at one point. Pires said city engineering staff is undertaking the policy work related
to Connect the Park. The commission can help with research to support that policy
work. Pires was interested in video sensors and the possibility of multiple functions.
March 8 city council study session
Pires reviewed the draft plan for the March 8 presentation to city council. He suggested
adding the slide decks presented at this meeting to the March 8 council packet so that
council members can have time to review them. Levine agreed and suggested that each
committee pick five top slides to focus on during their presentation March 8. Smith
asked for all final slide decks to be sent to her by end of day Friday, Feb. 26, to be
included in the council materials. Wood said he would cover providing an overview of
Insight to the council. Petersons suggested providing the committee reports in the same
order to council as was presented tonight. Pires said the order of environment,
connected community and GIS should stay in place so that council ends with an
understanding of how GIS can support initiatives of environment and connected
community. Peterson agreed with that reasoning.
5. 2021 meetings
Next meeting is March 18, 6 p.m., by videoconference.
8. Adjournment
Browning moved, Pohlen seconded to adjourn, all voted in favor. Meeting adjourned at
7:17 p.m.
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Jacqueline Smith, liaison Abe Levine, chair